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So these stays have been hard work. Each one has 4 bends in it which need to match side to side.

I made a jig to get the bends symmetrical and in the right place *hopefully*, I didn't take any photos of it though.

Then I made a jig to hold the drop outs in the right place relative to the stays. I went head and welded them together once again forgetting to tale photos.

Anyway today I started to put the back together so I can add it to the front of the frame, I also remembered to take a couple of photos.

 

Freshly bent stays with dropouts attached. They still need a trim.

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More jigging and clamping.

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I'll weld a bar between the two pieces of steel hose clamped to the stays to hold them in place, then flip it and to the same on the top. In theory it will be stiff enough then to start fitting to the back of the bike.

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I found a few hours for this over the weekend and tacked the rear end together.

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I'm very pleased with it.

I do however want to move the chain stays out a little to give me more room for a wider tyre, it has plenty of room before it is too close to the chain wheel.

 

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