I spent Thanksgiving in Reston, VA where I grew up. This year I road on the gravel part the W&OD and Fairfax Cross County trail. It was a little muddy in spots but I had a great time.
Archive for November, 2011
On Tim’s swing bike we want simple rim brakes. I was a bit nervous because this is my first time doing v-brake bosses and they are a bit more complicated to setup and weld vs. disk style brakes. In the end I was very happy with how they turned out. My my simple fixture worked [...]
I am now setup with my own bottom bracket, headset, and seat tube frame prep tools. I saved a bit of money by getting these tools used and for the seat tube reamer I made my own handle.
Tim’s bike will have V-Brakes so I worked up this simple fixture to help me mount them. I will weld them up later this week.
My friend Jon and I did some practice work on braze-ons with three techniques. The first approach was Jon’s traditional flux brazing followed by cleanup and some file work. Very little heat stress with this technique. I also did one with TIG and silicon bronze. Si-Bronze goes about as quick as normal TIG but it [...]
I did some work on the front end of the swing bike. The front end uses 4130 and should be quite strong. I get the 4130 from an aircraft supply shop and it comes with a really nasty oil finish so it takes a bit more cleanup time as compared with True Temper and Nova [...]
