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teens, meant to reply to you earlier but had a pressing committment to caffiene. number one download the exploded diagram of the 105 brake caliper from the shimano site (which i cant post the link to for some reason, might be cos i'm in italy behind the campagnolo firewall) that sucker has sooo many mini-bearings, races, washers and other funky stuff that it makes the rest of your bike look like a tonka toy - if you got one of those magnetic trays or plastic sheet use it or get a magnet on a stick and keep it handy 'cos if those little bearingsget going you'll be on your knees for days. second, blindingly obvious, is get a bunch of baggies - i'm sure you got a few lying around:) - and keep each little mini section seperate centre piviot bearings, quick release bearings and ratchet system etc... third when you get down to removing the long centre bolt remember that the nut at the rear of the caliper is attatched with a tiny recessed allen key bolt and that no amount of force will remove it without scoring the hell out of the main bolt. last is that when getting armourtech to mask off areas make sre you get them to keep the quick release ratchet area free of paint/plastic as this can be a real fucker to sand down after you get it back , similarly if you are getting the quick release handle/knob done..... anyway gibberish over, these are the lessons that i learned the hard way. blindingly obvious one and all but a bastard if you get them wrong.
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http://www.fixedgeargallery.com/2008...BrianTorio.htm
sorry to bring this guy up again but come on, the aero bottle cages.....?flat pedal triathlete.
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i didnt know people were rich enough to play exquisite corpse with bicycle parts -
i'm just glad they're off in america where the line between rebelliously eccentric chap and overpaid clueless fucknut is warped beyond all belief........
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http://www.fixedgeargallery.com/2008/june/4/BrianTorio.htm
if this is this guys third "track" bike, the cruiser, imagine how much cash he wasted on the other two...........
two "carbon effect" brakes. two aerospokes. nokkon fucking cables!custom(?) respray of a road frame..............
jesus. fcuking. christ.
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@tynan - pretty sure ya got me......... zipped round the circus and through the traffic stream as fast as i could to try and minimise the soul-stealing ..
(plus my riding skills are turning to shit since i got made a controller so the thought of my flailing pedalstrokes being broadcast across the web made throwing myself in front of a truck the preferable option)
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http://www.gumtree.com/london/32/24090132.html
someone's thrown down the gauntlet;
£1,000 with those components! despite the difficulty of carving a seat out of soap, thats got to be one hell of a frame...........
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tynan,we are dealing with mere mortals here not glowing seatpost monospoke technogods. teens' rounded out an allen key bolt and I managed to recover all of my bearings only by vacuuming my floor - if you left us in charge of project 'neon pole' there would be a smoking hole in the floor and two confused looking corpses...