>>1963515>art of the reason I'm able to be so thrifty. that and I do shit like pack my bearings with $5 red and tacky from harbor freight instead of getting ass raped by park tool or whatever other company or gimmick of the day.What the actual fuck are you talking about? A 4oz. tube of park or other fancy grease is like $10. It has many dozens of uses. The cost savings from using a basic grease to repack hubs are not meaningful.
Adherents of fancy greases (me) will use them to rebuild expensive components, and have a cheap tub of grease for all other uses. The biggest advantage of a fancy grease is the nozzle which allows a cleaner installation.
Your original post doesn't really say 'thrifty' to me, I get the opposite impression, that you like wasting money on stupid shit. Nothing wrong with that.
>learning to braze and increasing my skillset as a mechanic and fabricator is pretty much the whole reason for the build.Do something useful then. Modify a frame with useful braze ons like rack mounts, fender mounts, light mounts or, centerpull mounts.
Disc conversion is not useful, you're really just adding weight, sketchiness and inelegance. You're turning away from the light.