You are reading a single comment by @Oliver Schick and its replies.
Click here to read the full conversation.
London Fixed Gear and Single-Speed is a community of predominantly fixed gear and single-speed cyclists in and around London, UK.
This site is supported almost exclusively by donations. Please consider donating a small amount regularly.
Oliver Schick
I can see this will become my favourite section of LFGSS.
My colleagues were appalled/amused by my saddle bodge (we work in a restoration workshop so creative thinking is mandatory, but bodges are totally frowned upon).
Today I took the chance to get my track pump working again. The head had given up, but the original hose is a beefy diameter and I couldn't find a direct replacement or compatible head, so I bought the more ubiquitous smaller hose and head and took a few minutes iver lunch break to machine a step down converter.
Brought both the hoses to the same OD with layers of heat shrink and clamp the whole thing with jubilee clips.
If I can get another 20 years out of this track pump I will be thrilled!