Shuv's 2-wheeled antics *SLOG

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Added some Helicopter tape where the Gyro cables will rub:

Cleared a space in the man-cave:

…..which mainly involved moving the bin 😉

And swapped out fork decals / removed rear stay decals:

 

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……and with the majority of the bulky bits together: new paintwork was first polished. And then coated with the below. As any car detailers out there can imagine - with Graphene infused into it……it really is good stuff 👍

I then set about making up a pair of lower Gyro cables (What I needed not existing). My start point being the ever fabulous: Odyssey Linear Slic Kables…..

Now where are the frikkin tyres ? So I can start to finish this thing off…. ☹️

 

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New lower Gyro cables completed. Tyres arriving this evening. “Moving day” 😎👍

 

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Freestyle and era-related (1983-1989) magazines. And general Freestyle BMX book collection is starting to get there too.

Some of the history, knowledge etc in these is fascinating if you’re into it……

 

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So this was the basis for this ‘Tribute’ bike circa 1985:

And this Morning I’ve got to this point…..😍

 

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The thing is this bike-building ‘Artiste’ is colour blind as far as his mechanical palate goes. I definitely have no Grey. It’s either Black - or it’s White. And I have absolutely zero time for just making do…..

So: those wretched Black pinch bolts, and rancid mild steel Crank bolts swapped out for some Titanium and Stainless steel accordingly:

The (Highly rated Odyssey) Springfield Brake Calipers are also slightly strange. In that each half of the caliper gets installed onto the Boss on the forks / rear stays accordingly. And pivots via a Brass ‘shim’ in the caliper. But the bolt holding them on also adjusts tension effectively. And so can never really be fully tightened. This played with my standards enormously 🤣

So armed with de-greasing supplies and a new roll of PTFE tape:

….i took each bolt out. Cleaned up the bolt thread; and the female threaded boss. And applied 8 wraps of PTFE tape to each bolt:

Which meant each bolt could then be snugged-up to the perfect loose’ish tension - without fear of falling out or working looser 👌

**I then haphazardly slapped on a Custom made decal I had done onto the bars: without so much as measuring, lining up, marking out exactly where I wanted it or anything else 🙄

Just gotta machine up some axle washers at work Monday, get the cables on and we’re good !