The Frame

I hauled out the frame from the garage today, and, after taking the forks off, gave it a good cleaning before bringing it to my bench for a photo.

I few mishaps–It's obvious I'm not fully in gear-wrenching mode. It's been years since I've worked on a bike: Fork-tube oil. Best left in the fork tube, or drained into a proper container. Does no good on the garage floor. Ball bearings. Boy, they sure tend to scatter, don't they?

The frame looks to be in decent shape–nothing bent or cut off. Well, the frame's fork stops are not meeting the fork's limiter bosses. They're riding above a bit, so the forks tend to a larger-than-designed radius. Either the stops are bent, or , as I fully suspect, the forks have been replaced and the mismatch is due to this.

I don't have the wherewithal to have the frame professionally painted, so my next step there will be to start the process of sanding, priming and painting here at home.  But before that, I'll continue cataloging what I have in the way of parts, taking photos and enjoying the project.