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Oooh, some front wheel bearings for my Phil Wood hub and a BMX freewheel remover for my rear Wood hub, to get the WI freewheel off , so I can build new wheels with the hubs, although still no spokes to do the building aarrrgghh
Leatt 3df body tee armour today. Slightly baggy around my shoulders and slightly long in length but by far the best fitting body armour iv found yet. Also a few days ago my new bike
Spokes.
Which means I can start my wheel build.
Which means I can start my bike build.
waiting for some new coated bass strings and a new rebound piston for my lyriks.
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Waiting for the customs payment notice for my Zpacks tent which allegedly is at the Post Office next door but one.
1971 Le Mans programme, hens teeth like quality and helping with my obsession of the early 70s Porsche 917 cars.
These came today (not the scatter cushions, had those for a while)
Arch Ex on Superstar Switch Ultras...delivered for £169. Rather pleased with that.
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My warranty return superstar Tactic rear wheel, not sure if it's a replacement or fixed yet, but looking forward to having a light-ish rear wheel again.
Today I got:
a pair of Jeans - Wrangler Ace (the 32x32 were £70 the 31x32 were £25!)
and a tea pot!
on Monday I got a Kona Fire Moontain and tomorrow I hope to get an LED floodlight!
and here's another ! for good luck!
Clement cascade pdx clincher cross tyres as it's starting to get muddy now...
A stool for lazy bike fettling
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And a Park PB1 work table
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And a full set of seals for my Kitchenaid espresso machine.
So i'm currently sat on the stool with the espresso machine reduced to a pile of components on the PB1.
Woah! Hang on, a 11-42 10 speed cassette 😯 I missed that, when did that happen? Where did you get that from, more info fr0sty125 ?
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Wearing it now..
Emailed Harold to see if he could build me one on Sunday, Paypalled him on Monday and it arrived today. So 4 days to build and ship from Hong Kong - can't really ask for better service than that! Oh, and he included a second strap as an extra.
Based on an Orient Flight which I've wanted for ages but haven't bought because I really struggle to tell the time at a glance on the "normal" Flight dial for some reason.
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3kg of Happy Donkey Arabica. 🙂
Cassette & Chain ....................
......& some Karen Millen shoes, for the wife, she uses my ebay account......Honest...
IvanDobksi - looks cool. Where/how much? 🙂
Cheers Grum, I'm really pleased with it.
It was $315USD so £207 including insured shipping etc.
The "where" is a bit more complicated but basically it's a Yobokies (seikoboy backwards) modified Orient Flight. You decide what mods you want on a Seiko or Orient watch using his photobucket account or various watch forums for inspiration then drop him an email. There's no shop or anything, just a gmail and PayPal
He says yes or no and gives a price, you give somebody you've never met on the other side of the world and who's using a pseudonym a couple of hundred quid and hope for the best - can't recommend him highly enough though!
This is what the original dial looks like so totally different look to it.
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#ForJenn
DT swiss skewer £27 😥 and bottom headset bearing... third replacement in a year 😥 😥
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Woah! Hang on, a 11-42 10 speed cassette I missed that, when did that happen? Where did you get that from, more info fr0sty125 ?
Sunrace MS3 11-42 steel cog alu body 448g £50
Sunrace MX3 11-42 steel and alu cogs alu body 387g £60
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100% goggles today. Think I must be a proper Enduroist now...
Not particularly exciting, but it means I can get on with finishing the build on my 1980 road bike with its lovely Vitus 172 steel frame.
19mm seat post bolt.
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WI freewheel bearing, spokes from Germany at last !! and 2 rolls of Gorilla tape for tubeless rims. All sorted for Stooge completion tonight, when I have built the wheels that is.
A 31.6mm seatpost and a 142x12 hub adapter for when my new frame turns up. Where's my stuff?!
this, guess what it's for.
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A pair of 26' Panaracer FireXC Pro 2.1,£35.99 including delivery.
A reverb seat post, the last component I need for my build. Now deliver the frame, parcel force, you useless ****s!
All my 1x11 kit.
New brake levers, one shifter, rear mech, cassette, chain n ring
that's Saturday sorted then 🙂
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The postman has delivered my silly ebay purchase!
Some respro reflective ankle bands and 3m spoke reflectors.
Except now it's going to rain for 2 weeks solid.
Mavic 15-9mm Axle Reducer Kit so I can use a set of CrossOne's in my Croix de Fer as part of a 29er / CX / Road Disc bike wheel reshuffle...
A Reverb and some tape for my fatbike, woo!
Meant to be a new set of SID forks from CRC but somehow Paypal managed to pass them my address without a house number so it's been sent back by Parcel Force... GRRR!
Solar panel, controller, mounting brackets. Thats my weekend sorted again!
Asec garage door bolts
Rival 10 speed shifters & X9 type 2 mech.
Roll on the gnarmac
Exposure Joystick MK10
64GB micro SD card
3 Pairs of trousers for 4-5 year old's (our son is two, why oh why do grandparents do that?)
A cheque to pay for National Trust membership for me and the family (early X-Mas gift)
3 Pairs of trousers for 4-5 year old's
how do you choose who gets to wear them?
Nothing yet which is worrying as he is normally here for 9am , but been texted that my Crossmax wheels are en route
This
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and this
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Because I never ever remember which drawers have which tools in my tool cabinet.
I will no put labels on everything.
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I did, I even labeled my wife's breakfast plate this morning in case she didn't know what she was having, the label read 'Toast'.
