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Old 01-05-24 | 12:33 PM
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From: Des Moines, IA

Bikes: '18 class built steel roadbike, '19 Fairlight Secan, '88 Schwinn Premis , Black Mountain Cycles Monstercross V4, '89 Novara Trionfo

If a bottom bracket threads in fine, a crank mates together easily, and the arms spin easily once everything is tightened...seems good enough for me.

The frame I built in a class was faced and chased because it needed to be after it was painted. Head tube was faced as well.
An old road frame from the 80s thst I did some brazing on had to be faced- the crank was tough to install and didn't turn easily.

I've sanded off powder coating on a couple bikes before, but every other frame I've built up thru the years, dozens plural, has been fine to just install and spin to confirm it's good.
Low standards, perhaps.
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