Unhinged, at any speed! :-)

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#Rethinkks.....
No, I have opted to file out the fork slot (only low side + razor blade clearance!)

I will wait for the tyre (*Saturday) and then mock up the Drop Plate dimensions 😮

*Tyre arrived Thurs 👍

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Right Ho! NOW we can measure up for the front brake caliper Drop Plate 👌

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Drop plate cut & fitted. Needs to come back off for painting... Quite a tight gap, onto the tyre, but I'm sure I will survive 🎱
*tyre on wrong way = only on for clearance 😉

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Replaced my 'tired & deformed' quill clamp [25.4]..... It takes the chromed lever/wingnut, as original to my Kingpin.

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I elected to replace the rather clunky handlebar clamp with something a little more elegant.....

All set & clamped up tight.... Just need to run my brake/Sturmey cables and Hit The Road 🎉

Bit of a marathon.. timewise.. but I don't have a garage/shed/mancave 😮

I will get a YouTube up 👍

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Finally..... Ready 2 Roadtest 🎉🥂

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*so pooped in this heat, so wobbling will have to wait till tomorrow 😵

 

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........ AND ...... We have had a shot around the block 🎉🎉🏆🏆💞💞.
You wouldn't think it was the same* bike!!

Soft as marshmallow, through the fat tyres (Oh Joy, in the Bum dept. ) The SA is like butter >> clicketty click.. Up>Down>Up>Down & sweet spot adjusted straight off the bench.

16T sprocket (down from 18T) has dragged the gearing into the 21st Century = now I have Hauling 'Low'... To the shops 'Mid'... Leggy 'High' 😎

Can't wait to get back onto Hadrian's Cycleway for a proper run up. Absolutely Delighted 🥰

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To enable a 'shorter' quill riser..... 🎱

£9.50 delivered (... Yes, to repaint!!)

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..... I think we know what will match the front ally rim, perfectly 👌

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Right Ho!.... 😉

Handlebars arrived just this morning. I dived into my 'man cave' (cupboard)...

#1 Cut out brace
#2 Linish off weld bead
#3 Dress flat, to pipe bar radius, with Flat file.

This bar is a 6inch riser.

As it is rainy I cannot go outside and lash on my Lidl grey paint.
I have decided against buying a can of red... I have ample supplies of Auto Matt black, so that will be the ultimate finish.
*rubbing back between Lidl coats 👍

£10 well spent, I reckon 😎🥂

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After all that, the black is not compatible with the undercoat...
Back to the Red👍

Still some reactioning under the red, a quick flat back and have another go 😋

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Mmmm..... Shiny 😋

.... ready 2 roll ! 😎

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Ready 4 A Rumble 👍

..... Some video soon 🤐

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As I now am the keeper of two 'mean machines', I thought an OldSkool plate-multi spanner would be a smart addition to my Auto tools...
15MM cone [hold it - to secure locknut] springs to mind 🤔

Keepinn on Keepinn on

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As seen, in my other thread......

Looking forward now to trips out, just chuck in the back of our car & GO 😎

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