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Time for a belated updated. Given that since we finished the course, I've had a week at home coughing my lungs up followed by a long weekend in Tuscany, I'm a bit behind, but I'll start off with the final stages of @Cycliste's bike.
After brazing the front triangle together, some magical pixies (Sam and Geoff) shotblasted it so she could move onto doing the stays. When I was at Enigma in February, Josh and I would normally be hard at work at 8.30am, but @Cycliste and I were running to a more relaxed timetable. We'd aim to be there for 9, but generally we'd still be finishing off our first cup of tea at 9.30. The magical pixies did their work while we were having breakfast (at the Snug on the High Street in Hailsham - recommended).
I can't give much of a commentary of @Cycliste doing the rear triangle on her frame since I was busy doing my own frame at the time, but I did take a moment to take a photo of her brazing the brake bridge into place.
Due to @Cycliste's pocket-sized dimensions, some novel techniques had to be adopted to get her hands high enough to braze the brake bridge. Despite appearances, it's not actually just a cardboard box she's standing on. It's a cardboard box full of hardback books, so was actually quite sturdy.
After finishing the rear triangle on the Thursday, @Cycliste's frame was nearly finished, with just the water bottle bosses and some finishing work left to do.
A little filing and shotblasting later, and her frame was done. The rear wheel is the wheel she'll be using for this build (it's a 650C Velocity Deep V rim on an On-One track hub) as is the carbon fork. Because it's 650C I think it looks a lot better proportioned than some of @Cycliste's other bikes.
Geoff seemed rather pleased with it too. He's almost smiling in that photo. Maybe he was just looking forward to seeing us leave.
Anyway, @Cycliste's frame is done, bar painting. On the drive back to the Fens we had many lengthy discussions about colour schemes, but the current plan is light blue with white decals. It's going to have silver finishing kit and white trimmings (saddle, bar tape, brake hoods), and I think it'd look rather good with white lugs too, but apparently @Cycliste is unconvinced by my white lugs plan. Not that I mind - I'll be doing the painting, and if I don't have to mask the lugs off then it's less work for me. Still reckon it'd look good though.
Right, latest updates on my frame in another post.