I think it was him who said the best song is one which is written in the morning, recorded in the afternoon, and out by the evening. Brief research reveals that "All The Young Dudes" was written in a day - not be John Lennon though. It is however a great song, and that makes it worth mentioning.
In the sprint of this "in one day" thing, and because I wanted to go for a ride today, I welded my favorite old frame back together, built a bike on it, and went for a ride. The welding is pretty shocking, but that's because I am not very good at it yet, not because I did it in a day. Words are too wordy, so here are some pictures:
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| Notching it (I cheated and did this yesterday after work). |
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| I did a drawing and it ended up almost the same shape as it was supposed to. |
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| I added some length, and removed some broken. |
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| Mock-up #1 |
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| Mock-up #2, with clever magnet things kindly given to me by Marc and Nikki. |
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| It might just work |
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| ...even from this angle, it still might work. |
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| This is the least-ugly part of the welding. I am rather ashamed, but at least I got some practice. |
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| Voila. |
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| I went for a ride, and it didn't break (yet). I think I like it better with my revised geometry too... so that's good. |
100% exciting update... I went for another ride and it didn't break!
Thanks for the day out Paul and Alex.
