absurdbird

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• WTB: 155mm track crankset or any <165mm

  in Wanted Adverts • 11 months, 1 week

  

  Oooh.
  I know the answer to this one!

  I don’t think Pro Vis 5 would be great for track (if that’s what you’re going to use them for) as the small BCD leads to flex (track is about the only place I’d think this could be an issue.
  Also an expensive choice.
  Spa Cycles does a big range of TA stuff.

  I’d recommend getting a top quality chainset with a fucked pedal thread and getting Highpath Engineering (or someone else possibly l) to shorten them.

  https://highpath.co.uk/crank-repairs-and-modifications/

• Mechanics and Fixing Any Questions Answered

  in Mechanics & Fixin' • 1 year, 7 months

  

  Brilliant (for me)
  Here or DM?

• Tijmen's Bikes and Related Projects

  in Current Projects • 1 year, 7 months

  

  Nice (beginning of a) rack
  Did you try bending stainless?- it where a project of mine is headed.

• Mechanics and Fixing Any Questions Answered

  in Mechanics & Fixin' • 1 year, 7 months

  

  Thanks Hippy.
  I’ll peruse that thread later.
  Looks like my kind of stuff.

• Mechanics and Fixing Any Questions Answered

  in Mechanics & Fixin' • 1 year, 7 months

  

  Is there a thread on here about building your own racks?
  (My search skills are rubbish)
  I have a mini pipe bender and a mapp gas torch and I’m raring to go.
  (I might actually have a mate braze it because I have no idea what I’m doing)

• Porteur/Porter (Trigger’s broom)

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• Porteur/Porter (Trigger’s broom)

  in Current Projects • 1 year, 7 months

  

  I haven’t put them in yet.
  I thought I’d test the innards first and it got late last night …

  My engineer mate said silicone on the back of the capacitor will be fine , but I need to work a way to mount the little B&M clear lens that fits over the LED (I have to rotate the PCB by 90° to fit it inside the red lens)

• Porteur/Porter (Trigger’s broom)

  in Current Projects • 1 year, 7 months

  

  Nitto Porteur bars
  Mafac inverse levers
  Cinelli 1A
  MicroSHIFT thumbie for Sram 1x12 Eagle

  I’ve had these bars and levers for about 15 years - that’s how long I’ve been meaning to build a porteur (since I saw them in Jan Heine’s book) (edit - just looked it up, that book was published 18 years ago! Time I got this bike built)

• Porteur/Porter (Trigger’s broom)

  in Current Projects • 1 year, 7 months

  

  VO rack.
  I’m going to get a mate to braze in a stainless lamp support which will allow me to run all the wires hidden from hub to the front light (B&M IQ xs) and then to the rear.

• Porteur/Porter (Trigger’s broom)

  in Current Projects • 1 year, 7 months

  

  Last night I was fucking around with this 1940s/50s Luxor light.
  I’m going to cram in the innards from a Busch and Müller Seculite Skully gave me, but I had to make a new mount and way to secure the lens.
  It was brilliantly frustrating.
  Think I’ve nailed it.

  Edit: I realised this post isn’t clear, I made (fabricated is definitely too posh a word) the little ally bracket from some tube I had.
  I flattened it, bent it, drilled and tapped it. It replaced the original Luxor incandescent bulb holder which the red dome bolted to, I re-sized the original bolt to M4 (it was close already and I had an M4 tap and die)
  There is now enough room for the gubbins from the busted B&M rear light and the red dome is held in place.
  Only took all fucking evening!