Recent content by novocaine

Completely pointless in every way, and therefore, wonderful.

First was an rst 381l. Swapped out for a second hand pair of z5 flylight airs from Harry Halls, bought with student loan for hundred quid when they moved shops. A night and day difference. They got replaced a year later with a set if jnr T from winstanleys. Another student loan purchase. Both...

undo old one's, stick new ones on. they come ready bled. rear hose will most likely be to long, they do come with a ferrule so you can cut the hose down, but if you ask nicely at your local real bike shop they will most likely do it for a reasonable price that's still cheaper than a full brake...

oh and colourway suggests 2018/2019.

New set of Clarks M2 or M4 are 70ish quid, swap the brakes, it will cost you similar to get them serviced if you can't do them yourself. Forks: first see you can turn the white plastic by hand with a pair of pliers. don't go mental, you don't want to chew up the soft plastic. if that frees off...

Caustic soda 90% pure, 1-3 in water (add soda to water, not the other way around). Fumes are hydrogen, don't smoke. 10 minutes should be enough. Rinse in acetic acid (vinegar) to neutrilise the caustic soda. this will also help with sludgy bits in hard to get to cavities. Then flush with...

Forward mounted discs are the next big thing.

Snowdon is built on out of date, irrelevant and often short lived standards. :) If you look close enough, you'll find 650b rims amoung the grass and the fingerpost is held in with 1.5" headset cups.

15 years ago I suspect. was a VW show, staying over night, wanted something to ride around on, so build a chopper out of a kids bike. Somewhere there is a picture of it on the roof on the Golf with a pair of ammo crates that turned into a camp kitchen. I don't do that sort of thing anymore...

Still one ofbmy favorite things to do when in a workshop with a marine design or seaman( snigger) is to call it 4 Castle. Oh and blunt end and pointy end. Left and right they love too. 😁 Yes, a Chap in tweed would certainly fit on it well 😁

Romulan I think from that forecastle, although it also has a hint of Klingon. Yes, very strange indeed and certainly not SF.

Epoxy isn't uv stable so it will also degrade from being in the sun. Thus CF bike really should be ridden at night, or on the trainer only.

maybe we aren't asking the right question. maybe the question is "Should an aluminium frame feel like a steel frame?"

front mud guard at the very least. :)

I bought that book. Wanna guess where it ended up? I suspect its still holding up table leg somewhere.