Frame Prep

The work on my single speed hipster whip continues.  I prepped the frame a few days ago and honestly haven't done much on it since, the return of the freshly caged pony had thieved my attention momentarily (pics to come).

Into it.

Wire brushed all the lug joints.

Stripped.

I love the lugs that appear to have been popular at the time these bikes were manufactured.

And what about how the seat stays are attached to the seat tube.  Awesome.

Primed and primer fillered.

Brought out the hard stuff :p  Spray putty, primer filler's big brother.

Bog.  This was where I welded up the first hole in the frame.  I was a bit over zealous with the bastard file and ended up with a slight divot in the tube.  It's likely that no-one would have noticed, but when in doubt - bog!

Bit of a smooth character.

Final coat of primer.  Although, I have now noticed a couple of small spots that I will touch up before colour.

The forks needed a bit of attention, they came up nice.

I was keen to see how these were constructed, as they appear to be one piece.  Here you can see what looks like a braze to join the legs of the forks with the connecting part that joins to the lower bearing race.  This is a rad way to make forks, they look much nicer than a bent piece of tube or three pieces brazed into a lug.

Sharpen the shoulders with some filler/sanding.

As I've previously mentioned, the crank-set is all alloy so I started polishing them to see how they'd come up. There were some deep scratches so the took quite a bit of work with the Emory tape (then a bunch of wet & dry) to get them relatively smooth.

Had to fend off the magpies.

With my new pedals.

Brad