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Well, BTT. While I was repairing the hope hub, a few more hubs were kindly donated to me. One of them was this ringle front hub. I bought a short piece of titanium tube to basically make a beefy version of the hope hub (two separate flanges glued to a titanium tube) using the bearings and axle...

Well, it's a bit sad, but I don't think I would be able to sell any of this. Though I would love to. There are many problems, that I would have to solve first. First I would have to get in contact with Marinovative (or AC in case of the quick release) and ask them for permission. If they demand...

About the drop bar build. I don't think the guy ever did a build thread. But he has a album full of photos with that bike in it. Dating back as far as 2010. You can get there by clicking on the picture I posted. (The same ist true for my own pictures. But I wouldn't recomend, because spoiler...

That is was I was trying to explain in post #30. in the last picture there, you can see my power drill attached to the axle that has the chuck (and the drillbit) on the other end. For drilling I would press the button on the power drill and at the same time rotate the cross slide handle to move...

Hm? Drill end? I thought I did that?

Back on the Hope hub. New flange in the making. Result! I used new bearings and seals, this hub is ready to go again. All though not on this build. It is just too cute. It's tiny! :D Meanwhile, I got these absolutely humongous rims in the mail. They were for a fat bike originally, I think...

@JRGSXR Thanks! I think I know what you mean.

I want to be able to turn the part clamped in the lathe by a fixed and repeatable degree. One way would be to print a scale and glue it to the lathe chuck. Then have a needle point to that scale and move the part by hand, somehow fix the chuck in place, then drill. The "fix the chuck in...

At this point I have to give credits to a lovely british guy in his shed. Steve Jordan on Youtube. I love that guy! His shed is so tiny and yet he manages to make such nice things and even film it. If you are interested in tinkering/making/machining you should really check him out. I took...

The first hub that was donated to me was this poor Hope front hub with a broken flange. This would be my first try in recreating a hub body. That was very interesting to me, because not only did I not know anything about making such parts. I also did not have any tools beside the lathe. My...

Yes, I think I wrote that earlyer in this tread. I'll make a pair evntually. But I didn't get my butt up yet, to order the necessary materials, like the titanium rod, I would like to use for the axles and the handle. But. I have a feeling, that time will come soon. On with the story. Well, goin...

I think of the Decelerators as one of the first v-brakes of sorts. I think they learned from these that they could make a brake with that kind of long lever. But its overall construction was too complicated. May well be that Marinovative realized soon, they could get away with a much more...

Right? This is one of the coolest bikes ever. And I don't even like dropbars. :LOL:

Thanks for the support. That's what makes me continue, I guess... :D So, onward with the tail. As I said, I was inspired by the stories of the mountainbike pionieers and motivated by my success in making a quick release. Thought about what part I could make next, given my limited machining...

First, I would have to make a full set for myself tho... :D I haven't yet. Until then, I will use these: A little skim pass on the lathe make the look mighty fine! If only that kind of operation was available for 45 year old faces... ..my wife would maybe stop tellin me that I'm wasting my...

At the time I was reading storys about Cunningham and his bikes. The guy was building his own bikes and parts in his shed, basically. And Potts, and WTB. I was really really inspired. So I made this: That's a seattube fastener - or whatever you call these in britain? Skewer? Quick release? I...

The rest of the RS1 fork also needed some tlc. First, of course, outer appearance. :rolleyes: Second: The air filler valves and new oil. Some nice fellow rb-user messaged me a service manual for the fork. It said to use ATF oil and, most importantly, it had the instructions about the oil...

Some of you may think: But what about the treaded steerer tube? Yes. You are right. I had to swap it. Luckily I had some 1" RST fork laying around. I hacksawed its steerer to length and used it. I had to make a new sleeve for the lower headset cup. The old one broke while hammering out the...

With the brake stop kinda sorted nextup was the steerer situation. The heasdset was absolutely knackerd. Whoever did that clearly had no clue. And apparently not the right tools. As a reminder: Did a bit of thinking back and forth. And as I am not particularly a fan when it comes to threaded...

Yea, it's a love hate relationship. You should be able to appreciate that, right? ;) How many people would be able to get that pun, I wonder...