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I’m pretty sure that ceeway, (framebuilding.com) has the original non-lightened bushnell BB’s in stock. They’ll be way cheaper than the fancy bushnells you get elsewhere.
Functionally identical, but a bit heavier
RetrodirectFree MemberA social distandem.
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RetrodirectFree MemberSecond for the bike hive! have been really impressed when i’ve been in there. Also, they have a huge fire and a dog in the shop!
RetrodirectFree MemberOh noes! how did I not see this? I’m a welder and painter. If everyone else drops out I’d love it and would reweld it into something wild. :)
RetrodirectFree MemberBlood going between hospitals to get tested!
When I was a bike messenger. It was always a super urgent delivery so we jumped all traffic lights to get it there in time. I dread to think what would have happened in the event of a crash.
10 years ago I thought it was cool, I feel slightly used now.
RetrodirectFree MemberLong time STW, I’m making a tiny cargobike.
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RetrodirectFree MemberThe tour de france would be WAY better if they were all on fully faired recumbents.
RetrodirectFree MemberI agree with what velocipede said. But go to the ACTUAL mosque kitchen! not the upstarts that called themselves the mosque kitchen (linked, and which is on the main street) and go to the one that is actually connected to the mosque. The one on the main street is done by people trying to capitalise on the success of the mosque kitchen by calling themselves “mosque kitchen” as a business name … near to the kitchen run by the mosque.
If you want similar food to the mosque kitchen in a nicer environ, then head to “10 under 10 in dehli”.
These places are all within 30 seconds of each other.
and **** the “mosque kitchen”
RetrodirectFree MemberLesser known option:
If you’re in Scotland you also have Andy at armour custom bicycles. His work is top quality and he’s pretty open to wild paintjob options.
http://armourcustombicycles.com/paint
I used to sublet workshop space from the guy.
RetrodirectFree MemberYes to the torque thing! And you can even science it.
I used to help people fix bikes in a bike charity place and the amount of people putting their full strength into tightening tiny wee stem bolts and the like would make you wince.
Hang apples off the end of a metre-stick to give them intuition of what the torque value means.
10 apples hanging on the end of a metre-stick will exert 10Nm of torque into your hand. To hold it steady you need to apply 10Nm of torque through your hand. If a bolt says to torque it to 10Nm this is the amount of “twisting force” you need to apply.
6 apples = 6Nm
100 apples = 100Nmyada yada etc. etc.
This assumes that your average apple is 100grams (they mostly are) and that gravitational acceleration is 10m/s (it mostly isn’t but is close enough an approximation for this) as this would apply 1 Newton of force.
It’s known as Newton’s apple afterall!
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Also, repairing a puncture on a bicycle. I remember being a kid and repairing my friend’s punctures, much to the shock of their parents who had no idea how to do it.
Also, meeting serious long distance cycle tourists who don’t know to leave the glue until it’s touch-dry before applying the patch, then wondering why it’s not worked.
RetrodirectFree MemberChina
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Uzbekistan
Indian Himalayas
Omani Hajar mountains
Morroccan High atlas mountains
Transcon (not touring)
Slovenia through to bosnia and serbia
Lots of bits of the UKRetrodirectFree MemberThat’s rad! how flexy is it though? did they not bump up the tube diameters at all to account for the extra flex of the ti?
RetrodirectFree MemberNot a new project, but one that I didn’t document properly at the time. I just came across this photo!
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RetrodirectFree MemberNot been doing much in the workshop due to real life, but got a chance to get in and do a quick paint.
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RetrodirectFree MemberYes, I do.
But only on one bike, only on my polo bike.
The polo bike is front brake only and on the left hand side. All other bikes are right hand front brake.
It never confuses me except when I’m riding one handed. When that happens my brain auto-switches which side it expects the brakes on. It’s odd.
RetrodirectFree MemberLaughing at 11pm bedtime.
Wish I could come. All SS events I’ve been to have been rad!
RetrodirectFree Member@mick_r that’s a nice bike. what are you using for bending? that seattube has came out nice! Heating over wood forms?
Here’s my latest. Finished a batch of these. even more Jones style bars. much wider, with way less flare than the originals and with wild paintjobs. :)
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RetrodirectFree Memberwithout access to the fancy dan stuff to be sprayed through an hvlp gun then go for spray.bike
RetrodirectFree MemberYour leverage ratio on the shock will be changing throughout the travel so it’s a pain to calculate. If it doesn’t have to be a specific travel and just has to be clearance for a seatpack then you could measure it directly.
Put the seatpack on. Take all of the air out of the shock and move the rear wheel as close as you’d like it to get to the seatpack. Hold it there while you measure the eye to eye of the shock and the difference between the extended eye to eye (200mm) and measured eye to eye is the amount that you need to reduce the shockstroke by.
i.e 200length
and
51 stroke minus eye to eye changeRetrodirectFree MemberRetrodirect’s posts have inspired me
that was such a nice compliment to recieve, thanks.
RetrodirectFree MemberChat to Andy at Eastside bikes. He does a proper nice job.
RetrodirectFree MemberThe colourchanging fork now also smells like strawberries. splattered and clearcoated with strawberry smelling paint.
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RetrodirectFree MemberWas there a really ratty transit van involved?
LOL
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RetrodirectFree MemberI had a last minute work-trip so had to bail. I was stuck repairing things inside a cardboard factory in France. How dull.
Saul, Andy, Fast Dave and a bunch of others you know were there.
RetrodirectFree Member@jonm81 I really like the mismatched stays even if you do say they’re ugly. looks cool!
I’ve been making stacks of handlebars. I liked my Jones bars for offroad touring stuff until I got them into real technical bits. Maybe I just have particularly sweaty hands, but I kept finding that my hands would constatly slide forward under repetitive impacts. I never had that problem with the surly Moloko’s.
These have the same width and angle as the moloko’s without having the bit at the front that I never used anyway. Just enough forward and rearward movement as you shift your hands about so stay comfortable on long rides and no extra nonsense.
Here’s some photos and a picture of them attached to a friends bike.
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RetrodirectFree Memberweird paint! Does it revert to yellow in the dark?
@Stoner Kinda, it reacts to UV light rather than any light. It changes in natural light but not under electric lighting. It’s weird stuff. It’s difficult to paint with as it is an additive that goes into clear paint so it shows up any drips you get, not pictured is the matching frame which I royally messed up.RetrodirectFree MemberI did a paint
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RetrodirectFree MemberThanks Mick,
luckily he didn’t specify which year…..
I so relate to this.
RetrodirectFree MemberI guess I actually made this two weeks ago, but I wasn’t happy with it so chopped the rear end off and rewelded. Off road fixedgear. Needs bottlezits and paint.
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RetrodirectFree MemberNot got access to the drawing just now to check. It was an xc stretch with a 35mm stem and Motocross bars though. Short rigid forks and a headangle in the mid 60s. It’s a beast
RetrodirectFree MemberFriend building his first frame, 3″ tyred coaster brake belt drive klunker. We welded the frame around the belt. Still finding this machine a bit hilarious
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RetrodirectFree MemberI’ve just had a hungarian friend in tears in the street because he is worried about the place that he has called home does not want him to be here.
RetrodirectFree MemberGood to know, i’m a hobbyist who would have missed this if it wasn’t here. Will mask up.