Swiss build - FINISHED PHOTO OF THE 'TWINS'

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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,343
    ..and that someone is nicking them too!
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • team47b
    team47b Posts: 6,425
    Derailleur fitted, tension spring correctly tensioned and done up using my torque wrench, how pro is that :D

    Chain cut to length, quick link (misnomer there) fitted and cable clamp adjusted etc, final adjustment will be made when I have the correct Shimano outer derailleur cable (dispatched just now, so watch this space)

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    (For Mrs Pino who does not believe I do enough to justify a day off...Bike almost finished, pergola roof finished, if I get time I will carry on with the workbench/art table which should get completed just after I finish the studio roof replacement and guttering and flashing in case it rains)
    my isetta is a 300cc bike
  • keef66
    keef66 Posts: 13,123
    I have a NOS period accurate rear gear outer that would go with that rear mech. The sort that's a bit like a slinky with metal ferrules both ends. Or is that what you have ordered??
  • team47b
    team47b Posts: 6,425
    Yep that's the bit I just ordered :D

    Is yours 24cms long with a standard ferrule on one end and a step down 5.8mm diameter thingy on t'other end?

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    my isetta is a 300cc bike
  • keef66
    keef66 Posts: 13,123
    I'll have a rummage in the parts drawer when I get home. Not sure about the step-down ferrule though; might be the same both ends.
    Got it with some NOS Shim 600 band-on DT shifters which went on the Peugeot rescued from a skip
  • keef66
    keef66 Posts: 13,123
    And having rummaged in said spares drawer I discover I must've thrown the thing out :roll:

    Although something good came of the exercise; in order to fully search the drawer I took it out of the chest, and so noticed the one below it also has bike stuff in it. At some time in the past I've obviously created an overflow drawer, and then promptly forgot about it. I have bar tape!

    Anyone want to buy an alloy riser bar from an MTB I no longer have?
  • team47b
    team47b Posts: 6,425
    No probs, Thanks for looking :D

    Ah the secret stash overflow hiding place for bike parts, I have one of those too and I have managed to hide six bikes in the lounge using the old 'hidden in plain sight' ruse :D
    my isetta is a 300cc bike
  • team47b
    team47b Posts: 6,425
    Royal Mail tracking says the last remaining part for this build has arrived in Lisboa :D
    my isetta is a 300cc bike
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,343
    team47b wrote:
    Royal Mail tracking says the last remaining part for this build has arrived in Lisboa :D

    Oh come on, this thread is only 19 pages young.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • team47b
    team47b Posts: 6,425
    The part is with a company called GLS, no idea when they might deliver, the normal post is by 10am next day from Lisboa but with a Dutch logistica who knows may run to another few days, GLS -goes like stink?
    my isetta is a 300cc bike
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,343
    Gone to Lisbon Scoundrel?
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,343
    Ground into Little Slivers...
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  • team47b
    team47b Posts: 6,425
    Got loadsa stuff?
    my isetta is a 300cc bike
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,343
    Grinding Loathsome Slugs
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  • team47b
    team47b Posts: 6,425
    Great, Loulé, soon :D
    my isetta is a 300cc bike
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,343
    Great Lincolnshire Sewer
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,343
    Glorious Lunchtime Scoff
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  • team47b
    team47b Posts: 6,425
    Got little sod :D

    Fitted.

    Gone to play with the nuns and bishops.

    Gears later set :D
    my isetta is a 300cc bike
  • team47b
    team47b Posts: 6,425
    The last piece...

    The Shimano ferrule fits the Shimano derailleur cable adjuster (obviously!) but the frame cable stop needed a smaller ferrule, so I had to take the Shimano one off and fit a campagnolo one which fitted the frame perfectly, so committed a serious sin mixing Shimano and campagnolo, gonna burn in hell :D


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    my isetta is a 300cc bike
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,343
    For that finishing touch, you needed Campag.

    Gnome Leaves Suspiciously.

    That is so shiny, it should come with a health warning.

    Gearing too Long for Switzerland.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,343
    Gomorrah Liaises with Sodom.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • team47b
    team47b Posts: 6,425
    Going a little slowly :D
    my isetta is a 300cc bike
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,343
    Greying due to Laborious Structure
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  • sungod
    sungod Posts: 17,366
    gotta love shiny
    my bike - faster than god's and twice as shiny
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,343
    Gnashing Libellous Serpents
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  • team47b
    team47b Posts: 6,425
    THE BIKE IS FINISHED! :D

    Set up the height of the front mech adjusted highs and lows, cut cables, all gears work, everything functions within normal parameters, you can even cross chain if you like, nothing rubs, all is rosy or is that peachy, either way all is tickety-boo :D

    Rode it up and down outside the house, nothing fell off :D

    Need to find time to take the Imholz twins for a spin and a photograph or two, backdrop of the ocean me thinks :D

    As I said before...

    THE BIKE IS FINISHED!



    Pics to follow.
    my isetta is a 300cc bike
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,343
    team47b wrote:
    THE BIKE IS FINISHED! :D

    Boooooooooooooooooo
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • team47b
    team47b Posts: 6,425
    Well, I say finished... :wink:

    Just a couple of things...
    my isetta is a 300cc bike
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,343
    team47b wrote:
    Well, I say finished... :wink:

    Just a couple of things...

    Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • team47b
    team47b Posts: 6,425
    ...it ain't over til the fat lady sings ( Mrs T is not reading this one)

    And she is still asking when am I gonna fit the basket :D
    my isetta is a 300cc bike

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