It takes a bit of rolling and gentle hammering to shape it so round. Once it's shape is almost done, inserting the seatpost settles the final dimension -- there's zero play or noise

Curious to see the result. I like that he's so careful with his stuff, shows that he values his time/money.

Cats, cats, cat's! Love it. I miss my yellow bike =/ that colour is awesome

Awesome. I've never had structured training before, though I do something similar "by feel". Most of my training is zone 2 though (talking test) for at least two hours. If I'm feeling good I

How have I missed that chain lubrication post. Well done

Pode crer, muita coisa de manutenção básica da pra fazer em casa com algumas ferramentas específicas, porém não muito caras.

Thank You, Capt. This bike's gonna have a few bits of crafted parts... only if I had a lathe everthing would've been done already

Damn, I read iron curtain* in green and suddenly had communism flashbacks. Uff! I like the one of Gandalf and his dog

As a long term Concealed Carry Weapon (CCW) license holder A far far far away dream here in Brazil, unfortunately. And now they made it difficult to even buy a gun compared to the previous Government.

Muito bom! É isso ai, tem que enviar a magrela pra manutenção, especialmente se pegar chuva demasiada. Se vc roda muito até vale a pena aprender a fuçar em casa mesmo.

What do you do as threshold training?

To be honest i'm not a professiona swearer, only when cars nearly run me over when i'm cycling xD

I'm designing some paint schemes on Photoshop -- gonna post them later to get opinions. Almost there! That rear gear looks huge by the way! That's 11 speed 11-42

Thank you, Adrian. I like the minimalistic look of gray and black, it kinda highlights those red details. I plan, however, do add a bit of color to the frame. Main theme is ww2 aircraft paintjobs -- something

Hahahahaa he needed some extra navigation to go out by himself

Oh, our statistical sexyness is here. 600 posts! This account is from Dec. 22, 2017, meaning 339 weeks and 1 day old, meaning 1,7 posts per week. We can boost that, m'lord.

Looks like a fun bike to work one. Well done.

Just make sure he doesn't eat your bicycle gps, like mine did \o\

Uhum, having some backed up is essential. I've just finished getting all the parts for the monster cross project, so will probably try to stake some during this bear phase.