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Maj
been receiving more pics of the homer Simpson bike and it has inspired me to get round to setting stuff up so it can plug and play
first job was removing a perfectly fine esi grip to add the shifter and the left brake after its previous life as my rear brake only pomp. i'm sure all of you are familiar with how god awful getting these grips off is, i tried the zip tie memthod to no avail, i ended up just putting a spoke either side and drenching it in penetrating fluid.
with my measly upper body strength and some swearing they came off, putting them back on was a breeze since carrying hand-gel has been normalised, a quick lube up of some of nivias finest and it slid right on
next up was the cassette, not the most exciting or challenging job, which is nice, as i couldn't face failing another mechanic task after this week. What did shock me tho is the 10 speed cassette is all one piece, apart from the smallest 2 sprockets, was so nice and easy! again, nothing new to those pro-am mechanics out there.
the bike is going to have full external caballing to make it easier to lash bags on and off as I'm forever changing which pretty outfit my bike will wear for a ride round the lanes, they'll also be routed along the top tube and down the seat stay.
have some nice bright yellow cables for the brakes and some shiny metallic hose for the gears, it's conceptual you see :taps_skull:
the only thing really left to buy is a nice top cap and a chain keeper