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« Reply #2070 on: August 24, 2017, 01:32:13 PM » |
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Seat finally sorted. So this is the original seat the hardtail was built to suit, but moved back an inch on a better front mount. The coil springs have been replaced with hairpin springs, sat on posh new stainless mounts.
Everything seems to line up O.K & the seat hinges up & stays upright, giving me access to the electrics box underneath. I've been tempted to just powder coat the metal seat pan & not bother with upholstery cos it's really comfy, but I want to keep this bike longterm, so will be sensible & shop for a thin gel pad, then get it covered in black vinyl.
Right. Off to the powder-coaters with it.
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« Reply #2071 on: August 24, 2017, 01:36:54 PM » |
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« Reply #2072 on: August 24, 2017, 01:37:36 PM » |
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« Reply #2073 on: August 24, 2017, 01:39:32 PM » |
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I've test-bounced the saddle & it seems to clear the aluminium mudguard, so all's good.
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« Reply #2074 on: August 24, 2017, 04:02:11 PM » |
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Good work Andy, another tick in the box, "Bong, bong, bong" goes Zebradee  |
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« Reply #2075 on: August 24, 2017, 04:09:49 PM » |
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Silly little jobs, but another tiny step forward.
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« Reply #2076 on: August 24, 2017, 04:36:42 PM » |
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I was passing today, and popped up to the garage on the off chance you were there Andy, but you weren't!! |
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« Reply #2077 on: August 24, 2017, 07:22:07 PM » |
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« Reply #2078 on: August 24, 2017, 07:44:20 PM » |
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That electrical box is pucka....looks great.
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« Reply #2080 on: August 24, 2017, 11:11:37 PM » |
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Sorry Clive -yeah, running a few errands today so I was only there for a short while this morning.
The side panels come off the electrics box too, although the left one would involve taking the chainguard off as well. Every time I've built a hardtail bike, the leccy boxes have ended up too small & too awkward to work in when a fuse blows in the dark, in the rain, in the middle of nowhere -so I'm trying to make this one as accessible as I can.
Thanks for that Bobbi. I need a gel pad that I can cut to shape, about 400mm by 300mm by 10mm thick.
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« Reply #2081 on: August 25, 2017, 08:01:14 AM » |
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Looks like is was meant to be like that from the start. Very smart. Will you be going for leather or vinyl cover ?
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« Reply #2082 on: August 25, 2017, 08:16:34 AM » |
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Never had a genuine leather seat. Smooth, rather than laced or tooled. It needs to be tightly formed to the base to keep the curves I think.
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« Reply #2083 on: August 29, 2017, 09:18:09 PM » |
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Seat pan back from the powder coaters. Now I need to het it re-upholstered. I've given up on the gel pad idea as I can't find one thin enough & they don't appear to fit complex curves very smoothly. So I'll stick with 10mm of high density foam, as originally fitted.
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« Reply #2084 on: August 29, 2017, 09:19:32 PM » |
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The powder coaters always have interesting stuff in their workshop.
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