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    Unior vs. Park tools

    Looking at getting a headset reamer and trying to figure out whether the Unior will suit my infrequent usage needs or if this is a buy-once-cry-once situation with a Park for about $200 more. Cyclus doesn't seem to be too available in the US, so I took that off the list. What do you think?
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    Help a guy out with some sealed bearing knowledge... (Also- does this look bent to you?)

    I think the "sealed bearings" refers to a rubber seal on the BB at the spindle. It's not cartridge bearings, if that's what you're thinking. Should be transferrable to the other bike.
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    What's Old is Klunk Again

    The stem has a lot higher rise than I was expecting. I could try flipping it, or might need to get something else. Maybe a BMX stem. Or find some bars with a shorter rise, but that's less fun.
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    What's Old is Klunk Again

    That was my first time expanding a rear triangle. Wedging a board in the frame and then stepping on it seemed counterintuitive. The string running from the rear dropouts to the head tube worked well to measure the alignment. I liked it better than using a frame alignment tool.
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    What's Old is Klunk Again

    Kids these days and their splined cranks... 🤦
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    What's Old is Klunk Again

    You know, I may take you up on the handlebar. I actually live just over in Woodbury. Now that I have the black sidewalls on, it may stay that way. I'm looking at either the BB conversion kit or a sealed bearing BMX BB. Part of me wants to find a NOS UN55 to put with the conversion kit though...
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    What's Old is Klunk Again

    The Ritchie stem showed up today, so I could update the mockup. May go with shorter rise bars than I was thinking originally. Or may need to use a different stem. Stole the original 2.125 tires, thinking they make the blue rims pop.
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    Tire not settling right

    This has worked for me too. Some tires are a real pain to get set right.
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    What's Old is Klunk Again

    I'm waiting on the tires until I settle on a color for the frame. Thinking of a pair of duros with the tan sidewall. May end up going with whitewalls. Either way, looking for an old school knobby tread.
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    What's Old is Klunk Again

    This is my first time working with drum brakes. I'm excited to try them out.
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    What's Old is Klunk Again

    Finally, some progress. Got the wheelset and fork in. I was going to build the wheels up myself, but the wheelset was too good of a deal. Sturmey-Archer drum brakes front and rear, with an internal 7-speed hub. Had to spread the rear triangle a bit, which was a new one for me. Sheldon Brown...
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    What's Old is Klunk Again

    Nice calendar! It's getting the gears turning. When I pulled apart the fork, the threadset cups fell right out. So instead of shimming it, I'm only 0.1mm from a 1-1/8" headset cup. I have my eye on a headset reamer and feel pretty confident I can get that .1mm. So going with a threadless...
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    What's Old is Klunk Again

    Better late than BO17 or never I guess. I started a build thread on this Monark Rocket and didn't get too far with it yet, so am now moving it over to the BO, since I work better with a deadline. Since I really don't have any kind of spare parts floating around, I'm stripping this down to the...
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    Monark Rocket Modernization

    I think I'll have time to work on this again, timely that it's RRBBO season too. I'll start a build-off thread when my parts start showing up. Two words: drum brakes.
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    Free Bikes 4 Kidz

    Hi RRB gang- I had the opportunity to volunteer last weekend at an organization called "Free Bikes 4 Kidz". It's a non-profit that takes in literally thousands of used bikes, cleans up and tunes up the bikes and redistributes them to kids that don't have bikes. They're always looking for...
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    Craigslist nightmares and dreams...

    If you have $700 burning a hole in your pocket, come over to St. Paul, MN. Sent from my Pixel 5 using Tapatalk
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    Silver, Grey or Chrome Bikes

    Dyno out at the park Sent from my Pixel 5 using Tapatalk
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    Monark Rocket Modernization

    Got the frame mostly stripped and sanded down to bare metal. Tempted to just clear coat it to give it a Silver King look. The stripper isn't doing much past the couple costs of latex, so it's been elbow grease after that. Progress! Sent from my Pixel 5 using Tapatalk
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    Monark Rocket Modernization

    Took a break from the teardown to replace a sprocket on the Dyno. Calling this one done for now. Sent from my Pixel 5 using Tapatalk
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    Back at it

    Thanks! Yep, I've been eyeing the RRBBO to keep me focused on getting the Monark rebuilt. As I've been pursuing the other threads, I'm picking up ideas for the build. And yes, also from MN. Sent from my Pixel 5 using Tapatalk
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