MAJs gay bikes [she’s in her fitness era]

hello fine forum friends, I am on the prowl for a rear mini moto to run my bike single speed, i would also entertain other, short pull ,unconventional/uncommon , canti boss brakes which have a longish reach due to wheel position

if you can help with one, or know of one, please get in touch:

https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/361398/#comment15887555

otherwise, i finally got my wizard works stem bag back after i left it at my previous house (my own incompetence), was kindly forwarded with sour skittles added.

it's a good bag, this is size large, which is slightly larger than a 500ml bottle, but ideal for your trendy nalgene/kleenkanteen/2 330ml cans. i'm not convinced by the outside retention for any meaningful objects, but maybe it will hold onto my hand gel?

now i know you're all thinking, what about its main rival?

the decathlon £5 water bottle holder

and i have to say, there is no competition here, the decathlon is simply better, in every way as a water bottle holder which attaches to your bars.

but as a lifestyle object? something to display that you're an email miner and you want everyone to know? that your politics include supporting socially aware business for better or worse?? there is no match

The wizard works bag takes that

now ready for another, seemingly sunny, weekend

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I've never used a stem bag for a water bottle - they are brilliant for snacking and other frequent use objects while riding though.

Just imagine how much haribo, trail mix or m&ms you can fit in it!

agreed, having these last summer definitely reduced, or at least delayed, my constant bonking

Big fan

Tukt rear wheel untucked saddle bag.

Nice afternoon in swinley

Took the long way home down the gravel track next to 9 mile ride? Was pretty great tbh even stopping for walkers and such. that with the ride out and round the forest, definitely the longest ride I’ve done in a while.

A local teen shouted “nice whip” at me as they passed on their mountain bike, this is the affirmation the bike needed Imo

For gravel couture? A special day as it was the first gravel flannel of the season

Tnf vest
6876 flannel
Wpse tour tee

And ride snack today was some home made flap jack, hit the spot paired with a couple of b33rs in the various bike bags

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Just noticed the nipples, nice touch.

Fuck me, you've got eagle eyes!

What cage are you using for your klean kanteen? I’ve always wanted to run mine but I’m terrified I’m going to absolutely run all the stickers (a real and obvious worry)

Fine looking flap jack, looks good n sticky. Rides are always better with a bench, cake, and a bevarage (hot tasty in my case).

Love this bike and the lil adventure writeups, makes me want to get out and ride more.

@LaserFrennox

i'm using a 800ml kk with a standard alloy cage, it seems to work fine, in terms of retention but will scratch up your bottle and i assume stickers in time, i know you can buy flatter fit ones which @Belagerent loves to bang on about but imo the charm is in the wear

@jontea

I will be reporting your compliments to the chef (my mother), imo they should highlight benches on komoot, i would pay for premium for that feature

@vpCogworks

Big compliment thank you! i have to admit i was feeling lethargic and skipped riding yesterday out of general covid/work woes, but pushed myself out the door today, if anything posting in this thread has been good motivation for myself to actually get out on the weekend and to look back on "when im not feeling like it"

Yeah I presumed as much. Got some pretty limited “shinies” on there so will probably just keep it in my stem bag. Considered taking a saw to a cage and then heat shrinking it back together but that’s a bit of a faff on to stop a bottle getting scratched lol. Also rad thread, makes me miss Manchester a lot since I moved back home though lol

I may have to develop an app, benches with a view, then somehow get it linked to Garmin/Wahoo/Strava so that rides can be plotted by bench locations.
Post up yer mum's flap jack recipe, I'll trade it for my 3 ginger fire cake recipe.
I do like to see updates on your thread, brightens my day.

I used to build wheels and just have the two nipples either side of the valve coloured as a bit of a signature.

Don't miss to this psycho. Velo orange moderniste cage works well. The painted one is smoother than the unpainted.

When you said VO my wallet cried a bit, but £19 ain’t bad!

“A local teen shouted “nice whip” at me as they passed on their mountain bike“

Guilty of shouting this whenever I see a cool bike.

Quality content as per

I believe that the Iris King Cage is a similar design too.

hopefully, fingers crossed, touch wood, avoiding all ladders and pavement cracks, the MV bike will be here in a couple of weeks or so,

all metal work is done, just needs to be tidied up before primer and paint

final boss count on the fork was 22 i believe? and a disc tab for good measure, but will save the picture for when it's looking less like some form of apocalypse weapon. i'm reliably informed there are 39 bosses on the whole frame, i will be sure to use maybe, 4-5 of them and leave the rest as lifestyle posturing.

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That’s a rather nice looking stem

For extra points sim works make little caps to go on bold heads

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i will not be pursuing aero gains for this build tyvm

shout outs to @cake for the mini moto and @amey for bringing it to his attention

dropped out of work early to fit this last night, a couple of pages back is my last experience of trying to fit a rear brake after moving my wheel back for increased clearances. TLDR on that one? the brake just sort of exploded

now thanks to the American made brake made from American made 6061 aluminium straight out of sierra Nevada I can finally over come this problem. thanks in most part to the short curved arms that give plenty of clearance for cyclocross tires or wide fenders. The spring tension is independently adjustable for each arm which means the brake can be precisely centered on the wheel and adjusted for return strength.

With a simple pivoting quick release on one arm, it’s easy to open the brake to remove a wheel. The cable enters the brake through a barrel adjuster at the top of the curved cable noodle. This adjuster makes it quick and painless to fine-tune the cable tension of the brake without tools.

Like the rest of their brakes, the MiniMoto has sealed stainless steel bushings in the pivots. These precisely machined bushings are what contact the brake posts of the frame and give the brake arms a smooth surface to pivot on.

There’s a reason this brake won CX Magazine’s “Best Rim Brake” award.

as you can imagine, with such enginerring quality as this, it was a breeze

it was not however, due to the weird, awkward and slightly vengeful frame design of the on one pompino (fitting traits of a design hailing from the uk) if you want to run a 35mm tyre and not lose your paint you have to run a mini v brake slammed all the way down, which just doesn't work with most short pull levers

mr paul did make this easy, i give him that, you set the cable tension before the spring tension so there is no faff. but the weedy ass cable tension bolt which came on it could not grip the cable and kept slipping when really grabbing at the brake.

Remembering gcse physics I promptly swapped this out for a larger washer and hey presto! i was ready to go

honestly, the sort of solution which would have made nasa proud.

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it is actually a good brake right? I love Paul stuff. Except klamper.

yeah, unlike most stuff which comes out of the cnc mills of america, europe and japan it's noticeably better than every other mini v on the market, in set up, design and build

guess it's on the list with like, hope hubs, and uhhh.....welll.....ummmmmm i'm sure there are more?

Good stuff. Think I'll revert to SS and 2 brake calipers as well.