Current Projects chat and miscellany

Any recommendations for a solid crank puller? Broke my cheap one the first time I used it

can't go wrong with a park tool.
unless you cock it up.

ziptie chain tensioner ftw!

The spring in it is pathetic!
Works so much better like this.

Make it flipflop so you can ride fixed to and from the skatepark! The again it looks like it might have vertical dropouts so might nog be feasible.
Are those old Tioga tyres?

Yeah it's vertical dropouts so unless I found a magic gear it wouldn't work.
Other thing is i'd need foot retention if I made it fixed but I was never able to do any tricks clipped in and having straps or clips just for riding to the skatepark seems a bit pointless.

I'v ridden brakeless bmx lots and I can get my feet on the ground pretty easily on this bike so I reckon it'll be ok.

How do I work out what spoke length I'd require? I guess that depends on the lacing patten, which is where it steps outside the realm of my wheel knowledge. Hub is a 32h Surly. Also, do people who build wheels also unbulid them, to get the hub out?

Spend the next couple of days educating yourself about wheelbuilding - there are plenty of online resources, from spoke length calculators to YouTube tutorials to academic treatises. As a first project, a 32 spoke 3-cross Open Sport is a pretty easy one. Take your time over self-education and building and you're unlikely to go so far wrong that you can't rescue the situation, or get one of the more experienced wheel builders here to rescue it for you. Jobst Brandt's seminal work seems to be out of print, but is easily available either used or NOS, e.g. http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/0960723641/ref=sr_1_2_olp?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1286212428&sr=1-2&condition=used and was what most of used to learn about wheel building before teh internetz

old bike

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paint

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weld cogs and space crank

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http://www.kilotogo.com/index.php?option=event_detail&event_id=17

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38t/12t = 82"
36t/16t = 58"
32t/18t = 46"

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• this is supposed to be in current projects - can anyone move it?
  
  

oh now it is, that was quick thanks...........

shit, it is!

number6, great little build.

:)

a bit random, but as there are ppl on here...

...do ppl go for nitto risers bc they don't have much of a back sweep?

Or why is it they're rated so highly?

Building my first fixedskidder so advice sort :)

oh dear.............

Depends which ones.

B259AA have a fair bit of sweep but are a really nice shape overall so are hugely comfortable.

Loving the cog setup number6.

How does it ride?

^ cheers max.

so what are the other ones (B258AA) like?

goes off to google

EDIT: ok so the 259 are the better ones... now to decide whether to go for a) nitto; or b) cheapos...

...the thing that puts me off the nitto's is you can pick up a set of 2nd hand carbon eastons for that price and I can't help but think carbon eastons > alu nitto's

cheapos.

Can't see any point in paying more for nitto when there's other bar that work just as well.

^ cheers, just needed someone sensible to talk me out of it.

Spend the next couple of days educating yourself about wheelbuilding - there are plenty of online resources, from spoke length calculators to YouTube tutorials to academic treatises. As a first project, a 32 spoke 3-cross Open Sport is a pretty easy one. Take your time over self-education and building and you're unlikely to go so far wrong that you can't rescue the situation, or get one of the more experienced wheel builders here to rescue it for you. Jobst Brandt's seminal work seems to be out of print, but is easily available either used or NOS, e.g. http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/0960723641/ref=sr_1_2_olp?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1286212428&sr=1-2&condition=used and was what most of used to learn about wheel building before teh internetz

thanks very much for the info. not sure i'm really in a position to do this at the moment, but in the future it is certainly something I will do.

a bit random, but as there are ppl on here...

...do ppl go for nitto risers bc they don't have much of a back sweep?

Or why is it they're rated so highly?

Building my first fixedskidder so advice sort :)

Why would you not want sweep back?
Nice!
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=48240

On-one bargins...
http://www.on-one.co.uk/i/q/HBFSFR270/fsa-gravity-lite-handlebar-fr-270a
http://www.on-one.co.uk/i/q/HBFSDHRISE/fsa-gravity-dh-riser-handlebar

I don't know... I don't use risers. I guess I didn't want anything too silly in terms of sweepback.

Also need 25.4mm rather than OS. I should just stop being cheap, but I'm trying to keep this one to a bit of a budget.

and as for these....

....well thats just silly!

^^^Most comfortable shape of bar I'v ever used.
Not used the Ragleys but my Trek District has a very similar shape of bar, perhaps a little subtler than that but they are amazing and my Cannondale track bike wears Cinelli Valencias when it's not at the track. (cant get on with drops for anything other than the track)

The colour isn't great, but the shape is lovely, I have something similar on my bike.