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Going on a ride soon. I dropped the front of the saddle a bit, feels nicer but the shape is kinda nasty. The angle on the sides hurts my butt like crazy. Same thing as last year, just needs to get used to it. I was wondering if I should modify the saddle, add some quite stiff foam or something...

Yep, they definitely do. :grin: Today I'll ride my bike back home, I was supposed to do it yesterday but other things came up... There's some things I still want to do, I'm undecided what kind of a tool box or bag I'm gonna have on it. Experience has shown its a good idea to have some wrenches...

Hello lovelies. <3 It took me ages, but guess what, Ratillac is now on the road, first ride coming up today. There's still some details I wish to tweak a bit but almost everything is now done. I made kinda neat connecting pieces to put rear fender and sissy bar in place, same kind as I did with...

Yep, that's me. Anyway, back on the horse today and as usual, things aren't as easy and simple as it seems. I got some trouble fitting the back fender, the bike end attachment has to be changed a bit, luckily there's four spots where to attach stuff so that's rather easy to fix. Then the...

Soo... What should I do with the kickstand? The one I already bought is so awesome and would fit this bike like nothing else. But to make it fit, I must make space and remove the tube of the original kickstand completely. Likely it wont screw up the sturdiness of the frame much, old bikes...

Oho, katos vaan, tää tuli puskista. :D Mie luulin olevani ainoa. Mie asustelen Imatralla. Well now, this came as a surprise. :D I thought I'm the only Finn here. I live in Imatra.

Very close on what I have on mine, that one is 31,89" x 15,35". With a low raise, just like on the Duck. :cool2: This type handlebar is my new love affair, really like the laid back wrist posture.

Doesn't look like much yet with the tapes still there and there's some details and fixes still missing... But I guess this gives an idea what I'm messing here with. Next step, fix all the tiny mistakes and the last detailing and then I'm done. :grin:

Funny how it looks like it has more 'speed' to it when you've stripped it down a bit. :D But those are nice fenders.

No wonder, looks so much fun. :cool2: I haven't dug up this thread yet, which frame is it? I like the simplicity of it. I should make something like this, just a bare bones bike with nothing extra on it, make it for rough crazy riding and ton of fun. How wide is that handlebar? It looks similar...

I got to say, this bike is a beast. I haven't even tried yet how fast it can go, but it is VERY fast for such bike. I just did some calculations. 28"/653mm rims, 2,35" tires, front 48T, back 16T gives a gear ratio of 3.00. Gear inches 89.10. I first thought I'd switch to 18T cog, but now after...

Such a nice frame. Nice bike in general. My neighbor has something very similar looking. Haven't had the pleasure to take a closer look at it yet. I wish I found a frame like this to work on some time. :) Really neat.

Taping and painting fenders today. I can see one little thing I missed but I have to fix it afterwards. I hope they turn out good. Looked quite neat with colors inverted and adjusted. I decided to let them sit for a day before I remove the tape, it worked well on the rims so should work now too...

Ratillac has hit the road. Finally. I did quite a lot of work today. Still stuff to fix around and few parts are still missing, but its on the road now. Fenders will take few more days as I'm letting the paint dry for a good while. For some reason the back rim still needs more truing...

Painfully slow as always. I didn't get everything done I wanted to... But something, both wheels trued, I got the chain cut to right length and attached and that's pretty much where I'm at. I was supposed to put it together to the point that I could do a little ride but no way with my messy way...

I had a productive weekend. I made some stripes on the rims, worked out like a charm. The other has some little mess but I will fix that with the ink pen which just happens to be exactly same white as the paint. (And also sticks on it very nicely.) The front wheel is ready, I think I will still...

Did some more work today. I did some testing with the masking tape on the chain guard, the tape is awesome and works quite well. There was some mistakes there but all that was me messing things up and not applying the tape well enough. Also some paint peeled off while taking off the tapes...

I got the gear shifter today. This old model is way better built than the newer one. I didn't know it has such an intricate setup with the springs, apparently the lever always returns to a neutral position and the 'snap' when shifting is far more apparent. The only problem I can think of is one...

Ohkay, the saddle is ready. Look at this beauty, turned out way better than I imagined it would. I got unexpected help from my girlfriend, she helped sew it in place so its quite decent fit. I wouldn't have done such great job. I'm very pleased with the looks. But then something good and...

Whadda ya know, I got unexpected help. My gf helped me to put really cool leopard print fabric on the saddle. Turned out awesome, I'll take pictures tomorrow. :D This is really something, fits very nicely with the backrest, even though the color is slightly different.