Hacks / Bodges

hey, they dont have to be all good.

:)). What's the benefit of that?

Aerodynamic fairing

Aerodynamic braking

ftfy

For barspinns obvs

I used to do that clutch tie thing to make it easier to move around when working on it..

someone has actually put a bid in! madness!

The latest in a long line of pre-cursa mudguard bodges:

The material between the two holes I'd 'drilled' in the guard for the seatstay bridge cable-tie had snapped, so I've glued another cable tie there to reinforce the guard for the bridge cable-tie.

Epic dredge, but reading back on this thread so thought I'd share this tutorial on plastic welding. I've used it a number of times from motorbike fairings to fridge bottle shelves. Generally I use heavy duty staples trimmed to size but also copper wire.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRCMIDILfEI

ello, fairly new here but this is fast becoming my favourite thread on the site. for your enjoyment, here's my solution to carrying a bottle on a bike with a front basket and no bottle cage mounts. it's cut to precision as it was quicker to use my uni's laser cutter than find a saw and hand drill

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Very nice hack. Looks both profesh and homebrew at the same time.

Is that a repair to a broken frame, or something else?

Looks like a firewood carrier. Utter brilliance.

repair to broken frame whilst racing

Strong.

I thought it was fender r & d.

Old Skool Carbon Fibre, nice.

Small Mudguard fitting hack to clear mini-v's using a bit of this stuff:

https://www.screwfix.com/p/ced-galvanised-all-round-band-12mm-x-10m/18298

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Just found this from 5 yrs ago while searching through old photos

BB shell cable guide with a short piece of housing and an IGH no-turn washer. I feel like i've lost creativity since then.

Mad skills ^

Are you wealthier than then? That sometimes gets in the way.

He's got a kid now, so not likely... Cute, little moneypits

Oops, forgot about that possibility.

Yea i was a student back then, now a mechanic with a kid, so about the same haha

But my slowly increasing standard of bikes and parts is real

Always love to see these trail side repairs. Somehow I feel more prepared in case I encouter problems while riding.

Keep them coming!

Not sure if this has been posted here before, but here goes:

https://www.bikeradar.com/advice/workshop/fix-inner-tube-without-patches/