Sunday 14 November 2010

Fitting the new parts

Got the Brand new brake disc rotors and huge back tire and tube in the post. Before fitting them i had to convert the old wheels to a bolt axle as the old ones were quick release and not very practical. This involved stripping down the hubs and changing axles over and greasing up. A quick and easy job.

Now to fit the new parts. Back tire slid on easy and looked great and the new rotors looked the business as the look slick. I used a semi slick Kenda Flame rear tyre which is 3" wide (Huge). You can just see how big they are in comparison to a normal 1.95" tire.



 The next part in building was making the rear dropouts for the frame. I first marked then out with cardboard to make sure they fit right with the caliper:


This is pretty much how it was left for a week until it rained. Then i started to make the real dropouts from steel

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