Yemble

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• A crusty build (wanker adjacent fixed gear gravel shopper)

  in Current Projects • 1 day, 23 hours

  

  Rideable! Had a fun time skidding around the paths close to home. Just lights left to rig up.

• A crusty build (wanker adjacent fixed gear gravel shopper)

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• Wheelbuilding / Wheel Building / Wheel build help

  in Mechanics & Fixin' • 2 days, 17 hours

  

  Wow! Complete brain fade, of course it's the rim. I'll make it same as the front then.

• Wheelbuilding / Wheel Building / Wheel build help

  in Mechanics & Fixin' • 2 days, 18 hours

  

  Anyone know the max or suggested spoke tension for a 32h Surly track hub? The little paper doc that came with the hub doesn't say. I got it pretty evenly tensioned at ~100 kgf. Any reason to push it further?

• A crusty build (wanker adjacent fixed gear gravel shopper)

  in Current Projects • 3 days, 18 hours

  

  Building the front wheel so I can get some pads on the caliper and see what kind of rack struts the the brake arm range of motion will allow.

• A crusty build (wanker adjacent fixed gear gravel shopper)

  in Current Projects • 3 days, 18 hours

  

  I wanted to darken it some and had a lightly tinted sealer so rubbed in 2 coats of that. Didn't change the color much! Hopefully somewhat water resistant now though. Feels pretty solid and the nylon washers should keep it snug.

• A crusty build (wanker adjacent fixed gear gravel shopper)

  in Current Projects • 4 days

  

  Finally, all parts in one place. Also made a little light bracket out of walnut. Will do for now at least.

• Dynamo Lights

  in Bikes & Bits • 5 days, 19 hours

  

  Er the silicon peels away from the paint, not peel the paint off. Stupid English. Definitely wouldn't want that! I got some adhesive cable guides as a backup plan.

• Dynamo Lights

  in Bikes & Bits • 6 days, 1 hour

  

  Anyone actually used silicon sealant to attach rear dyno wire to the downtube / chainstay? Seen mention of it but no photos. Tape the wire to the frame at intervals, lay a bead of adhesive along it, remove tape when set. Apparently it'll just peel off the paint clean if you ever needed to remove. I'm going to get a tube and test a spot.

  

• Saffron Frameworks Dream Bike

  in Current Projects • 1 week

  

  I had a pewter CK once and it always look much more like plain ol purple to me. Maybe I got a particularly light anodizing run or maybe it just lightens up in sunlight.