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• Bending pewter brooch to form a head tube badge

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• Bending pewter brooch to form a head tube badge

  in Bikes & Bits • 10 months, 3 weeks

  

  Thanks all, useful advice. I'm emailing Geoff this evening.

• Bending pewter brooch to form a head tube badge

  in Bikes & Bits • 10 months, 3 weeks

  

  So that would be brooch....

• Bending pewter brooch to form a head tube badge

  in Bikes & Bits • 10 months, 3 weeks

  

  I've just had a frame resprayed and fixed after a collision with some street furniture. Whilst waiting, I was given a 55yo broach which once belonged to my long-deceased mother, by a relative having a clear out. I'd like to bend the broach which is about 25x40mm so it could be glued neatly onto the head tube. It was hand made of pewter in Sweden in the 60s. I have no jewellery experience but envisaged heating it up a bit and using a small wooden mallet and a bit of wood the same diameter as the head tube as a 'form'.

  Wiki tells me pewter is malleable but I'm concerned I might split or crack the broach.

  Does anyone have any tips or suggestions or experience they can relay? I've tried pewter jewellery sellers but they are just that, sellers not manufacturers and so not too helpful.

  Thanks

• Pauls cross lever and drop bar levers for v-brakes - your opinions and experiences sought

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• Pauls cross lever and drop bar levers for v-brakes - your opinions and experiences sought

  in Bikes & Bits • 1 year

  

  Afternoon

  Can anyone tell me about their experiences of using (i) Paul's cross lever with v brakes and (ii) drop-bar levers for v brakes such as Dia Compe EVO-V Drop Bar Levers?

  I plan on using them on a heavily laden tourer - no disc option - so I guess stopping power really matters (aint that the way with brakes). Years ago I used a campag levers with one of those eccentric pulley wheel adaptors in place of the standard v brake noodle/pipe and was disappointed, spongey and far from confidence inspiring.

  Thanks

• Head-on collision: is this the end m?

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• Head-on collision: is this the end m?

  in Mechanics & Fixin' • 1 year, 4 months

  

  Thanks everyone. Informative and often hilarious. I will be using h2o’s cartoon and Ned’s pic in persuading ‘er indoors that I need to throw money at the problem.

• Head-on collision: is this the end m?

  in Mechanics & Fixin' • 1 year, 4 months

  

  I rode my fully loaded 23 yo Reynolds 531 Condor ‘expedition-tourer’ (rim brakes, 26” wheels), into some street furniture outside Selfoss in Iceland. I looked stupid and the top tube has paint blistering some damage on the top and underside of the top tube and a small but noticeable dent on the underside of the down tube. All the ‘damage’ is adjacent to the head tube which is not obviously damaged, like the lugs and the fork.

  Judging by the subsequent toe rub on front pannier, weird angle of handlebar and front rack rails, I’ve squished the frame, shortening the wheel base by some inches.
  I’ve done some research and spoken to frame builders: maybe £650 with a powder coat and replacement of everything forward of the seat tube: down, top and head tubes and lugs.

  If I pedal-on and hope for the best, I’m assuming the frame is weakened but won’t suddenly break? The bike’s job is touring on mixed surfaces with camping gear in the middle of nowhere so I don’t want to risk disaster and want the piece of mind of strong reliable frame.

  Should I bite the bullet and shell-out for a new front end or is a bit of damage all part of life’s rich pageant? Or buy a new bike?

  Thanks

• Bike Anti-Porn - When Things Go Wrong

  in Bikes & Bits • 2 years, 2 months

  

  Those rear racks will outlast civilisation...