some of you had a read of the up date to the ongoing budget build , last up date being a little progress on the braking, so here's a little more,
as the title states the excitement was short lived , with the cable hanger in place i found an old Powerglide cable and some dc levers mx122 i think? not tech 3
, all in with the spares box so fit the constraints of the project , got it all put together and fitted to try out a roll , like a kiddies training bike ( no cranks yet )
, pulled the brake and thought mmmmmmmm i'm sure i remember this brake being a lot better than this , had a closer look and the angle from the cable hanger to the bridge cable was to steep meaning that the brake arms were flexing upwards as more pressure was applied
, so back to the drawing board as far as stopping was concerned
still no biggy bound to get it sorted
i've had these for ages , they were on the Wilson cruiser and in a sorry state not realy done anything with em aside from meaning to throw them away ,then trying to sell em along with some mx1000a's a while ago, being a bit nieve at the time, i was promtly corrected by more knowlegeble folk that they were not what i said , tbh i did not know there was a difference between 1000's 1000a's , long time since i owned any new ones
dug em out the spares box and thought i'd give em go , the chrome is shot and the centers are pitted from the original washers that rusted away, the bolt is stuck on the wilson and i know it will snap off if i try to remove it so it can stay there, out with the jewelry files and gently remove that expensive alloy with the price of nos set it's about the same price as gold
more to follow
