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So where were we (two years later)? Ah yes we sort of had a front triangle. Excuse the slightly muddled timeline of photos, it's been so long that I partly forget the order of proceedings, and have to sift through a lot of snaps to find pictures!
For a first bit of live welding I was feeling pretty fucking smug if I'm honest. No massive dramas or melty tubes to speak of, which was probably due to practising a fair bit before getting straight into the spicy shit. With that done it was time to turn attention to the Konga yoke which, as a meter thick trio of steel plate, promised to be a bit of a shit bag to heat. Tacking went okay, but the way it sucked heat was an indicator of shite to come.
There are plenty of forumers who've used these and done a refined job, but I went for the FUCKINGBURNNAAAASHIIITTTLLOOOAAADDDDDOOFFFFFFFBRRRRROOOOOONNNNNZEEEEEEEEE approach. Same end result except about 2 kegs heavier than it might've been...
More on that abomination down the line, but first we need to get that heavy sonofabitch tacked up to the bottom bracket, preferably without warping the living shit out of it.