Apr 2, 2020
Some people are inclined not to believe it when I tell them that every now & then removing a bicycle’s bottom bracket can seem a bit like doing the bilges of a boat.
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Some people are inclined not to believe it when I tell them that every now & then removing a bicycle’s bottom bracket can seem a bit like doing the bilges of a boat.
Fat Bottom Bracket
While working on a flat bar road bike build, I found that the crankset was offset to the right le. To fix this and to get the chainrings in the right position, I needed to remove some material. I didn’t want to file away at the frame and possibly ruin it so I had to come up with a more precise solution, something like a lathe in reverse.
After a bit of thinking, I came up with the above-pictured solution. I simply turned a piece of aluminum to slip into the bottom brack and act as a center for a circle cutting swing bit. The screw in the lower cable guide acted as a convenient set screw to hold the aluminum center in place while I used the drill. As you can see, it worked like a charm.
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THANET SILVERLIGHT Reynolds 531 double butted Seat Tube (ctt): 22.5in (57cm) Frame tubing: Reynolds 531 double butted Frame number: SL1945 Sold originally: 23/1/53 built by Eddie Oliver, nephew of Les Cassell, owner and founder of Thanet Cycles This is one of the very best Thanet Silverlights I have seen. It has a period respray, I should think done in the mid 1950s, when the frame was updated to take a Simplex 543 gear. Its fitted with the very best in equipment from the 1950s: Simplex 543 rear gear Duprat hollow cranks Hobbs Lytalloy pedals Chater-Lea large flange hubs built onto Constrictor Asp rims Brooks B17 Swallow saddle on a Reynolds aluminium seatpost Brooks Hiduminium brakes All the parts are in excellent lightly used condition. The frame is in excellent condition with only a few small marks to the paint and no dents or dings. This is a very rare bicycle in exceptional condition. Its up for sale again as the previous buyer did not come up with the money SOLD
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