Haveo’s Bikes [Landsharks, C-Track, Gangsta, Fairlight]

Ehhhh I'm so conflicted

Whatever I do, it'll have to wait until my refund comes so I have time. The anchor has left Belgium today and is on its way to the destination country

The Anchor is overpriced for what it is imo

+1 for keeping the OSCA.

Hmmmm

I've had a think and I'm not going to get anything at the moment. Anchor is a bit too much more then I want to spend and I can't really find anything else special.

I'm going to save my money, finish up the Tommasini, maybe upgrade a few parts of my current builds. I'll keep an eye out on the classifieds for if anything special comes up so when it does I have the money ready and waiting. Means I don't have to sell anything and have that horrible feeling of regret :~)

Happy family. I seems I have all the colours for an Italian flag

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Oofff!! That Raleigh lol... Just kidding all look awesome, the OSCA is just so hot!

Cheers!

About to have some fun with a Kevlar disc... This is probably one of the stupidest things I've ever done

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This wont come off easily, so choose the cog wisely.
On the Sram S300 the chainring bolts are glued with the green one (which is supposed to be weaker). Had to drill them out after all.

Yeah, this version of loctite is decribes as permenant so I'm not expecting to ever remove the cog again.. I've got a nearly new 17t cog which I'm going to use.

Plan is to glue it, and then skid it down the biggest hill I can find (with a front brake on) and if it survives that then I'd feel safe using it. I got the Bb lockring as a somewhat secondary precaution, not sure if there's enough thread for it though

You'll be able to get that undone again. Don't worry about it. Threadlock is purely that: locks it, stops it working loose. But it doesn't bond it permanently.

Let's say you bang that cog up to 100Nm. To unwind it at the pedal end with 48x16 gearing like you young whippersnappers use you'll have to push and pull 900N (90kg) through each pedal or a straight stomp of 180kg through one leg if you were to just stand on one pedal. Got legs?

The info I read said that with loctite red, it requires heat to remove (like a lot of heat).

I'm aware that the force from stopping probably isn't enough to undo the cog if it is tight enough, it's more about me having piece of mind that I won't die while doing a monster whipskid

though in actual fact I'll probably try my best not to skid on it because gluing tubs is an absolute bitch

doing a monster whipskid

You need to learn how to do a monster whipskid first...

Wat u chattin

Neil and Anchor

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baggies? you're not racing enduro boys

That was after we finished, didn't ride in them :~)

I don't smoke weed

Nice pic of me riding the Osca at gnarpark. Didn't win my race but I still had fun. Bike was feeling rather sluggish and I didn't realise why until I checked the pressure in the rear tub, it was at 20psi haha with the valve adapter I have it's really a 2 person job but I managed to get it up to 60 this morning and took it out for a spin and so so much better. Feels so quick now

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This is how I currently have the OSCA built up for the TTT, position actually feels pretty good on the horns, very aggressive.

Need to do something about the seatpost as it keeps slipping. Might rough up the ball surface on the top with some sandpaper and see if that helps.

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Soooo rad... ussr swag at its best!
What's up with the saddle? Looks a bit like it's peeling. Would a further stem slammage make the riding position too uncomfortable or is it dictated by the short headtube?

Carbon paste

Cheers! Yeah the padding and leather has come apart, I've thought about gluing it back down but it's still comfy and excellent for preventing saddle theft if I have to leave the bike locked up over night.

I could slam it...