hope you find a solution, but speaking as an ex time served bookbinder and current digital print operator you will struggle to do good work with paper in that type of environment- of course you can, but producing stable work to sell for instance might be tricky. I absolutely endorse the comment from Mitsumonkey above who himself mentioned he was a printer and has experience. Relative humidity is crucial to the stability of paper. Brick garages are frequently used as binding studios and the like and even they struggle to control the paper. Not an easy problem to solve. good luck, print making is awesome btw!

she just wants to be only the telly and it would be amusing if it wasnt as dangerous as trump in the whitehouse.

come on now.. its not THAT dangerous. Mind you I did once get a stale rowie off the face once in Aberdeen, grazed my check quite badly.

*pulls tarp off IndyMegaBus “WE SEND 350m LITRES OF IRN BRU TO ENGLAND EVERY YEAR. LETS GIVE IT TO OUR FAT KIDS INSTEAD”

as they’re dangerous, cause massive trail erosion along with the erosion of fundamental human principle.

can someone please tell me this is a wind up?

@singletracksurfer

Just a follow up- eBay press worked like a charm. Some gentle taps on the underside during initial press to keep the cups lined up with a regular hammer then screwing away as expected. Whole thing took about 5-10 mins. No mallet or block of wood deployed at any point. All things considered, for well under £10 and a little prep, I’ve got a new headset in. YMMV but I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend this to anyone in a similar position to me. If I did this routinely, of course a bespoke tool is best but I’m left impressed.

tried phoning a Scottish station? Aberdeen Rail station who will be your likely last leg north on that journey might be a little more clued up. They might be able to do the whole thing for you.

@ Nick Glad you found a solution that worked. You said you “tried to make one but it was a pain in the arse”. Did you manage to make a tool that worked or did you give up? Seems like there’s plenty of diy success out there. Sure i could buy a branded tool too but then… we wouldn’t be here would we?

My point still stands. If the OP was having car engine trouble for instance and I said, “yeah I tried cheap cars for years. Bought a Porsche in the end. Glad I did.” It wouldn’t look good eh? Op was looking for suggestions on the DIY route. Lazily telling him and/or others to ‘just buy this’ is information he’s likely to be aware of.

also, sorry for this- i know i’m actually lecturing here.., but to any pending smug comments along the lines of “pfff, buy the ‘right’ tool” that’s nothing but unhelpful in this context. As can be seen above, even they have their limits and drawbacks. No one reading this thread would be here if buying a vastly over priced branded tool was an option at this point in time. Super glad it is an option for some, but it wasn’t for me and neither the OP or countless others it seems. There is a time for spunking on £150 Park tools blah blah blah but this isn’t it. For various reasons this is particular mechanical is a VERY infrequent task for me, so i cant justify 3 figures on something i might use infrequently. The On-one tool looks great for £25 but…at the end of the day its just some black handles tack welded to the bolts over the solution some are describing above. Seems a lot comparatively for essentially the exact same solution that could be had for even less than i paid..

nickhit3 – which one did you buy, I need something to press a tapered headset in?

@fathomer can’t link it so some reason – but the seller is called ‘headset_123’ on ebay. ‘heavy duty’ model for £7.99. The heavy duty refers to the thicker square plate which avoids any washer bending. Yet to use the tool myself as i mentioned but the tool itself shouldn’t be to blame if it goes wrong.. will report back early next week if when it’s a success but it all looks exactly as all others ive seen on the net for the last few years. Seller based in UK, NE England if i recall, good communication and arrived v fast.

FWIW, I’m inserting a traditional cheap 1+1/8th FSA Pig DHPro headset. The OD of the lower assembly is EXACTLY the same dia as the circular washer on this press- the part shown with a green backing felt. Any smaller, and the press would be acting on the sealed bearing within the steel (in this case) cup assembly, something that could possibly damage a cartridge bearing during torquing. I’m confident there’s enough acting on the headset body to push in accurately having dry assembled the parts BUT if it was a larger headset you may want to mod the plates/washers possibly with a larger piece if wood for instance to increase the pressing area. Just a thought. Also, grease the threaded bar (and headset interface of course) liberally to aid pressing is something that I’ve seen mentioned loads.

