Current Projects chat and miscellany

Very cool!

Dibs ;)

New crank arm pedal threads courtesy of Condor. Feels like I shouldn’t trust it.. but I’m sure it’s a solid repair. Not gunna use them for a few months so hopefully anything that needs to ‘cure’ does so fully!

Noted :)

Who did the drawing? Very nice.

Thanks! The 28mm tyres are so tight on it, nearly getting rub on the rear brake bridge & front derailleur!

Can recommend the Gammoh Porteur. Have commuted on mine for years and carried all sorts of loads with no problems.

https://www.tredz.co.uk/.Minoura-Gamoh-Porteur-Front-Rack_44152.htm

I did, thanks!

Is it a threaded insert?

Yes

These are bombproof.

have custom the Time Vintage lonnnnnng seatpost

Just got this off the bay for £40 (for nostalgia's sake as I had one when I was a kiddo) and hoping to turn it into my daily poodle around town bike, but I know nothing about retro MTB stuff...

It's loooooong as expected so think I need a shorter stem, but options are limited as the canti is threaded through the stem, what is this stem called? is there a work around with a regular quill stem (that are aplenty on ebay)?

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You just get a "spacer" that goes between the two headset nuts that has a canti hanger:

Or one that mounts on the crown (probably less faff required):

Or switch to decent V-brakes (not the POS things we all had as kids); they're a lot better.

Getting there with the kids carrier. Now sporting a basket (which is a little bigger than anticipated but that doesn't really matter).

Or one that mounts on the crown

Definitely this, anything attached to the stem or upper headset is brake chatter waiting to happen.

I like it!

I reduced the size of the cables

full Spidel

Very nice, I have to older brother to that.

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Nice! My frame is decidedly more simple in its detailing. We're running the same Ritchey stem by the way :).

Stem friends!! Haha. I went full kit wanker and it has a ritchey headset to match.

very nice!

I'm missing my Bob Jackson. Put it to rest a couple of years ago when the downtube did a snappu on my commute.

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