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My Fixie Project


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little peg/doofus thingy on rear triangle

Don't take this one off, it holds the chain when you flip the wheel.

I was wondering what the hell it was for...

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For those you'll need a quill adapter and an oversize modern road stem.

One of these?

 

Then I need to get a stem too. Not going to look as clean as the old '7'.

 

Fk, you learn something new every day.

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Do your wheels have aero spokes? Medium deep profile? They're probably old Ventos. PM me if you want to get rid of them. If you want a lower profile, something Campt like the Montreal '76 (which is actually a later wheel, not 1976) would do nicely, or older 90's Mavic rims.

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Been on leave in the pilanesberg, but have managed to get some done.

 

Ali parts stripped, rough sanded and zinc chromated prior to priming.

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Tried to upload more pics from my phone, but it did the last one and then wouldn't do any more... fekkin mobile devices.

 

So, frame stripped:

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Body putty: "Add 3 to 4 cm of hardener to 1 desert spoon of putty" WTF, is this a recipe? When I was using epoxy resin I had to measure hardener to 0.2 of a gram.

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Gear lever nubbins amputation sites filled:

 

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As well as the front derailleur indentations (I mean, why not get obsessive about it, this is a fixie after all!)

 

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So, frame, fork and ali bits all ready for priming. Going to use black Rustoleum primer, followed by Matt Black (or Flat Black I think they call it.)

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