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Katie Moorfoot and the Falcons

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  • Started 4 years ago by I were right about that saddle
  • Latest reply from gembo
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  1. gembo
    Member

    looks fab in the flesh

    Posted 4 years ago #
  2. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    Cheers @gembeau. Just got the stainless machine screws to fit the toe clips. That'll be her finished. Sadly, joyfully.

    Posted 4 years ago #
  3. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    I'm hoping the decals satisfy the connoisseurs.

    https://twitter.com/overlandertheb1/status/1304109586186674177

    Project done. Shakedown ride to a social event tomorrow. Handover when my pal's wife returns from Czecha.

    Posted 4 years ago #
  4. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    Doh, proper pictures this time.

    https://twitter.com/overlandertheb1/status/1304109586186674177/photo/1

    Is that working? My browser seems to be editing the url under its own steam.

    Posted 4 years ago #
  5. chdot
    Admin

    First link still works fine.

    Photos seem to be pre-sticker (531)?

    Posted 4 years ago #
  6. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    Let's try this;

    IMG_0315 by IWRATS IWRATS, on Flickr

    IMG_0313 by IWRATS IWRATS, on Flickr

    IMG_0312 by IWRATS IWRATS, on Flickr

    Posted 4 years ago #
  7. fimm
    Member

    chdot you need to work your way through the whole twitter thread to see all the photos?

    Posted 4 years ago #
  8. chdot
    Admin

    “Let's try this;“

    Fab fab fab.

    (As they might have said in the 80s)

    Posted 4 years ago #
  9. chdot
    Admin

    “you need to work your way through the whole twitter thread to see all the photos?“

    Ah...

    Posted 4 years ago #
  10. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    So @algo had a quick ride on Katie last night and pronounced her both sound and pretty.

    As a result I am tempted to move the status of this thread to 'resolved'.

    But my mate's wife is back and Katie can go home this weekend. I am looking forward to feeling sad about our shed being empty and all warm knowing that his shed has a good bike in it.

    Posted 4 years ago #
  11. gembo
    Member

    Will be a wrench

    Posted 4 years ago #
  12. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    Has certainly got me thinking about acquiring a trashed 80s Campag-equipped Bianchi or similar.

    Posted 4 years ago #
  13. algo
    Member

    sound and pretty is an understatement. Beautifully reconstructed and an oiled painting...

    Posted 4 years ago #
  14. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    Insisted on showing Katie to @steveo. He feigned a lack of excitement as she has no motor.

    Posted 4 years ago #
  15. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    Is there a trick to tightening Tange headsets I'm missing? The main 'cone' part is just lightly knurled for a light finger-grip. Makes it very hard to tighten the lock nut in the right place. I usually overtighten slightly and then back the lower nut up into a stationary lock nut.

    Posted 4 years ago #
  16. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    Katie went home last night. Took my pal a couple of minutes to spot the bike I'd casually propped in his garden.

    WHAT'S THAT?

    Is this.....?

    How did you.....?

    [Fully five minutes silence, back turned on assembled company]

    No tears though, so the project has been declared a failure.

    Posted 4 years ago #
  17. chdot
    Admin

    “the project has been declared a failure“

    So, you’ll be getting to keep it.

    Posted 4 years ago #
  18. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    So, you’ll be getting to keep it.

    No that would be a success. Lost the bike, no tears. Failure.

    Posted 4 years ago #
  19. chdot
    Admin

    There may have been simpler ways to make him cry(?)

    Posted 4 years ago #
  20. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    Now you tell me.

    Posted 4 years ago #
  21. chdot
    Admin

    Yes, but I didn’t know that was the primary objective...

    Posted 4 years ago #
  22. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    The project plan included multiple deliverables. Tears were rule in-scope in the third gateway meeting and signed off by the steering group and project champion.

    We're going to have to roll-back, implement a quick and dirty fix and then redeploy straight into production.

    Posted 4 years ago #
  23. chdot
    Admin

    You mean you’re going to do it again??

    Posted 4 years ago #
  24. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    Yes, take the bike back, fit the missing dust seals on the hubs, re-do the slightly asymmetric bar tape and re-gift to see if that brings tears.

    Posted 4 years ago #
  25. chdot
    Admin

    Difficult customer...

    Posted 4 years ago #
  26. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    Who wants customers that will take any old guff? It's my customers who have made me who I am.

    Posted 4 years ago #
  27. chdot
    Admin

    Ok...

    Posted 4 years ago #
  28. Roibeard
    Member

    [Fully five minutes silence, back turned on assembled company]

    No tears though

    Hmmm - five minutes is more than enough time to compose oneself, particularly through skilled use of tear ducts to minimise external signs...

    Robert

    Posted 4 years ago #
  29. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    @Roibeard

    Perhaps it was so. Scottish men are often reluctant to show much of what's inside them.

    I think the five minutes were spent touring the Western Isles and riding back to halls from the pub in Aberdeen.

    Posted 4 years ago #
  30. chdot
    Admin

    “I think the five minutes were spent touring the Western Isles”

    Not examining the bits that need snagging?

    Posted 4 years ago #

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