Current Projects chat and miscellany

^ kidding, i know what it is

can anyone point me towards the raleigh track frame that was recently refurbished
guy bought an oldish frame and forks from a thread here and then had it stripped and repainted in the red black and yellow 1980's raleigh colours
stunning job just can't find it
anyone ?

If I was to remove any decals I'd just take the ones of the seat tube and leave the downtube.

Exatly what I was thinking.

Where's the sodding raleigh Nuknow? I just checked pages 617-622...

hippy merged it

merged it into this thread?

can anyone point me towards the raleigh track frame that was recently refurbished
guy bought an oldish frame and forks from a thread here and then had it stripped and repainted in the red black and yellow 1980's raleigh colours
stunning job just can't find it
anyone ?

Where's the sodding raleigh Nuknow? I just checked pages 617-622...

I can't find shit.... What am I missing?

i have just been back through all 639 pages
got me a lob on from all that pron but still couldn't find it

where that ffffffffffuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu image when you need it

I say

hippy is hiding it under his fat arse

Ok, nothing to see here... please carry on.
Dicki has had a bit too many cappuccinos today.

its not a lever... it's a dummy hood. There's a little hook thing (max unkindly called a 'flid lever') which I think just helps hold your grip when you get forward out of the saddle. It doesn't move/pivot. However something inside it rattled subtly like a mutherfucka till I sprayed shit loads of spraymount in there.

Just found these, which look like an alternative to yours, if that makes any sense.

and that's a choad lever.

and that's a choad lever.

I had to look for that, option number 3: - "1. A short, fat cock. Must be wider than it is long."

Spot on ; )

ahh the internet, the ultimate educational tool

it won't. i've tried the curing an allen key with epoxy on a rounded out bolt. very frustrating.

Needless to say, it didn't work. After setting for 4.5 hours the allen keys just came out like they were stuck in with blu-tac.
For sale: Time Aliums with cleats...

You need to get the hole and the key really clean before gluing. Steam clean then solvent degrease. But, in the case of SPD scews, there's enough room to get a Dremel cutting wheel in there to make a screw driver slot.

Yeah, it was all clean, strangely it was the brand new allen keys that didn't bind rather than the cleats. The glue was quite rubbery but the packaging says "sets in minutes, cures in 4 hours".
Best find a Dremel to use I guess! Off to mechanics forum...
Cheers mdcc

strangely it was the brand new allen keys that didn't bind

Not strange if you didn't degrease them - tools always come with a sheen of oil on them when new.

is it something to do with how the bars are wrapped?

J - Let me sort your bar tape out. The OCD in me wants to get at it.

going off to put grease on his cleat

Just found these, ----choad lever

Old weinmann(sp? can't be arsed to check) levers make good dummies as well, easy as pie to pop out the lever. Without the cable coming out the top and no rubber they do feel a little less secure than a proper lever. Does me just fine on the Mason though, can also be seen on plenty of bikes in the 'nice old pics of bikes' thread.

Ben - the Yates is lovely, couldn't get over how well thought out and civilised it looked on the way to southend. Old man bikes ftw.

Bob Griffin 57cm.

Just waiting on my wheels and I'll be away....

Whatever happen to the whole bike? what wrong with the original part in the first place?

He wanted a fixie we struck a deal, he has a project and I have the satisfaction of the Grif going to a good home. Look forward to it being built.