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  • teeeeeeeeeeeth

  • this has been covered many times in fact there is a whole thread about it utfs

    so what would one search?

  • just look through norco's previous, doesn't take a lot to work it out

  • just look through norco's previous, doesn't take a lot to work it out

    nope still cant find it

  • too soon for what? Me painting a bmx? my bmx frame has great paint thanks.
    cool story though bro.

  • i was referring too your frame falling over
    im only messing mate -dw

  • just look through norco's previous, doesn't take a lot to work it out

    nope still cant find it

    Despite searching through Noca's post I can't find a definite price. He did say less than 650euro though

  • he has said because i remember him says the forks were 50 euros

  • I didn't think someone selling a stolen bike would be able to strip it to a frame bar the BB. And also would think to list the type of tubing.

    1. :)
  • YouTube - ‪How To Paint A Bicycle Frame‬‏

    or is that too soon?

    Seems an incredibly laborious way of stripping a frame

  • +1

    The method I've used.

    1. Paint with Nitromors.
    2. Go and make a cup of tea.
    3. Drink more tea.
    4. Get distracted. End up going out (it is a Saturday night).
    5. It's Sunday.
    6. Brush up all the weird-alien-flesh paint-goo in the back yard. Wipe the frame down.
  • Despite searching through Noca's post I can't find a definite price. He did say less than 650euro though

    hey ;)
    frame and fork ----------------------> it was near 300€ (maybe a little more. As i said i bought alot of things that day and i paid all together but i think i'm not too far from the correct price)

  • ^ but remember, without paintjob ;)

  • £250/300 for a custom Scandium frame is amazing.

  • thats low on my priorities now, i just tried to put the headset on, bottom most race is too small for the fork crown.
    Going to skim a few thou off it tomorrow with the lathe.

    I'm not sure exactly what you have at your disposal, but this is notoriously difficult. If your bike is a beater it'll be okay, but you run the risk of ruining the fork. It may not ride well or track straight. you can ruin headset races after a few months of riding, possibly crack them. It may be too loose, etc etc. I'm just saying it can go south fast.

    if you're using a precision lathe, you still have to be sure to ask yourself what you're using on the fork to "center" because your work will only be as accurate as that measurement.

    they sell tools for this, and there is extensive information contained here:
    http://www.parktool.com/blog/repair-help/crown-race-machining

  • £250/300 for a custom Scandium frame is amazing.

    yeah! ;)
    Well, i know that Valdemiro always gives me great prices. I bought alot of things there and i can't tell you for sure if that is his price for the custom frames. But i don't think it will much higher than that.

  • I'm not sure exactly what you have at your disposal, but this is notoriously difficult. If your bike is a beater it'll be okay, but you run the risk of ruining the fork. It may not ride well or track straight. you can ruin headset races after a few months of riding, possibly crack them. It may be too loose, etc etc. I'm just saying it can go south fast.

    if you're using a precision lathe, you still have to be sure to ask yourself what you're using on the fork to "center" because your work will only be as accurate as that measurement.

    they sell tools for this, and there is extensive information contained here:
    http://www.parktool.com/blog/repair-help/crown-race-machining

    thanks for the advice.
    I've decided it give it to my dad to machine, he's been an engineer for almost 40 years I trust him to get it right.

  • What's the benefit of scandium?
    I've seen a comparison charts of aluminium, steel, titanium and carbon, but not scandium.

  • My work in progress daily ride..

    Look track 55cm
    DA Easton NJS post + San Marco Concor 14bikeco saddle
    Sugino 75 cranks + MKS pedals + DA 46t 3/32
    Campag Record H/S
    Cinelli 115mm stem + CDM bars chopped&flopped
    DA 7403 brake + Tektro cross lever
    Deep V + Profile hub + 18t fixed/19t free + Phil spokes
    Open Pro + Campag Chorus hub

    Just need some toe clips + straps, and to change the rear rim.

  • thanks for the advice.
    I've decided it give it to my dad to machine, he's been an engineer for almost 40 years I trust him to get it right.

    i'm sure he has the capability then. may want to forward him that link so he's aware of the tolerances and variables.

  • t may not ride well or track straight. you can ruin headset races after a few months of riding, possibly crack them. It may be too loose, etc etc. I'm just saying it can go south fast.

    This happened to me before. It was always a bit lose but wouldn't turn smoothly. I ended up cracking a bit off the flange of the lower crown race, so I just swapped it with the top one. Got a new headset pretty soon after and struggled to ride in a straight line with a non-fucked headset.

  • What's the benefit of scandium?
    I've seen a comparison charts of aluminium, steel, titanium and carbon, but not scandium.

    Stronger and lighter than alu, especially when it's aluminium alloy mixed with scandium.

    this is all in a nutshell.

  • What's the benefit of scandium?
    I've seen a comparison charts of aluminium, steel, titanium and carbon, but not scandium.

    Scandium is an element added to aluminium alloys in a concentration of typically 0.5% to 1.0% as a grain refiner. The best description of its benefits I've seen came from an Easton tech. pub. where they were trying to cut through the BS of other tube makers, (whose "Sc" labelled tubes often contain no Scandium anyway, since there is no copyright or claim in element names applied to products). To paraphrase, Scandium as an alloying element is not there to make weldable alloys stronger, it's there to make strong alloys more weldable.

    The addition of Sc mainly improves the post-weld fatigue strength of aluminium alloys (by preventing the growth of large crystals during cooling), allowing the use of higher design stresses. Used to it's full potential, this allows for a durable frame that is a bit more flexible than normal 7005 alloy frames, giving a ride more like steel, rather than the extremely stiff and jarring ride you get if you design to keep peak stresses low for the sake of fatigue life.

    If it doesn't say Easton on the tubes, the chances are it doesn't contain any Scandium, regardless of labels which seem to suggest it, as Easton have grabbed the vast majority of the very rare element which is released to the non-military market.

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