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It has been a gruelling 5 days at the Winterborne Bicycle Institute's Pro Bike Mechanic course.
I've learned a lot, lost some bad habits and had the chance to interract with a diverse bunch of people in the cycling industry.
One of my goals of the course was to become proficient in wheel building and I am very pleased to say that my wheel today was 5/100th of a milimeter (that is 0.05 mm) BETTER than specficiations.
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A beautiful fork crown that Jay at Winterborne may use to build you a custom bike. Frame material options include steel, steel, steel and steel.
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Some more lugs.
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The perfect work bench.
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Alan Medcalf, one of our patient instructors.
Only 6 more days to go.
2 comments:
congrats on the wheel! Nicely done Paul!
Good stuff man! Andrew
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