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			thirdraildesignlab posted a photo:	Early Inspiration for the Carpetbagger Coupler Bike Project.These photos document my Carpetbagger project, a fixed-gear build fitted with S&S Couplers to be used as a travel bike. The general details of the build sheet are:1. SOMA Rush frame, 56cm: stripped, coupled, then powdercoated in a color to match my sweet, sweet MINI.2. S&S Couplers: break-away coupler set to allow the bike to be packed in an airline compliant case and avoid bike shipping fees; assembled by Tom at 41303. SOMA Sparrow bars4. Odyssey finger lever5. Shimano medium reach brake with Kool-Stops6. Handmade wheels by 718c.com with Velocity Fusions and All-City hubs in bright polished silver.7. Panaracer Pasela 700x23 tyres8. Elkhide by Velo Orange, hand stitched9. Custom bar end caps made from vintage typewriter keys.10. Velo-Orange Stem and Seatpost11. Brooks Swallow, Honey12. Sugino 75 drivetrain: 72 inchgearLove it. Team Lope Tyre Clubbe

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ybdheadsettery Bike Build Process Log: Ye Blacke Death   Headset Slayed

From the ‘Some News is Better than No News’ department, a division of the ‘Bike Builds on 10 Minutes a Day’ organization, I’m happy to report a slayed headset. When last touched on, this headset was stymying me because the lockring seemed to have an atypical dimension not typical for threaded headsets of the day. On the advice of Lung, I ceased being analytical and just went to town on it with an adjustable wrench the other morning, and was able to get purchase just so, and pull the lock ring off and expose the innards. Then, duty called elsewhere.

This morning, I went back in and spent a little more time on it, pulling out a few spacers the likes of which I’ve never seen before, and then eventually the rest of the headset and bearing rings. They now soak in degreaser, and the frame is ready for powdercoating!

Onward, in baby step increments…

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