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My Surly is looking a bit ratty after a few winter months

this is a repost, but i don't think the close ups are.

So tempted to sell loads of stuff and get a Histogram frame

Speechless!

"So tempted to sell loads of stuff and get a Histogram frame."

"Just do it!"

"Frame alone is almost one months pay."

Ridiculously expensive :-( Ridiculously overpriced :-( Ridiculously nice :-)

^Really like this one by the way. You can tell this guy rides his bike.

Could just about justify the price if i ride the shit out of it.

Think he wraps his tape the wrong way intentionally so it frays?

I sometimes wrap track bars top to bottom
If you're only wrapping the lower half it makes sense - no need for leccy tape and no unravelling on the drops.

Ha!

Always done it like that. Thought that was the right way.

Best Mash.
Isn't it Chas from TCBs workbike?

yep.
http://prollyisnotprobably.com/2011/10/beautiful-bicycle-chas-cinelli-mash-track/

Soon as I've finished my CX/touring/winter bike project (soon), I want another fast and fun project, and seriously considering another MASH Bolt, really miss my old one.

Dropped the chain on my Conversion while riding and pinched in between the hub and cog bringing me to a violent stop...

Post inspection has revealed that some of the spokes have been bent and damage due to the incident.

How safe is it to run bent or damaged spokes in that region?.. running brakeless and want to prolong my Life

Answer depends on how many spokes in the wheel, how much you weigh, how desperate you are to not just replace the spokes.

i.e. YMMV

there is about 2 or 3 with obvious damage and a couple more that look cosmetic 32 hole hub

im 'bout 165lbs

But spokes are at their weakest at the bend as it meets the hub flange, so if they've been damaged there or near there, they is much more likely to do catastrophic badness, especially if they've been pushed inwards to the hub.

looks like a trip to the LBS then...

And spoke lacing works because its a balance of tension, removed 2-3 points of tension, especially if they're all on the same side, and that tension is well out and will not take much for other tensioned spokes to pull the rim in their direction.

Have a go at doing it yourself!

Spokes aren't that expensive and all you have to do is make sure the tension is about right by squeezing 2 spokes on same side together till it feels roughly the same all the way round.

but i don't want my headstone to read " if only he spared a few bucks"

no offense to any backyard mechanics..

Damage like scratches or scars to the spokes will result in a snap, possibly quite quickly. Just bending them is less of an issue, but I'd still check them all throroughly and replace any that were damaged.

Don't do this:

all you have to do is make sure the tension is about right by squeezing 2 spokes on same side together till it feels roughly the same all the way round.

That's for stress relieving wind-up in the spokes, not for checking even tension. You can check relative tension by plucking the spokes and comparing the 'note' it makes. A well-built wheel should have all the spokes on either side make roughly the same pitched 'ping'.

I replaced some spokes on a rear wheel on which I run a disc brake, so the same braking and accelerating forces are present. As AngelID said, it was a simple job. Take in one of the broken ones, and they will give you some the same length. Thread em, tighten em, check em (as described above) and you are away.

On the other hand, if you need to take off the cog as it is in the way, with a narrow flange, then you will need this and that tool, so maybe the LBS is the right option.

I was lucky, I was able to replace them all without taking anything off the hub. Maybe the disc, can't remember.

Not sure if franken or cool as fuck or epic win...

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oh god I love it, esp the rossin forks