Yoshy bikes

£1.50 folder from quality save

Intention 10/10
Colour 11/10
Longevity shite/10

Flap survived the ride attached to the mudguard (the stay attachment on the front sks al guard made a great tool-free fitment for the flap), but was in tatters by the end. Will be seeking out something as garish but less brittle.

Once again the bike handled the riding better than I did. Down to 25psi in the tyres and still not too sluggish on road, better off-road but my confidence is absolutely the limiter there.

Lights gave up the ghost on friday night so a fair chunk of my bike budget will go on replacing them.

Some bits:

Looks decent enough as a double. Need SS bolts and washers for the hidden bolt. Considering ano.

I'm moving to DT shifters. RD has no adjuster, it seized. Some helpful pals have offered to drill out the old metal and install a new one, which is good news. I thought I'd have to use an inline adjuster on that little bit of outer.

Woah! Those tyres!! I got some really good plastic stuff in Manchester for flaps. Still going strong now. I'll try and remember where/what it was...

Did you replace lights yet? I seem to have acquired quite a collection and will be downsizing.

Ha yeah, they're quite something. The bike's more versatile now but I haven't figured out how I feel about it not being really that suitable for long paved rides yet.

I've bought new lights yes, but have been thinking about going back to dynamo on my dolan so I'd be interested in taking a look, thanks!

I have a spare 105 rear derailleur, 10spd, 32t capacity, if it's any use to you?

Lights finally fitted in time for daylight commutes.

Cable routing is meh but works. Added the carradice support formerly on my dolan too:

I'm still not in love with how it looks but the busier it gets the happier I am, somehow. I wrapped the gel bartape under the cloth tape as thinly as I could but it's still come out looking too chonky imo. Big gaps at the levers after re-finalising the lever position too.
Mudguard gap at the back of the rear wheel is a little frustrating, the thick stays dimple in under the mudguard, meaning it has to be pushed away from the tyre. There's nothing I can really do about it other than a reworking of the stays completely.

I was looking at this thread the other day and coincidentally have some SKS Edge Al and 2" Race Kings sat in my shopping basket on bike-discount. Recommend both?

Sadly the guards are going on my GF's bike so we won't be twins, but pretty close.

Edit: same rear light too

I love the tyres so far, theyve handled sloppy mud and bridleways better than my skill would allow otherwise I reckon, and are good enough on the commute. Guards need a load of space in the frame, I needed to do some dremelling but they're good too. Tbf I seem to be suggesting them in just about every other thread where big guards are mentioned.

Do the tyres not fill up with mud and block the guards?

They haven't done so far. It was soggy rather than claggy. There's probably a scale.

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This is going back to dad-core double massive rear pannier for covid times. A saddlebag of shopping just isn't enough. Who needs front-loading anyway?

I finally fitted the triple->double chainset to this last night. My fears about the BB threads were unfounded, the old one came out easily and the new one went in just fine too. Needs FD still, maybe tonight.

It also has a new fork. The Piolet was around $100 off when I went to finally buy it so any slither of indecision was crushed and I dove in.
It's... blue. It looks satisfyingly robust and is covered in braze-ons, but is very blue.
Most importantly though, the holiest of metrics, the instagram story poll, voted for it over the old chinese carbon.

This means I can do something pretty important - sort out the stem situation. This might mean embracing an unholy amount of spacer stack, but that's okay. I need to dig out every stem and spacer I have for a fair bit of experimentation for this. The 35 degree stem has to go though. Too many angles.

For the mudguards, I ordered some alternative stays which should sit around the tyres a little better, allowing a closer, more even fit. I also made a set of flaps out of potentially-too-thick 3mm rubber, and am trying to figure out how to create holes in the guards for attachment without any real tools.

Chainset

Forks

What does the yellow and blue look like together? Kinda think it might work?

Might work...

Ha! On it's own the transition isn't so bad, but the red bartape and pedals is just too much now. I'll be seeking out some spd/actual platform (wearable in normal shoes - no clipless machinery digging into shoe) pedals and swapping out the tape. All a lot easier than a powder-coat.

Are your mudguards plastic? If so heat up a posidrive screwdriver tip and it'll go through, if they're metal, borrow a drill.

Yeah they're metal, a drill is the tool I'm after, I'm just putting off going about asking cos of virus.

Neighbour not got one you could borrow?

Two or three absolutely definitely do, I just haven't asked yet!
If I wait long enough it becomes justification for buying a dremel.

Spent last night working on the front mudguard. Removed some material from the sides of the mudguard in order to fit the new wider stays. Created holes for fitting the flap using magic, fitted the flap, kinda breaking it in the process. Stays need trimmed to bring the mudguard in, it was too late for more hacksawing by the time I got to it though.

Forgive the constant tiny updates. Tinkering is life now though.

Tinkering is life now

Seconded

Just finished of the front mudguard, pretty happy with it.
Did the cinematic step back, sip beer and appreciate, and slowly realised that the rear is going to be a fucking nightmare. Dynamo wiring is taped all over the underside and it's generally very much attached to the bike.

full photo with fork please!