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spots Adicts spoke card I had a curry with Monkey last time he was back in Ipswich...
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We had two: ordered a delivery to the pub and dibssed the first one through the door... then ours turned up half an hour later. bhaji burp
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Really like the fourth one down. Esp the badly sprayed front hub with splattered spokes and the solitary spoke card in the rear. Great find. I have a few more i found in NY a while ago I'll dig out. May even put my own up once I've taken a pic of it.
Cheers
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Chainring on the fourth one down looks crazy worn. Scary.
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I dunno that I really see the point in a basket.
Depends what you're after really. I think they're great.
I used to love taking my ex's bike to go to the supermarket. Step-through frame, chuck the lock in the basket along with your keys, chuck the bags in the front, etc.
Just so easy. No faff.
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Cheap alu' road bike set up like that ^ seems like a great beater
Agreed - Light, cheap, stiff and potential very rad - the only thing you need to worry about is vertical dropouts - I can think of 4 solutions.
1) ENO hub - not really in the spirit of a rat-beater
2) Magic gear - again, a lot of hassle, limitation on available gearing and pain in the arse when the chain stretches.
3) Open up the dropouts with a file - easiest solution, works a treat - a bit nerve wracking though.
4) Cut a donor piece of aluminium to fill the dropout, weld in place and then cut a new, horizontal dropout where you want it! I've never tried this, but wondered whether anyone else had - a quick google search turned up this....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGbkOHoShMo
About 10 years ago I built a training bike using the dropout filing technique. In those days, cheap fixed hubs were hard to come by so a BB lockring was used with a bit of locktite - ghetto fabulous.
Heres what it looked like....
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If you're just riding single speed you can also consider a chain tensioner
I've never really ridden single speed, presumably you get away with a bit more slack since it doesn't matter if the lower run of the chain has a bit of give - I've seen freight bikes in china with chains dragging along the ground (being ridden very slowly).... but I guess that whether you're fixed of free, if you're hammering along you'll probably want as much chain tension as you can muster!
If you use a half link you're dealing in steps of a single chain pitch (1/2") on the overall length of the chain - hence you only need to open up a dropout by 0.25" (6mm) max to obtain perfect tension.
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His welding on those dropouts looks highly dubious.
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If his welding was any good then he wouldn't have needed any additional metal to weld up the dropout prior to cutting the new one.
Welding in a new piece of metal is always preferable to just filling the gap with filler rod.
His weld would've been a million times better if he'd removed the paint on the frame first. Paint (and/or any burnt residue) does not weld.
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I dunno that I really see the point in a basket. Roads over here are hella rough and stuff just bounces out. I prefer just the Basil rack so that I'm not limited on what I can attach.