This morning I milled, mounted and welded on the tabs 100mm apart on the bottom of the forks. I will work on the brake caliper mounts later -- we won't need brakes nor the steering linkage for the dyno tests one week from now.
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Saturday, February 27, 2010
Frontal Lobes
I built up the front wheel last night. After the struggle and learning experience of the two custom rear wheels, this one went together really easy. Easy lacing and truing.
This morning I milled, mounted and welded on the tabs 100mm apart on the bottom of the forks. I will work on the brake caliper mounts later -- we won't need brakes nor the steering linkage for the dyno tests one week from now.

This morning I milled, mounted and welded on the tabs 100mm apart on the bottom of the forks. I will work on the brake caliper mounts later -- we won't need brakes nor the steering linkage for the dyno tests one week from now.