Got home, saw a small package in the kitchen, a few items to use on my decaleur project. Wife and kids were out shopping, they got home aroun 6:30. At 7 my better half said, "Oh, there's a big package in the hallway for you". The Zeus from Calgary had arrived!

After dinner I took it out to the shop to take a look at it. Brad packaged it up nicely, better than most I've received that were in nearly NOS condition. I chucked the bottom bracket on my vice to take a look:



Yep, not so good looking. Let's take a look at the seat stays against a straight edge:





What the heck, let's see what we can do...I already had a plan figgered out...



Better bring out the heavy artillery:



Li'l tug here, li'l tug there, check using the unfortunately named Frame Alignment Gauge and calipers to check spacing...



The right side is a reminder of the saying "perfect is the enemy of good". There's a small gap between the right side seat stay and the straight edge. Everything else is well aligned. If you have a bunch of vintage bike frames, pull out a straight edge and check them out. You'll be surprised at how many no hands riders aren't perfectly straight everywhere.


Dropout tools to dial it in just right at 126mm spacing:



Tomorrow, the fork. Wheel doesn't center. With curves and independent blades, not to mention fixed dropouts, it's a bit more work.