The sprocket cover cleaned up nicely.
Friday, October 30, 2015
Tuesday, October 20, 2015
Ivy: New Front Wheel
A long time coming, but Ivy finally gets her new front wheel: new spokes (actually 35 new, 1 old), good clean rim, new rim strip and tube, and the good IRC tire.
The stool under the engine once again makes the front wheel swap a breeze.
The stool under the engine once again makes the front wheel swap a breeze.
Monday, October 19, 2015
Ivy: Garage Truing
After getting the new rim all laced up, I took it down to mount it, but only then did I realize that I had never tightened up the spokes. Brought the stand down to the garage and just tightened everything up and trued it again.
Friday, October 16, 2015
Ivy: Silicon Carbide Pt. 3
Finally finished all 36 holes. Finally.
Started truing and got it from a 6mm runout / 2mm hop down to 0.4mm/1.0mm.
Started truing and got it from a 6mm runout / 2mm hop down to 0.4mm/1.0mm.
Sunday, October 11, 2015
Red: Plastic Chain Guard
Didn't actually realize this was plastic until I got it, but it's perfect as a "weight saver" on the cafe bike. Now the plastic battery cover actually makes sense, too.
Labels:
drive chain,
rare parts,
unboxing
Ivy: Silicon Carbide Pt. 2
Continued Dremel'ing with the silicon carbide. Used up another 4 bits. It takes 150-200 "rotations" inside the hole to get it wide enough.
Monday, October 5, 2015
Ivy: Silicon Carbide
Silicon carbide bits seemed better, but they still wear down pretty quickly. The one I had only lasted for 5 holes before breaking. I ordered another 20 from Amazon.
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