PS to those reading this, no lectures on price please, i know i paid more than i wold buying bits etc… but CBA with that this time ;)

just bought a DIY headset press of the above type for a few quid on eBay this week. Seemed less of a hassle than sourcing all the bits-but i was being especially lazy. Arrived all assembled at my door in 24hrs. Trying it on sunday. Nothing ventured nothing gained as they say… seems like it’ll do the job nicely though. A departure for me from the old wood and mallet method…

when you grasp the top headset assembly, can you feel a part of the assembly moving when rocking the bike on the front brake? knocking can be MANY things but headsets are normally pretty easy to diagnose. That said, doing it via the internet is hard.. Don’t be afraid to take it apart, give yourself time and re assemble re grease etc and see if the prob still exists. Its entirely possible it is shot bearings but it could be fork bushings…wheel bearings..

I’m using a traditional star nut. I’d like to think I might be able to (temporarily) fix this by increasing the preload, but…

Yeah.. best avoided lol. FWIW I once rode for almost two years with a slight knocking in a headset I could never ‘cure’ and typically tightened the nut pre ride to get me through. Not clever. Thought the whole headset was shot. Turns out I’d missed an entire component of the top assembly during a fork fitting- a conical wedge, CRITICAL to the bearing preload.. ended up with seized lower bearings that rotated on the crown race-thew whole brown rusty unit rotating on the race.. got away with it but the lesson is, you shouldn’t have to crank the preload any more than to stop play. If steering tightens, you’ve got it far too tight.

you using a traditional star nut or Head Doctor? I’ve read of some people experiencing slipping with Head Doctors which might contribute to a lack of compression on the bearings but i’ll be honest here and bow out of this one. There are bound to be more experienced Hope Headset bods out there. Nice bit of kit and i’ve only heard good things with the headsets. Hope you get it sorted!

12/18 months? how much riding are you doing…? more info is needed but, if the bearings themselves can be replaced, ie: cartridge style, then the cups should be fine unless the cup itself (the part pressed into the frame) is horribly corroded or distorted.

FWIW I’ve replaced sealed cartidge bearings in a FSA headset top assembly after 5 years use + and the headset is like new unsurprisingly. Top cup was undamaged. Saw no reason to knock it out and replace that part itself.

don’t do yourself down, im sure you could so that! but you may want to consider one of those back wheel mount/racks that rotate your bike vertically and stash it that way. Seen a lot of ads for them recently.

I’m not saying ventilation isn’t important in any space that bikes may be.. but that this is going to be a space used also for laundry purposes, I wasn’t convinced the introduction of a tumble dryer provided its operating correctly would be such a huge contributor. I suppose it must be to a certain degree but enough to be the up most priority? hmm..

Yep. Over time, any untreated humidity will see things rusting and paint bubbling.

Orange is a very on trend colour this season FWIW..

Kidding aside, it is just that here was an assumption that he might want to “prioritise” ventilation above ALL else. Although a worthy consideration, it seems a little over the top this should be an absolute priority provided that his appliances are correctly operating and he’s not drying fishing nets in there…

a pic of the albino one would be interesting btw. :D

Rusty, that is a nightmare. All that because of some pisshead :(

an extra 6p on GT85 I see. Typical tories.

I can’t help with your query, but I’d be prioritising efficient ventilation unless you like rusty bikes

Worth considering seriously sure in any case but is this a realistic problem really? Unless he is silly enough to have a non condensing tumble dryer on 24hrs a day venting into the space his bikes sit.. it sounds like a VERY low risk to me. He’s not building a sauna come workshop. Presuming the bikes are well maintained, id think normal use out doors is a bigger risk to rust than his pants and socks whizzing round in a dryer few times a week/month/year.

^^ nice try.. “old floorboards” *turns image clockwise* Better luck next time..

Not lidl but Aldi have a beer special this week, think there is 30+ beers available.

oooof. *tyre smoke in direction of nearest Aldi. Their 99p beers labelled under the ‘Great British Brewing Co’ are all very good. particularly the IPA.

haha @ hairy scary. I agree! Was a privilege growing up in Aberdeenshire, and I wouldn’t still be biking today if it wasn’t for that grounding and those hills and forests! I’m next door to the Lake District living now in Lancaster so I’m not doing too badly mind you.

Cheers @ HairyScary :)

cheers, Hill of Fare looks decent for a wee blast.

ah yeah. I recall that bit. Used to session it at the end of the loops I did. Scolty is on the itinerary, got some local knowledge from an old bud of mine who knows the trails there. For various reasons, I’ve actually never biked on Scolty but been up there on foot since I was knee high to a 26″ IRC Kujo. Looks like a great place now. Pitfichie (which i have ridden 10 years ago or so), and some other natural trails i have in mind too. Any other notable suggestions? Gear wise I’m not afraid of a push up/scramble but 20 mile XC loops are probably out of the question.

