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The last restoration from me. The Pink Schwinn.
Midschoolfool:
Thing is when I ride a 20 I get stupid. I can't help it, I always end up thinking I am 25 again. So I usually always end up hurt. It's exactly that I am trying to avoid. Just riding around sat down on one is pointless when I have the orange PK. Especially if I want to actually go anywhere like.
I've been thinking about the front brake. I could grind off the V brake posts etc and fit the Bulldog. However, I then got to thinking about when George French had his Frankenstein bike and fitted cantis to the front. Nutter. The forks were called prongs.
http://www.gsport.co.uk/custom/G%27s_bike/gsbike_home.html
You can see it there. So I was thinking maybe get creative and get a canti to work. Then I came back to V brakes. The only thing I don't like is how massive they are. This is what I mean.
But then I remembered that you can get short ones. I did some very primitive measuring with my vernier calipers and the whole brake surface and tyre on my Dirt Bike is 60mm. The short reach are 82mm total. What worries me is it hitting the tyre. However, I found these really lovely CNC Chinese V brakes for ?13. I have ordered the short reach one.
It says it is in Manchester, so I just hope that it is and not in China. Either way I can literally leave the fork until the last minute any way, as I have everything else to do first. The nice thing about V brakes is the noodle. I have a solid noodle, and you can fit it upside down to take a potts cable. So getting it to work with the bars going around shouldn't be that hard. I may need to buy different tyres, like 1.75 or less, but hopefully it will clear. I do have a set of tyres I bought.
ODY Path? I know they are kevlar folding bead and really high end. 1.85 IIRC. However, I tried to scrub off the white powder and this happened...
I then sprayed them with tyre shine which just made it worse :LolLolLolLol:
So I got the bollock ache and replaced them with Maxxis. I threw them in the cupboard...
I have done some reading though, and apparently the trick is heat. The release powder will go back into the tyre with heat. So first I need to get the shine off (with degreaser, I have gunk) and then I can try that.
Mikku:
I've often thought about picking up a set of those brake calipers, so am interested to see how you get on with them. :daumenhoch:
Midschoolfool:
--- Quote from: Mikku on July 18, 2022, 10:33 AM ---I've often thought about picking up a set of those brake calipers, so am interested to see how you get on with them. :daumenhoch:
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I'm a total CNC nerd and love CNC parts so yeah, was a no brainer at that price.
I got over to the parts today. It was like Christmas :LolLolLolLol:
I think the biggest surprise were the bars tbh. Usually Bankrupt's stuff is poor quality cheap rubbish, but they weren't lying when they said the chrome was high quality. They are also the absolutely perfect width for a mid school boy. So no cutting required at all.
Will shoot some pics in a bit. House is currently in blackout mode LOL. It's 6' hotter here than it was where I live. Problem where I live isn't the outside but the inside. In particular my flat. It was built 3 years ago, has 12" thick insulated walls and 45' Velux in the roof. It's a sauna beyond saunas.
Midschoolfool:
Man I am stoked right now. I decided to do the seat. I usually leave these smaller jobs until the end, but by then I am usually pretty burned out and tend to rush. That is why I bought so many new parts and chrome parts. It saves me tons of effing hard work.
Was a bit harder than the orange suede one as it's twice the thickness but I am stoked with it. Cost? 11 quid total.
I then very apprehensively set up the printer. I wasn't expecting great. Good maybe? well they look friggin AMAZING.
The only bugger is I am going to have to manually cut them. I did them now because they need to go on before the final clear coat. They are not laminated so they go on top of the glitter coat and then get cleared in with it. But man....
Midschoolfool:
I hear it's tough stuff ! :LolLolLolLol:
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