Cargo
I bought a used torch via craigslist, and when I went to pick it up I discovered that it wasn’t just the torch, but
- oxygen + gas bottles (partially filled)
- brass (bare + prefluxed)
- an adjustable reamer
- hacksaw blades
- a 3 foot section of 1" tubing
- a frame alignment jig/tool
- a fork brazing jig
This was about 120 pounds of stuff (the fork brazing jig is heavy – at least 60 pounds by itself, maybe more) but I managed to fit all of it onto the trek and bring it, slowly, home.
(and then when I got home I discovered that the tubing I’d ordered had arrived, so now I can braze up a couple more racks plus replace the horrible stays on my pink fenders with stiffer external stays made from 3/16th cromoly steel tubing, but that’s a different story for a later date.)
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That’s not a repaint; that’s an entirely new front-end. The old aluminum frame developed a crack in the ds chainstay right where the chainstay fits over the BB lug, so I had to swap the frontend for a similarly vintaged Trek 400.
The 1000 is sitting in the basement while I decide whether to try and re-epoxy the existing rear end back on or to (now that I’ve got a reasonable torch) build an integrated xtracycle backend, rip the existing rear end off, and epoxy the new one on instead.
Yes, it is a fairly nice red. Notice that I swapped out the dynohub for a nice red PV-8 to match it :-)
And a very fine match that is, too.
Must remember to embiggen the bike pics.
How are you finding the PV-8s? Good, decent, surpassingly excellent?
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Did I miss the Trek getting a new coat of paint? That’s a really robust red.
Be very curious as to how the 3/16th fender says work out.