Getting there...

Yesterday I ordered a ton of parts:

The color scheme is going to be: polished steel, blue and white. One of my classic favs.

So the Bulletproof cranks and the 105 brake arrived also. But the brake is recessed so I'll probably have to drill the crown of the fork and get a recessed nut for it.

From IRO:
IRO Wheelset - Flip/Flop
IRO Cogs - 14 and 16. (The 16 will be my primary I think, the 14 for days on the boardwalk)
IRO Lockring

From NYC Bikes:
KMC 1/8" Blue Chain
10 Hole Silver Rockt Ring, 46t
Chainring Bolts
Toeclips w/ blue straps.

From Ebay:
Set of Blue Michelin Speedium Tires



















Pretty sweet lookin eh???

Now last night I stripped down most of the paint on the fork and bike w/ Aircraft Remover. That was easy enough. A little metal brush to touch it up and now to sand off some kind of coating. The bulk of the tubes are done but the butting seems to require a little more work... photos and more info to come.

Break...

So I'm headed off to Peru in less than 24 hours so the Fixie project will be on hiatus until I return. But it'll go full steam once I do get back in 10 days. The frame is ready to be stripped of paint and parts are in the mail. I got the Shimano 105 brake caliper today. Everything looks good except it's missing the recessed cylindrical nut and the adjusting barrel. Oh well. Those shouldn't be too tough to get.

A Bulletproof Crankset off eBay is in the mail and will arrive while I'm gone (to my work address so it's ok).

Need to Buy:

• Chainring - probably a Sugino
• Lockrings - Dura-ace
• Cogs - IRO, 17t free and a 15t fixed
• Wheels - IRO - fixed free silver set
• Chain
• Toe Clips - metal w/ white straps
• Brake Lever
• Decal Paper

Planning on getting back on Saturday the 12th. I can strip the paint Saturday night. Polish and clear coat it Sunday afternoon. I'll order the parts above then too. Turning out not to be too expensive. The biggest thing is really the wheelset.

More when I get back...

Bare bones

Ok. Got the bottom bracket tool and a new seatpost tonight. The seat post is 27.0mm and fits seat tube perfectly. Much nicer. And it's shiny. That's good considering I'm trying to make this bike entirely chrome.

Speaking of which... that is the next direction. I figure I should do the things to the frame before I put it together. So off went the bottom bracket, stem, headset, wheels, and fork tonight. The BB tool worked perfectly and I just took off the other side (drive) with an adjustable wrench. Masked off the Fuji emblem on the front and other key threaded and open areas. The headset was tough to get off as I didn't have a second wrench to steady the fork. So i just used the wheel as leverage against my legs. Worked fine. A little trace paper and masking tape and voila!



The sanded metal portions are where I've sanded off braze-ons for cables and such. I wet sanded with 400 grit sand paper and then tested the Mother's Mag and Aluminum Billet to see how well of a finish I could get. It looks pretty good.

Anyway. The plan is to get this bike all shiny bare metal. Strip it with "Aircraft Remover" and then use the Mother's Billet to polish the metal. Then I'm going to print a few decals on my inkjet that I will design in Illustrator CS2 and pop those babies on. Then clear coat w/ this stuff intended for wheels. Materials shown below: