TK421
Casual Extremist
- Location
- Not at my post
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.......
View: https://youtu.be/Mrx24jofi0w
....there lived a young boy who grew up watching Han Solo flying around in the Millennium Falcon, the fastest ship in the galaxy. It is quite a Hot Rod with a lot of "special modifications", just like a road legal race car
It has been my inspiration for all my adult life for fixing things and some of the crazy things I have done. So when I found myself with a Specialized Tarmac bicycle with a cracked frame I decided to strip it and sell the parts but that idea quickly turned into stripping the parts and building another cycle with a new frame. Unbeknownst to me, there is a reason why Specialized cycles have "specialised" in the name. So here is the first of my 2 wheeled creations, The 'Falcon with some "Specialized modifications". But, that has not deterred me, in fact, when I opened the BikeBoxAlan that my late brother Mark left behind I found the original Axis 700c wheels which has got me thinking "should I sell the spare wheels or get another frame and build a second bicycle?"
Anyway here is my progress so far...
I got a N.O.S. 51.5cm Boardman Road Sport frame from ebay and the first thing I did was fit the rear wheel, the rear derailleur and rear caliper.
Next on the "job done" list was the seat once I had a clamp and shim to fit.
And here is a mock up with the Tarmac front forks as a guide. Unfortunately they won't fit so I'll have to replace them with some with a straight tube for the straight 1⅛" head tube on the frame.
View: https://youtu.be/Mrx24jofi0w
....there lived a young boy who grew up watching Han Solo flying around in the Millennium Falcon, the fastest ship in the galaxy. It is quite a Hot Rod with a lot of "special modifications", just like a road legal race car
It has been my inspiration for all my adult life for fixing things and some of the crazy things I have done. So when I found myself with a Specialized Tarmac bicycle with a cracked frame I decided to strip it and sell the parts but that idea quickly turned into stripping the parts and building another cycle with a new frame. Unbeknownst to me, there is a reason why Specialized cycles have "specialised" in the name. So here is the first of my 2 wheeled creations, The 'Falcon with some "Specialized modifications". But, that has not deterred me, in fact, when I opened the BikeBoxAlan that my late brother Mark left behind I found the original Axis 700c wheels which has got me thinking "should I sell the spare wheels or get another frame and build a second bicycle?"Anyway here is my progress so far...
I got a N.O.S. 51.5cm Boardman Road Sport frame from ebay and the first thing I did was fit the rear wheel, the rear derailleur and rear caliper.
Next on the "job done" list was the seat once I had a clamp and shim to fit.
And here is a mock up with the Tarmac front forks as a guide. Unfortunately they won't fit so I'll have to replace them with some with a straight tube for the straight 1⅛" head tube on the frame.
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