Our class with our finished frames!!!Those of you following this blog every day probably noticed that I didn't write the day 10 update yesterday. This is because I was so exhausted after class that I thought I was going to die. I ended up going to bed before 9:00pm and was asleep before my head hit the pillow.
It was an intense last couple days. We got right into it friday morning with our final brazing. Most people finished thursday and were just doing their frame prep -- mostly because they made fixed gear bikes and had no braze ons to add --that and they worked faster than I did. Anyway, we had lots of breaks today which made me nervous because we were told our bikes had to be done by 3:30pm and basically they were going to close the doors on us. It was the end!! I was able to get my braze ons added and made sure I added some for front and rear derailleurs in case I want to add gears to my bike later on. For now I plan to make it a single speed and race it when they have the Wisconsin Single Speed State Championships. I am sure it will be heavier than every other race bike but it will be the coolest bike there! :)
It was so intense that I hardly took any photos but here is one of my fancy little water bottle bosses. Don't you love the funky little star thingy around the holes? It added weight but this bike is all about fancy, not being the lightest. :) That white stuff is just flux and will be cleaned up later.
After lunch we had our little graduation ceremony and got our certificates of completion--even though a couple of us still had a little work to do. Once we filled out our evaluation of the class I got right back at it and filed the excess silver out of my bottom bracket, chased all the metal out of the threads, faced it and then reamed and faced my headtube and the seat tube. I cut the slot in the seat tube also and that happened at about 3:29pm! Needless to say I felt a little rushed and stressed but I made it! My bike is done!!! Hooray! Instead of celebrating and going for a nice bike ride I went almost right to bed. Is it the end? Or just the beginning of MO's bike building future?
Here I am chasing the threads on my bottom bracket
Look!!!!! It's my bike! OMG! I actually made it with my own two hands. It needs a little finishing on the seat post and I have to file the drop outs yet to blend them into the stays and also file around the lugs. Then after a good final sanding it will be ready for paint!!! :)
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