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Last night I went ahead with making a few changes to the bike...
First off the seat-post clamp. I have to admit I rushed this a little, I should have measured it up and marked out each point but I just went straight ahead with the drill. Not the neatest so definitely need to take more time doing it. I also filed the end of bottom of the clamp 1mm or so plus took some material from the rear edge. Not sure why but my scales have stopped working, last weigh-in is 15g but I believe it's now around 12 with the extra parts removed.
what it looks like on..
I did continue to upgrade a few extra parts but they will all be weighed when scales are working again.
Bontrager rear brake, unbelievable how heavy the original was compared to this!
I also put the new forks on but I've got a problem...
the inside of the fork has a aluminium internal which almost looks dislodged 1mm or so and not letting the brake bolt go far enough in to reach the thread. Really not sure where to go with it, to drill the area or file it or what, any help?
Picture below shows them fitted to the bike just to see how they'll look, decided I'm going to strip them and lacquer over instead of leaving them ratty