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Anyone heard of Sun?

If the rim is branded Sun, it's probably by http://sun-ringle.com/ who have been in the business a long time, so presumably they know what they're doing :-) The Rhyno[Lite] and CR18 rims have a good rep.

Shorten the bolt using a file, grinder whatever you have. Or get a shorter bolt, it only needs to be long enough to go through the frame any more than that is not doing anything useful.

Yea that's what I was hoping. The only thing I could find when searching UFO rims was a reference to Sun... UFO Grand didn't provide any hits. Will have a look in the week when it arrives. 18H and bladed spokes had me thinking it can't be too terrible - who would put that much effort into a shit wheel?

Is there any easy way of making this not white, oven cleaner perhaps?

Remove rear mudguard and ride.

So the bottlecage bosses on my frame don't appear to have any threading. What size tap would I need to cut the standard size threading for the nuts used for bottlecages?

M5 and usually they are nutserts like these. As you can see the thread does not go the full length, this is to cater for the deformation when they are compressed to fit them.

Before and after.

Is there any easy way of making this not white

Done. Anything else I can help you with?

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what you did there, i see it.

I'll rephrase, is there a tester approved paint stripped?

It would masturbate with all its legs at once.

Freehubs body are usually expensive to the point that it actually be better value buying a new Shimano budget rear wheel (which are very decent).

Unless you can find one suitable for your wheel for about £30.

is there a tester approved paint stripped?

#tester_approved strippers have nothing to do with paint. It would be easier just to buy a black or silver seat post, as we don't know what paint process Pro used.

If not for my wife my back garden would look like that. Look a good collection of shit bikes.

Good job I don't go to Swindon.

nutserts

That moment when you've spent your whole life calling them rivnuts and you find out they have another name.

But what about the athlete's foot?

Acetone? Nitromors? Sand paper?

I tried taking paint off a frame with Nitromors once, and it didn't work at all. So don't blame me if it doesn't work.

#noHelpAtAll

Campag Khamsin.

Bugger. Right, off to the classifieds.

That moment when you've spent your whole life calling them rivnuts and you find out they have another name.

Rivnut® and Nutsert® and are both trade names for essentially the same thing. Which one you use probably just depends on which you saw first, although Rivnut is the original, invented in 1936 by the B F Goodrich company for aircraft work. Nutsert is the brand name of Avdel, a British company again with its roots in aviation.

Campag Khamsin

A Hyperglide freehub for a Khamsin will set you back £70, maybe a bit less if you shop around. A complete pair of Khamsins is only £100!

If speaking to people in our american manufacturing division I always refer to them as rivnuts whereas in the UK I would generally use the term nutserts. Yes we buy them from Avdel.

It's two-for-one Sunday, right?

a) BB30: are there any recommended bearings, or should I just get some SKF/FAG from simplybearings?

b) Rema Tip-Top: should the clear, plastic backing be removed from the patch? Struggle to do this without damaging the red edging.

I suspect it's just a half baked website but you're still buying a non-named production from a middleman and putting faith in them using a legit courier (not a given). Being from an unkown producer I'm curious as to how you know this one is good?

Ultimately the site could be anyone selling anything.

Modena D.O.P vinegars can be found in many deli's. You will pay more but you'll be able to taste some and know what it is you are buying (and not buying). There are constant scams surrounding counterfeit D.O.P, corruption around certification etc. Trust only your tastebuds and let a good local seller guide you!

b) Rema Tip-Top: should the clear, plastic backing be removed from the patch? Struggle to do this without damaging the red edging.

The plastic should split down the middle and allow you to peel outwards, which doesn't ( ime ) lift the edges.