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THE SCRAP YARD
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RRB BUILD OFF COMPETITIONS
RRB Build Off 17
Build Off 17 Class 1 Build Journals
Somet Hingo Rother
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<blockquote data-quote="GeePig" data-source="post: 1211787" data-attributes="member: 31595"><p>What we have here is the bare, freshly modified Zenit frame with a new BB, the latter of which I am less than happy with. Plus a box of the smaller bits that I removed and my trusty, emergency big hammer.</p><p></p><p>Anyways, it was made in Romet's small-bike factory in Kowalewo, some time in the later 1980s, early 1990s.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AM-JKLUDpdYnNEqv6cw7MbH-g8o4AV1bjuPFhWZ76P8j2vi_yi5d-R7LVg4wm28p6fLlWNQ9liycnfvBSflJsDM_5jwy8d20AdgZlB3IuR0Y0dwmcCYpVOjhGuS1lrvYlfz2sU5W7s3EBDTBEA4Eewdgj8Ck9g=w1164-h956-no?authuser=0" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>The BB is the kind of thing you find on cheap bikes, plus a sleeve to get it to fit in the rather large diameter hub. I bought them from a usually reliable bike shop here, but I cannot say that I am much in love with the fit. Originally it had a hub with separate bearings, plus three-piece cranks and spindle off a larger bike, but the factory making such things closed down two years ago.</p><p></p><p>A work in progress.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AM-JKLXpJS7FaFUfYPmL5DeGc1ZN54NXZ1H74sfqD0hgY6-IQ6T6wWT9JbIqrNE-H8TYrGBgVYIaetEAItgh49VAFiYTFw6eYtBHLN_bYVBzBMV8Oi2a8LqKyi-FIIqbewsSSdFN9ua-3IFr58d-LkyQ0to1PQ=w1000-h955-no?authuser=0" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>The Jubilat/Zenit has an old-style long tube to hold the fork in place, while the fork itself is a rather cheap object that has minimal welding to hold it together. One of my other Jubilats had a much better fork, but whoever rebuilt it applied brutish strength to the whole task such that there is a slit worn into the fork stem. The answer was to cut the tube short and fit the fork from another, more modern bike.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AM-JKLXsnSnNYo139U-qVFrtT4i9OYaXXGdlXZp1GPB8VXMvANfoem_OaSQQsihhI3qnaa8Uig_aPXi9Er_U8kj9wjEhOUHnZLTSvYNhEzgDQzbF-TCReAHdulYXMxc8nKY_2EH3syk22-ApdvY45c5x3tdaZw=w1052-h955-no?authuser=0" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><em>See the length of the original Jubilat fork tube...</em></p><p></p><p>Other than that I straightened the frame at the rear. It was my first ever attempt, and I did manage to dink one of the upper stays. I cannot say I was amused, but neither was I saddened because it was a learning process.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GeePig, post: 1211787, member: 31595"] What we have here is the bare, freshly modified Zenit frame with a new BB, the latter of which I am less than happy with. Plus a box of the smaller bits that I removed and my trusty, emergency big hammer. Anyways, it was made in Romet's small-bike factory in Kowalewo, some time in the later 1980s, early 1990s. [IMG]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AM-JKLUDpdYnNEqv6cw7MbH-g8o4AV1bjuPFhWZ76P8j2vi_yi5d-R7LVg4wm28p6fLlWNQ9liycnfvBSflJsDM_5jwy8d20AdgZlB3IuR0Y0dwmcCYpVOjhGuS1lrvYlfz2sU5W7s3EBDTBEA4Eewdgj8Ck9g=w1164-h956-no?authuser=0[/IMG] The BB is the kind of thing you find on cheap bikes, plus a sleeve to get it to fit in the rather large diameter hub. I bought them from a usually reliable bike shop here, but I cannot say that I am much in love with the fit. Originally it had a hub with separate bearings, plus three-piece cranks and spindle off a larger bike, but the factory making such things closed down two years ago. A work in progress. [IMG]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AM-JKLXpJS7FaFUfYPmL5DeGc1ZN54NXZ1H74sfqD0hgY6-IQ6T6wWT9JbIqrNE-H8TYrGBgVYIaetEAItgh49VAFiYTFw6eYtBHLN_bYVBzBMV8Oi2a8LqKyi-FIIqbewsSSdFN9ua-3IFr58d-LkyQ0to1PQ=w1000-h955-no?authuser=0[/IMG] The Jubilat/Zenit has an old-style long tube to hold the fork in place, while the fork itself is a rather cheap object that has minimal welding to hold it together. One of my other Jubilats had a much better fork, but whoever rebuilt it applied brutish strength to the whole task such that there is a slit worn into the fork stem. The answer was to cut the tube short and fit the fork from another, more modern bike. [IMG]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AM-JKLXsnSnNYo139U-qVFrtT4i9OYaXXGdlXZp1GPB8VXMvANfoem_OaSQQsihhI3qnaa8Uig_aPXi9Er_U8kj9wjEhOUHnZLTSvYNhEzgDQzbF-TCReAHdulYXMxc8nKY_2EH3syk22-ApdvY45c5x3tdaZw=w1052-h955-no?authuser=0[/IMG] [I]See the length of the original Jubilat fork tube...[/I] Other than that I straightened the frame at the rear. It was my first ever attempt, and I did manage to dink one of the upper stays. I cannot say I was amused, but neither was I saddened because it was a learning process. [/QUOTE]
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THE SCRAP YARD
THE ARCHIVES
RRB BUILD OFF COMPETITIONS
RRB Build Off 17
Build Off 17 Class 1 Build Journals
Somet Hingo Rother
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