Hacks / Bodges

Very resourceful. Hopefully your balls never have cause to tell you what they think of it

Dangerous

you think 3 out of 4 stem bolts is ok? hope so!! :) mega sketchy overall

Probably fine if you just over tighten the other 3, Thomson faceplates don't have a reputation for cracking easily or anything. /s

This is absolutely sick. (And apparently dangerous but who cares because it’s sick).

Frighteningly easy to strip a thread IME.
ETA - trying to figure out whether or not you were serious...

The only serious part was the /s for sarcasm.

Have been riding it for work (I’m a messenger) and bars haven’t moved a bit after many bunny hops up and down things. And only one accidental shift with my knee so far

Just wait until it turns Russian and shifts your knee.

Use a hollow bolt like this?

Just what I need to use my steerer tube as a water bottle

Dry chain on hire bike? Picnic chorizo to the rescue!

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Brilliant!
I've used olive oil from a cafe table to do something similar.

Must taste funny after though.

100% a diamond back judging by bridge, hanger and dropouts / rack mounts.

Possibly 92 sorrento? not sure where else they used that crackle

https://www.retrobike.co.uk/gallery2/d/101730-1/DiamondBack92_Catalogue_RB.pdf

This is dumb

a hollow bolt

Wow. There must be a zillion uses for these. Including decorative foibles.

The forum never ceases to deliver.
Who knew hollow bolts were a thing?
( I am not an engineer).

Who knew hollow bolts were a thing?

Folks who like to have a front brake and do barspinz

Also anyone who's looked at a QR hub

Or a barrel adjuster.

Wanted to add a front derailleur to my ratty cycletruck that was originally a single speed so has no routing for gear cables and I've run out of proper cable stops to braze on. M5 and m6 nuts brazed together and then under the down tube have done the trick.

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Tidy

Hmm more professional modifications than hacks & bodges...

Nice