Hacks / Bodges

I have a 22.2mm seatpost too, thought I could drill a hole through the 27.2mm at the correct angle, pass the 22.2mm tube through it and weld on front and back

this sounds like a much safer approach

is there any scope to move the bars further forward a bit?

More about getting enough setback relative to the BB. Handlebars just have to end up where they can be. I also sit pretty far back in the saddle so the stoker bars can't be too far forward anyway.

it was moving left to right a bit even with the binder bolt done up pretty tight

As pretty, and correctly positioned as it is – you've made a bigly long bum lever ... maybe needs a grub screw or weld a nubbin to sit in the binder slot to stop rotation otherwise you're going to have to put forces through the binder that it wasn't designed for.

Probably another vote in favour of bracing to the rack mounts.

Think there are ways to style it out ...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Saddle-Seats-suspension-Black-for-Road-Cross-Bike/124504365935
maybe one of these would work? mount it towards the front on the bottom rails, and seat at the back on the top rails? should add a couple of inches of rail adjustment, but might still end up bending in half?

Easy fix for that

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I agree. Whenever I buy new ones I'll always go fro 5/6 mm set. As far as I know there isn't a tool that fits the flat head type

Gear index stand mid ride, perfect height

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Not sure if this is the correct place to ask this but it's a bit of a bodge in my eyes.
I just got a new 105 5800 chainring, where the bolts screw directly into the chainring itself. Somehow, I've managed to use 3 normal length chainring bolts and one shorter single ring bolt, the single ring bolt pulled the threads out as I tightened it.
Instead of throwing a brand new chainring in the bin, I think I may get away with using a longer chainring bolt as there's still a bit of thread left in there and there seems to be a bit of extra depth there too.
Question is, where can I get longer chainring bolts? Or any m8 bolt with the correct pitch?
Or, am I wasting my time and admit to myself I just ruined a perfectly good, brand new bike part.......again

I’d use the normal bolt with some strong loctite.

The normal bolt won't catch the thread anymore unfortunately, if I screw the normal bolt into the ring on its own (no inner ring or cranks, just the other ring itself) then there is enough thread for the bolt to go all the way in.
I'm hoping, a longer bolt would do the job, if I can find one

Found some extra long bolts for sale on bikemonger....fingers crossed

I knackered the threads also on a 5800 and fixed it the same way. The threads on it were way way way deeper than the factory bolts need, so should be fine.

That's good to know, cheers. Feeling a bit more hopeful now

There is, but they are all useless when you come up against a fairly stuck one.
Park, unior, shimano /pro, t
something and a bunch of others, none really work, not the tool makers fault, but the bolt design is just something that should be left in the last lol.

Have good success with an air impact on lowest setting and a high quality allen bit. Spin very fast very torque, usually spins them free

Yeah I’ve had a couple of those tools. Park Tool one is maybe the best one for me if the head is round the right way, but it’s a bit crap at the very best.

16mm bolts where a bit too long. Hacksawed the top off and it seems to have done the job (left bolt standard, middle chopped, right full length 16mm)

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Welded this wee doohickey to eek out a little more clearance on my rear ‘guard.

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I bought a smart^W stupid doorbell and ended up making a mini consumer unit thing to hold the transformers and a relay—minimum viable doorbell alpha release is ready for production though. I really really like those WAGO connectors.

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Wish I'd seen those connectors before doing loads of wiring stuff around the house - look well more convenient!

Looks very interesting but I have no idea what you have done there. Can you explain in layman's language?

Is it still a doorbell?

Wago connectors changed my life. Great little invention, expensive though compared to connector blocks.

@dbr and @aglet - these are hardly bodges, you're far into custom fabrication country!
@spotter zip ties, that's more like it