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Captain Awesome said:
On the road traveling for work and had some time to kill today so I stopped in a small hole in the wall bike shop and scored! While making small talk I found out they had a set of thick slicks in the back "forever" that somebody ordered and never came back for. $25 for the pair! And the nice guys at my following meeting boxed them up and shipped them from Pennsylvania to my house no cost! Winning


I won't use them on this build but an update is an update 🤑
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Missed out on a set of the these on the bay last week. Can,t find them any where
 
Well................I was contemplating a fork change and decided to knock the BB cups out so I could put in a good set and mount the crank to eyeball everything.

BB has a crack in it. Aluminum. Sigh....... Explains some of the water and salt corrosion that was in the bearings and maybe why I had to cut the entire crank assembly out. Didn't see the crack before or I caused it trying to break the crank free 🤷‍♂️

It was free. Not complaining too much. Back to the pile to see what I got for a frame change

Keeping the bars though no matter what
 
That sux man! But yeah! Those wicked bars gotta stay!
 
Captain Awesome said:
BB has a crack in it. Aluminum. Sigh....... Explains some of the water and salt corrosion that was in the bearings and maybe why I had to cut the entire crank assembly out. Didn't see the crack before or I caused it trying to break the crank free 🤷‍♂️
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After learning this lesson way too many times, frameset cleaning and inspection are one of the first checks I complete. Even so, sometimes cracks get missed until paint restoration.
 
Karate Chicken Industries said:
After learning this lesson way too many times, frameset cleaning and inspection are one of the first checks I complete. Even so, sometimes cracks get missed until paint restoration.
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MattiThundrrr said:
Cap, you ain't that bad, I can top that. As of last week, this Rockadile was still being ridden.
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@ingola did you convince him to retire it yet?
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Yes it's in my backyard.its even worse on the other side. He thought it was the rock shocks. He works where I work and was doing 12 km 7.5 miles)everyday beside transports.
 
The search continues.......

Big thanks to @kingfish254 who put me on to a Schwinn tanker but it didn't pan out. Must have been sold before I even got around to asking. Went and looked at a 3G frame a local told me about but it has a bent head and down tube junction (rental bike life)

I added another Cranbrook frame to the pile so I have those if it comes down to it. Also have a lead on a Caloi cruiser to see

And if all else fails I'll use the Monterrey I've been holding onto
 
In Florida for a mini vacation for the Mrs birthday. If I can find some deals I may try and get something in the back of her Cadillac. If not I'm just going to surge ahead with one of the Huffy frames I already have upon my return

Hopefully next week I can actually get something done
 

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