Swansea Track bike 6 swan
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Re: Swansea Track bike 6 swan
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Re: Swansea Track bike 6 swan
Postby hiflange » Mon Apr 22, 2013 9:18 pm
I need to hook up the front brake, what kind of casing was in play in 1959?
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Re: Swansea Track bike 6 swan
Postby HappyHumber » Tue Apr 23, 2013 8:00 pm
The once or twice I've tried harlequin wrapping I gave up in disgust. Mind you, I have about 6 inches of straight broom handle that is done perfectly
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Re: Swansea Track bike 6 swan
Postby singlespeedscott » Tue Apr 23, 2013 8:32 pm
Perfect.RobertFrith wrote:
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Re: Swansea Track bike 6 swan
Postby hiflange » Wed Apr 24, 2013 12:21 am
Half a dozen coats. I just pop down to the garage and put another one a couple of times a day for a few days. The harlequin wrap is something that taxes my brain. I'm not a fan of the contrasting or accent wraps (too, you know, gansta) which makes it doubly hard as you lose track of which bit of tape is which approximately every 5 secondsHappyHumber wrote:Nice, Rob! How many coats?
The once or twice I've tried harlequin wrapping I gave up in disgust. Mind you, I have about 6 inches of straight broom handle that is done perfectly
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Re: Swansea Track bike 6 swan
Postby HappyHumber » Wed Apr 24, 2013 12:31 am
Hit me up via the BNA dm; I'll get an alert. If y'know, you know.
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Re: Swansea Track bike 6 swan
Postby hiflange » Wed Apr 24, 2013 12:36 am
I took the Swansea for a ride up and down the street this arvo. I was surprised at how good it feels. Popped the seat up a bit from my original setting and it seems like it's a great fit for me - very happy. If I can get my act together on a brake cable I may either ride it or display it at the Swan Valley gig.
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Re: Swansea Track bike 6 swan
Postby hiflange » Sat Apr 27, 2013 8:35 pm
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Re: Swansea Track bike 6 swan
Postby hiflange » Sat Apr 27, 2013 9:37 pm
It goes very well thank you. I can't say it's a smooth ride, I seem to be feeling every little bit of road. Aside from that it's great, there's not a lot between it and my 2010 Masi SS (60 years it's junior). The Swansea is fixed wheel and has the added charm of the blockchain chattering away underneath. I only rode it about 6k's so a bit early for anything but first impressions.singlespeedscott wrote:More importantly. How does it go.
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Re: Swansea Track bike 6 swan
Postby hiflange » Sat Apr 27, 2013 10:09 pm
Thanks. It's a great bit of Freo history, I hope I've done it justice.Sd wrote:Beautiful job mate!!!
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Re: Swansea Track bike 6 swan
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Re: Swansea Track bike 6 swan
Postby hiflange » Sat May 04, 2013 11:32 pm
Thanks Chris, the decals aren't decals, they're handpainted But to answer the question yes I do have vector files. It was a decal-quest that originally led me to the bike. I traced the logo and photographed it and after a tidy-up wound up with this;ghostpoet wrote:Beautiful work Mr Frith...beautiful. A honey Brooks, some of the cloth covered cables please and it is perfect. Motivation indeed. Do you have any vector files of the decals?
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Re: Swansea Track bike 6 swan
Postby hiflange » Tue Feb 03, 2015 1:18 am
Flickr album here if you'd like to savour some more West Aussie built inch pitch goodness
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