I spent a few hours at the Rebound Centre today working on frame prep. We reamed out and faced the head tube and the seat tube. Brazing warps the tubes, so with a very precise reamer, we scrape it back to round. I did bunch of filet filing and took the rest of the lot home to polish up and tape the S&S couplings. Next week Sulaiman will sandblast, primer, and paint the rest of the frame. The fork is already painted, but not top-coated.
My big problem now is finding rims for my bike. I need high quality, 32-spoke, 20″ rims preferably about 26mm wide. Bike shops haven’t had them here and the BMX specialist only had 36 and 42-spoke wheels (way overkill). Ugh. I need them quick. I may need to airlift them from the USA.
When I came home I used my dremel tool to cheat and polish up the s&s couplings. Luke saw and wanted to join in. So we played with the dremel tool and afterwards he decided he wanted to drill (his favorite craft).
Luke and Mona then went on to play chase and tug-of-war until they were both absolutely exhausted.
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