tron

Most recent activity

• New British built fixed frame

  in Bikes & Bits • 14 years, 8 months

  

  Odd. Saxon frames used to be built that way back in the 30s and 40s, the idea being that you could bring the rear wheel forward between the twin seat tubes, shorten the chainstays and therefore have a stiffer bike.

  So +1 on the gimmick then.

• Can you help to identify these frames, bikes or parts?

  in Bikes & Bits • 14 years, 8 months

  

  Try emailing Universal Cycles in Rotherham. It's run by a few ex-Carlton blokes.

• Farewell Cottered Cranks

  in Mechanics & Fixin' • 14 years, 8 months

  

  Hot water can be better than a blowtorch as water has a very high specific heat capacity. Whereas air / the flame of a blowtorch hasn't.

• Shexy bottle?

  in Bikes & Bits • 14 years, 8 months

  

  Another vote for the Camelbak bottles. They're made of some special Carlos Fandango plastic, so they don't make the water taste foul like every other plastic bottle I've ever used. I've always found the alloy ones a bit poor on the bike due to the above lack of squeezeability and the fact that they look terrible once they've slid down the road / been taken in and out of a muddy bottle cage a few times.

• Replacement weather guard for Kryptonite 3000 lock?

  in Bikes & Bits • 14 years, 8 months

  

  Have you emailed Kryptonite in the US? They were quick to get back to me when I needed some replacement keys.

• Any help? Stem seems to be stuck - Seized quill stems

  in Mechanics & Fixin' • 14 years, 8 months

  

  Loctite make some stuff called "Freeze N Release", which is basically a combination of freeze spray and plusgas. Halfords / car spares places tend to sell it. It's really useful as it lets you get a big temperature difference between components without resorting to heatguns and blowtorches.

  And Plus Gas always beats WD40 in my book, but WD40 is better than nothing.