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• porteur rack to surly pacer

  in Mechanics & Fixin' • 5 days, 6 hours

  

  A slightly longer bolt and one or two Presta valve ring thingies on each side?

• Bike porn

  in Bikes & Bits • 2 weeks

  

  Toolbox, apparently; Google translate says: “A homemade carbon box, made from two half-shells, laminated on hand-carved polystyrene, then assembled by stratification between them. She will receive the GPS tag and various tools.”

  https://www.facebook.com/cyfac/posts/101­57582104611823

• North London Dirt II - Gravel Event.

  in Rides & Races • 1 month, 1 week

  

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• North London Dirt II - Gravel Event.

  in Rides & Races • 1 month, 2 weeks

  

  No caps. I have a “HIPSTER BIKE STICKER” sticker and a “NORTH LONDON DIRT” sticker though. It was a great day for the ride—I walked this bit:

• Brompton owners (was: Brompton rider outed)

  in General • 1 month, 3 weeks

  

  I’m no Brompton expert, but I’ve recently completed 5k London kilometres on mine, including expeditions to the Epping hills and whatnot, and if I was buying again I’d go wide-range three-speed with a slightly bigger than standard chainring—the derailleur is bobbins. And fine-tuning ratios, which is all that gadget is really good for, isn’t worth the bother.

• Hacks / Bodges

  in Bikes & Bits • 1 month, 3 weeks

  

  I cleaned my Brompton a while back and spotted this 16^W15-tooth sprocket; a bit of light filing → bottle opener. It isn’t very comfortable, perhaps I should strategically round off some of the remaining teeth.

  Bike has done ~5,000km, but I reckon the cogs could be a bit more robust.

• Brompton owners (was: Brompton rider outed)

  in General • 2 months

  

  I cleaned my Brompton recently and discovered this. A couple of minutes with a file, and I now have an uncomfortable but serviceable Brompton 15-tooth sprocket bottle opener.

• Black Rainbow Project needs your help!

  in Bikes & Bits • 2 months

  

  My first use of the “ignore” feature; feels good, man.

• Stolen bikes

  in General • 2 months, 1 week

  

  Lots of nicked bikes have recently turned up in Leytonstone: https://twitter.com/MPSLeaBridgeJC/statu­s/1159932425457328128

  Presumably the police’ll be checking frame numbers against crime reports…

• Ways not to lock your bike

  in General • 2 months, 2 weeks

  

  Side by side in the City, for the moment—it’s not actually clear from the photo, but that U lock does not go around the stand.