And today I did......

[clubby]

Ok, ok

Love at first ride by steven.clubb, on Flickr

Love at first ride by steven.clubb, on Flickr

 

[tack4]

Re:

sweet ride .

and today i did well actually yesrterday i rescued this





from a skip

 

[gmac123]

all the best with the saffron, looks an absolute beaut!

nice alpinestar estay skip find, will look great after a rebuild and a polish

crack of dawn rise for a spin down towards the boarders today. couple of big climbs have left my legs in pieces, loved it tho

 

[clubby]

Where the hell do you guys find these skips? All I ever see is old sofas and manky mattresses!

 

[gmac123]

don't even bother wi skips down my way... saw two sofa's, a washing machine and half a telly sitting by the road side today. all in the separate places in the middle of nowhere, tis a fecking disgrace

 

[zigzag]

So my Swift half-fat has a nutted axle DMR hub on the fat front wheel. It's a pain in the arse...

Now thanks to eagle eyed Velo, I picked up a nice DMR single-speed rear hub with the all important Quick Release axle. A bit of rubber mallet action tonight, and the Swift now has a QR axle on the front instead. Goodbye spanner, me and my Camelbak will not miss you!

 

[epicyclo]

So my Swift half-fat has a nutted axle DMR hub on the fat front wheel. It's a pain in the arse...

Use wingnuts (butterfly nuts). They're faster and tighter than QRs.

 

[zigzag]

So my Swift half-fat has a nutted axle DMR hub on the fat front wheel. It's a pain in the arse...

Use wingnuts (butterfly nuts). They're faster and tighter than QRs.

Did not even occur to me...

:facepalm:

 

[epicyclo]

I use these on metric threaded hubs. They are beautifully made and you can use them on a fixie without worrying about them moving. You can get them from Practical Cycles.

http://practicalcycles.com/products/241 ... gnuts.aspx

 

[velomaniac]

Re:

Wingnuts seem way pricey and you may only want one pair.
Here are a couple of alternatives but equally pricey but available by the pair. I like the GB ones
http://www.bricklanebikes.co.uk/blb-wing-nuts-m9-front
http://www.pashleycollection.co.uk/product/gb-wingnuts