Current Projects chat and miscellany

Just picked up my frame from painters, Rebuild time now :-)

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Also picked this up for £2!

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both chainrings need replacing on my 50/34 SRAM apex chainset but can't seem to find SRAM chainrings online... : /

can't seem to find SRAM chainrings online... : /

You're obviously not looking in the right place
http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/sram-road-110mm-bcd-5-arm-outer-chainring-4mm-black-50t-prod41204/
http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/sram-road-110mm-bcd-5-arm-inner-chainring-3mm-black-34t-prod41061/
There are plenty of other options in 110mm PCD too, it's a fitting which has been around for decades so pretty much every chainring manufacturer has product to suit.

Rack hack mkII

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Could you not drill a hole in the crosspiece of the rack where the inner tube is wrapped? Then it's simply a matter of getting bog standard rack mounting hardware.

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Yes, if the rack becomes more of a permanent feature I probably will.

3 choices 3 problems

White Turbo, white bar tape!

I don't have a white turbo... only a wite turbo special but used...

I think I picked up a white turbo at the same time I bought the pink one for you, should still have it. Do like the rolls though.

Coool Thanks Tychommm it will be beter than thoses...

obvs

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Yellow!

yellow turbo! Or campervangogh's combo

Building my mate a runaround for the summer. Thought I would try out raw/motor oil treatment, so it's currently sunbathing soaking up the oil.... Never again am I going to strip a frame by hand.

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Looks like you did a thorough job though!

Is the treatment meant for rust proofing? Or something else?

Motor oil as in car Engine oil?

Thanks

Prevention rather than proofing, but yeah. Had read about it a few places, including it being mentioned in a thread on here somewhere. Car engine oil slathered all over the frame with a rag then leave it in the sun a couple weeks, reapplying every so often so it can work it's way into the pores of the steel. I'm not too convinced that it's the sun that does this, rather than the time left but I've put it somewhere sunny in case.

gaston babes, you should race it

C-O is so sweet, but I don't like the saddle or seatpost.

A different seatpost isn't really an option...

But it's the wrong way around...