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im going to continue the adventures here where it belongs. I found this roached, mangled frame and rusted out POS fork locally. I drove 45 minutes in hope of finding something with light patina as described. The adventure started off discovering that the frame rear triangle was bent over the left. The seller was like…. I never noticed. Having felt like I just wasted 2 hours of my life in Denver traffic, I bought the .... thing anyway, hoping for the best. Yes, a compulsive, yet somewhat regretful purchas at that moment. Must have been the CBD taking over my cognitive thought process.
Anyway, I muscled the frame back into shape with an assortment of large steel tubing and cauls I made out of wood, in order to prevent denting the frame. It was a mess, but i was determined to make shinola out of poo. 1 am came around real fast, no alcohol was involved. I was able to sleep last eve, but got up early and put the string on the frame to see how far off it was. It was with in an 1/8 inch out of alignment. Felt a bit vindicated with out a frame jig. The old eyes are still working. Of course the seat post was frozen tighter than that light patina as described. Twisted the steel post in half after an over night of soaking. Filled entire tube with PB blaster. Then heated the tube…. Nada. So now I’m going to use a a thinned narrowed sawzall bladed and put two relief cuts inside of the seat post and then remove. nothing looseened up, even with the cutting torches. Cherry red…. Nada.
I started to mess around with around with some bars, stems and ideas for seating. Mostly experimenting. I have seen a few bikes here that are providing the inspiration. The sear pan will be sectioned and shortened. I’m thinking leaving it with out cover. Who knows at this point in time. It’s an adventure…..
Anyway, I muscled the frame back into shape with an assortment of large steel tubing and cauls I made out of wood, in order to prevent denting the frame. It was a mess, but i was determined to make shinola out of poo. 1 am came around real fast, no alcohol was involved. I was able to sleep last eve, but got up early and put the string on the frame to see how far off it was. It was with in an 1/8 inch out of alignment. Felt a bit vindicated with out a frame jig. The old eyes are still working. Of course the seat post was frozen tighter than that light patina as described. Twisted the steel post in half after an over night of soaking. Filled entire tube with PB blaster. Then heated the tube…. Nada. So now I’m going to use a a thinned narrowed sawzall bladed and put two relief cuts inside of the seat post and then remove. nothing looseened up, even with the cutting torches. Cherry red…. Nada.
I started to mess around with around with some bars, stems and ideas for seating. Mostly experimenting. I have seen a few bikes here that are providing the inspiration. The sear pan will be sectioned and shortened. I’m thinking leaving it with out cover. Who knows at this point in time. It’s an adventure…..
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