BO15 The Kwaka

[toro1978]

I didn't mea a solid red chain, but rather something like this:

 

[Captain Awesome]

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Any chance you know what brand this particular chain is or where it's from?

 

[toro1978]

I just looked up "bike chain red", but will probably find the picture again... I found it, it is KMC X11 SL DLC super light. Oops, a bit expensive.

 

[metalchewy]

No drama, just that every time I've ridden one of those saddles I was racked at least once while riding. Once bad enuff I just stopped and pushed the bike a bit bent over for a block or two home. That's why I cut that electric stingray in half a few years back.

I couldn't bring myself to touch the WCC, so I stole it's fork tubes and used them on something else. Picked this saddle up for that bike when I decide to give it another go.

 

[HuffnPuff]

As per usual, all guns blazing to start then get distracted for a while. Had a bit of a break from build offs to upgrade my sons 24” bike with new wheels. upgraded the 7spd freewheel to a 9spd cassette with a new hub and rim. Then 1x which involved grinding off the riveted rings and cutting the remaining middle ring to make a spider. Also revived a dodgy shifter by switching one of the pawl springs from a similar but 8spd model as it wasn’t shifting properly.

Made some progress, or so I thought until mock-up.

While it looks nicely raked, it is more than intended and will probably get a change. Unless I take a left turn and finish the build in a different direction!

 

[HuffnPuff]

So I had another look at this. Seems the head angle is pretty close to the bike I’m inspired by. It doesn’t require a change. However the usual ‘winter blues’ have been visiting and not a lot of progress, so I doubt it’ll get finished by the deadline. Class one has been ticking away and is finished bar photos, so I can make a little more time for this one - pending motivation.

 

[nosferatu1381]

No drama, just that every time I've ridden one of those saddles I was racked at least once while riding. Once bad enuff I just stopped and pushed the bike a bit bent over for a block or two home. That's why I cut that electric stingray in half a few years back.
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I couldn't bring myself to touch the WCC, so I stole it's fork tubes and used them on something else. Picked this saddle up for that bike when I decide to give it another go.View attachment 125977View attachment 125976

Nice cover.