The rebuilding has begun! We got the frame refurbishing on the Ross finished, so parts started going back together a few days ago. Still awaiting handlebar grips, and deciding on front and rear racks. Any suggestions for the Ross? Here are some pics as it stands now:





The Raleigh was brought to the LBS last night for a headset install. The crown race on the Pepperoni fork was kind of snug, but was installable and removable by hand, so it needed a bit of knurling to get a good press fit. After that, my last shipment of parts came in, including the rear rack, chainring bolts, and the bottom bracket. Here's some parts I slapped together last night after getting the frame back from the shop. Notice the foam and plastic bag being used to position the front rack for mock up





Unfortunately, I had plans to run a Girvin Rock Ring bashguard as a chainwatcher, but apparently they used a smaller 7mm bolt diameter. The new 10mm chainring bolts fit the cranks/chainring, but not the Rock Ring .... I guess I'll have to do some drilling, but I'm undecided as of yet. I wanted to run the Rock Ring since I'm running a 48t up front which requires the ring to be on the outer ring position of the crank spider to clear the chainstays. The Girvin was perfect because it didn't replace a ring, but rather overlayed the ring in the outer position, and it could take the 48t ring (which is pretty hard to find). If anyone has any other suggestions as how to tackle this one, I'm open to suggestions. I'd prefer not to go to a smaller ring, but maybe a 46t and this is in order. I'm pretty sure that chainring guard replaces the outer ring, which would mean the chainring would have to clear the chain stays.....dilemmas.

Both the bikes are nowhere near fitted, so the positioning of stuff is very much off, but they're both coming along!