Repaired Susie and Intro post

[James ODonnell]

Introducing myself and my Susie W L that I picked up in the following state from a list member (original thread).

After aligning the fork and rear triangle, I did some practice brazes, hand mitered some tubes, chucked it all in a basic fixture and did my best to match the original geometry based on a chart Will @ Rivendell kindly shared with me. To my surprise I managed to produce a frame that rides straight and has held up to almost a year of riding. 

[J Imler]

This is in my all time top 5 Riv bikes. 🤝

[Patrick Moore]

Very good save. Will you eventually repaint it?

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[Kainalu V. -Brooklyn NY]

Nice work. What’s going on on the other side chainstay/seatstay? Trailer hitch?

-Kai

[James ODonnell]

Patrick, because it had developed a significant amount of surface rust in the New England winter I recently sanded it off and sprayed it green. I did a terrible job, so might try again sometime soonish. 

Kai, yes it's a trailer hitch for a 'bikes at work' trailer. I spent a few hours a week hauling food scraps and turning them into compost. 

[Ryan Ogilvie]

Love this! It assuages most of my concerns I have about a frame break on my Suz, too. 

Sent from my mobile device. 

On Jun 14, 2024, at 1:05 PM, Kainalu V. -Brooklyn NY <kaivi...@gmail.com> wrote:

Nice work. What’s going on on the other side chainstay/seatstay? Trailer hitch?

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[R. Alexis]

Was wondering what happened to this frame. The original poster never replied that I saw when I inquired about it way later. Your repair looks good. Nice to see it rolling. Should get some Protovelo decals from Rivendell and then paint it. There is that bike paint that Old Shovel uses, https://spraybike.us/ that may work. Strip down or partial strip then paint leaving the areas that have good paint still. Don't know if that would work. 

Reginald Alexis

[James Warren]

Ressurectio decals!

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[RichS]

James, Iove the the rough look sans paint but I know you have to protect the metal. An inspiring post all around. Doing your own frame rebuild and making the effort to collect food scraps for compost. Kudos for your self reliance.

Best,

Rich in ATL

[Keith P.]

That thing looks mean.

Tough looking dirt digger. Well done!