Hi-tech method to measure internal diameter…

As you can see below, plenty of meat left after reducing the thickness.

Job done.

Proguard here too, the smaller one. fits superbly & doesn’t move, no cable ties to rub the paint off.
Well worth the money & I echo BillOddie’s sentiment!

Has anybody managed to access, or even find the digital version of the mag?
It was released on March 30th, print subscribers had it slightly earlier than that but the digital copy is nowhere to be found.
Have emailed for clarification but no reply as yet.
Going to try the change of address thing too, see if I get a print copy for a friend but would be grateful if someone has found it & could point me in the right direction!

I can highly recommend the Howies bib shorts, they’re made on a circular loom so have no seams & the pad is really comfortable. they last well too.
I have posher ones that I wear, but none of them come close to the Howies ones for comfort.

Not quite as universal as ascrs implies, Hope floating rotors do not work with Sram guides or any of the the older Avid brakes, the rivets foul the caliper, same with Superstar floating rotors.
Sold the rotors before I could try them with the Codes but it wouldn’t surprise me if the Hope rotors fouled them too.

My Tempest ones weren’t taped from new, there is also a disclaimer from Fulcrum that only Schwalbe tubeless tyres are compatible with their wheels, but I’ve fitted several other brands with no issues.

B, with a bit of C for commuting.

I made my own, it’s 18mm birch ply simply glued & screwed together with 3 differing dimensions, depending which way you turn it.
It doesn’t have the fancy writing on though, but cost considerably less than the £50 Decathlon one.

That was excellent, Thanks for posting Hannah.
I’ve been off the bike for 9 weeks now after a crash & AC separation surgery…
I cannot wait to get back on my bike!!

I’ve had Fidlocks on my MTB & gravel bike for a couple of yrs now & they’ve been faultless. Riddden Finale, Alps, & rough local stuff & never lost a bottle.
Ive never dishwasher them, as they clean up just fine in the sink, also, the magnets are in both the mount & the bottle, which is why you can’t reverse the mount as it also reverses the polarity of the magnets & the bottle resists rather than attracts.

Incidentally, I’ve also bought their magnetic Bordo lock mount, which means it’s easy to take the lock into town without having it permanently fixed & taking up a bottle mount. brilliant idea.

I’ve gone from a 36 factory to a 38 Factory & I couldn’t be happier.
On different bikes, so not a direct comparison, but stiffness & tracking is head & shoulders above, thats before you compare the damping.
I’d heartily recommend one.

Utter Scumbags,
Bought my Ripmo from Duncan back in October, top fella & really helpful.
Hope they catch those responsible & that he’s covered & manages to get back to normal asap.

When I bought my Ripmo I was offered the complete build at a discounted rate, as I was initially looking for frame only.
The vendor said he could supply frame only, as it was a bare frame & the build kit came in 2 other separate boxes, if I wanted the build kit too & was happy to assemble myself then he could do me a good deal.
So, a long-winded way of saying Ibis bikes come completely disassembled in 3 boxes, so a lot more build time/labour cost.

I’ve always had replies from them, some took a couple of days but they replied none the less.
Usually by email, but also had success via Facebook messenger, rather than posting on their page.
Have experience of getting alerts for in stock items, only for them to be out of stock when I order, but they’re not the only offenders. If you have a couple dozen people waiting on a stock alert & only a dozen pieces come into stock then they’re going out again pretty darn quick.

As an upholsterer, I’d say yes, it is possible to make a fairly decent job as a beginner, but it’s not as simple as it looks, also, similar to DIY, some people just have the knack for practical things, some don’t.

Depending on the chair, it may just be easier to make a loose cover for it, or the separate parts, rather than removing the old cover. Things tend to get messy & fall apart quickly when the old covers are removed.

A household machine will be fine for light weight material, it’s when you need to turn or stitch several layers together that it gets tricky, needles and/or thread tend to break.

My advice would be to look at a dress-making pattern & use the same method, ie lay your fabric on the panel you want to copy, put pins around the finished line of the panel where you want to stitch, remove from chair & add an allowance for sewing, plus a little. Make it too snug & you will create more problems than leaving ever so slightly generous.
notch or mark with a pencil where you want the pieces to join up & go for it.

