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learn how to break without the front brake

Install a rear brake.

I obviously mean to break without brakes at all...

not trying to be an ass but the action of using ones brakes is "to brake", not "break".

Just sayin

p.s. the downtube on that Hinde is a fucking atrocity.

You're right there.

Was gonna say make an offer on the Bianchi, but it seems he has withdrawn it.

Why are there dead ants in my kettle? What the hell. I can't see any anywhere else

and as a secondary question

cheers, don't know why that didn't occur to me sooner.

and as a secondary question

Like jonestown in there brother

Does Anyone know if clarkenwell screws can tap* threads?

If not is there anywhere obvious near finsbury park / Stokey?

It's for the bolt that holds the cable on a brake behind the QR.

• not sure if that's the correct term - the inside threads on a hole that a bolt would screw into.
  

Is there a bodge mechanism for removing a shimano bmx/ thread-on freewheel?
(4 point)

Like this

metalwork question: is it possible to weld two steel rods together (they cross one in front of the other) without clamping them, say by wiring the join together first. or as soon as heat is applied the wire disintegrates and the thing falls apart?

Why can the rods not be clamped during welding?

(I am aware this is not an answer, I would suspect that heat sufficient to melt welding rod and steel would melt through wire very easily, before the steel melted- but this might all happen on a rather aggressive timescale, so that might not matter)

wondering if it's feasible to do it somewhere outside not conducive to clamping, unless everything is only clamped to itself, not to a stand. suspect it just doesn't work.

You'd need gas powered welding* in that case, oxy-acetylene or similar, which might just melt your rod as it's quite powerful.

What do you wish to achieve?

*MIG/TIG/ARC needing electrical power

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An aluminium or high end steel track bike, for use on the street, with a relatively short top tube (say, 53cm tops) with a straight or faux-pro top tube slope. I take around a 53ST ctc but can go up to about a 56 apparently (Charge geometry is weird). I want to replace my Fuji cause it's dented and just a touch too long.

Points for scarcity and mad paint-jobs because I love a bit of salve, me.

My 53cm Koga is for sale, includes mad paint job.

^^ of that I'm aware. thinking how best to make a squiggly metal fence in uneven ground, in a simple way. it's giving me a slight headache but I've got a low-tech solution, I think.

To begin with is there any topic or a good video in order to learn how to break without the front brake because during the last months I cannot get it done!
I am a bit afraid for my knees and probably that's one reason.

Best to start a new thread asking for recommendations, use a clear title like "How can you skid / How to do skids / skidding"

Somebody heat up the skillet, I'm just off to the shops to buy some corn.

I've tried to find one but failing, can someone direct me to a 1 1/8 crown race suitable for use with a tifosi integrated headset (45/45 from what I understand)

I thank you.

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My 53cm Koga is for sale, includes mad paint job.

argh can't believe I missed the fork - I've been after an ec90 aero for ages :(

^^ of that I'm aware. thinking how best to make a squiggly metal fence in uneven ground, in a simple way. it's giving me a slight headache but I've got a low-tech solution, I think.

Is there any power near there? Arc sounds like what you need.
The pieces don't need to be clamped to be welded, earth would be clamped to the one and then the other will just need to be held until you've got it tacked in place. Then you can let go and weld it properly.

It would look pretty good with mechamorgans all black parts.

Is there any power near there? Arc sounds like what you need.
The pieces don't need to be clamped to be welded, earth would be clamped to the one and then the other will just need to be held until you've got it tacked in place. Then you can let go and weld it properly.

oh really, that sounds good. yeah, might have a generator on site for other stuff. will speak to the bod potentially actually doing it, thankfully not me.

Or you could try the traditional method, and use an old iron key and a kite.

might be waiting rather a long time for each weld, no?