My Tall Bike project is coming along. Last Thursday, I took the bikes to G&M in Corona to get sandblasted. All the paint was removed and the frames are ready to be hacked and welded. I love the clean look of sandblasted steel. The bikes looks so clean and raw, I almost was tempted to NOT make a Tall Bike and RE-CYCLE these to some sweet mountain bikes.
No, no, I must keep focused. Nick and I went to Aircraft Spruce to pick up some cromoly steel to extend the head tube and steerer tubes. Aircraft Spruce is such a neat place. We were only allowed in the showroom but I would love to look around the warehouse!
Need Steel, Cromoly or Aluminum Tubing, Aircraft Spruce is the place to go. 8 feet of CROMO set me back $24.00.
Nick is busy hacking and grinding away. I wanted the GT Outpost to be on the bottom to preserve the signature GT styling but Nick is the boss. He hacked the rear seat and chain-stays. I guess the GT Outpost will be the top.
GT HACKED!
Stay Tuned, so much more to come. Tomorrow we install the cranks to get an idea of chain line and to see if the arms will interfere with the Seat stays.
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