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Hardly a surprise, 40yrs of fatigue has taken it's toll on my London ratbike. A 1970s Falcon.
Fortunately was just dropping off the curb from the bike racks on the way back to Paddington from a meeting in Chelsea Harbour, when..."kapowy"...I'm left holding half the bar in my hand (having taken some nice chunks out of my thumb on the follow-through). Had to abandon ratbike there and hijack a Santander Sofa to get home.
So quick Qu - What diameter bar will this most likely have? I need to take a replacement (& tools) with me back to Chelsea sometime next week, some nice granny bars would be cool, but I guess they need to slide through the stem clamp without too much turning.
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25.4mm Sir.
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these will do then yes, Al?
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Keepin it [s]real[/s] retro.
Should do yeah...free flat cap? 😛
free flat cap
would go with my petticoat.
No wonder they broke so easily, they're a mile wide! Everyone knows that urban bikes need narrow bars. 😀
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Just a thought - take a new brake cable and a run of outer with you. It looks like those Raleigh bars are a fair bit wider and more swept than the broken ones.
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should have taken that D-lock, unlocked it and shoved one end in the broken bar, lodging it in the bend and creating a new bar.
Would have got you home....or to hospital.
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Come in singletrack - you're doing this wrong. The correct answer isn't new bars - Stoner should spend £1k on a Brompton.
Wow that looks a lot like my commuter . A falcon tourist
Come in singletrack - you're doing this wrong. The correct answer isn't new bars - Stoner should spend £1k on a Brompton.
Now you mention it I am selling my two speed Brompton.....
googe point BD, ta. Fortunately I have a coaster brake in the back, so could wing it with the lever inboard.
ptj - I had my Brompton nicked years ago. I lent it's replacement to my colleague, and he got that one nicked. 🙄
Long live the undesirable ratbike. 'tis triggers broom now though. Ive built 2 sets of wheels for it, it's on it's second post (first sheared), new long drop brake calliper (levers original). The cranks are original as well.
It's a lovely frame, laterally stiff while still vertically compliant. Obviously 😉
I've done that, gives one quite the start when it goes. You're left with the right side (in both ways) as you've still got a brake, I'd have ridden it home.
(my advice is often awful)
['tis triggers broom now though.] ironically the triggers broom sketch was itself recycled from a sketch in Open all hours.....
It looks like those Raleigh bars are a fair bit wider and more swept than the broken ones.
They are, by a lot. Here's some I fitted earlier:
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Can easily be hacked down. Have a look at Humpert bars? Think they tend to be fairly sturdy. They also come in steel flavours, ie:
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cheers MR - I will trim them at home if I need to before taking them in.