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dancing james
@Brommers
Monday started a bit later than planned, thanks to a cancelled Easyjet flight on Friday evening, an 85 mile MTB ride on Saturday and a severe case of CBA on Sunday. So I didn't turn up until Monday afternoon as it turned out. But not to worry, because I have A Plan.
This bike is going to be my Fourth Best Bike (UK). Steel frame, Easton EC90SLX forks, parts bin special Di2 groupset, and Ritchey WCS finishing kit. Due to the colours, which will for the moment remain a surprise, many many people are going to really hate the bike when it's finished. The frame spec is as follows:
I bought the tubes and lugs in advance, and by the end of Monday I'd mitered the main tubes. By lunchtime today I'd mitered all the tubes and polished them and the inside of the lugs, so I could do a mock-up on the jig.
Next step was to tack the lugs in place on the fixture, before removing it and brazing the lugs properly. This is my Stevie Wonder Throwing Shapes With Fire impression.
The main triangle is brazed (apart from the bottom bracket, obviously). Geoff keeps on complaining that he's got nothing to do. I've so far burnt one hole in Geoff, one hole in myself and one hole in my T-shirt. It's all good.
Tomorrow it's time to tack and braze the rear triangle and then move onto the braze-ons, including my home-made Di2 port plates.