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here's a video
of what I was trying to describe about re-building it (your thing looks like all "knit stitches" so don't worry about "purl stitches") - but obviously it's going to be a lot more fiddly as the yarn is so thin compared to the video

well, I was pondering a cycling cap with earflaps to keep the wind out, but then again maybe just the regular cap... (my right eardrum gets really sore in a cold breeze...!) how do you measure size? I'm somewhere around the 58-59cm mark depending on where the tape goes... (horizontal, or pulled down at the back where my usual cap reaches down to...)

I think you normally darn when there's an actual hole because the yarn has snapped/worn through/been cut - that looks like the yarn has been broken just at the very end of the cuff & then it's been unravelling up the arm.

I don't know whether you've done any knitting / understand how this is constructed, but basically it's in rows going down the arm from shoulder to cuff, each loop in a row has the loop for the next row coming through it, so they hold each other place.

So the first thing I would do is put in some thread or something to stabilise the loops & stop it running any more. I've attached a photo showing where that would be.

What I've done with my own jumpers (with thicker wool than this) is to use a crotchet hook to re-knit it. This would be - remove the stabilising thread, then use the crotchet hook to pull the yarn from the next row along & recreate the loop that used to be there, putting it onto a needle. Then either stabilise it again further down or just keep going doing that until you get to the cuff. Or you get to a broken thread - then you need to look at darning.

Nb. because it looks like very thin machine-knit wool you'd be looking at very thin crotchet hook/needles & a very fiddly job - but I reckon totally possible with patience & dexterity?

Or you could cut out that whole section & darn it??

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looking forward to seeing pics!

yes please

liking the purple waxed cotton - do you have any more of that fabric?

not even sjs?

I thought I read that vinegar kills mould? I’m gonna say brush, spray with vinegar, leave to soak, rinse, dry, re-wax?

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We’re enjoying We are here’s decaf atm

eight days then a rest day? isn't that the men's tour de france? I'd give yourself a break...

as I remember it, back in the mists of time (2008 or something) they brought in more stringent safety tests for bike frames, and a lot of steel frames started bending the seatstay under artifically heavy braking forces (although aiui there were barely any failures in real-world usage). anyway, the simple solution was to add a little support brace so they would pass the test, so virtually everyone making steel mtbs with discs started adding it...

just reading about the dynamo dropouts - didn’t know that was a thing - they sound (& look) great!

Sounds like an awesome way to travel!

doesn't it just!

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You could try asking https://www.facebook.com/retrodecals

ah I like a good workhorse though, looks like it rides great. slight shame you couldn't get the top of the rack level though, perennial problem with large frames...

omg that decal is amazing

haha, thanks, yes, I think I live just round the corner from you... haven't been riding so much lately because -REASONS- but still in the area... planning to convert the blue Dave to fixed at some point for a change of pace, have picked up a hub but haven't got round to building the wheel yet...

another absolute banger! love the brompton bag mount

@DaveYates you total legend, massive fan of your work!

I have this frame 9928 - originally one of a pair? this one had bigger tyre/mudguard clearance & the other had really tight clearances. Always been curious - the previous owner said the tubing was a real mix of different tubes but couldn't remember the details. The seat-tube has a Columbus PRX sticker but maybe there's a Reynolds tube or two in there? You probably don't have records of that, but thought I'd ask just in case! Anyway, it rides great, has spent most of the last 15yrs being my main commuter around London.

hey @Jingle_Jangle just came across this thread again & wondered what happened with this frame, did you build it up in the end?

hahaha, you should take a leaf out of Grant's book - singlespeed hub, two chainrings & a front derailleur...