She left a label for me that read 'SAD BASTARD', I was outraged as she hadn't taken advantage of the upper/lower case feature.
Hopefully the forks and wheelset for my dads crimbo pressie and there'll also be a 24kg kettlebell and wrist protectors en route, not sure how to sneak that one past the wife though....
Some winter tights...look ok for £40.
Not quite as exciting as the jacket I am very tempted to order...
New SID XX World Cup forks... 🙂
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Another load of protein supplement. The happy joy of post; yesterday I got a notice to complete a tax return.
650b Pikes 160/130 travel thanks to Bird MTBs weekend sale
A used fire extinguisher for Tubeless Tyre inflator project Mk2 ( stubborn Fat Bike tyre Inflator)
he didnt bring me anything today, but while i was away ion London yesterday, he kindly brought my valve core removal tool...now all he has to do is drop off my bottle of Stan's sealant!!
Not a SNZH57K...
29th October it was picked up.
Got a
1. makita 240v 5" and 9" grinder's
2. a pack of pact coffee
3. some 188mm orange coloured BMX spokes than I have to cut down and re-thread to 166mm for the (ultimate uncle present) 1953 sunbeam winky trike I'm restoring and upgrading for my nephews first bike. Pics once finished.
4. Thomson stem for my ogre in 70mm
5. A large stack of H plus son rims that I'm gonna be building up this afternoon 14 in total plus a stack of DT Swiss R460 rims 20 of to build up as I'm running out of off the peg wheelset a for customers again.
6. A selection of stainless lugs I've had made at the local foundry with 5 and 6 inch long collets to machine and mitre out for a new arty road frame I'm building
That's it for today
A large stack of H plus son rims
Recently built up a set of Archetypes on Ultegra hubs. Really lovely ride to them. Quite surprised at how much nicer they feel than the OpenPro / 105 wheels they are replacing.
Tub of SRAM fork grease from Amazon, a 661 Comp full face for my 7 year old from the CRC Black Friday sale (Xmas present), a set of 29er 140 Pikes for me from Altricks,
2 pairs ESI grips and some SS cassette spacers from Charlie TBM
XTR 10spd shitter, SLX brakes, SLX mech, XT cassette, caliper mount adapters from b-d.de
wobbly AB chainring, 2 x shiny 8spd KMC Chains, 2 x shiny 10spd KMC chains, 2 x 180mm rotors from CRC
My competition prize from PedalEd/Road.cc. A nice box full of summer road gear. It looks lovely.
Archetypes are lovely rims.
So easy to build with and good VFM local road club riders round now swear by them must of done 150 pairs this year so far can't beat them ordered a set of SL42 rims in 24/28h for myself after build a pair up they came in a lot lighter than I first anticipated will follow with a write up once built and a few miles on them
Today the postie delivered a new rear mech after mine sheared into two pieces at the weekend.
So easy to build with and good VFM local road club riders round now swear by them
Yes, not the lightest build (a fair bit heavier than what they replaced) but really do roll very nicely indeed. Width seems to work very well with 25c tyres too. Also Shimano cup and cone hubs, beautifully smooth, well worth any perceived extra maintenance hassle!
Look good too...
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The postman did bring me the hubs fairly recently so not entirely OT 🙂
Knuckleball Chewy Carbon bars today to pimp my Fatty.
A new battery and rear light from Smudge.
American Classic All Mountain 26 Wheelset. Which I've now found can't be converted to15mm so I have to change my bloody forks now.
A new head tube badge for my Orange P7!
new Floating points album :
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Back stretcher thing that was cheap on Amazon deals :
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Reindeer fur cat wand replacement toy, which is useless as it sheds fur all over the place and the cat has already ripped the front loop from it :
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(thought it might work as he eats a lot of venison)
Vole cat wand replacement toy, which the cat has already destroyed :
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loddrik - you sure? not even with the threaded tubey thing and different bearings?
Nope. Apparently the 20mm hub cannot be converted. Only 15mm to QR and vice versa.
Back can be but front cant. We have both 20mm and 15mm hubbed wheels in the garage, depending on which bike/forks are used but will be moving the 20mm Lyriks on now my new ones have arrived. Great wheels and hubs though.
A really nice chainring from Velosolo and stainless bolts has turned up today. Fitted and happy with it.
Postie brought me rather a lot of these...
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Stans Hugo from that nice man Charlie
my Stan's sealant arrived today minus the measuring cup....not a happy chappy!! 😡
Non of mine have come with the measuring cup. I use the top of a washing liquid bottle which is marked up to 125ml
New wheelset to finish the build! WTB I35's on ProIIs. They've been signed for by the next door neighbors. This evenings task is setting them up tubeless and then onto the gears and brakes.
Yesterday - TranzX dropper post from Zee Germans, £80 delivered!
Today - 4 cheap shit tyres from blackcircles, mine are all shot on my focus, and hope to get rid asap.
Cheap deore brakes from merlin
And hopefully tomorrow some on one floaters 😉
A pair of red 5 10 free riders, canvas free riders, impact lows and shimano am41's! All in the sales, 2 pairs will be going back though. Can't decide which yet!?!
2 Hutchinson Toro's in 2.25 and 2.35 X 27.5" flavour, thanks to the classifieds on here. Big thanks to Mr T for speedy despatch.
The narrower one is destined for the front of my pyga and looking forward to getting out 8)
just bills