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^is that a red herring?^ looks like a mackerel to me
Fair point binners, no wonder the fish is mounted wonkily on that swing arm
needs more cherry wine
Herring
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Mackerel
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Straightend out wire coat hanger worked for threading the gear cable through the swing arm on mine. shove it through back to front and stick the cable outer on the end then carefully pull it back.
I'll do the brake hose when i need to bleed them.
Bike...Fish...Bike...Fish...
*applauds*
I bet he's fitting some Pikes up front.
igmc.
Mackerel with orange & harissa glaze
Ingredients 1 x 300g/10oz mackerel , filleted and skin on
1 tbsp plain flour
1/4 tsp smoked paprika
1 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
1 small orange , grated zest and juice
1-2 tsp harissa paste (to taste, as brands vary)
25g pine nuts , toasted
small bunch coriander , very roughly chopped
Does say small orange, not sure what size yours is.
Should have known STW would call me up on the herring...
Took a LOT of filing, but ISCG solution now working. Does anyone have any top tips on how a Silentguide should be orientated on a suspension bike? I only ask 'cos I've seen loads of slightly odd looking setups around and about.
Will try the coathanger trick on the hoses...
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Time for another brew...
Where's Trout when you need him?
RE threading the cable - put a small kink in the end of a gear gear. Thread it down towards the rear. Spin it using your thumb and finger. It should - with some luck - catch in the hole.
Then just thread your outer over it.
That fish looks wonky. Are you sure the swingarm is aligned correctly?
To thread it - get some cotton and a hoover. Hold the the hoover to the rear hole, making a seal with your hand, and switch the hoover on so it draws air through the entrance hole. Push the cotton in through the hole until it gets picked up by the hoover and pulled out of the exit hole. Tape the cotton to the cable inner, then pull it through and thread the cable outer over the inner.
(I want pictorial evidence of you trying this)
Could add a second fish so you have an additional brace on it?
That milk's going to go off soon unless its time for a huge bowl of Cheerios.
Now I've been distracted from this by 419 Eater
Props, that is indeed the correct answer to Evil Sovereign full suspension companionship, wheel size and drivetrains.
Mine even has the same bodged iscg05 to old converter (which arsehole thought of that at Orange?), do you want to be me?
Also, maxilols at Hannah's coffee and banging posts.
I assume you are building this for the duduro this weekend?
(ps, can you ask your sister if she wants a. A lift up there, b. If she wants to apply for the real job I am offering her and c. If this lake district thing is going on or not? I have asked her a few times but got nothing back and could do with planning my week 🙄 )
(pps- I have been working on mine today while I have been off work with the squirts and it is RUINED. It will make you do the same stuff you do on your sov but more brutally. Which seems to wreck other kit)
Hoses threaded. Good GRIEF that was an arduous task. Coathanger trick worked for the gear cable, then my housemate had the genius idea of taping the brake hose to a gear housing. Worked a treat.
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Genuinely astounded at how long this is taking me. Time for a break to cook LSP's tea and appease her...
No kashima? Well, that's me and Huw and Rosie beating you down all the hills, cheapskate.
and appease her...
The fish or the pink glove wearing one?
46 minutes - that should be long enough for a student to knock up a fish finger sandwich. Hurry up, the suspense is killing me.
I thought I'd missed this build thread but its ok 5 hours on its still going 🙂 need more pics though
Chuckles @ "pixelated floor"
You can tell this is stw........ Everyone is asking for bike build pix and not pix of lumpy
Pix of lumpy please
I'm still here. Break for tea, followed by a very long time trying to get the rubber grommets between the frame and hoses back in. I gave up in the end. Just getting the brakes bled now. What a farce...
I've had a couple Fives in the past and the cable through the swing arm and the grommets were always a proper pain.
This thread gets this
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Superb work all round!
Awww the Seal <3
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I got distracted again, and then it all escalated quickly.
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Nearly there...
+1 point for leaving the wok on the cooker whilst leaving the bike in the kitchen.
Appeased the G/F, then leave her to sleep it off and stick some wheels on it.
The fish BTW was inspired.
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Oh, try and get the grommets back in. I failed on mine and it at the frame a bit. Oops.
Ok, I'm calling that finished. Took flipping long enough eh?
Still a few bits of tinkering to be done, but if nothing else I think it looks the business. Fettling tomorrow, then Innerleithen Wednesday for a full shakedown...
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Even done the washing up, Top work!
Bike looks lovely BTW.
Dear OP, your new bike is lush, bravo!
teh awsesum build thread.
Nice and +1 for shakedown ride location
Nice, I was never sure about the red frames, but i like that.
Yes yes yes ok so you can thread stuff and tighten bolts.
Well done you but now you've mentioned somewhere sexy to ride it too. ..
Have fun don't break it & take your g/f, or at least buy her some flowers.
OP - now finish the thread with a picture of missladylumps modelling with the bike!
Now lets see that single speed sovereign build.
well done 🙂
Tyre logos should be lined up with the valve and/or rim logo, -1 point and you p!ssed me off trying to fob me off with a herring instead of a mackerel. Other than that, nice bike and clean dishes.
7/10