Friday, April 16, 2021

Grassroots Precision

I love my Pop.  I needed a weird non-standard tiny bit of part to make my new frameset work and he got it for me!  I got a new frameset that requires a 1-1/4" steerer clamp rather than the standard 1-1/8".

I thought I'd be able to *get by* with a cut-to-size hardware store plumbing piece:


This is a 5mm section of hydrostatic pump expulsion pipe.  It's made of really hard plastic and would probably work.  But my Pop knows a guy who- for a bottle of home-made wine- machined me a much better part out of steel to within .5/1000 tolerance.  Bam!

I love old dudes with skills.




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