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Plycycle Mk2: January 2015
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This is my blog following the build of the PLYCYCLE Mk2, a wooden framed bicycle. Have a look at the original Plycycle here. Compare this with last time. A closer look with video. There is still a way to go before it is ready for varnishing, but I am happy with the progress. I still don't know how I am going to fix the seat post in. Latest thought is to chop off the riser and epoxy it in like last time, but that seems a bit defeatist, so I will try and figure a simple way to make it adjustable.
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Plycycle Mk2: September 2014
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This is my blog following the build of the PLYCYCLE Mk2, a wooden framed bicycle. Have a look at the original Plycycle here. I found a great selection of parts at Ceeway. Frame building supplies. I found two options so ordered both to test (and to fulfill their minimum order requirements) out mu options. Here are the two options. The two cable fixing options. Failed silver soldering attempts. So I set about spraying them up. I lightly roughed up the surface with wet and dry paper, then super glued li...
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Plycycle Mk2: Varnish-first coat.
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This is my blog following the build of the PLYCYCLE Mk2, a wooden framed bicycle. Have a look at the original Plycycle here. It seemed like a long way off for ages and now it is here it is a very exciting time in the project. Like many other stages this is a point of no return. First coat of varnish. This first coat is thinned down 20% with thinners as a wetting/preparation coat. It may lift the wood grain in places, so it will need a good chack then light sanding before the final four coats go on.
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Plycycle Mk2: December 2014
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This is my blog following the build of the PLYCYCLE Mk2, a wooden framed bicycle. Have a look at the original Plycycle here. It is a frame! Before i mixed up the epoxy, I did a final dry assembly to check wheel alignment and that everything still fitted, and made some last minute trims and tweaks. One of the main things I did was to drill lots of very shallow holes and rough up the contacts surfaces on the parts to be bonded. I also had to abraid the insides of the metal tubing on the drop outs.
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Plycycle Mk2: Bonding the main frame.
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This is my blog following the build of the PLYCYCLE Mk2, a wooden framed bicycle. Have a look at the original Plycycle here. Bonding the main frame. Like many of the steps in this project this bit was one was a one way journey, no going back. I had to join the two main halves of the frame together and bond the head tube and bottom bracket into place all in one go. There was no other way to do it. So after wetting up the two sides of the frame and the two metal components with straight West System. I am c...
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Plycycle Mk2: Varnish issues.
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This is my blog following the build of the PLYCYCLE Mk2, a wooden framed bicycle. Have a look at the original Plycycle here. First, it has been a while, more real life has just got in the way. The second time it was July and hot. The varnish went on much more thinly out of the tin and cured faster. It was also well within the recommended temperature all night too. The finish was great, as it was on the Plycycle Mk1, and as I had expected it to be in the first place. The varnish is OK now.
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Plycycle Mk2: Fiddly bits.
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This is my blog following the build of the PLYCYCLE Mk2, a wooden framed bicycle. Have a look at the original Plycycle here. I found a great selection of parts at Ceeway. Frame building supplies. I found two options so ordered both to test (and to fulfill their minimum order requirements) out mu options. Here are the two options. The two cable fixing options. Failed silver soldering attempts. So I set about spraying them up. I lightly roughed up the surface with wet and dry paper, then super glued li...
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Like Bike Monte Carlo – Luxury on 2 wheels. | Lux-Buzz - 'Luxury-Buzz' Online Luxury Magazine
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Like Bike Monte Carlo – Luxury on 2 wheels. This weekend, Monaco played host to. Like Bike Monte Carlo. Described as “the most glamorous bike show on earth”, and rightly so. Exhibition took place over the 2015 Easter weekend, with visitors travelling from "cycling-obsessed" countries such as France, Italy and Germany to take in the show. From the latest in integrated smart technology developed by Kickstarter funded. French cycling industry legends Look, were there with their latest integrated brake techn...
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BDW 2014 | Dizajn Park
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Dizajn Park BDW 2014 EXHIBITIONS OVERVIEW. 8220;This is a high quality event, which is what we expect of BDW, a young and creative event, which has an important educational aspect, both in the field of fashion, food and comics, and in graphic design and information technologies, and has the ability to increase employment” – said the Head of the EU Delegation to Serbia Michael Davenport. Download the DizajnParks brochure. Out of the Box. By Design Museum Holon IL. By Nendo for Lasvit JP/CZ. Polystyrene, c...
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Plycycle Mk2: May 2015
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This is my blog following the build of the PLYCYCLE Mk2, a wooden framed bicycle. Have a look at the original Plycycle here. It occurred to me this morning that I had not actually put the wheels on the frame for a very long time. So I did. See the pic below. ThePlycycle Mk2 with wheels on. On the plus side the first thinned coat of varnish looks good and holds promise for the next full coat. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile.
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