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4 hours later...
We dropped the ball with the rear fender eyelets. You can just barely clear a bolt with these hooded dropouts and there is 0 room for fender strut mounts. In this picture you may be able to spot that the rear fender is mounted inside the eyelets rather than out. This made it so I had to replace the 11t cog on my cassette with a spacer to clear the bolt head. After I left the shop I picked up some alum tubing that's got an inner diam. wide enough for the bolt, but an outer diam. that's slightly less than that of the bolt head. Using it like a long spacer, I think this will allow me to mount the fender struts just outside the hoods of the dropouts and reclaim that 11t cog. I'd be lying if I said it didn't stir a mini panic attack when I first tried the install.
Tomorrow is the mad-dash to get it finished. I'm cannibalizing the rest of the parts from my current and only bicycle. So I either finish tomorrow or I walk home.
Not sure about removing the paint on the headbadge now that I've got it back; kind of like it subdued.
Strong front fender plus mudguard game. Agreed with @Heldring that it looks very nice so far!
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4 hours later...
We dropped the ball with the rear fender eyelets. You can just barely clear a bolt with these hooded dropouts and there is 0 room for fender strut mounts. In this picture you may be able to spot that the rear fender is mounted inside the eyelets rather than out. This made it so I had to replace the 11t cog on my cassette with a spacer to clear the bolt head. After I left the shop I picked up some alum tubing that's got an inner diam. wide enough for the bolt, but an outer diam. that's slightly less than that of the bolt head. Using it like a long spacer, I think this will allow me to mount the fender struts just outside the hoods of the dropouts and reclaim that 11t cog. I'd be lying if I said it didn't stir a mini panic attack when I first tried the install.
Tomorrow is the mad-dash to get it finished. I'm cannibalizing the rest of the parts from my current and only bicycle. So I either finish tomorrow or I walk home.
Not sure about removing the paint on the headbadge now that I've got it back; kind of like it subdued.
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