It’s Here!

July 3rd, 2008

Well, my new frame arrived today. I thought I wasn’t going to be able to transfer parts, and I started looking around. I figured I’d pimp the shit out of it. So I actually went out to the garage just now and measured. It turns out there I can swap over everything on my old frame to the new one. The problem is that now I kinda don’t want to. Oh yeah, and I have to cut the steer tube regardless. Hooray.

Another problem is that I don’t technically have all the tools needed. Sure, I could make a trip to Home Depot and make some homebrew tools to do the job, but they’re closed, and I’m not sure if they’re open tomorrow. I might call them in the morning and make my decision then. Making the tools is preferable to buying them, because they are FUCKING EXPENSIVE.

Headset presses start at around $60 for the cheapo brand. Crown race removers are only like $20, but the tool to put the crown race back on is like $60 or $70 (fork diagram here). Then you’ve got the headset removal tool that is as cheap as $25ish. All these tools are used on approximately 1/10 of the bike. That’s a WAG, don’t quote me on it. Don’t quote me on the prices either. I don’t remember all of them exactly, I just know they’re quite pricey.

So there’s a dilemma. Do you buy all these tools when you only need to use them once or twice a year, or every time you do a frame swap? The south bike store closed, so I can’t go in there and work on my bike anymore. That was a freakin sweet deal. Half the time they didn’t have the parts I needed anyway, so I’d bring my own and just use the tools. I’m really going to miss that place.

So I’m still debating whether or not to just buy new components. You know I want to ride this thing right now, but it ain’t happening. I might as well wait and pimp it out, right?  I agree.

Here are some pictures I took of the frame. IT was packed pretty well. It’s SOOOO light with nothing on it. And it is, in fact, the brightest frame EVER. There’s no excuse for not seeing me. I think I’m going to get all black components so it looks like Halloween.

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