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Apparently you can grow potatoes in a trench filled with straw and do away with the whole digging bit but leaves them more open to rats getting to them

Awesome thanks that’s really helpful

I bought this photo in a charity shop at the weekend. Anyone know where this place on the hill is?

Anyone interested in a Linn classik music CD player? Going to put it on eBay this week but £150 if anyone wants it. I bought it as it was local and said Linn on it but never really used it. Has it’s own amp as it’s got speaker outputs with plugs I don’t have, hence not using it. Only tested through headphones but appears to all work.

If demand is so high could you charter your own flight and sell seats to pay for it and make some dosh on top?

That’s kind of what I meant. I was more advising not to get involved in taking a bottom bracket apart unless needing to. Unseizing it if frozen with something to just get it moving again or leave it alone.

If you’ve tried fixing stuck bottom brackets I’m sure you would agree it would put anyone off doing anymore and kill a project off pretty quickly if they can’t get any further. If it all comes apart that’s fine but in my experience, they rarely do just come off, even with the right tools.

Only meant spray gt85 in the to free it off if it’s seized up as a cheap quick fix on something he appears to want to keep as a cheap build.

Bottom brackets are the last job you want to just take apart and rebuild if you don’t work on bikes normally. There’s nothing I won’t fix on a bike including welding frames up and stuck seatposts but bottom brackets are the lowest on the list of things I want to tackle as they’re often nothing but trouble.

Out of interest, how would you go about sorting it out?

if you don't do this sort of thing often and the bottom bracket spins without play, then just leave it well alone. spray some gt85 in there if it feels a bit stiff but otherwise don't touch it. it could well be a problem as they can seize and be nightmare to get out, even people who know what they're doing will groan at the thought of fixing one. if it aint broke, etc

it looks easy and cheap to me otherwise.

if you're set on keeping those wheels, you'll likely need long drop callipers, any levers will probably be fine. I would put 27" wheels in there, as it probably had originally just as it fills the frame better.

take the outer ring off if you want to keep the inner one but you will probably have to put a spacer in the chainring bolts. just use 5x M10 washers, you might have to trim an edge to fit. otherwise buy smaller bolts for a single chain ring.

all a single speed kit is is a sprocket with spacers, you may have a sprocket and spacers kicking about already in the form of an old cassette, so try that.

buy a 1/8 chain online for a few quid.

get an old MTB from the dump for spares such as riser bars, pedals, etc.

should be fine, you shouldn't have any trouble. all the above are just suggestions if you want to do it as cheap as possible.

if not just buy a load of bits and get spendy

Price drop! £950

Surely you would just swap the axle for a new one?

What’s stopping it from coming out?

Try these guys. They have a little shop local to me and have a vast supply but do online too. They’re great bought loads from them, including stem bolts.

https://www.namrick.co.uk/

Code locks are well easy to open. Just pull both sides of the chain tight, spin the codes round and push to the left. They will slot in the grooves and lock opens. Literally takes seconds.

Don’t steal bikes etc.

It’s probably the alignment or dish of the wheel. Any way you can shift the hub over to make it reach? May have to fiddle with spacers and adjust the spokes so the rim is centred in the frame.

Using a spacer would be the easy option if possible but you say you tried that

Do you mean by jamming that you press the lever in and nothing happens to change gear or you can’t press the lever in because it has jammed solid?

You can do that to get around planning permission on structures having to be non permanent, by having two side by side.

You could also dig it in to the ground to lower the height if that’s a problem

saw a rather nice Bridgestone keirin type bike in hove today, only just caught a glimpse of it whilst I was driving by. anyone on here?

I’m in a fortunate position to buy a flat but am in the unfortunate first world position of being a bit short on money to pay the fees etc. I have some stuff to cash in, this being one of them.

It’s a full carbon Bianchi c2c 928, 52cm, Campagnolo shamal ultra wheelset with Continental gp force/attack tyres, Campagnolo chorus carbon cranks and levers, carbon bars, stem, seatpost etc. I’ve got all the manuals for the parts and bike, it’s in pristine condition, could almost pass as new. I barely use it as it’s too small for me really, plus I need to release the dosh.

£1250, in Brighton which is about 50min train ride from Victoria on a good day.

Got this Dolan Pre Cursa for sale, 56cm, H plus son rear wheel, blb hub, halo front, San Marco saddle, Campagnolo crankset, basic front brake fitted, good condition no dents, some small marks, collection in Brighton can bring to the station if needed. £265

Looking good, how about corrugated plastic or that polycarbonate sheeting? Maybe even wrap the whole thing in poly tunnel sheeting?

Got this Dolan Pre Cursa for sale, 56cm, H plus son rear wheel, halo front, San Marco saddle, Campagnolo crankset, front brake fitted, good condition no dents, some small marks, collection in Brighton can bring to the station if needed. £265

Also this Rychtarski lopro, Columbus slx tubing, has a Campagnolo record headset, Cinelli stem, Profile pursuit bars wrapped in cloth tape, Syntace levers, San Marco concor supercorsa saddle, aerospoke track wheel, I think a Mavic cp 650c rim of some kind on Ultegra hub with bladed spokes, a fairly bland sturmey archer crankset. Frame is lovely and has no dents but plenty of scratches and chips. I would be up for splitting potentially.

Any ideas on price? The frame is hella rare.

I’m in a fortunate position to buy a flat but am in the unfortunate first world position of being a bit short on money to pay the fees etc. I have some stuff to cash in but am unsure of the value of this as it’s had some upgrades.

It’s a full carbon Bianchi c2c 928, 52cm, Campagnolo shamal ultra wheelset with Continental gp force/attack tyres, Campagnolo chorus carbon cranks and levers, carbon bars, stem, seatpost etc. I’ve got all the manuals for the parts and bike, it’s in pristine condition, could almost pass as new. I barely use it as it’s too small for me really.

Any ideas on price? Finding it a little tricky as there’s nothing to directly compare it to.

Get in contact if you’re interested to buy, as I need to sell.

Got a Dolan Pre Cursa for sale if anyone’s interested, good condition all working , 56cm £250 can meet about the place if needed

A decent degreaser in an Ice cream tub with a tooth brush is all you need for stuff like that.

There’s nothing wrong with that bike it’s just dirty. Get wire wool on the corrosion, pump the tyres up, some soap and water it will look miles better in about ten mins.

Unless you’re magnificently lazy you wont need to pay someone to do it.

Then look at it objectively. The chain is rustyish but this won’t make it unusable, wire brush from 99p shop, wash the grot off, dry and lubricate it, it will be fine.

The only thing that could be a problem is the rusty rims. Wire bush on that as best as you can and it will probably be ok. Otherwise swap out for a secondhand set of 700c wheels of your choosing.

This sort of thing only gets expensive when you try modernising it. It’s not a modern bike though so just keep it as is.

I’ve refurbished loads of bikes like this, seriously, it looks bad as it’s got flat tyres and dirt on it. Underneath all that it’s likely fine. Unless you put it away broken it needs some oil on the chain and check over the brakes and you’ll be good.