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• Motorcycle and Scooter appreciation

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 6 hours, 49 minutes

  

  Totally, I just took umbrage with his “canny change the laws of physics, has to be steel to steel”.

• Motorcycle and Scooter appreciation

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 8 hours, 59 minutes

  

  wouldn't there be a risk of blowing through the brass mesh if brazing?

  Not if you know what you’re doing. Just got to control the heat.

• hole in frame - but can it be saved?

  in Bikes & Bits • 1 day, 5 hours

  

  Yeah I asked him about one that he posted that just didn't seem possible and he said basically, stick your back into it and it'll move enough!

• hole in frame - but can it be saved?

  in Bikes & Bits • 1 day, 6 hours

  

  Geoff Roberts could probably repair this actually.

  He just posted about a frame he repaired and I think the technique he used would work here.

  

  I have no idea how he manages to squeeze the new tube sleeves in around the bottom bracket but he seem to be able to.

  Also no idea what sort of money he'd charge for this kind of repair.

• hole in frame - but can it be saved?

  in Bikes & Bits • 1 day, 6 hours

  

  Probably because they thought it'd stop water getting in.

  I have a Thorn frame that's all sealed up tubes including blind water bottle bosses and it was full of water/rusted from the inside out.

• hole in frame - but can it be saved?

  in Bikes & Bits • 2 days, 2 hours

  

  I’d back that up. It’s been my experience that if a frame has gone in one place it’ll be pretty knackered in other places too.

  It’s also going to be a pretty difficult spot to get at to clean the rust out of so will be difficult to get a good braze/weld into.

  It could be bodged but it will be just that and neither as strong or as attractive as it could be made.

• Campagnolo Chorus 8sp Front Derailleur Alignment

  in Mechanics & Fixin' • 2 days, 11 hours

  

  Just a ‘90s frame made for bigger chainrings innit?

• Motorcycle and Scooter appreciation

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 3 days, 2 hours

  

  No way to join steel and brass?

  What part of the world is this guy from that they haven't heard of brazing?

• eBay problems, resolutions, shenanigans, questions and info (not bike finds)

  in Classifieds • 3 days, 15 hours

  

  Top level trolling!

• eBay problems, resolutions, shenanigans, questions and info (not bike finds)

  in Classifieds • 4 days, 2 hours

  

  I once bought a shimano mtb chainset off ebay (still using it actually), it came rather crudely packaged in cardboard that had originally been a box for cans of dog food and it stank of cheap dog food and shite. I was surprised they'd taken it at the post office it was that bad.

  Coming at it from the other end though, another chainset bought from ebay, before I'd even fitted it I decided to use something else so relisted it. Put up lots of photos, explained that I'd bought it, not used it etc. Anyway, I got neg feedback because the chainrings were not cleaned to the buyer's satisfaction!