Today I did something to my bike thread...

magicbastarder wrote: »

how did you get that finish? wire brush?

I bought a polishing kit for my bench grinder. The issue is that the pitting is too deep to sand out completely, so the finish is not as uniform as I would like, but its useable. I'll post a picture of some of the brightwok properly polished with no pitting. There's actually a better shine to it than the picture suggests

iwillhtfu wrote: »

You'll probably need to reseal it with something, what I'm not sure I've to seal a whole feckin frame

Once its buffed with the final wheel, polishing paste should be ok once I look after it. Small area, and the bike will likely be stored indoors

cletus wrote: »

I bought a polishing kit for my bench grinder.

Which polishing kit did you buy?

cletus wrote: »

https://www.metalpolishingsupplies.co.uk/aluminium-alloy-brass-steel-11pc-bench-grinder-metal-polishing-kit-6-x-1-2/

That's cheap and it comes with the extenders also. I may order one, is it any use? the bright work looks well polished on the headset.

cletus wrote: »

I've found it very good so far, but obviously, as in my pictures above, the shine is dependent on the finish of the piece before you start on the sisal wheel.

The other limiting factor, for me, is the power of my bench grinder. I can't really lean the piece into the sisal wheel, or I stall the motor

Yeah I saw it had a recommend 200w motor for those 6" discs I think my own is only 150w so I oredered the 3" discs.

cletus wrote: »

I saw that too, but I still went for the 6" because bigger

Seems appropriate at the moment

Weepsie wrote: »

Spent the day wondering if I've installed my headset cups the wrong way round

I always figure the deeper of the two goes on the bottom, but if they're the same size, you're golden

Setting up the cockpit, front brakes will be done as soon as I get a hanger

magicbastarder wrote: »

are the cantilevers on the correct side there?
if you look at the left one (i.e. the one on the right in the photo), is that not meant to go on the other side of the fork?

Well spotted. They aren't

cletus wrote: »

Correct, I noticed that after I took the original picture. I can assure you they have since been swapped

You just threw them on for the pic right?

So, I'd love some saddle suggestions or recommendations. Cheap and cheerful is the order of the day

Ha, right colour, wrong bike

Given the yellow motif, I was contemplating a yellow saddle, but that might be a bit much. I'll have a look at the black saddle you linked

Weepsie wrote: »

You can get a charge spoon cheaper than that from a non Amazon retailer.

Always worth not spending money there if you can

Merlin have had them under 20 in the past

You wont get those cool colours though and beside Jeff Bezos ain't that bad :eek:

I've had few issues with delivery from China in the last few months, so I'm steering clear for the foreseeable.

I'm looking for black, and plain as possible, I think.

I've a 90's planetX saddle that's pretty much black with delicate gold flames on it I can stick in the pile with the rest if you want?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Saddle-Planet-Uranus-Flame-Gray/dp/B000AOA1IM

With the reduced lock down we might even get the deal sorted too