Got to spend 4 hours on the frame this morning. Spent a bit of it reaming the seat tube to accommodate the Thomson seat post. We will ball hone it at the shop to finish it. With all the grinding, filing, and sanding, the weight is now 4lbs. 4.25 oz.

Here are the very nice dropouts for the mule. I'm not going to put in a strut on the 'stone. Although it was quite the light weight machine in its day, I think it is plenty robust to handle a 140mm disc and a 23mm tire. We will see................