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A good start

So the weekend started with a trip to Halfords to collect my order of 'Rattle Cans.'  A white primer, white gloss and lacquer, plus some panel wipes for cleaning the surfaces before painting. Items collected (social distancing observed), I returned home and started to sand off the paint from the forks.  I was going to use some 'Nitromors' paint stripper,  but what I had in the garage had rusted in the tin and a test patch did't do the job.  After an hour of sanding they were ready for priming.  Given this was the first time I had done spray painting, I was pleased with the outcome... I also took apart the bottom bracket as this was ceased up, I noticed this when the frame arrived earlier in the week, so I had ordered up a claw spanner and the HCW-11 Park Tool for its removal.  The axle will need replacing as well as the bearings, so am sourcing those from Firecloud Cycles I hope... On Sunday I started to play around with the handle...

Where It Starts

During this period of lock-down, I felt I wanted a hands on project to keep me busy.  So following my cycling hobby, I decided to have a go at building a single speed bike from an old frame and second hand parts from the internet. The initial purchase came from ebay of a 1975 Carlton Circuit bike frame and forks, £45 (inc delivery), but it comes with brakes and handle bars, the crank didn't survive being taken apart.. They were the photos from the ebay listing