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I enjoy, but aren’t much good at making things from wood. The wood tends to be quite rough; often old pallets complete with nails and the fragmented remains there of. The blades in my planer/thicknesser take a bit of a battering therefore. Taking them out to sharpen and remove the nicks is a...

It was I think a victim of the ice induced crash I had back in January. I went over the bike eventually and found this: Please excuse the mess and DVD collection. I don’t think I will ever take up ‘Streaming’ or whatever! Anyway, it is the tiny washer that is missing from the pivot of the...

I’m in need of one! I went mountain biking yesterday. It was an eventful ride. I had some issues, all of them cantilever related. I remember them being quite good back in the day. They could bring me and my bike to a skidding halt with minimum input. I would adjust them and they worked...

My son is graduating from Nottingham Trent Uni with a 2:1 in Pure Maths this summer. He has decided to stay in his accommodation for as long as the contract allows as he is very much enjoying playing cricket for a local village side. He wants to visit some outlying villages further away than he...

Hi All. I very rarely build from scratch so I forget things. My son has requested a bike to get him to some outlying Nottingham villages so as cheap as possible whilst functioning is the key. It might well be stolen. I have an old Dawes Edge frame with damaged BB threads that fits the bill...

I can’t seem to get all of it back in the tyre! I’m replacing the tyre on the fixed bike on the rollers. The cheap one that was on there has developed some alarming looking gaps and splits. 700x23 is the very widest tyre that will fit on there and I have found an old but unused Vittoria...

I had a look around but couldn’t find an existing thread. Purchased a DX rear mech from @DuoTech and the transaction went very smoothly. I was sent a tracking reference but the kit arrived before I could use it. Recommended.

Hi All. As usual I have left this too late for this year’s holiday to Scotland, but I am thinking of future events! Does anyone have a pickup and a bike rack to take at least two bikes? My Isuzu has a Mountain Roll (flat) cover to the cargo area. I want something that fits on top of that...

Sorting through a random bag of junk that I took with me to the Repair Café we did yesterday. One bike by the way. 12” wheels! I was at least able to adjust the young gentleman’s brakes so they would at least retard his progress slightly. They really didn’t seem to have been designed and...

Probably around 1995 I’m sure you’ll say. I take it the shaped bit goes into the dropouts?

I really didn’t know where to post this so have gone for here! I have been volunteered to take part in a repair workshop. I am anticipating a lot of cheap mountain bikes and the like. I want to buy some cable inners; gear and road/mtb brake. I don’t want (or need) true bulk purchase but...

My last few rides have all been a bit messed up by the rear gears changing by themselves. The bike didn't do this prior to being put away for a time during the cold weather we had for a while. The gears were left small/small during this time. To me, the shifter feels quite easy (too easy) to...

Hello everyone. I'm supposed to be on holiday in Sardinia right now. Instead, I find myself with a shoe/pedal/cleats issue. My long serving shoes have quit on me following a proper soaking that might also have seen off my G armin. Languishing in the wardrobe I found the very first pair of...

I think the answer is yes. 6mm too small and 8mm is too large. Of course, none of my sets have 7mm. I wonder how I did it before? Does anyone know if 3/8 will be close enough?

I have a recently acquired set of 531 forks to replace the crash damaged ones on my Graham Weigh. I cannot get the cup to fit over the race on the forks at the bottom of the steerer. Are there two sizes? Or, maybe did the headset get knocked slightly oval in the crash? Thanks.

I need some forks. Here is a picture of the old ones. The steerer is very nearly 200mm and is standard 1" There is a single eye on each dropout. I am after something as close to these as possible. Material 531 if poss. My brake caliper is fairly short so these need to be 700c. What is out...

In an unaccustomed bout of inspiration and welds that actually held together, I have made a little work stand! It holds the back wheel off the ground for gear adjustments etc and is more convenient than my full sized stand for bike washing. I'm quite impressed! The orange is a strip of road...

I don't know what to get. I'm well out of touch with modern stuff. The twins have out grown their Specialized Hotrocks. These are the 24" wheel version dual suspension versions. The female have of the twins is growing like a weed. She's only 11 and is already 5'4" I want bikes that will...

It started off at the side of the road for the scrap metal men to collect. I only wanted it for the small wheels so I can try to weld a trailer together. However, I recognised the Moulton name and really liked the funky 70s orange paint. The trouble was a lot of the bike was very rusty with...

A warm welcome from Grumpy Commuter and Myself! Do you want to try road riding? A bit frightened by the Aftermath threads sounding more like an episode of Casualty? This is for you. A nice easy amble through the quiet (mostly!) roads of Staffordshire and Shropshire. The pace will be...