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The last restoration from me. The Pink Schwinn.
Midschoolfool:
Was bumming around on Ebay possibly looking for better caps for the crank arms. Haven't found anything quite yet, but stumbled upon something. Now of course they were blue when I found them, but 30 mins of digging later, and.
Have never seen them before and I had no idea they even existed. They are crank arm caps. They go on the bottom of the crank arms, to stop them getting battered.
I like little trick touches like that.
Midschoolfool:
Talking of the cranks. Removed those annoying labels and cleaned off the crap they left behind.
Seat in.
Was actually really difficult. Firstly the inner black shim was biting into the knurling and jamming. So I had to find a way to keep it open until I got it where I wanted. A pain. Then, even with a double handed thump the shim would not bed all the way. I got it to about 8mm poking out then accepted it. It is over 3" in there (both shims, note the shims are in that far the post is in about 8" at least!) and it's as tight as a gnat's chuff so it ain't going anywhere.
Midschoolfool:
You spin me right round baby right round etc.
Still no movement on the front brake FFS.
Ninja edit. Got these too. Had to.
Midschoolfool:
Afternoon update.
My pal sent the nut first class and it arrived today. So later I am going to bolt on the bars. The knarps came, so when ready I can do the brakes. I also ordered some cable ties and those have arrived too. As for the front brake?
Frustrating. My intuition was correct. When I looked it up earlier it seems it did indeed come from China. TBH as long as Yodel actually bloody have it this time and its due some time this year I don't mind. I mean 12 quid. If I got a Box entry level cast brake it would cost me over 3x that much. The rest (crank arm covers, brake lever covers and dice) have apparently all been shipped also. I am just looking around at decals for the fork ATM. I could leave them plain of course, but there are these Fake Taxi ones that made me laugh a lot.
Will see about that.
Midschoolfool:
Did some wrenching so it is easier to move.
Threads need chasing now and the taps are in the loft. Typical.
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