Chainstays On My Mind

Well, it appears that Blogger is letting me post again…not sure why it was giving me hell…probably lambasting for latent posts… Anyway, here's some catch up. Nice curves, mitered down to the drop outs.

Wish I had a jig….oh well!

Drilling holes in nice dropouts….gas must pass.

BB miters next. Gonna be close on one of the stays, not much meat to play with…one of those countless "I'll never do that again" moments that happen on the first bike. ;) But I'll pull it out.

Mojo rising...

Spent many daylight hours yesterday in peace (amazing....) working through the math and the layout, machining and fit up of the chainstays. Difficult cut to align into the drawing because of the odd geometry of the Paragon sliders. But finally last night I cracked it and got both sides cut to the drop out profiles. The bends are gonna be nice. Also got my frame jig dialed in for BB drop, and the modified chainstay lengths to account for the dropouts. All set. Need to figure out how to cheat a jig that will hold the stays in phase while I tack them in....let alone, cut out the bottom bracket. The checklist is set, and gets shorter all the time. More pics soon...

Mojo

Summer escapes, as it always does. Cross is here. Have to get my mojo back. Crunch time. That is all. Period.