AndyW

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• Chain on my wrongster

  in Mechanics & Fixin' • 17 years

  

  Check yer chain ring bolts

• West London Fixed-gear

  in General • 17 years, 5 months

  

  I am in Putney, count me in too.

• Bloody Chain whips

  in Mechanics & Fixin' • 17 years, 5 months

  

  I have one of those DA whips. The lock ring tool is great but gets in the way if you need to use a bar for extra leverage. If it was on the other way up it would be fine. The 1/8 chain part (with the spring) i have found too short for any sprocket over 16t as you cannot fold the chain back on its self to stop it from slipping when trying to loosen the sprocket. Add some more chain to this and it works fine. With the extra leverage you need a large tube with an ID of more than an inch or a very large ring spanner to get over that sloping down lockring end.

• Spoke Cards

  in Bikes & Bits • 17 years, 7 months

  

  Oh yeah, I like Slamms as well.

• Spoke Cards

  in Bikes & Bits • 17 years, 7 months

  

  [quote][cite]Or, we can do like Spinal Tap(?) and have a totally black spoke card :)[quote]

  Yeah and make it go all the way up to ELEVEN.

• Off road fixed gear

  in General • 17 years, 7 months

  

  Not of road really but I find the cycle/ped path around Richmond Park good fun on my Steamroller (Surly). Usual road setup.
  It was great at the weekend with the rain. No peps or dogs and very few cyclists. Although some of the downhill sections were interesting. Lots of water paths with loose sand in them.
  A good clean of the chain in order when I got home.

• Critical Mass - April 2007

  in Rides & Races • 17 years, 7 months

  

  Pretty good crowd. Some bloke yelling about how long he had been stuck in his car "I pay my road tax" I think were his words. Lots of laughs.

• Lacquer - The removal of

  in Mechanics & Fixin' • 17 years, 7 months

  

  Use a fine grade Wet/dry paper depending on thickness of coat. 600 grade for thicker, 800 or 1200 for thinner coat. Use it wet and when the clearcoat wears through to the paint the residue should become the colour of the paint. Stop here and go to a finer grade to get the thinner surrounding clearcoat parts off. It is very time consuming and if I remember correctly the powdercoat should be re-laquered. Both 31trum and RPM are not wrong with their elbow grease tip.

• Down For A DEATH RACE?

  in Rides & Races • 17 years, 7 months

  

  I would be up for helping out on a checkpoint or something. When is also a factor for me.