Good luck!

Yes & yes, I always used to leave one fitted on my first mountain bike as mini pumps didn’t exist then & the most likely way I’d get to pump them up would be a garage or a foot-pump.
Weird that I still carry one in my pack & haven’t need to use one for 20+ years!
Old habits eh?

Hopefully he’ll slip up somewhere & leave himself exposed, might end up in jail with his mate Dominic Chappell, dodgy barsteward.

Yes, it’s an outrageous price, considering what you can buy the complete brake for.
I used a Superstar brake hose & fittings when I needed one, fraction of the price & also had a black banjo for the caliper, which looked a lot cleaner than the factory one.

PM sent.
Thanks.

I felt exactly the same, just gone from a large HD3 to a large Ripmo & it feels absolutely massive!
It didn’t help that we’re in lockdown here, so didn’t get to ride it for 3 weeks, every time I sat on it I thought I’d made a huge mistake, even standing next to it was clearly a lot bigger.
Everything changed once I started riding it, it feels fantastic, that extra size just seems to have disappeared, along with all the early panic!
Hard to believe I used to ride a small Turner RFX!!

Looks good Dusterbenny, I’ve been looking at the FJM ones but this looks good too.
interesting that he can do custom fit for the cranks, not sure mine is catered for normally.

Interested in some more info please.
Thanks.

Some cracking work from everyone, those railway diorama pics look awesome!

Hopefully these work… Flakpanzer 38 is scratch built on a Tamiya Marder III hull,
The Maultier is a stock kit from Zvezda.

The Flakpanzer before painting, sand coloured bits are kit, white & brass bits are scratch, apart from the mesh & the turned barrel.

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OW, there is only one Fidlock mount, everything they make fits the same one, bottles, cases, lock mounts etc.
I contacted them to see if they made a mount with longer slots, ie to position differently, but their reply said no, just the same mount for everything.

Any of the ‘plus 20mm’ post mount adaptors will work, they usually come with the appropriate length bolts too.

cheap as chips here, you want the post to post 20mm, as in the pic.

https://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/BSSDBM/sram-disc-brake-mount-adaptor

(That PX retail price is comedy gold…! :-) )

Edit… just noticed the PX one doesn’t include the bolts.
Sram page says lower bolt 32mm, upper bolt 37.5mm.
Alternatively buy them somewhere that includes them, (everywhere else!) but pay the premium.

https://www.servicearchive.sram.com/sites/default/files/techdocs/95-5018-000-000_rev_b_disc_brake_caliper_mounting.pdf

Bottom line, 3rd pic.

I’ve been using the library free downloads lately too, using the RB Digital app.
Just put in your library card number & away you go.
Choice is a lot more limited but it’s a good start & no faffing around trying to remember where you got to on the 3hr YouTube recording!

Yes. just installed a Gabaruk on the new Ripmo & I’m very pleased with it.
Has longer teeth than the Absolute Black one that is on the old bike, seemed a little noisier at first but seems to have quietened down considerably after an hour or so’s riding.
The silver one looks very smart on the CC cranks too, they’re beautifully made.
One thing I’d say though is check stock if you’re ordering direct. I’ve heard they can be very slow with delivery.
I got mine from one of the German online retailers…Bike24 I think.
Also a lot cheaper than the AB ones, but in my opinion, just as nice.

I had a similar issue on an old Nikon camera, the rubber grip parts were going gooey & generally unpleasant.
the Isopropal alcohol worked a treat, took some effort mind. Didn’t appear to be doing anything at first but persistence paid off.
It also hasn’t returned since I’ve started using it again.

Mugboo, quite possibly, I had a Mongoose ‘Supergoose’ in the early 80’s that was nickel plated.
The finish was tough as old boots & that was a 4130 Cromoly steel. Used to clean up lovely.

Would love to see some pics of the bits you’ve done Stevxtc.

