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That may just happen. Gotta do Mother’s Day stuff this weekend so no fab work. Going to build a mini backrest/butt protector for kt as well
 
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Interesting seeing how much longer and lower this bike is then last years C2. Axle to axle is 6’8”
 
Back into the stand to be torn apart so I can start cleaning up welds. Started looking at ideas for the butt protector.
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This is my current favorite.
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and back to a bare frame. Going to fix the seat stay wear it needed chain clearance and do a bunch of grinding to clean things up. I hate yellow so it has to get painted 😂
 
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Time to start cleaning up some welds, Sunday hopefully do the last of the fab work and welding
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At this point and some clogged up sandpaper I remembered I never cleaned the dirt and grease off these frames
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Need to buy a better scrub sponge my 3 year old one is dead
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looks like blue, green, tan, red , black and then yellow have graced this old frame with paint at some point in its life.
 
Looking great
 
Because I love using other bikes, this Schwinn donated its rear triangle last year.
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I thought it would be fun to take the chain pass thru idea and give it a head badge
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I’ll get some final weld pictures when I’m out grinding later. Have some wife to do stuff now.
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Added a small brace on this side and chopped the top of seat tube off the yellow frame.
 
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Didn’t have much time this evening for the grinder but did get the badge out of the way.
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did decide to cut the extra off the yellow frame. Will grind it as smooth as I can. Going to grind and sand. See if I want to be serious enough to use filler
 
Love the headbadged headtube chain passthru idea.
 
Got some grinding and wire wheel done today.
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Then gave it a nice scrub down with Dawn and water
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then for the first time I had to use two hangers to hold a frame up
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had some etching primer I couldn’t remember why I owned it. Turned out to be crap from Ollie’s discount bin. It didn’t spray worth a dang.
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Used what was left of it and bought some decent primer. Sanding and hopefully a good coat of primer next.
 
It seems so much bigger now that it is all one color.
 
Before I went to sleep last night I hit it with a coat of good primer
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put on the sun this morning.
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That Huffman frame is rough 😂 this will likely end up some form of patina and not shiny. After sanding I had to wire brush a few flaky spots I missed before.
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while the wire wheel was out I did some sticker removal
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Some sanding, to get the leftover glue off
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then some black primer because why not use every shade of primer.
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then my current favorite for a butt protector has some issues.
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Some chop chop later it fits well. Going to repair the flange around the seat bolt with a washer welded on.
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Crap lighting but a fresh coat of red primer before I leave this afternoon.
 
Got a little bit more done yesterday.
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Repaired the end of the rack to use as a backrest
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It’s a bit rough!
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added this for help with something later! Hopefully the last weld on the frame itself.
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tryed out the tan, wasn’t a fan. In my mind it was better 😂
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pretty much seem to be at the point of getting out More sandpaper now.
 
Did you say more Cowbell Sandpaper?

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