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First (prewar) bike..... Finally

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Put the chain tensioners on today. Also a kickstand but will need to swap it with one that does not say ''made in China'' on the front.

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Sure looks good with the seat on it. It still needs a lot though. Coming along slowly. I think i need to locally source a pair of modern 28 inch wheels with modern skiptooth cog (where do i find these?) .. Skiptooth chain.... And Fenders i don't want to paint it until I know what fenders I'm going to have. Patience ain't easy.

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Put on a front fender i had laying around. It's a 26 inch middle weight fender on a 28 inch front fork so it needed spacers. Will need to swap rims as this is the old bent new departure from my Hawthorne.... Didn't realize how bent. Worse than I thought but still not too bad. Just bent enough to rub on the inside of the fender. Maybe I'll take one of the spacers... I mean skateboard bearings out. Put these other bars on just to see what they would look like. Don't think they will be staying. I decided that for now i just need to get some paint on it. It rides solid so getting it skiptooth and adding truss rods is my new priority on this one. Funny how things change.

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