I have an Iwata Custom Micron which I use for model painting, but a couple of yrs ago I also bought a Chinese made clone, as back-up & I have to say, given the price difference its incredibly good.
I got it from a company called Bartsharp, who as well as selling the expensive stuff, also sell these cheaper brushes under their own brand name.
They also have cheap diaphragm compressors which are ideal for a beginner. They stop/start automatically when the airbrush is used & are far more economical than using the disposable cans.
I’d start him off with something like this, its good enough to get some excellent results, but also won’t break the bank if (when!) he clouts the needle & damages it.
It will also get him used to using & cleaning a ‘proper’ airbrush from the start, rather than starting with an external single action, then having to re-learn as he gets better equipment.
Below is a link to a starter kit, but there are lots of options on the site & I recall the guys being very helpful too.

https://bartsharpairbrush.co.uk/product/bartsharp-airbrush-compressor-kit-tc802/

Thanks Edukator, well done for stopping just short of invoking Godwin’s law there.

I’m aware of the Panzerjager tank destroyer, in fact thats where the name came from, I’m a model maker & the first work I ever had published was a scratch built model of the panzerjager I, my friends at the various shows used the nickname as a piss-take & it stuck as my name on the modelling forums. Nothing more sinister than that, good of you to imply otherwise though… I build the boring green British, Russian & US stuff too.

I kept the same name after the great hack, lack of imagination I guess…

The irony of me defending myself as not trolling to someone who’s been called out for it many times before isn’t lost on me either.

Troll Squirrelking? Hardly, plenty of forum history to prove otherwise.

There’s quite a distinction between breed & race, it wasn’t made as an argumentative point. Humans are all one race for a start, regardless of skin colour or ethnicity, so not really an analogy that works, is it?

Pray tell, what does my user name tell you about me?? I’d be fascinated to hear…

“The Grand National is a race exclusively for horses, Grum. You are the one who thought to make a comparison I would never make.

There are different races of horses with different characteristcs.”

Just to correct you there Edukator, there are different ‘breeds’ of horse, not different races, if you think breed & race are the same thing in this context, then you have a lot more to learn than your posts already highlight!

A mate & I used to use ‘iPod rip’ back in the day, to share music, as it was quicker than borrowing & uploading the CD’s.
After a quick google it seems it’s still about, although I haven’t used it for about 12 yrs!

Finally finished the build today, mostly new stuff but apart from the crank it has the old drivetrain on for now.
Can’t wait to get it on the trails!

Just building my new Ripmo V2, waiting on brakes & a saddle at the moment, hopefully a ride & pics at the weekend!!

“You didn’t stop skateboarding because you got old, you got old because you stopped skateboarding”.

Theres a lot of truth to this, its more about regularity for me, just like your job, if you keep doing it every day you get better at it. It’s the same with sports. Ok, maybe not every day, but the point stands.
I’m 52 & from the age of around 6 when I hot my first bike, I haven’t stopped riding, by that I mean recreationally, not just commuting.
I BMXed until my mid teens, then when mountain bikes came along I jumped on them. Haven’t stopped since & I ride, on an equal footing with guys half my age, just because I never stopped & it just feels natural.
The BMX on the other hand, got on that a couple of weeks ago & it was like I’d never ridden it! It’s been a few years & it’s true when they say use it, or lose it! I know I could get back the feeling of it being normal, but it would take a good while now I think.

Its very good, but it takes a while to get up to speed reading the subtitles, they talk so bloody fast!!

Go & see Chaz at Roots Cycleworks in Exmouth.

He’s a top bloke & a bloody good mechanic, ex team Mondraker DH World Cup.

Theres not much he doesn’t know.

Bit far possibly, but chips at the beach is lovely anytime of year.

If you decide to pay him a visit, tell him Mr. Thompson says Hi!

Best & worst probably rolled into one night…

Ian Brown, absolutely dreadful, kept gobbing on the audience & offering to ‘take it outside’ for anyone that was laughing & taking the piss out of how dire it was.
Didn’t hit a note all night.

He was the support for the Manic’s Carling homecoming gig in Cardiff. Odd choice I know.
Quite possibly the best gig I’ve ever seen. They were flawless & playing to a home crowd on the last night of the tour just made it even more special. You could really see how much it meant to them.