Sunday, November 14, 2010

Here are the Lucid 29r close ups

Well I finally painted it and got out on a ride yesterday... it is absolute steel perfection! Buttery smooth ride and stiff as I like it to be...

I used a really nice Kustom Shop paint called HotRod Flatz, it is a flat black with a hardener in it so it doesn't need to be clear coated. It is more durable than most paints and clear coats and looks outstanding...
I did my logo and head badge in hot Flatz Red which looks killer, I think I will do a road frame in the red color.
Everything came out looking perfect, I think all the joints are just perfect.
Even though I will most likely only ever run it as a single speed, I put cable guides for gears just in case.
The Stainless Paragon sliders are nice, I used the aluminum drops for a little weight savings.





Ok now to pick up where I left off on Emily's polished lug road frame. I will try and post pics as I go with that.
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Saturday, November 13, 2010

Christening of the Lucid 29r

Took me a while but I got it done and painted. I will post more pics of the production and painting along with some good close ups of the joints and what not tomorrow after I take the finished photos... without sounding to biased I think I did a spectacular job! all the joints look perfect.
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The lessons I am learning are amazing and really fun to work out...

The pictures below are the work I did last night, finished grinding the bottom bracket sockets.
Notched out the seat stays to fit the drop outs...
And the big big moment... doing my 1st miter on the seat tube (Tim calls this one the most forgiving miter and he is right)

I think that many of the lessons and techniques I have learned from wood working are carrying over into metal working very nicely.

bottom bracket, right side done (before finshing sanding)

bottom bracket, right side done (before finshing sanding)
the left socket is just starting to get ground, notice how thin the walls of the right socket have gotten. there is a lesson there and you will see in following pics!

grinding with a stone

grinding with a stone
it took a while with this stone but with the tight corners I had to use it because I only have one small sand paper bit left

ooh ahhh... a little sparks flyin

ooh ahhh... a little sparks flyin
That lesson I spoke of earlier is happening in this pic...

Ahhh... oh DOH!

Ahhh... oh DOH!
is that blueing? Yup that is the lesson that I learned on this socket. the grinding stone heats the metal very fast and as that wall gt thinner it started blueing. Bad, bad, bad! so I will have to sand and reshape that wall a little because I even got some chipping around the blue.

Chain stays with the drop outs notched in...

Chain stays with the drop outs notched in...
So this one was a little scary because I wasn't sure if I would get them straight and true... it ended up ok but I can do better.

Notching wasn't to hard but keeping everything even was hard

Notching wasn't to hard but keeping everything even was hard
I decided to try the bevel sides on the notch, I think I can do better so I may do the stays again?

The big moment... my first miter!

The big moment... my first miter!
I should have taken some before during and after shots but this went pretty fast actually. this is the ruff cut, I rounded it out better and got rid of that hump on the back wall

A little different angle... check out my home made tube holder... works like a charm!

A little different angle... check out my home made tube holder... works like a charm!
I am so proud of the wood block tube holder... now I just have to make the other sizes

A quick fit test...

A quick fit test...
Not bad forthe 1st miter and fit check... I only need to file the inside edges to match the bevel of the inside of the BB

Nother fit check after some finishing

Nother fit check after some finishing
still need to angle the inside of the edges then it is done and ready for finihsing before brazing. I also still need to finish the socket wall to clean up any uneven edges or tooling marks