Been a busy few days finishing things off. Firstly, having stuck new tubs onto my son's race and spare race wheels, the valve extender on the rear sheared off. I needed to un-tape, removed threaded plastic, and re-tape the rear tub. All done, even if he DNF'd last night due to feeling ill.
The Kona Paddy Wagon fixie, which we'll use for grasstrack racing, has been finished. New Schwalbe CX Comp 30mm tyres with latex tubes, replacement stem, handlebars, bar tape, seatpost and saddle from the parts store were used together with a pair of new 'Ultegra' pedals that came via
eBay. Only they were fakes and the seller told me to keep them! (Reported to eBay anyway)
Some paint's been added as the bike wasn't packed well, plus the LBS removed the freewheel we won't need. From this on Friday lunch-time:
To this yesterday:
The irony of my half-Irish son competing on a Paddy Wagon isn't lost on me
The Dawes Kingpin has also had work, with the aim of being finished for Saturday's small wheeler
Norman Charters Memorial Ride out of Thorne.
Having arrived in LOTS of pieces - think everything dismantled bar the bottom bracket because it was stuck - it's been re-sprayed silver (badly
) and re-built. Originally it looked like this, but it all arrived in the saddle bag plus frame, forks, wheels, bars, seatpost all in a box:
It's been a clean-up on a budget rather than an expensive re-build. That's being saved for the separate Kingpin TT project we've got very slowly on-going.
So ... everything's been cleaned thoroughly, new bearings in everything that had bearings originally or seemed to - mainly because they either weren't there or were out anyway - new rear tyre, new gear cable outer/inner, new inner brake cables, new brake pads, new chain, all the metal-work cleaned and polished plus a NOS chainguard. I accidentally ordered cotter pins from the wrong seller so ended up with one rather than a pair, so a second new one's still to arrive. The LH brake lever needed new bits and some fettling to work properly. A challenge was that many of the parts on this 1973 Kingpin didn't match the 1975 Kingpin project we're working on, so it was a bit of trial and error.
Currently a non-dynamo front wheel's on for the moment which is off my other Kingpin as I don't need the dynamo lights yet.
I couldn't match the green so went with a set of silver spray cans and new decals. The seatpost clamp was too-far gone to polish so that's now in green enamel and I simply did the head-tube chrome parts in silver. More laquer needed but overall it's OK. The gears aren't set up yet, hence the long gear cable. Oh, and a prize for the CC'er who spots the bodge
If I can get it all working properly I'll make Saturday's ride.