Spritepost 8

Now as we are waiting for the wheels to come back from the builders there have been a few mods done that have been noticed during the build.

I have gone with a pair of Miller alloy hubs as the delay in waiting for Alan Whitton hubs that I have in the Cub would have taken the project past the end of Feb when I needed the bike finished by. I have heard that some of these hubs have had the linings come loose so will have to keep tabs on that....

Some of the mods done have included widening the fork brace/mudguard mounting points to give a little more clearance either side of the tyre and removing the rear loop on the frame as it appeared that the mudguard would have been too low and potentially bottomed out on the tyre when the suspension was fully compressed. As the frame had been powder coated, bending it would have damaged the finish so we went for a separate loop attached in a similar way to a James frame from the top shock mounting point. This also has a second loop added to give the mudguard a second anchor point and stiffen the whole rear section - see pictures.

The wheels should be back on Thurs/Fri this week so we hope to have it finished next week for a try out at the BMCA trial at Billingsley on 25th Feb.