What Have You Fettled Today?

[derrick]

Built this up today.

 

[Gunk]

Just trying to buy a BMX at the moment, my lad wants one, should be a giggle

 

[derrick]

Just trying to buy a BMX at the moment, my lad wants one, should be a giggle

There are some good deals on Ebay or Facebook market place, Go for a good one, well worth it as they ride so much better than a starter bike, My Eastern rides the best but my We the people aint far behind, Do your homework and you could end up with something nice for not a lot of money.

 

[FrankCrank]

Built this up today. View attachment 552664

Very clean and smart. One thing that struck me was brakes, or lack of. Presuming you'll be adding V-brakes, and noticed the rear bosses are mounted inside the rear triangle, rather than outside, if that makes sense? Only time I've seen something like this is on recumbents, where the brake arms could foul on the chain, so are placed on the opposite side of the frame. I know next to nothing about BMX's, so maybe this is all quite normal - just curious. I'm from the Raleigh Chopper era, so missed out on having a blast over the park on something like this

 

[Vantage]

Removed the mudguards, lights, extra bottle cage and steering damper all in an attempt to see how light less heavy I could make the Wayfarer.
Still just under 14kg. Feckin heavy lump!
But it has the "gravel bike" look down to a T.

 

[derrick]

Very clean and smart. One thing that struck me was brakes, or lack of. Presuming you'll be adding V-brakes, and noticed the rear bosses are mounted inside the rear triangle, rather than outside, if that makes sense? Only time I've seen something like this is on recumbents, where the brake arms could foul on the chain, so are placed on the opposite side of the frame. I know next to nothing about BMX's, so maybe this is all quite normal - just curious. I'm from the Raleigh Chopper era, so missed out on having a blast over the park on something like this

The rear brake will go on, Just waiting for the paint to harden properly. although one or no brakes is quite normal for a bmx, they use a U brake on them rather than v brakes, so brake is inside frame and out of the way.
PS, your never to old to ride bmx.

 

[Gravity Aided]

Still removing paint from the found Raleigh Competition frame. Ready to return to the heat gun for the last stubborn bits of it. Much lighter, with the removal of 5 colors in several coats. I can now see detail on the lugs, etc.

 

[DCBassman]

Diesel electric passenger trains are called DEMU's, Voyager is a prime example ..19ltr Cummins Diesel engine, driving alternator, which drives DC traction motor ...in the carriage.... which drives the traction bogie gearbox via a shaft .... less than simple !!!
But super efficient ... at 125mph on a 4 car unit only 1 or 2 engines will actually be above idle speed..

Super-efficient, maybe. Bloody horrible things to travel on, noisy and uncomfortable. Efficiency aside, a vast step down from Class 43s.

 

[cyberknight]

Had to take mudguard off commuter as the crud mk 3 sticky pad came off the frame at work so rode home with it sticking out of the pannier , i think i might have some spare pads in the bitsa box

 

[Ming the Merciless]

My GPS batteries. On a recent 400km audax I had to abandon after three sets of AA rechargeable discharged early. I’ve now bought a smart charger, arrived today, that charges independently and can do lithium ion, lipo and Nimh etc. It had an lcd display showing each battery voltage. Seems the cheap charger I had had charged one battery of each pair but the voltage of the other battery was only 1.2v not 1.5v. So as a pair they drop below min voltage for GPS much earlier than they should. GPS turns off. Now recharging all the AAs I have.

 

[Gunk]

There are some good deals on Ebay or Facebook market place, Go for a good one, well worth it as they ride so much better than a starter bike, My Eastern rides the best but my We the people aint far behind, Do your homework and you could end up with something nice for not a lot of money.

We're now the proud owner of one! A Mafiabikes Kush 2, needs a good clean but not bad for £65

 

[derrick]

We're now the proud owner of one! A Mafiabikes Kush 2, needs a good clean but not bad for £65

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About time we had a few more bmx ers on here, nice one.

 

[DCLane]

More work, including a 'fail' on the NeilPryde:

• The front derailleur cable was completely stuck, even after soaking. So, rather than snap the frame hanger the front mech's been removed, I then tried to undo the cable bolt and failed even with massive force, so I have fitted a replacement Ultegra one.
• Aero seatpost out, carbon greased as there wasn't any and back in.
• Swapped the damaged saddle for a Bontrager Paradigm in my size.
• Then tried to fit the BB30-24mm adaptor and a Shimano Ultegra crankset. The crankset's way too wide as it's just a basic pop-in spacer. Failed, cracked the cheap plastic spacer. Ordered another proper one on 'next day' delivery.

Once the replacement spacers are in and the crankset it'll be new cables, better brake pads and a chain ready for a test-ride on Sunday. Hopefully. If the spacer's arrive tomorrow.

Also cleaned my son's BeOne and adjusted/tightened the bars after they moved yesterday in the middle of a sprint at training We share that joy; my turn to clean this week.

 

[Gunk]

There’s a place in heaven for you @DCLane

 

[DCLane]

There’s a place in heaven for you @DCLane

As long as he wins tomorrow morning's hillclimb he'll be forgiven. The NeilPryde urgency is because of the Zwift Racing League - he's supposed to be taking part.