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 bigger problem is that just behind the crank, the low attachment for the fender is a bolt and rather big one. It leaves tiny tiny clearance, no matter how far I pull the wheel, something like 2-3mm which isn't enough for my liking. That could end up in trouble. So that must be replaced. I thought about ditching the bolt and putting a small screw and nut there, that should give some more clearance there.
Another thing is attaching the sissybar. It was difficult already and I knew this was ahead. Just didn't have time or energy for it today. I will make extension pieces and have the sissybar sit about an inch further back, also its not on the wheel axle so I wont need to disassemble half of the bike to change tires etc. So yea, more slow hand crafting of parts ahead. I'm gonna use the same iron bar I used for the fork, simple as it gets but very slow to make.
I thought I'd on the same go make them long enough so the sissybar sits about an inch further back and another inch lower. I'm starting to be so done with this bike, it has taken way too long. Typical, nothing is self explanatory and takes awful lot of time.
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 bigger problem is that just behind the crank, the low attachment for the fender is a bolt and rather big one. It leaves tiny tiny clearance, no matter how far I pull the wheel, something like 2-3mm which isn't enough for my liking. That could end up in trouble. So that must be replaced. I thought about ditching the bolt and putting a small screw and nut there, that should give some more clearance there.
Another thing is attaching the sissybar. It was difficult already and I knew this was ahead. Just didn't have time or energy for it today. I will make extension pieces and have the sissybar sit about an inch further back, also its not on the wheel axle so I wont need to disassemble half of the bike to change tires etc. So yea, more slow hand crafting of parts ahead. I'm gonna use the same iron bar I used for the fork, simple as it gets but very slow to make.
I thought I'd on the same go make them long enough so the sissybar sits about an inch further back and another inch lower. I'm starting to be so done with this bike, it has taken way too long. Typical, nothing is self explanatory and takes awful lot of time.
Oh yea, have I ever introduced myself other than talking about my bike enthusiasm? My name is Lara, I'm 38 yo, I'm a musician and an artist but neither pay my living so they've stayed as a serious hobby or semi professional job. I love hand crafting all sorts of things including bicycles and fish traps etc., I have a soft spot for gardening and I'm a big time chili head. And of course I love to ride bicycles a lot. 
Or maybe once I can afford it, I'll find another saddle which could be nicer... Actually I would love to find one which is longer than the one I have to get sissy bar angle a tiny bit towards the back. I'm just not sure where to look for it. The one I got now is bought from Germany, from Classic-Cycle and they didn't have banana saddles any longer than this one.
