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One of the things that spurred my action on this project was my giving up of road bicycling. I am in the business of making custom bicycles under the Black Cat Bicycles banner, and road riding has been a huge part of my life, but I had gone to the Emergency Room 4 times in five years, each with increasing drama and injuries, so I decided to hang up that helmet for good, or until I move somewhere where cyclists aren't treated as an inconvenience, to be battered for fun.
Road bicycles have never had great brakes, until disc brakes came around. I had gotten so used to brakes that really work with one finger that I just can't go back to "planning ahead", especially with the aggressive driving these days on the tiny roads where I live and ride. I had also gotten quite good at Honda forks over the years, so I added forks from a GL1000 and brakes from a mid-90s Ducati. Milled up some adapters, and we're off to the races!
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Anyone who's been sucked into one these projects knows how many small projects there are, just to bolt stuff together. It's limitless.
Things are starting to come together though!
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