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Where does the front wheel go?
Day off today and Sharron and the wee lad were busy at various baby clubs, so got peace to get the Saffron rebuilt.
In case you missed it, when I was giving a deep clean earlier in the year, I found what I thought was a big paint chip. As I cleaned the area more, I found that the tube had cracked. The brazed joint was fine, but it looked like the tube had failed where the butting ended. I contacted the builder and sent the frame back for repair.
Untitled by Steven Clubb, on Flickr
4 months have gone by but on Monday I finally got it back again. Since the frame had to be stripped for an all over inspection I had the option of a new paint colour. I'd toyed with blue before settling originally on silver, so went for a Mini colour from a car I'd been sat behind at some traffic lights. Quite a change but really happy with it.
Resurrection by Steven Clubb, on Flickr
Resurrection by Steven Clubb, on Flickr
Also indulged my inner (an outer) bike tart with a 12 speed upgrade and new 1x Reverb dropper lever to replace the original plunger version. On the original build the dropper lever was on right as the from lock out needed to go on the left. All my other bikes have had the dropper on the left and this resulted in a few moments where instead of dropping the post heading into a downhill, I locked out the forks instead. Now they are both on the same side. That combined with the new shifter give a freakily uncluttered right bar area.
Resurrection by Steven Clubb, on Flickr
Just need to find some time to ride now.
In case you missed it, when I was giving a deep clean earlier in the year, I found what I thought was a big paint chip. As I cleaned the area more, I found that the tube had cracked. The brazed joint was fine, but it looked like the tube had failed where the butting ended. I contacted the builder and sent the frame back for repair.
Untitled by Steven Clubb, on Flickr4 months have gone by but on Monday I finally got it back again. Since the frame had to be stripped for an all over inspection I had the option of a new paint colour. I'd toyed with blue before settling originally on silver, so went for a Mini colour from a car I'd been sat behind at some traffic lights. Quite a change but really happy with it.
Resurrection by Steven Clubb, on Flickr
Resurrection by Steven Clubb, on FlickrAlso indulged my inner (an outer) bike tart with a 12 speed upgrade and new 1x Reverb dropper lever to replace the original plunger version. On the original build the dropper lever was on right as the from lock out needed to go on the left. All my other bikes have had the dropper on the left and this resulted in a few moments where instead of dropping the post heading into a downhill, I locked out the forks instead. Now they are both on the same side. That combined with the new shifter give a freakily uncluttered right bar area.
Resurrection by Steven Clubb, on FlickrJust need to find some time to ride now.
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epicyclo":2m5zqx0l said:
Nah, he'll use an old bathtub as a sidecar just like Bernard Briggs.
Jamie, looks like a braw canoe, is it ready to go on the water?
strange for a modern frame to fail like that though.Re:
Looks great in blue Clubby. Different colour makes it seem like a new bike. The different set up means it will probably feel like it too.
OCP, the canoe is ready to drop straight in the water and paddle. A couple of small things to sort but nothing urgent.
Jamie
Looks great in blue Clubby. Different colour makes it seem like a new bike. The different set up means it will probably feel like it too.
OCP, the canoe is ready to drop straight in the water and paddle. A couple of small things to sort but nothing urgent.
Jamie
