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  1. Frankie plekhand

    Willi Witch

    🤣 I have 2 boys, so its bikes, cars, playmobil, lego, soccerballs etc.. (Sending in the troops)
  2. Frankie plekhand

    Willi Witch

    Yeah, right? Not that is a green rim, scrapped an Electra a while back. Yes you know with kids in the house there are toys everywhere😅
  3. Frankie plekhand

    Cadillac

    Dude that is a nice frame, flows so nice! I also like those fender braces, good parts pile you got there!
  4. Frankie plekhand

    Willi Witch

    Finished the front wheel today, tensioned an trued it. Regreased the bearings. Gave the frame a coat of BLO Couldn't resist doing a quick mock up🙂 This isn't the fork i'll be using for the final build but just to get an idea. Then i could also play with some ideas i have in my head, maybe a...
  5. Frankie plekhand

    Build Off 17 Highlight Thread

    I really lime this shot by @ingola Canadian Metal
  6. Frankie plekhand

    Gooey Syrup

    Cream is the way to go! Love your build and especially the way your building and designing. So different from mine, i create it inside my head and start building stuff from anything i have laying around.
  7. Frankie plekhand

    Willi Witch

    Haha done deal! About the washers, what exactly do you mean by this? The wheels were cross 4 spoked so i just did it again. I just noticed that older wheels are 4 cross and most newer wheels are 3 cross. The bikes they produce nowadays are even 2 cross.. What it is with the bearings, could be...
  8. Frankie plekhand

    Willi Witch

    Oh yes its a mobile bike shop, it is really well stocked. Just google Get Bike Service and you will find us. We mostly do B2B but i do have some regular customers now and then. But as i said most of them is B2B, and those are cargobikes for delivery services inside citys. Sometimes you get...
  9. Frankie plekhand

    Willi Witch

    Reworked the front wheel today Respoked it, sanded the rim and gave it 2 coats of BLO I sure love lacing wheels, it's a relaxing therapeutic thing to do. I used to do it weekly but since i changed jobs i don't do it a lot anymore Then cleaned the bearings and cones and found out there were just...
  10. Frankie plekhand

    Willi Witch

    Had some free time yesterday so i respoked the wheel. Been a while since i did a 4 cross pattern. I wet sanded the rim and aplied 2 coats of BLO en also applied BLO to the spokes Regreased the hub with some original sachs grease, tensioned and trued the wheel. Looks old, functiones like new...
  11. Frankie plekhand

    Sweet Marie

    And me😅 oh wait i'm a dad...
  12. Frankie plekhand

    Steering Tube Obstruction

    It looks like a bracket to mount your fender to me. And the piece of pipe is usually a reinforcement
  13. Frankie plekhand

    Willi Witch

    Thanks mate
  14. Frankie plekhand

    Willi Witch

    So got a bit of work done today, i want to rebuild the wheels but try not to use new materials. Started with the rear wheel 35 spokes turned, 1 was frozen 36 spokes turned🤗 Aargh forgot to remove the rear cog🙄 Never removed a skiptooth before so i used common sense and googled it Step 1 remove...
  15. Frankie plekhand

    Gooey Syrup

    Hey i spotted those wheels too, great deal
  16. Frankie plekhand

    Willi Witch

    The part i hate the most, cleaning all the goo and grime of the parts, so i try to do it in between fun jobs. Well at least the bearings and cranks are clean😅. Next up making the fork fit. And i found a cool ducktail fender and a chainguard, might use it. First i want a rolling chassis.😊
  17. Frankie plekhand

    Girthy Gerty

    That looks really good!
  18. Frankie plekhand

    Willi Witch

    Thanks Oddjob, also for the great tip!
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