Toum

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• The World's Fattest Man with no bike! aka - find hippy a new bike aka - Just get ( fill in blank )

  in Bikes & Bits • 3 years, 10 months

  

  this site has an extensive list of steel bikes, manufacturers and builders:
  https://stahlrahmen-bikes.de/mtb-29er-650b-fatbike-36er/mountain-bikes-aus-stahl-2020?fbclid=IwAR3Yj_aijCGaGQX1cf-9QBpWv9eWKj1-rXP3NXktx8LjFI-4-QTaSglmjms

  also this:
  https://sour.bike/candy-shop/bikes/pasta-party/
  with a 120mm fork the headangle would be 68ish and its yellow!

• Dynamo Lights

  in Bikes & Bits • 4 years, 5 months

  

  The stand light on mine is also not working, but it was like that when i bought it second hand, thought that maybe these lights don't even have one. Will try to contact the supernova support then, it seems there is no easy fixes that i could do myself. thanks for the hint

• Dynamo Lights

  in Bikes & Bits • 4 years, 5 months

  

  So my supernova pure front light failed and is not sending any power to rear light, but it still shines well. So was wondering is there any way to connect the rear supernova light directly to the dynamo hub? maybe soldering a resistor or something inline (not a electrician, but can solder basic stuff)

• Inbred with custom bits

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• Inbred with custom bits

  in Current Projects • 4 years, 9 months

  

  Yep, well that makes sense and did quite a lot of road riding in SF, i guess tarmac wears the tyre
  way more quickly than dirt

• Inbred with custom bits

  in Current Projects • 4 years, 9 months

  

  Thanks for the nice feedback ;>
  while inspecting the rear tyre, noticed that the wear is mostly on the left side, has anyone encountered this before? or am i just cycling crooked

• Inbred with custom bits

  in Current Projects • 4 years, 9 months

  

  Also flew bike with me to a trip to San francisco , there is soo many good places to ride there, just be warned - its not flat at all, had alot of grinding to do with 32x42 easiest gear, but the views took my mind of it :> while being there bought bagsxbird bag to carry my stuff around, i like it way more than the basket i had before, no more rattles.

• Inbred with custom bits

  in Current Projects • 4 years, 9 months

  

  Update on the build
  It was performing great, but the paint was in a sad shape with alot of scratches and burn marks from extra bits that were welded on. Did not want to spend money on a new powder coat paint, so decided to strip the paint with a paint remover(that i already had on hand) and spayed a few coats of clear lacquer on top. Quite chuffed how it turned out, not sure how long will it hold tough.

• Inbred with custom bits

  in Current Projects • 5 years, 2 months

  

  When i bought avids, they came with the adapters. Shimano did not. I guess it depends

• Inbred with custom bits

  in Current Projects • 5 years, 2 months

  

  There is this shop, that does some crazy discounts, you could hunt around there. Currently they a have a sale on sram level brakes just 14eur. but only the front,so you would need a new hose for the back. Also they have cheap shimano m315, nothing fancy but for a commuter who cares :) I just dont know if they ship to UK.

  https://www.rczbikeshop.fr/fr/sram-front-disc-brake-level-t-160mm-postmount-l-750mm-w-o-disc-black-92-5019-891-070.html

  edit, forgot to tag you @hippy