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Old 10-06-09, 16:39
Alex van de Wetering Alex van de Wetering is offline
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Well,

The bike was nearly finished for D-day, when the crank broke again. My welding just wasn't good enough, so on the night before we left for Normandy, I welded the crank again. Due to the problems with the crank I wasn't able to get the painted brake parts assembled in time. In the end I packed the bike, tools, all brake parts and spares and we left for the 800km long trip to Normandy.
I assembled the crank one of the first days at the campsite and was able to make some testruns. Than a day later I assembled the brake parts in the morning sun and the bike was done! I drove some meters in Etreham June 6th and in St Aubin-sur-Mer on sunday the 7th.

Here is a picture of the bike on the campsite
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