Orbit America road rat vs. Cannondale FBNPNA ft. home-made rack

It's a room full of breezeblocks that we stack up and then break using various body parts. Doesn't everyone have one?

Rods arrived as well. As @Mr_E says, they're covered in a thin black plasticky coating which seems quite resistant to fingernail scratching.

Plan C with M6 thread. Most of the tools were out on the bench for a longer but less interesting job...
A longer version (around 40mm) might work as a front light mount towards the top of a rack stay, depending on your choice of light?
PM me a postal address if it looks suitable?

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Cheers @MrE. I'm abroad right now but will inspect when I get bac k on Fri. I might hire you to build the damn thing for me. Would be quicker!

Uuuuuuupdates. not a bad afternoon's work here, though I still need chainring bolts, brake inners and a clean chain. I kept the 10s 105 rear mech on because it looks nicer than the Sora 9s, and I imagine it'll work just as well.

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Pedals for the Cannondale are MKS GR9 with Soma cages and straps which I got for £30 delivered from a seller on US eBay. A bargain, I feel.

I also picked up a new seatpost for the Orbit to replace the stubby Campag one:

I need a seatpost bolt for it as well but I'm not sure what I actually need. @Scilly.Suffolk?

I need a seatpost bolt...

It's just a regular seatpost binder bolt, nothing out of the ordinary.

Campag have stopped making them, so the remaining ones are stoopid money (SJS I'm looking at you).

@thecycleclinic now stock Silva in lieu of Campag, so that's what I'll be buying.

Any chance this is what you need?
http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/seat-bolt-binder-chromed-steel-2-piece-type-27-mm-with-allen-key-ends-prod12504/

I just bought one but it was just a little too wide for my (steel, reasonably skinny) frame - would happily freecycle.

"Notch locator."

I can't remember if the Orbit has a notched binder.

Thanks so much! Will feel for a notch in the morning.

I seem to remember a campag one in the parts bin, I'll check tomorrow

Second dibs if FB doesn't need it.

Remember lads - always check for lumps.

Hole is notched - repeat - NOTCHED.

@lemonade can I take you up on your offer?

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So don't have a campag one. I'm sure I did at some point. But I do have a cheap one with notch. You can has?

Hell's teeth, that was concours!

#pitynotch

Cheers @PhilDAS. If lemonade can't come through (or it's too wide?) I'd be very interested in yours. Then Scilly has 2nd dibs I guess, within this mini marketplace.

close up that seat cluster's in poor condition, and you sold it to him like that, the shame!

#badtradersthread >>>>>>>>>>

#titfortat!

I'm supposed to feel grateful for your leftovers?

#pitynotch

That door has been slammed hard.

I can show you the cobwebs.

#pitynotch

Sure, PM to arrange collection?

Bit of messing today

The blue chainring bolts seem to say: "I went to an LBS near my work and they only had a box of random bolts in the workshop. The only single-ring ones were blue."

The bloke helpfully told me that "they're lightweight alloy, so they can snap when you're tightening them," as he charged me £1.50 per bolt.

Now this bike's pretty much ready to go and get measured for the rack...

And the seatpost bolt @lemonade kindly gave me is too long :(

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Slam that stem.

Was just experimenting with aesthetics there. See upthread for slammage.

Do you know how wide your bolt is Phil?