Bamboo Bike Build – Part 3 – Final Touches
The final step in this build was to install the rear wheel bridge and brake mount. I wasn’t really sure about the best way to go about this, but after a few minutes in Home Depot I found a few metal nuts that I could epoxy into the bridge to give the brakes a proper support. After aligning the bridge and the nuts at the right angle I epoxied them in place and wrapped them in hemp. Once it had cured 48hours later I sanded everything down and drilled a hole through the hemp to expose the metal mount for the brake. Perfect fit.
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To install an adjustable seat tube I cut down a piece of chromoly with a dremel then sliced a half inch vertical slit in the top that would allow the seat clamp to compress around the seat post.
The final steps were simply running the cables and wrapping the bars. I was temporarilly holding the cables in place with electrical tape, but eventually secured it to the frame with steel cable stays directly epoxied to the frame.