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Jul 18, 2016 14:02:18 GMT
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locked my reynolds releigh outside the police station on saturday and have since lost the keys!!
Disaster!!! going to need to cut through my expensive lock now right outside the police station.
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melle
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It'll come out in the wash.
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Jul 18, 2016 16:21:34 GMT
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I'd rather ask them to do it for you if you can prove it's yours.
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awoo
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Jul 18, 2016 16:44:55 GMT
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or pick the lock, in case you find the keys.
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Jul 18, 2016 20:32:05 GMT
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lovely evening for a spot of lock cutting. worryingly, police didn't even approach me.
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mad
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Jul 26, 2016 16:09:25 GMT
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My latest bike, built from all new parts except the carbon forks which were an ebay special at £17
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awoo
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Apr 19, 2017 17:38:19 GMT
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this isn't really a single speed but the same sort of vibe. I had this frame kicking about for a while, it was pretty rough and still isn't great but a bit better than it was. built it up with suitable bits I had kicking about over the weekend. this was what I had to play with, quite rare with original paint and decals so tried to keep this as best as possible
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Two builds finished from a few weeks ago. My personal bike. Decided to single speed it in the end. And a bike made for a customer.
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i can do you a conversion if youre anywhere near brighton. i personally havnt had any issues with chainlines but then my approach is different to the one above. i tend to use the original wheels rather than use new ones or cassette freewheel hubs. with older wheels you just need to get the cassette off - screw on a bmx freewheel, essentially flip the axe spacers over to the other side and re-dish the wheel. take off all the gear parts and other useless curse word too. alternatively if you just want to try it out, take the derailleur off and cut the chain down. then you can experiment with gear ratios and it wont cost any thing. shouldnt take longer than 20mins either I've just picked up an old GT Chucker minus a rear wheel and gear components to turn into a single speed, but have no knowledge of dismantling/playing with wheels. In fact I've bolloxed the front one losing most of the bearings while trying to regrease them. Being 26" wheel, I can't seem to find a cheap single speed rear wheel but plenty of cassette ones, besides it looking a bodge, will just putting a chain on after getting the chain line right work ok or any other pitfalls? It's only really to blat around the woods on.
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awoo
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i can do you a conversion if youre anywhere near brighton. i personally havnt had any issues with chainlines but then my approach is different to the one above. i tend to use the original wheels rather than use new ones or cassette freewheel hubs. with older wheels you just need to get the cassette off - screw on a bmx freewheel, essentially flip the axe spacers over to the other side and re-dish the wheel. take off all the gear parts and other useless curse word too. alternatively if you just want to try it out, take the derailleur off and cut the chain down. then you can experiment with gear ratios and it wont cost any thing. shouldnt take longer than 20mins either I've just picked up an old GT Chucker minus a rear wheel and gear components to turn into a single speed, but have no knowledge of dismantling/playing with wheels. In fact I've bolloxed the front one losing most of the bearings while trying to regrease them. Being 26" wheel, I can't seem to find a cheap single speed rear wheel but plenty of cassette ones, besides it looking a bodge, will just putting a chain on after getting the chain line right work ok or any other pitfalls? It's only really to blat around the woods on. if you want a budget and easy single speed, you can use a normal cassette, shorten your chain and run it on the desired gear. take everything else gear related off the bike and away you go. only thing to keep in mind is your rear dropouts, ideally you need them to compensate for any slack in the chain. mountain bikes don't usually allow any sort of adjustment. if thats the case you need to use a gear ratio which will give you the right chain tension. or try half links or a tensioner
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I've just picked up an old GT Chucker minus a rear wheel and gear components to turn into a single speed, but have no knowledge of dismantling/playing with wheels. In fact I've bolloxed the front one losing most of the bearings while trying to regrease them. Being 26" wheel, I can't seem to find a cheap single speed rear wheel but plenty of cassette ones, besides it looking a bodge, will just putting a chain on after getting the chain line right work ok or any other pitfalls? It's only really to blat around the woods on. if you want a budget and easy single speed, you can use a normal cassette, shorten your chain and run it on the desired gear. take everything else gear related off the bike and away you go. only thing to keep in mind is your rear dropouts, ideally you need them to compensate for any slack in the chain. mountain bikes don't usually allow any sort of adjustment. if thats the case you need to use a gear ratio which will give you the right chain tension. or try half links or a tensioner Cheers bud, sounds like a plan. Just been reading about dropouts and chain tension, so once I find a disc rear wheel (hopefully single but probably not) I'll sort one out.
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awoo
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Thanks for that link, I'll bookmark that, just need to find ideally a disc rear wheel now and then can buy that kit. If anyone has one (assume it doesn't matter about the hears since they're coming off) let me know. I know it's not retro but you guys are a wealth of knowledge. To be fair, I don't know how old it is. All gear stuff stripped off and in the bin, was useless anyway.
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melle
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Just ride it fixed and you won't need brakes.
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www.saabv4.com'70 Saab 96 V4 "The Devil's Own V4" '77 Saab 95 V4 van conversion project '88 Saab 900i 8V
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