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nickhit3
So where do you chuck your wet but chunky food?

Well for starters (pun intended) there is rarely wet/chunky food going to waste. My family are not made of money and leftovers are normally dealt with orally within 48hrs of cooking. NOT with the aid of the porcelain item in the smallest room that we use to defecate in. Plate scrapings and any wet food left over- like most people I imagine- is mopped off the plate with kitchen roll and placed in the bin. As others more knowledgeable than I have pointed out, otherwise edible food or plate scrapings going down a toilet is a hateful thing, likely contributing to vermin problems in local sewerage systems and increasing the risk of blocking drains. OP is a psycho. I cant believe i’m even explaining this. It’s only Tuesday. Christ.

THIS. IS. MENTAL.

toilet = arses
washing up bowl = plates, cutlery etc
fairy liquid = both

got it? good.

Isn’t the true race model from Mudhugger the one with the much reduced front portion/length? I use the FR model and its great. I chose the FR anticipating an issue like the OP,it didn’t seem long enough to me- and I don’t ‘race’. Danny Hart and a host of others race with the FR model so.. they both have a race application. Its not of course 100% efficient but the downturned lip at the leading edge of the FR seems to do most of the hard work with water spray. Can’t imagine the tyre combo make a difference in terms of front wheel spray.

Like the look of the newest trailer. I enjoyed Prometheus, never understood the hate and am a massive Alien fan so to me, a lot of the hand wringing above is pretty funny. You’ll all still go to see it, stop kidding yourselves. Stop getting those panties in a bunch over a sci-fi film and just sit back and enjoy the big angry things eating the small scared things.

Tough one. I’d have to say, The Best Of David Bowie.

Just use a sheet and give it a vac/cloth occasionally. That kept my kit fine for years in a rehearsal space. gigging of course helps when you’re moving gear frequently, but a cheap sheet or two from Primark worked for me. Plus you can whip the sheet off like a magician every time you play which adds a nice camp flourish to proceedings I find.

Just wish they didn’t sit so close to the crank. A long axle kit option like crank bros did for the Mallet E would be a good thing for them

Yeah I’m curious about this too. I don’t have huge feet (size 9 Specialized 2F0) but I buy the idea of the pedal being closer to the crank for a stiffer platform (armchair engineer alert) and a narrower profile. Should be a world away from the Saints… for the £££ i hope so! cheers for the answers guys much appreciated. Ps: does anyone know where the term ‘Q factor’ comes from? its mentioned in pedal reviews but I’ve never worked out the Q…

cool, that’s somewhat reassuring now. Never thought I’d spend this on a pedal before (coming from Saints-which I really liked but found a bit of a weird feel issue arising) but the hype certainly seems justified, they look great. Looking forward to actually riding them.

Must be a record. I’ve never read so much cr*p on STW.

So why have you never turned up on a MNPR then?….

sorry man… er, no idea what MNPR is. Anyone care to explain?

Property is reasonable ’cause Dundee is a shithole!

Depressingly, being Aberdonian this has for decades been my default answer. This is NO longer true and a dated opinion. Dundee is punching above its weight hugely now and compared to the Aberdeen of 2017…well lets just say ‘how the mighty have fallen’ I still love Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire as its home but its lost its lustre recently with the oil bust. Moving away to NW England 5 years ago (now settled with young family in Lancashire) has taught me amongst other things that frankly, ribbing of the Scot’s is still alive and well. There’s a general assumption that I’m a nationalist spokesperson and will endlessly be itching to talk about the farking Indy referendum… which do not. GTF. So it works both ways. Almost all of this is good natured of course, but its not peculiar to Scotland. Oh and everyone I’ve met in Lancashire? lovely. Ok maybe not everyone in Preston but that’s a long story.

“It’s one of them.”

GTF.

This. Had a colleague who said this incessantly, his default answer to almost any question and any context. Used to drive me up the wall.

+1 for Henry. Don’t get hung up on the motor rating thing which seems to be a ‘big topic’ amongst Henry buyers. The model we have I bought 2 months ago has been incredible, and so much more powerful compared to the POS ‘bagless’ Electrolux upright i put up with for 7 years.. bombproof as others have mentioned. The only minor negative i have with it is that the handle sections are prone to falling out/apart when using it in a long wand configuration for the majority of flooring, or carpet with a little resistance in the motion. You deal with it but it could be improved. Doubt i’ll ever buy another hoover though that’s not a Henry ever again.