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Make it ten laps on bikes, Superstars-style. The other dads would be like Kevin Keegan

Thanks @Lampman and @infmz. I'm going to try red and yellow next. I love the '80s colour palette. My first track bike had a yellow Turbo and matching Bike Ribbon.

School hols are getting in the way of bike builds (not that I'm complaining - I had a great MTB ride with my boys the other day). I've just had time for one more build: the classic team combo. This one only works with dark-anodised rims IMO.

Drilling the rear is a trickier job. It needs a short 90° drill attachment and a steady hand. Sometimes there's not enough material, as you say.

Lovely bike.

So whereabouts is the shed - or the bike now, at least?

Wanted:

Either a cheap and cheerful 26.6 as an interim to double-check my measurements before I get a nice one from a guy in France (frame measuring tools are good, but only measure the opening).

Or a nice '80s 26.6: Record, Super Record, Stronglight etc.

Cheers.

White/ blue combo. I've seen this on a Panasonic NJS before

All-blue

First option ready: white saddle, tape and straps, with silver rims. The tape is a bit bright next to everything else. If I end up with white bar tape I'll have to find some old stock that's yellowed a bit.

More incoming using these wheels.

Fork crown refaced while I waited. Record headset and cranks on, with a 47t Sugino ring for now

A bit more orange: ex ANC Halfords turbo. Ratty but cool.

A bit more black: Zen Messenger chainring and H plus Son rim

Yeah, I live on the seafront. The beach makes for better photos than the flat!

Sinc I've lost momentum with the Ribble and Raleigh, I've started playing around with the Rondinella. I had planned a Japanese period build, but now thinking a mix of black and silver might work

Even though the chasing of the bottom bracket may have gone fine, the threads only go about 10mm deep, far less than any of my bottom brackets. The Icetoolz cutter is fine for chasing, but not for cutting new threads. Off it will go to Geoff Roberts.

Latest snag: I need to get the fork crown refaced. Couldn't get the crown race on properly.

Great to meet you too, @EcuriePeril. I'm glad it's gone to someone who fits it better and who has that local connection to the SBDU. Looking forward to seeing the build, and hopefully pics of it at Derby in due course.

If the builds work out I'll do a quick one in that configuration.

Clean, yet dirty

Back to the Ribble, with a used Icetoolz BB chasing/ facing kit from eBay. I've got enough frames and projects to justify having the tool, I reckon.

I've watched it done enough times and know the theory, but was still a bit nervous. I've heard enough horror stories about people getting it very wrong.

Unlike some BSC cutters, the 'R' and 'L' on the Icetoolz cutters refer to the side they are used on, not the thread direction. I checked and rechecked thread directions, checked and rechecked thread alignment, and used plenty of cutting oil. All went well. Enough gunk and paint came out to make me wonder if the previous owners ever had it done properly.

The SBDU frameset has now gone to a new home, with someone tall enough to do it justice. Hopefully we'll see more of it on the forum in its next build.

Big bike on international duty

I tried a dreaded three-arm gear puller once. Didn't work with that one, unfortunately. The puller broke. Not ideal on a five-arm spider.

With this current crank I had tried liberal amounts of heat (to make use of aluminium's greater thermal expansion coefficient) and riding a good few km without a crank belt. No loosening joy was had.

I'm really happy about finding a tool with a centring guide - should be so much easier to cut the new thread properly and save the crank. I'm going to get a handy engineering friend to help.

Square taper often busts!

I've tried a few ways of easing a stripped crank off, but no joy yet. Just got hold of a Cyclus crank repair toolkit. It's got a reamer and cutter for a 24mm thread, plus a 24mm crank extractor. It's also got a handy centring guide for the cutter. Hopefully I'll have some success and be able to carry on using the S75 crank!