No more dust

I've been using cheap disposable masks to protect myself from dust lately while sanding the bondo on the fork.

But I just bought this for $8 shipped. Hopefully, less crud gets into my lungs.

Fork part 3

The base wood has been glued on, I applied the Bondo Glass filler and have gotten the outside of the fork blades to be very smooth. Its looking really good.

Now I just need to apply more body filler to the insides of the fork blades.

 

 

 

Fork Add on pt2

This is what I'm thinking for the fork addition:

• sand down fork (to roughen and possibly thin fork blades down past the Cervelo decals)
• glue on base wood strip (wood strip wont be as deep as the final depth of the fork)
• fill in bondo glass to create airfoil
• sand bondo and smooth
• fill in any surface imperfections with bondo body filler
• primer
• final coat of satin black
• satin clear coat

Fork Add on

Here's a before and after of what I'm thinking of doing to my fork. Adding 34mm (1.33 inches) to the back of my stock Cervelo fork to increase the depth.

Edit: the fork started out as 544 grams.

Rear Headtube Fairing Pt 2

 
Just made some changes to the rear headtube fairing: made the trailing edge sharp and smoothed out the surface as well. Bondo is cool. Though I will attach with gray tape instead of white.

Also, repainted to match the frame. I might be making another version that wraps around the headtube as well. But we'll see.

Front Aero Brake

Just installed my Tektro front aero brake. For the price ($20) this was a very good purchase and while it wont be as fast as a Hooker brake, it'll be a lot better than a standard brake. This was technically a rear brake, so I had to replace the short bolt with something longer. Fortunately, this wasnt too big of a deal.

Also, I'm hoping to fabricate some sort of carbon fairing to cover the whole unit.

Rear Head tube fairing

So I made the rear head tube fairing, and I think it came out pretty decent. I still want to sand and finish it so it looks prettier. But check out the cabling, very aero!