Everything in this section is one job, done properly, written down. How to polish alloy without swirling it. What bars to fit and what they will do to your wrists. Which tools genuinely earn their space on the wall.
These are the posts that come out of getting something wrong first. Nothing here is theory, and nothing is a spec sheet rewritten from a manufacturer's press release.
If a technique failed for us, that is in the post too. It is more useful than the version where everything worked.
Four grits, one compound, and the mistake that puts swirl marks in a tank forever.
Both look the part. Only one of them lets you ride more than forty minutes at a time.
You can build a whole bike with about 400 euro of tools. Here is the honest list.
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