TRADITIONAL In the “Nick of Time Procrastination Maggot”

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The pedal adapters are too long. I’ll only grind them down if it interferes with the chain.

One of the chain ring bolts was missing. Whitworth size and threading so it’s unobtainable. I used a self threading bolt from my junk. It was a close fit. Since I’m never changing the chainring I put red thread locker on everything. Heat will remove the red locker anyway. These bolts come loose and they’re hard to get at to tighten.

 

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My skip tooth chain is too short. I have more but I dread looking for it in my mess.

 

[kingfish254]

Keeps getting better. Very cool build.

 

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Oh boy looking for a slip tooth chain in all my chaos.

 

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I couldn’t find any of my skip tooth chains including a NOS one. I found a bunch of pieces and made it them into one. Three master links.

This was a two hour struggle.

 

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It’s finished. It needs more riding to test it out. Then I have to take some better pictures. It may not look like a rat but it is. Pieces from here and there, different vintages, parts from different countries, fake head tube lock, fake headset clip, fake or nonfunctional grease fittings, fake wood rims and homemade mounting peg.

 

[OddJob]

Cool build. You battled many odds to get to this point. RaT iT is!

Faux wood RiM-tina works really well with this build. Dig the tape on the bars too.