Any question answered...

Thinking about it I'd clamp the hex bit in the vice, then use a builders clamp to hold the pedal onto the bit, then turn the crank arm.

The hex bit should hold the pedal axle stationary, the builders clamp should stop the axle climbing off the bit, and the crank arm should allow you to get enough leverage to unscrew it.

Will sturmey archer 9speed thumb shifters be a suitable replacement for Shimon 9 speed bar end shifters? 90% certain they will but prepurchase paranoia creeping in...

https://www.velovitality.co.uk/products/sturmey-archer-9-speed-thumb-shifter

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wood splitting axes - any suggestions

http://www.mad4mowers.co.uk/Husqvarna_Splitting_Axe_Straight/p2077193_13452189.aspx

@edmundro ?

wood splitting axes - any suggestions

Probably worth talking to @Gaston

cheers

And ideally have a licence/copyright that will allow me to print and frame it and hang it on my sisters wall.

That's unlikely, Disney are very, very strict with their licences. I can't picture that being granted. You could try blowing up one from here https://www.amazon.co.uk/Star-Wars-Essential-Vehicles-Vessels/dp/034539299X or I'm sure there are plenty of unofficial ones.

Cross posting from the bottom bracket thread...:

Will Sram Omnium Cranks be compatible with Sugino 75 DD bottom bracket?

Thanks!

Will Sram Omnium Cranks be compatible with Sugino 75 DD bottom bracket?

No. 75DD axle is 24mm at both bearings, like Shimano. Omnomnoms us a GXP axle which is 24mm on the drive side and 22mm on the non-drive side. The method of axial location is different, Sugino and Shimano use a sliding fit spline with end float adjusted by the left crank bolt and locked by cinch bolts to clamp the spline. GXP uses an interference fitted spline with the NDS bearing trapped between the left crank and a shoulder on the axle to eliminate end float.

You had her at no.

Thanks, I'm asking as I've been sold the Sram crank with a 'compatible' bb (s75)

Wasn't convinced they'd work together from little bits of info I'd read online but was assured they would by the seller. it's good to have the in depth break down!

Cheers!

It's possibly too late but I had a stuck pedal in an sram crank.... Took it to pedal pedlar on Balls Pond Road and the mechanic there used a tool designed for gripping pipes on the pedal axle. The more force the tighter the grip. Got the pedal out no probs, axle wasnt even too marked.

Oh and once the hex bolt recess has rounded it's the only option

Nice one, I will give them a go at some point. Cheers.

I would have thought you were a Gransfors Bruk kindaguy:

https://www.gransforsbruk.com/en/

or, for a British classic search for an Elwell.

Nah, I bet he's more https://www.bestmadeco.com/shop/products/the-axe-shop

lightest pannier rack, rear, to work with 35c tyres and disc brakes and mudguards please.
(pompetamine)

Bet that got much lighter, very quickly.

And a disc brake?

You know that dog, the one that doesn't know what it's doing?
That's me.

I just got a Tubus Vega. It's very light and fulfils all the other criteria I think.

Where are the rack bosses? Tubus airy Ti on my commuto x bike has been doing a great job for over 3 years.

Best small hotel in London (not hazlitt's/rookery) - Airbnb guy in nice greenwich apartment screwed us so now need somewhere this Thurs and Fri evening.

Was thinking Greenwich but happy to do centralish (Soho and east thereof).

Any recommendations ?

The underpass near Baker Street is quite nice now most of the human waste has been washed out of it.