RRBBO13 The Grey Goose " Finished "

[mongo5959]

My seat showed up. It's a german seat. Pretty sure a Lohmann. The hardware didn't go with it and was wired in place. Think I found another one with the parts I need.

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[mongo5959]

Hoping to get the frame and rack blasted tomorrow.

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[mongo5959]

Never fails that the stuff I like always has some hard to find parts. Didn't realize the Jetflow has a slightly oversized head tube so the new headset I bought doesn't fit. I think I found one on ebay. The good news is it's been blasted . I little work and I can paint it. Thinking a metallic silver for the frame.

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[OddJob]

Yeah, I've run across that headset issue before. 1" is not always 1".

In my case I purchased some copper sheets at Ace Hardware and made a shim for the inside of the head tube. Worked pretty well. The sheets come in like 4" x 12" and in 3-4 different thicknesses. It took some hand shaping and rolling, but the copper is malleable enough to work with your hands.

 

[macncheese]

Not sure if this is related but @SSG told me some of these frames have funky euro bottom brackets as well. Might want to double check that as well.

 

[mongo5959]

Not sure if this is related but @SSG told me some of these frames have funky euro bottom brackets as well. Might want to double check that as well.

As far as I can tell I'll be ok with the bb. Looks like the one out of my Ross parts bike will fit.

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[SSG]

This one looks like it has the regular "American" size bb. It's the 56-57 imported models that have a 40mm thompson bottom bracket.

 

[mongo5959]

Yup bb works.

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[mongo5959]

Looks like I need to do a little welding.

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[mongo5959]

I'm thinking satin nickel for the frame.

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[The Renaissance Man]

The Nickel Goose.

 

[mongo5959]

All welded up thanks to my brother.

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[user 26311]

The Nickel Goose.

Nickelback!

 

[HuffDaddy]

Cool frame! I'm going to have to get some CLR!

 

[mongo5959]

Went old school and painted it in the driveway.

 

[mongo5959]

I really want to ride this !

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[mongo5959]

The Goose is loose !!!
A few more small things and I'll call it finished. I've already taken it for a spin.

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[mongo5959]

The new parts :
Ape hangers 19"
Grips
Springer forks
Bear trap pedals
Grey 26" x 2.125 tires
Black wheels
Chain

Vintage parts :
JC Higgins frame
Ross crank and snowflake gear
Ross bottom bracket
Bmx stem
Headset
Lohmann seat
Hiawatha seat post clamp
Starliner seat post
Starliner rear rack

Still need a kickstand and maybe a headlight.



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[Brian macumber]

looks good love them ape

 

[Dr. Tankenstein]

Nice clean build


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