The One Project

'Later' has come and passed, and I am still struggling to make 'one for all' bike.
I picked the SL-tubed Nico frame, mentioned above, but there were few problems about it:

• bent fork: solved - I bought a 'new' one, very similar, and the steerer was used for enlarging a 650c TT fork for another bike.
  
• chrome rust: solved - almost without any intentions I just sprayed wd40 on the rear triangle and then sanded with very thin paper - 95 percent of rust appeared to be only superficial and the rear triangle is shiny again.
  
• stuck seatpost: solved (phew..), but took some time and effort. Stuck 18 cm below insertion hole, it was literally a pain in the ass. Basically all you can do is saw it out with thin metal blade. Takes ages, but works.
  
• Shamal 12HPW rim 36 hole conversion: in progress. I had a battered 12-hole Shamal clincher rim and decided to pair it with Russian XB3 track hub. I drilled 24 additional holes in it to make it a 36-hole rim. That's easy, but when lacing the rim, the nipples that are already connected with spokes get stuck on the mid section of the rim, so every next spoke gets harder to install. I still got 9 spokes to put in.
  The plans for now is to make a FG beater. We'll see what turns out
  

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