Well got the final bits in the mail from the states last week, did a quick micro brazing job on the XT v brake arm on the rear.
Some one had snapped off the little pin that the spring retains against in the brake boss, so I filed the face flat, drilled a 2mm hole where the pin used to be, heated it up with the new fangled henrob torch I bought (man its so handy having a welder around!) and dropped a blob of brass on the face and in the hole, finally got the 2mm drill bit that I drilled the hole with, heated up the shank and the brass blob together and dropped that sucker in there and damn it works a charm!
So with the brakes on and sorted, I installed the problem solvers in the cables, and it was all good to go.The brakes feel somewhat "wooden" but you can't expect to much from them, they are plenty strong enough for what I need them for.
Rode it to work that day, man it feels heavier than it is, this is due to the 29er' mtb wheels combined with the conti top contact tyres(470grm), but its nice ride, good to have the 34t mtn cassette on the back tho!The bar end shifters rule!
Feels bit like a truck compared to the Trek but it should the geometry is quite different.Overall I am pretty stoked with it.I said to Miek that this is the last bike that I will spend money on till the next project comes to fruition, how many bikes can you ride at once?!
Next project, Zephyr Mk1, took delivery of the tubing today, its really nice (in a bike nerdy kinda way!), brass rods, flux, drop outs, braze ons, bb shells, head tubes etc.
Am a little nervous brazing this stuff together, have a little more practice to do first, but will be good to use the rods and flux from the states tho, should make quite a difference to the ease of the brazing process.
Hmmm well i'm gonna retreat to the man cave and check this tubing out and draw the rest of my drawing now I have the drop outs and seat/chain stays, and do some bog work to the other project a 1965 VW beetle, more on that later, heres a pic of the "table" and stuff, later.
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