Post by: oldschoolace on April 06, 2018, 11:14 AM
What to do with it is my next question. Doubt i will ever find forks so thinking along the lines of a rolling development build.
Maybe go a lightweight route?
Open to ideas chaps :)
Post by: Mikku on April 06, 2018, 11:36 AM
Got any pics?
Post by: oldschoolace on April 06, 2018, 11:45 AM
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Post by: Taipan on April 06, 2018, 03:28 PM
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Post by: chubby on April 06, 2018, 10:04 PM
P:S do t like it in ere, it's weird........
Post by: oldschoolace on April 10, 2018, 01:47 PM
Post by: MartyC on April 11, 2018, 02:33 PM
She has a damaged seat tube but they did a model with an intergrated seat clamp so i may have a go at modding the little grub nut underneath the cast section to form a seat clamp of sorts :daumenhoch:
I think that's how it actually works as it looks very similar to my old Vitus road bike frame from bitd, that had a flush top tube/seat tube with a grub screw to tighten the seatpost. Used a 25mm seat post with a 6mm allen head grub screw iirc too.
Post by: oldschoolace on April 20, 2018, 02:46 PM
Looks in decent nick generally but the seat mast does have its top missing (it isnt the internal clamp model)
Plan is to grind the break square and add a small section of tubing to bring it flush with the casting. The grub screw in the back of the casting is thankfully big enough to use as a seapost clamp :daumenhoch:
Post by: oldschoolace on April 20, 2018, 02:47 PM
Post by: chubby on April 20, 2018, 06:09 PM
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Post by: oldschoolace on April 20, 2018, 08:37 PM
Post by: chubby on April 20, 2018, 08:47 PM
No bloody good for any of us thenLolLolLol: sorry bud its crying out to to be a super light speed machine
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Post by: Andyboy77 on April 20, 2018, 09:11 PM
What is this frame made of - aluminium? I've never seen one of these before.
Post by: griff on April 20, 2018, 11:43 PM
That brake looks really cool 8) . I like this thread already :daumenhoch:
What is this frame made of - aluminium? I've never seen one of these before.
Stidds had one, but sadly the pics have gone
They were made of aluminium, bonded instead of welded together
Post by: MartyC on April 22, 2018, 10:50 AM
Post by: Mikku on April 22, 2018, 11:21 AM
Post by: Jaymz on April 22, 2018, 01:14 PM
Post by: oldschoolace on May 15, 2018, 10:17 PM
Still don't know for sure but it looks like the little grub screw in the top of the seat stay casting is 4.5mm
3 shops later a decent one was finally ordered from some place in Germany....... I knew there was I reason I usually do freestyle builds ;D
Post by: oldschoolace on May 22, 2018, 11:11 PM
On closer inspection it looks for all the world like the alan headed grub screw tapers in from 4.5mm at the top to approx 4mm at the bottom
What The Fook!!!!!
Had a go 3 or 4 times to file the retreived alan key to a taper. Deffo helped but the grub screw is fooked so now need drilling out :tickedoff:
Post by: Mikku on May 24, 2018, 09:34 AM
Post by: oldschoolace on May 29, 2018, 05:03 PM
Because of the angle of the seatstays its impossible to drill the grub screw out with anything other than an extra long bit. Finally got a hole through but need to gradually inlarge it which has already cost me 2 blunt drill bits. This fooking grub screw is made from unobtainium :(
Anyways, need some thoughts on restoring the top of the seatmast. Given any potential future sale and the new owners unawareness of the broken mast do i:
A. Bond a small section of new tube in to bring the mast flush with the casting, using a new grub screw as a seatclamp
B. Bond a longer section of tube in with a classic keyhole slot to the correct height. It would still use a new grubscrew for seatclamping but allow the mounting of a "show" seatclamp
The fear is that somewhere down the line someone doesnt realise and uses the show clamp as the only clamping for a seatpost, with predictable injury following :-\
Post by: HUTCHMAN on May 29, 2018, 06:27 PM
Post by: oldschoolace on May 31, 2018, 09:29 PM
was aiming to run an M8 grub screw but once i had got the hole wide enough it was clear the remnants of the previous grub screw thread would interfere with the clean cutting of a new thread.
Went up to an M10, and glad i did. Had a lovely clean hole to work with and once tapped i had 5 threads. A little more than you would find an a regular M10 nut, so plenty to get a decent fix on a seatpost.
Time to ge shopping for parts :D
Post by: Mikku on June 02, 2018, 12:19 AM
Post by: oldschoolace on June 23, 2018, 05:44 PM
Not to be bested the second attempt worked a treat and she is more or less ready for a seatpost including the beast of a new grub screw :daumenhoch:
Post by: chubby on June 23, 2018, 06:01 PM
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Post by: Mikku on June 24, 2018, 02:09 AM
Much swearing, throwing of scraps of metal down the workshop and general annoyance later i finally have this pupper under manners.
Thought you were talking about Dan there for a moment! :daumenhoch:
Top skills Clint! :bow:
Post by: oldschoolace on July 09, 2018, 12:43 PM
Post by: oldschoolace on May 18, 2019, 09:36 PM
With the chance of finding some slim to none at best I've bought some road forks with the idea of cutting them down :uglystupid2:
Post by: chubby on May 18, 2019, 09:38 PM
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Post by: oldschoolace on May 21, 2019, 08:54 PM
Post by: Spen69 on May 21, 2019, 09:12 PM
Loving this thread :daumenhoch:
X2 John, this is just awesome bodgery...... :daumenhoch:
Post by: HUTCHMAN on May 21, 2019, 09:24 PM
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Post by: HUTCHMAN on May 21, 2019, 09:55 PM
Post by: oldschoolace on May 21, 2019, 09:57 PM
going to bond the drop outs in ?
yep, jb weld dries exactly the same colour as the existing bonding so that's the way to go :daumenhoch:
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