Green boomer

[toro1978]

I like the way you think, you have a good eye for detail.
Ah, sure, you are a Kubrick fan after all!

 

[toro1978]

It is put together and I test rode it. I had to put a chain tensioner. I think I will get the anti-rotate washers just in case. It could use a few more teeth in the rear as well. Headlight is not connected.

I may have a regular kickstand that I could use:

This fork can stay for now. But I really want some suspension in the front

Cockpit view:

Front:

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Now that you've gone hub brakes, will you be removing the rim brake bosses?

 

[toro1978]

If I decide to strip the frame bare probably yes, but this would be so much work that I don't think I will. Also I will have to cut them off with my hacksaw, then filing the frame smooth where they used to be, then it will be very obvious unless I repaint the spots...

 

[toro1978]

I am kind of sorry for not having removed them though, because every time I take the wheel off I have to let some air out because the tire wouldn't fit between them. I mean it would, with enough brutality applied to it, but I assume it will get scratched and damaged.

 

[toro1978]

Well, this is the final look of this bike:

 

[MattiThundrrr]

I am a BIG fan!

 

[toro1978]

Thanks, Matt! I am a bit unhappy that the Ruff front tire was ruined, I'd loved it to have the front tire in the same style as the rear (Like the Thick/Quick brick combo on some Felts), but I can live with it.

 

[MattiThundrrr]

If you aren't tired of my suggestions yet, I have one more...
Black zip ties for the cables

 

[Klunkruiser]

I really like this bike and just couldn't let go that the seat is so cumbersome and generally doesn't match the style of this thing.
I have another seat, virtually identical to this one and it is torn. So I removed the foam to see how does it look underneath, particulary I was pretty sure the nose would be thinner.
And I was right then suddenly:
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Oops, bolts, didn't see this one coming. I sat on it for a while and I didn't feel the bolts at all. I assume it will not be a problem, since the seat cushions mainly because of the springs and not so much because of that foam.
I like it better than the foam version:
View attachment 96414 View attachment 96415 View attachment 96413The question that I keep asking myself is - should I rip apart this sofa cushion/pillow to try to fabricate a cover (no foam, just the "leather") for the seat plate? To clarify, it is not a part of my green sofa and armchairs.
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By the way, no luck at the flea market today, no vintage/used parts except for some derailers... I only got a tristar allen key, another set of green hub brushes and some tire levers. I was hoping to score some stems and bars maybe, some cool seat... Once there was a guy with at least 10 cool sets of wheels.
By the way the rear cog is 21t, but I have ordered a 23t when I was at the shop.

I was at the thrift store yesterday, and they had a couple of pieces of old school super duty soft side luggage for three or four dollars made out of extra extra heavy naugahyde. Could have probably covered six or eight bike seats with one of them, but it was a medium tan color. The other had a little less material, and was kind of burgundy.

Black, or a darker earthtone and I would've bought one. But I didn't have a bike that I wanted to use those colors on.

 

[Klunkruiser]

Oh.... by the way... The bike looks great!

 

[toro1978]

I had black and white and I first ran out of the black ones and now I don't have any. I only have a few reusable, but I am not cutting them. Green should be available, I must make a trip to the Hagebaumarkt (that's the german version of Home Depot).

 

[SpikeFC]

About that shifter - you can use almoast any shfter with those Nexus 3 speeds. I'm using a non indexed lower tube shifter from ZZR racing bikes from the sixties mounted on the steering bar.

The only important thing is tu figure out the position of the second gear to ba at the yellow window on the gear selector, 3rd and 1st are not important, since 1st is line-all-out, and 3rd is line-all-in

 

[toro1978]

Yes, I have read on the non indexed levers, but never liked them.
I am just content that it is the short version, so less bulky than the 7sp versions.