Any question answered...

How bad an idea is it to buy a frame that's 4-5cm too small and put on a massive stem and super long layback seatpost? I feel like it'd be hilarious

layback

You only need a layback if the seat tube angle is wrong

They wouldn't make 14cm stems if people were unable to ride bikes equipped with them :)

hilarious

Not sure about that, unless you're easily amused. You end up with a bike with too much weight over the front wheel and a very long tiller. You can certainly ride around such defects, and you can even mitigate them slightly by adding a fork with extra offset to reduce the trail, but it's not something anybody in their right mind would set out to do deliberately.

You don't find stuff like this amusing?

I think it takes something other than a sense of humour to do that ^ on purpose.
Also, you must be new here.

Also, you must be new here.

Did I do something wrong?

Unrelated: spotted this outside work - what in the name of god are the things attached to the rims?

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They might be those lights which makes your commute look like a budget Tron film

I swear. Theres more team bananas and carbolites about than pigeons.

Oh, much more reasonable... I was thinking that it was supposed to somehow help with stiffness or aerodynamics, but they look shit for either of those purposes. From googling those rim light things seem pretty expensive, I'd much rather have spent an extra £100 on the bike rather than buying the lights

Nothing wrong, but asking _tester whether he finds something hilarious is an invitation of a different colour.

I cant get my rear brake bolt out the frame. Its an ally frame.
Its corroded I imagine.
Destroyed the (seized) caliper unscrewing that instead of the bolt cos the bolt was shit and is now round.
Tried hitting it out with a bolt screwed in lieu of the caliper after soaking it in oil then drivetrain cleaner, nothing.
Drill?

5.5mm drill bit, drill down the barrel, it should bite in then spin the bolt free. You'll need a vice or something to then clamp on the barrel so you can reverse the bit out once it's free.

It less gripped and span so much as drilled right through. Dropped the torque and everything.
Its an 8mm hole right?
I just hope the flange comes away and hasn't 'fused'...

Get an EZOut bit. Has reverse thread and the width tapers, so as it meets the resistance it should bit harder rather than spinning.

Just noticed what looks like a crack on the brake bridge of my bike. Would you ride it?

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Brakrdeth

My Nihola cargo trike is beeing stripped for parts.
Starting last month with the hood and now the bench for the kids.
We're in the quieter part of Copenhagen and it lives on the sidewalk chained to a signpost.
We're not allowed to have it in the shared courtyard.

I can't even afford to replace the hood and bench ATM, especially not with the prospect of them being nicked within a month.
The kids will have to sit at the bottom, without a belt, when we use it.

What can I do?

Yeah. You shouldn't be using your rear brake anyway.

Grand. Ta.

I mean, that was a flippant answer, but personally I wouldn't worry too much.

Looks like carbon so thats probably a mould line or something where the two halves of the sub-assembly fit together. The way the force is applied by the brake bolt squeezes it together, and under braking the calliper is pressed into the bridge so I reckon it'd be fine. Worth sending photos to a carbon repair place anyway though.

force is applied by the brake bolt squeezes it together, and under braking the calliper is pressed into the bridge

What if this is what caused the split?

touché

I'm looking for a neoprene or similar sleeve case to hold my phone when it's already got a rubber bumper-type case installed.

Is there somewhere out there that lists these things according to their measurements?

Failing that, the phone is 160x85x14 with the bumper case... Any ideas of a sleeve case that would fit?

Muji would be the place i'd look - something like http://www.muji.eu/pages/online.asp?Sec=18&Sub=73&PID=3564

Do you need waterproof/resistant? Innate might make something that works.
https://www.mec.ca/en/search?text=Innate&org_text=inn
Or these?
https://www.mec.ca/en/products/gear/electronics/phone%2C-computer-and-electronics-cases/phone-cases/c/1126

My Nihola cargo trike is beeing stripped for parts.

Starting last month with the hood and now the bench for the kids.
We're in the quieter part of Copenhagen and it lives on the sidewalk chained to a signpost.
We're not allowed to have it in the shared courtyard.

I can't even afford to replace the hood and bench ATM, especially not with the prospect of them being nicked within a month.
The kids will have to sit at the bottom, without a belt, when we use it.

What can I do?

Replace the bolts with security Torx headed ones?