ricky2slicky

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• Retro mountain bike

  in Bikes & Bits • 3 days, 18 hours

  

  Late to this but how do you find the drum? I have a Sachs drum brake on my Rocky Mountain. It was fitted with the entire front end from a Steve Bauer mountain bike as a bit of fun and because it looked cool but I'm not sure on whether I like the vague feeling that i get from it and whether this is something that is inherent with a drum brake or whether its just that mine is poorly setup.

• Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 4 days, 15 hours

  

  This is awesome. What are you thinking for the wheels? It definitely needs something wider/more offset.

• A Bike for Suzie

  in Current Projects • 4 days, 20 hours

  

  Great project and a lovely story. I can only imagine how it's going to feel to see someone so close to you riding one of your frames. Awesome stuff.

• Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 week, 5 days

  

  Yeah I can imagine. Need to figure out the eventual route I want to take with mine anyway but I'll need to be in the same country as it first.

• Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 week, 6 days

  

  Mine still has them but they've never worked since we got the car. Trying to decide whether they'd sound good enough to make it worth replacing them.

• Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 week, 6 days

  

  Absolutely lovely. Whats the spec?

• Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 week, 6 days

  

  Love your car Jambon. Ideally, I'd like to make mine as clean with very similar mods.
  As an aside, does/did yours have the headrest speakers and if so do they still work?

• What time is it? Watches and horology

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 3 weeks, 2 days

  

  I can picture Ejay cackling with delight, sat at his computer, agonizing over a hilarious response.

• Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 3 weeks, 5 days

  

  I guess when you base your car on another of the prettiest small roadsters it's hard to get it wrong.

  Alfa Spiders are lovely. Shame that they didn't go with that style when working with Mazda on the new 124.

• Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 3 weeks, 5 days

  

  MX5 maybe the 'boring choice' because they are the most common but they are common because they are great. Incredibly good fun, simple and look great. I've driven TF's and didn't like the driving position. Didn't feel nearly as comfortable to drive quickly but that maybe because I've spent so much time in Mxs. If I could only have one 'real world' sportscar for the rest of my life, it would probably be an MX.

  Mk3 MR2's have a good rep for handling but I'd argue that they aren't as pretty as a Mk1 MX and with them being mid engined, I'd guess (it is completely without any practical knowledge) that they are bit more of a pain to work on.