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Progress Saturday, as the wife is out today in brought the workstand into the kitchen, which made things happen a lot faster as dexterity is useful!
I spent some time thinking about how to minimise drilling yesterday and worked out if I put he battery in he toontube I only need to drill one hole, and if I ever want to add a front derailleur then it'll just be a case of enlarging the guide in the frame a bit.
Removed the bars, fork, then decided it was drill time, unmarked my spot, put two layers of insulating tape then drilled a 2.5mm hole and then enlarged it to 5.5mm one, on reflection I might have been able to get away with a 5mm one, but I didn't want to have to drill the frame too many times!
Then threaded the long wire down the down tube and out of the pre existing port, then dropped a short wire through my new hole and connected the two using the internal junction b box, I then test fitted the battery which went in pretty easily.
I then realised hebrear brake cable might foul on something in the top tube so had to put a sheath down there, then wrapped the battery in some bubble wrap and pushed it down the top tube, it might rattle a little on really bumpy roads but it's well protected and I didn't want to make it impossible to retrieve.
Connected battery to the b junction, and pulled the wires into the frame, fitted the fork, bars and stem, then brakes, chainset and chain, a bit of fiddling with limit screws and a quick tune and all is working well!
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