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How do you guys survive the cold months?

If it's dry, there's no such thing as the wrong weather, just the wrong clothes. On the other hand, it's a PITA spending half an hour getting dressed to go for a short ride, so I tend to favour the rollers for actual training.

So...any ideas on how much a slightly out of true a Shimano E110 Coaster brake hub with 16t cog on Rigida Chrina rim should sell for?

The hub on it's own is £50 new, Chrinas are cheap so the wheel was about £75 new, should be worth half that if it's in good condition, i.e. the hub runs freely and smoothly, rim has no dents, all the brake parts are present and correct etc.

does it matter which manufacturers crown race you use with a headset

i am thinking of buying http://www.evanscycles.com/products/cane-creek/40-series-ec44-bottom-headset-ec026967#features

will any 1.5" crown race work or do i need a crane creek one?

Many use the same shape race so it should be fine. I think most are standard, CK use their own special expensive race.

Cheers man.

The hub on it's own is £50 new, Chrinas are cheap so the wheel was about £75 new, should be worth half that if it's in good condition, i.e. the hub runs freely and smoothly, rim has no dents, all the brake parts are present and correct etc.

Surely the bottom half of a headset comes with a crown race. Why would you want to use something other than what is supplied? That said, the cartridge bearings used by most manufacturers have the same internal diameter and chamfer angle, so there doesn't seem to be any technical obstacle as long as those dimensions match.

it was unclear if it came with the crown race, so was wondering if i needed to buy a crown race separately

Have you developed the urge to suck your brain out through your ears? I know I have.

I feel the satisfaction of a job well done.

if you know of one for under £50 that is capable of doing so then I would be intrigued

Now there's a video that could really go viral.

Not sure if I should be asking this here or in the mechanics thread but here it goes. I just bought this carbon wheel:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/300605163052?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649#ht_500wt_1193

Arrived today, extremely excited with the apparent bargain I had scored. Upon close inpection, there is a kink on the edge of the rim on one side. It looks like it deviates out by about 2mm, like the rim has bent outwards. The kink from where it starts to where it ends is about 2 inches long. Its just on the one side so its nothing to do with truing.

What do you think it could be? No visible cracking or anything like that there, doesn't appear to be fragile. Could a tyre lever do this? Or a blow out? Should I be sending this back to the seller?

I was watching this wheel too. The earlier DT Swiss carbon clinchers were known to delaminate under the heat of prolonged heavy braking, which would manifest in a similar way to what you've described. Naughty seller, methinks.
I'm sure either Dammit or I (or me, Schick) would take the carbon specific pads off your hands if you wanted to offload them. Not all is lost, don't worry :)

The plot thickens. I noticed it has 4 unoriginal spokes too. They are round (instead of bladed) and the white paint is blobby, like it was some kind of rattle can jobby. What a cunt of a seller. I'm not even going to send it back, its a death trap for the next person they try to con.

Ride my fixed gear more, to keep the legs spinning and warm. Try running or something as well. Invest in a turbo.
I see, well I dont have a fixie (yet)
And whats a turbo? :D

Another question,

I've just bought some cheap carbon forks from someone on here which have a 19cm steerer. My charge has a 15cm headtube, I take it the forks will fit fine?

Another question,

I've just bought some cheap carbon forks from someone on here which have a 19cm steerer. My charge has a 15cm headtube, I take it the forks will fit fine?

Hhmm maybe not. Is it ahead? if your installed headset and stem height is more than like 4.5cm, the steerer might not poke through your stem enough to clamp well

Hhmm maybe not. Is it ahead? if your installed headset and stem height is more than like 4.5cm, the steerer might not poke through your stem enough to clamp well

Ah crap, well hopefully it'll fit if not straight back on the classifieds!

check the stack height of your stem

also do you currently have the stem slammed to the headset or spacers inbetween?

I've got 3 spacers in between at the moment, around 3-4cm. I was thinking about taking them out. My only concern is that I'll be sitting too much above the bars then and putting too much weight down on them, would a stem with more rise fix this though?

If these don't work I think I'll buy some china forks from ebay.

Does anyone have a charge bucket in brown for sale?
Thanks.

Day-Moe I'm going to buy another planet x saddle soon, thus freeing up my charge bucket in brown. Don't suppose you have a planet x to trade?

I do.. it squeaks though. However. I also know someone else who is selling a planet x.
(pm follows)

Can anyone identify the frame being ridden here by Roberto Mancini ?

Apologies for pic of Tevez can't be arsed editing.

Excuse my, ever growing, ignorance but will this do for my hubs lockring thing?

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/bbb-btl-24-multihook-bottom-bracket-tool/

The LRr part looks the same as pedros and others.

i just remembered a scene from a film (could be tv though) where one of the characters (i seem to remember is in a gang who are planning a heist) is kidnapped. He can't see where he's going but can hear. So he recreates the noises he hears on a leyboard and the rest of the characters recognise it as as bumps on a bridge and thus work out where he went.
can anyone tell me what's this os from please?

i just remembered a scene from a film (could be tv though) where one of the characters (i seem to remember is in a gang who are planning a heist) is kidnapped. He can't see where he's going but can hear. So he recreates the noises he hears on a leyboard and the rest of the characters recognise it as as bumps on a bridge and thus work out where he went.
can anyone tell me what's this os from please?

Sneakers. Also used in Charlie's Angels 2.

Excuse my, ever growing, ignorance but will this do for my hubs lockring thing?

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/bbb-btl-24-multihook-bottom-bracket-tool/

The LRr part looks the same as pedros and others.

BB lockrings are generally a larger diameter than fixed hub lockrings so you might find it slips off

Sneakers. Also used in Charlie's Angels 2.

brilliant thank you, have some rep. next one is a scene i remembered about an evil bomb maker, i seem to remember his hide out being in a ship. His final bomb was triggered by a ball bearing rolling though some elaborate mechanism, kinda like a rube goldberg machine. I think al his bombs might have had bb's in.

Can anyone identify the frame being ridden here by Roberto Mancini ?

Apologies for pic of Tevez can't be arsed editing.

Pinarello something or other. With Dura Ace rims and chainset