Hacks / Bodges

Hall of fame contender, here.

Ride that for a few more hundred k's before getting it sorted...?

Of course. Have you seen the price of decent track nuts?!

Audacious!

Nerves of steel.
Not my pic, but this was just a loose nut :0

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insanely sketchy! as i think i've posted on here before - lamp posts outside local shops / tesco metro etc are usually a good source for emergency zipties.

Yeah wow.

After 10k I would have totally forgotten and would most likely try to bunny hop a pothole.

Actually this reminds me of a great (but slightly dangerous) trick I came up with when I got stuck trying to adjust the tie rods on my car years ago, and which saved me multiple times as a hydraulic service tech...

If you're short on Nm when you're using a couple of spanners together, get an old inner tube (preferably one of those super heavy 23mm tubes from a nasty cheap bike from the fixie craze), tie it on the end of one spanner and stretch wrap it around both - but keep your fingers out of the way!

It's only ever failed me once or twice; you can build up a crazy amount of force like this - so ensure the spanners are on good, or bad things can happen... And the finger warning deserves a reiteration.

Lost a front wheel nut last night

Now that's what I call quick release hohohoho

changed forks and my previously trimmed mudguard stays were now too short

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Should have used a £2 coin to flex on other riders.

£2 coin? Pff. I would have used a limited edition princess Diana £5 coin

was a consideration but was unfortunately out of budget for this build

would have ideally liked to use two of these

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She would have loved that

I'd have used a coin with ostrich feathers and a coronet on the back.
Just my two pence.

It's what she would of wanted

Outstanding

Surely one of these for lfgss memes?

(Cant find the classified thread about it now though)

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the 10ps are actually too small, so would definitely stick a couple of these on!

Making a guard for a campy asymmetric 110 5 arm crank.

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Ooooof that's tidy. What does the rest of the build look like?

Ooooof that's tidy. What does the rest of the build look like?

https://www.lfgss.com/comments/17219233/

Inspired by what people have done online (more than inspired, the same really) I made myself a spoke nipple screwdriver, from a £2.70 Phipps one from Wickes.

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I think it needs shortening a bit

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