On Thursday I tried to put a bottom bracket in my Dialled MX20R frame and I found that the threads were knackered so I asked my friend if he still had his old GW Elite ProXXL frame for sale and he did so I picked it up from racing on Thursday night and washed it and built it mostly up on Friday only to find that the non-drive side threads are also knackered on the GW too 🙁 The new 46t chainring and 17t rear sprocket arrived this morning so I put them on the bike too and there is enough clearance on the frame so we should be good to go once the BB is sorted.
The frame was filthy when I picked it up but cleaned up pretty well considering. It is a bit battered but apart from the bottom bracket threads it is fine.
GW Frames are pretty rare and this is the only one that I have personally seen in the UK. I know that this Frame originally came from Australia so I am not sure that they were ever imported to the UK. I know that Mariana PAJÓN and Alise Willoughby both ride for GW and do well on them so it should be fine for me 🙂
This frame has a 22″ Top tube so it is the same size as the Pure V6 Cruiser that I going to ride when I am allowed so they should be pretty easily inter-changable hopefully.
Yesterday I bought a Bottom Bracket Chasing Tool from Wiggle and it should be here today sometime so I should be able to get the bike setup fully by the end of the weekend. I also bought some Metal Working Fluid from Amazon to use with the Tapping tool.
I also bought a new S&M Track Mark 20×1.75 tyre from Source BMX to put on the front of the bike as the Maxxis Torch 1.75 is too narrow for my liking and I have a Track mark on my Cruiser so it should make the bikes feel similar to ride.
I also bought a cheap seat and post off of ebay to go on the GW as the seat that is on it is my Cruiser seat and I didn’t want to shell out £70 on a Box One Seat for a bike that is basically going to live in the Clubs container so that I can train without having to take a bike with me if needed and also I have a spare bike in the container if something happens to my bike during training (Usually a Tubolito going flat!!) It will also mean that I have one less bike in the Flat which is a Bonus 🙂
The new Onyx Ultra Disk Hubs arrived on Thursday too so I am going to get the rear wheel built up this week with the Sun Envy Rear Rim that I bought a couple of weeks ago then I can convert the Pure to a disk brake bike and sell my Onyx V Brake wheel to recoup some of the money I have been spending. I also need to get my Speedco 24″ frame and my Dialled 4X frame onto ebay to try and get them sold too as they are just taking up space that I don’t have!
I am also thinking that I am going to sell my Dialled frames as they are not going to be ridden so again are just taking up space and could be paying off my credit card bills!
When I get paid I will try and get a front Sun Envy Rim and get the front wheel built up as well. This does mean that I will need to get a new set of forks as the front hub has a 20mm Axle and my forks are 10mm. Crucial has a set of 20mm Yess Reach forks still so I may well get them if they are still available when I get paid.
I also need to find out what size disk works with the Pure V6 Disk Adapter that came with the frame so that I can get the bike up and running.
I am also getting my StayStrong Disk Wheel back from Gary at Curtis once the Onyx Wheel os built up so I can use the Staystrong wheels for training and the Onyx wheels for racing on to keep them fresh for longer and also get the improvement of the Onyx Hubs when racing to feel better and faster. I will most likely not bother taking them off and sell the StayStong wheels in the future but that is the plan for the moment 🙂
I am getting really bored of being hurt and have decided that I need to start doing some slow walking in the mornings to keep active and burn off some weight for when I can start riding again! I stupidly set up the gate before racing on my own so I have set my recovery back as my stomach was feeling slightly better but is now feeling as bad as it was when I hurt it!!! Lesson learnt!
*** UPDATE ***
The Bottom Bracket Tap tool arrived and I cleaned out the threads on the GW but the non-drive side still wouldn’t go into the frame so I have bought a new Shimano Bottom Bracket for not so that I can get the bike finished and take it to the container so that it is out of the house! Not sure when the new bottom bracket will arrive so I have put the bike back together as much as possible and hung it back up in my bedroom out of the way. I was going to get the Pure up together today but I am feeling a bit crap so I will do it tomorrow instead!