Current Projects chat and miscellany

Henry, what is this Bridgestone you speak of? Got a photo?

frame, forks, headset, cranks= £115.
http://www.lfgss.com/thread1408.html
rest= expensive


had that stitch on leather bartape and everything...
too small for me though.

pre-eyebrows days. weird...
also the cellar preworkshop days:

Ha, bloody hell. Think I remember seeing that thread years ago actually, second picture rings a bell. Shame it was too small, nice frame.

frame, forks, headset, cranks= £115.
http://www.lfgss.com/thread1408.html
rest= expensive


had that stitch on leather bartape and everything...
too small for me though.

pre-eyebrows days. weird...
also the cellar preworkshop days:

Yes indeed Htay!!!!

"we got more comin' right now, there's more comin', we're gonna get a little sort of a session going here, a bit of a session, a session that will feature..."

I reckon ctml has the red shop 14 bike. Josh, we should get a kcl ride going. Maybe some kcl vs. Ucl races?!

ok so simple debate. logic.

file the axle. if you are half a mm off you're going to be about 5mm off at the rim.

if you just file the lower edge of the dropout you won't have any chance of mucking up the alignment.

i'm not debating whats done in shops or whats possible or whats NJS for this dudes city bike. i'm arguing that the method i've described is the best way to make the bike work with out messing up the alignment because you literally aren't touching any contact points that dictate the alignment.

finally, sheldon did that so he could adjust the chain tension, so you're taking that example out of context. he used that to actually generate play in the dropout... not make something fit.

done with this now. sorry to ruffle feathers. just an opinion

and for the record, the only reason i felt the need to even reply to this again was because dude is so agressive, and i'm failing to see the logic behind filing the axle.

Personally i would just use the Murtle Method™

http://themushroomkingdom.net/images/mlss/mlss_mario-hammer.jpg

I'd use a wrench...

and for the record, the only reason i felt the need to even reply to this again was because dude is so agressive, and i'm failing to see the logic behind filing the axle.

I do believe he is 'doing a joke' :)

I reckon someone - and doubtless it was before Sheldon - had this problem and having experience of an axle made with flat sides decided to file their axle and that's where the practice started.
There's a big difference between an axle made wi flats and the result you'll get by filing your own axle or even getting some ham fisted mech at your lbs to do it for you though.
Personally i'd rather make a small adjustment to my dropout's/trackends than a proportionally huge adjustment to my axle.

you know what, I don't care whether you file the axle or the dropout, just file something

But do not file your genitals.

I dunno, could be fun

Sadist.

entirely depends on the file

Some more fuel for MrSmyth's amusement:

New stem and saddle. Tres hipster.

Flames at the end because I love my paintjob.

it has pursuit bars and a brake. nothing funny/odd about that

So, all this conflict has got me confused...

My dropouts are semi horizontal, so which one do i file so i don't ruin the alignment. Still the bottom?

there should definitely be a lo-pro ride...

So, all this conflict has got me confused...

My dropouts are semi horizontal, so which one do i file so i don't ruin the alignment. Still the bottom?

bottom/outside bit.

there should definitely be a lo-pro ride...

https://www.lfgss.com/attachments/16897d1257233490-16713d1256566623-groupshotcircusspace.jpg

http://static.lfgss.com/attachments/16897d1257233490-16713d1256566623-groupshotcircusspace.jpg

shit!
there has to be another one!
i might organise something...

Had a lovely birthday morning in the sun building up the beater with some new cranks and stuff. Voila! Black and green beauty! Just need a brake lever. Also feel I need a black seatpost, so if anyone has a black 26.6...