Bike Project Part VII

Still waiting for the cog and spacers to be delivered.

Today I had a go at cleaning up the ferrule around the handlebars where they clamp into the old quill style stem. It was painted white and I'd scratched it when I did the 'Chop n Flop'.

I started with a strip of glass paper, but that was too slow - so I got out the electric sander. That cleaned it up a treat. Still I'll have to be careful when I finally position the bars because it's so easy to scratch them with the stem clamp.

Problem is, it now highlights how ugly the scratched stem is, so I should probably replace that with a new alloy stem. I'll check in my LBS or I saw one on eBay for $9.95 plus $6 postage.

Bike Project Part VI

So now - onto the new parts.

I've ordered:

• TA 46 Tooth Chainring
• Shimano 5mm Chainring Bolts
• Surly 16 Tooth Rear Cog
• Surly Spacers for Rear Hub
• Wippermann Nickel Plated Chain

I've also bought a Bottom Bracket Lockring to hold the Spacers and Cog onto the Hub.

Everything's arrived apart form the Surly Cog and Spacers. They should arrive early October.