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The thread on the drive side of the crank arm for the pedal of my bike is completely shot. It was a stupid mistake by me in the first place, not installing the pedal fully and letting it rip out. Now I have an almost completely stripped thread on my crank.

Is this fixable? Can I redo the thread?

It would be annoying to replace the crank because the chainline is pretty good and i don't want to mess about with it.

Many thanks, Tim

There were two lonely newbies cycling in the cold.....

Still on for today?

Are we still on for today? 4.30?

undibsed - It's not practical, I'm not free at all this weekend and the next few weeks are looking busy.

My only issue is timing, I'm in Brighton and the man needs his money by next week. PM on it's way.

potential dibs

I know what you mean, the brake levers and derailleur on the first set are also very pretty.

Hi there, I'm building a wheel and I calculated the lengths at left length 292.8 right length 291.3
Johnnyringo has some 290mm ACI Alpina S/S DB Spokes. Would they do the trick?

It's almost 3mm difference on the right, is this a problem?

Thanks in advance for your help.

pm'ed

My top tube is a bit short and I could do with a reasonably nice stem to finish off a build. 13/14 centimeters would probably be good. I'm not looking for anything fancy, just something to do the job.

Tim

I dunno if the globe would look any good with drops. The geometry of it is more like a trick bike and if anything, risers would suit better. Nice lines though and good looking geometry.

Looks great. I'll see if any friends are interested.

Isn't the football court on the hill up to the Setting Sun from the Level floodlit sometimes? Maybe a bit small, I wouldn't know.

Good luck with it, I'm anticipating a bit of a mess first time round.

Seen this http://www.bicycledoctor.co.uk/ ?

Baker St bikes do alot of wheels and wheelbuilding, I imagine they're your best bet. Is Gravity Karma giving you a build tutorial?

That Lenni programme is great. Really nice and simple.

It's gonna be 36 spokes and I've been advised 3 cross. TBH I don't know much about the difference crossing patterns make.

It's for a 7 speed rear wheel for a tourer.

I'm working on my first ever wheelbuild and I want verification of my calculation.
I'm completely new to this but I have a mate who said he'd show me how to do it once I had all the parts.

I'm using spocalc.xls

The hub is a Shimano XT fh-m732 - It's not included in the included database, but I found this: http://www.cyclingforums.com/archive/index.php/t-30280.html
Does that look trustworthy? If so then the measurements are
-45mm L37.5mm R23mm

The rim is a Mavic A319 - diameter 604.5

I popped it all in and the output was left length 292.8 right length 291.3

Does that look right?

Cheers
Tim

I've got a mate who said he'd be up for giving it a try too. Are we gonna have enough mallets?

I'll try and make it. Where and what time?

Count me in.

Hey Elvis, I'm running a bit of a bike campaign at Brighton uni. I've got tool kits to be put in all the halls of residence and as part of promotion I was thinking about running bike maintenance courses at each set of halls using the tools there. Might you be able to run that? It's just an idea and wouldn't be in any rush.

Where do you work cheesecake? I've noticed a fixie or two around Rayments near London Rd.

Was it going to be a nice shout or a nasty shout?