Current Projects chat and miscellany

New wheels? And did you weigh it?

No new saddle period correct
Will do the weigh tomorow : )

8,75kg

Wel done 👏👏👏
Was the jubilee lighter than the mavic rd?

Hi Y'all, whats the best cheap 90's MTB crankset for a 1x9 setup with common bcd (110 or 104 I guess)? Some look very cool, like the one in the pic below but I think they have a wonky BCD for which nobody makes rings these days....

Ideas much appreciated!

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5x110 BCD and nice is M730 (XT), MT60 (DX), M550 (LX) - all for 122,5mm axle originally.
Then M560 (not 56x, 563 is same looking, but 5x94 BCD) for narrower axle and if you prefer black one.

Then I think STX-RC (FC-MC40) looks similar style to what you pictured and should be 4x104 BCD. There is more of these, late 90s were 5x94 or 4x104.

oh thanks thats a good selection! I also found the successor of the one in my pic (fc mc 18) which appears to have bcd 104:

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I have those cranks from the picture, they have some weird bcd indeed and that makes them quite useless.
I really liked STX-rc but some Deore or so would also be fine

Nitto cockpit. Reappropriate tape

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Resurrecting this from the back of the garage

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Pure filth!

Sick!

Boss !

New wheels for the Stan Pike, which is slowly getting there. I’m not sure the stem is quite working either and I also have a silver Thomson post I could try, though I think the current one is probably a better fit?

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Whipped up a quick bracket for a Dyno light but it's feeling a bit sticky-outy now it's fitted so I might make one to go across both rack bosses and mount the light horizontally like a seat stay bridge instead.

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I thought about making one off these across both rear pannier mounts, figured if you made a U shape one mount just wider than the B&M/ son light, you could screw it in from inside or outside the seat stay. Don’t know why someone hasn’t made one yet?

Knock me one up? 😜

How about one of those August barrel nut solutions?

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Undoubtedly the neatest solution for mounting in that area (without just using a seatpost mount light). But I already have this light and a bunch of aluminium plate and spare time so I was keen to try to make something. It didn't cost me anything to try.

Only thing is that your pannier bosses are unlikely to be the same width apart as mine. Happy to knock you up a simple bracket if you take a measurement and maybe a fag packet drawing of what you were thinking. The inside/outside mounting thing has confused me.

Like this so neatly would fit the light, what’s the measurement between screws 50mm? So say 65/70mm wide enough to just fit the edges of the light
Wouldn’t matter about how wide seat stays are because bolts could go outside-in or inside-out and use washers/spacers

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Ace drawing!

New WS day

I also need something like this and its annoying that nothing exists otp. I'm on the verge of just zip tying it in place and calling it good. @PhilDAS want to make a forum batch? :)

Yeah can do you something simple. Have you got a bridge in there or will you use rack mounts too?