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@chris-aa
This thread is a little dead, eh. Sorry about the lack of updates... I've actually been riding this frame every day for the last couple of weeks! The frame turned out to have a flared seat tube (I'd been thinking it was just a tight fit 27.2 all this time but it turned out to be smaller and smaller as it went down. reamed the whole thing to 26.8 and it fit perfect. After that got sorted (ta to Brixton for the advice and Velorution for the nice cutting job) I just wanted to ride it, so it's been put together with the front from the old bike and the rear wheel built up.
out of the list -
-Build rear wheeldone, it's a little wobbly, but not bad for a first time i think. I wanted matching wheels, and I was never gonna allow myself to ride a baby blue deep v on this bike, so the black spokes have been scrubbed down to silver (suprisingly easy) and the rims have been sprayed black. Looks adequate.-Stuff parts in their respective holes-buy a couple of sprockets and a new chaindone ... using 48-18, got some cheap bmx chain from brixton cycles-think of the best way to fill grooves in a handlebar- did this last night... I was pretty unsatisfied with just taping over the grooves as it's look flat, so I went ahead and taped some old brake cable outer in there. This is the first time I've taken care over taping bars - I followed this guide, which was real useful - except swapping over the direction of the tape since i'll be using the drops more. I was going to go for black tape, but thought it would end up looking too boring... tokyo fixed ended up being the only place with a nice bar tape selection .taping over the brake outer
http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/422116_10150507844795773_648525772_9411401_1297413871_n.jpg
and the finished thing. i think it turned out pretty nice... i fucked up near the tape on one side, and needed to patch it up with the cheater strip.. it's pretty much covered up though.
http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/408077_10150507843930773_648525772_9411399_328854925_n.jpg?dl=1
bit of a useless update, but im gonna take and put up some finished photos tomorrow morning before work.