Favourite temporary bodge that became permanent

[02GF74]

^^^^ that reminds me, had a pair of spd pedals that had worn to sleeved them with code tin; would go for a couple of months befreo needed redoing.

using a 5 dime coin between the set screw in rear shifter on turbo trainer bike as donlt have gear cable and the gear is just about right.

have used blocks of wood or twigs to set position of front mech when the cable goes but not a permanent fix.

 

[RedBike]

I brought an old bike off ebay and they had used a hose pipe in the tyre instead of an inner tube.

 

[Twenty Inch]

I once ground .2mm off the diameter of a seatpost to make it fit a frame. The post is alloy, the frame is steel - it's now a permanent bodge.

 

[palinurus]

I brought an old bike off ebay and they had used a hose pipe in the tyre instead of an inner tube.

That is brilliant.

 

[Mr Pig]

have used blocks of wood or twigs to set position of front mech when the cable goes but not a permanent fix.

That's a good tip!

Cable ties are great, I always carry them.

 

[joebe]

When fitting new bar tape I once fitted non-matching bar plugs!!!!!!!

I like to live on the edge don't you know.

 

[TheDoctor]

I broke one of the bar plugs while fitting it, so I whittled down a cork.
It looked stupid.

 

[spandex]

Mickle help Im going maddddddddddddd HELP

 

[xroads]

A chainring bolt sheared off on my fixed gear hack bike, whilst trying to isolate an annoying creak. Didn't have a a spare chainring bolt, so improvised with a cheesehead bolt, washer and nut.
The other chainring bolts were all doubles. It needed single chainring bolts really, but couldnt justify spending money on it. So padded them all out with a washer!

It's still there even though I got a replacement spare. It complements the hack bike image. Chainring hasn't budged and bike still not nicked.

 

[Amanda P]

Toilet ball valve was dripping. On taking it apart, discovered that this was because it was all scaled up. De-scaled it, but discovered that the cardboard gasket washer that sealed the joint had disintegrated. Sunday afternoon, no plumbers' merchants open.

Replaced it with a gasket cut from truck inner tube. Been there seven years now, no drips.

Oh, sorry, was this just meant to be bike bodges?

 

[Rhythm Thief]

My 2CV's ignition barrel packed up once. So I wired in a flick switch and push button start using bits of an old shower unit. Lasted for years.

 

[mickle]

Mickle help Im going maddddddddddddd HELP

I know! I know! They know not what they do. Spandex! [slap] Step away from the thread. [slap] Drop the mouse. [slap]I SAID DROP THE MOUSE!!! Ok good, step away from the keyboard. [slap]Take a deep breath. [slap slap slappety slap slap] [slap!]


[slaap]



[Runs away before Spandex can slap m......... Ow! Jeeebus! Not with a fecking spanner!]

 

[tdr1nka]

I was 21 and suddenly unemployed with only £60 in savings to my name.
Knowing I soon wouldn't be able to afford all the fares for the travelling I was doing I bought a tatty, secondhand racer for £50 to serve as transport until I was back in the money..............

Almost 20 years later I am still cycling('cos I bloody love it)and still saving the money I'd otherwise spend on fares!

 

[gbb]

If Mickles feeling squeemish now, wait till he's read this one

One of the Polish workers came to the workshop a couple of years ago..forlornly holding his non drive crank in his hand from his cheapo MTB...with a section of taper axle broken off inside it
Please..please...can you do something ( hands clasped together praying style)

Yes...but only to get you home....

Extracted the broken piece of axle, carefully ground a chamfer into both mating faces and welded the two bits together....and VERY carefully ground the now welded taper back down to a good surface..

It all went well...and i said to him
'DO NOT stand on the pedals'
'DO NOT push too hard, just take it steady to get you home'
'DO get a new bike, or take it to the shop and get them to replace the BB AS SOON AS YOU CAN
'IT IS NOT a permanent fix'


Its still around now...still not been fixed...wan*er...christ, i think i'm a tightwad

 

[Mr Pig]

My first car was a MkII Astra and I couldn't afford an alarm for it. I wired a red LED to resistor, switch and battery and fitted it into a fag packet painted black. I stuck it under the dash so that all you could see was the flashing LED :0)