It came together a bit quicker than expected. Once the frame was configured it was time for some paint. Black seemed cool.
painted, assembled and ready to test!
I also painted the wheel rims with a quick coat or two of aluminium coloured paint. The handle bars, stem and seat post got a similar treatment.
Fitting the bearings and putting everything back in place only took an hour or two and things were looking good. A quick test ride with an over capacity load (me!) proved that the offset seat post was not up to the job, it broke!
Some quick welding on of triangulation pieces fixed things up. Once the real rider was testing the bike it was back to normal seat post in any case. We’ll keep the offset version for the next bike, so all necessary is some thermoplastic cycle lanes for people to ride them.
ready to ride
Testing was conducted on the road out the front and it was clear that Ethan now had the coolest ride in the street!
cool ride dude!
The final thing to add was the 50c dress pieces for the redundant bottom bracket shell.
50c dress up pieces
More riding fun to come…
Brian
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