MacRetro chat and rides thread

[velomaniac]

Kaiser, I'm only going to commit to one CX race and thats Dundee as its where I did my student days. Others are only a maybe.

Now regards Saturday, if your still up for a ride I'm also up for one. I'm prepared to go as far as the Drum provided its not peeing down as its good motorbiking enroute

 

[kaiser]

I'll get back to ya later in the week, I told wifey it was off.

 

[clockworkgazz]

Think I'm out for a blast Wednesday sorry still can't do sat.

 

[kaiser]

7K+2

 

[clockworkgazz]

7K what you talk about willis?

here is a nice picture of an old clockwork in the snow circa 1993 (notice the shite canti brakes )

 

[zigzag]

Cracking pic, but I'm trying to hang on to summer, so I'm going to imagine this was from a cycling holiday in Ibiza when you happened upon one of those outdoor foamy rave things. Pass the glow stick.

 

[clockworkgazz]

any other old bike pics out there?

 

[clockworkgazz]

How did you get on with your caustic job btw?

 

[zigzag]

How did you get on with your caustic job btw?

No joy so far. Mixed up about half the mixture as per instructions for blocked drains and sat frame upside down in bucket. Filled up the tube until stuff came fizzing out the first bottle holder bolt hole. Left for 24 hours, emptied crud. I think I did this three times, then I mixed up the next batch stronger, got two tube fills out of that - fizzing was definitely more energetic. I'm guessing/hoping the seat tube is a bit thinner on the inside, although who knows by how much. I've got about a 1/4 of the granules left, I'll mix up another batch and continue. Probably end up buying another tub and mixing stronger - definitely not an instant fix, but if I do end up having to pad-saw it out, there will hopefully be less to cut through.

 

[kaiser]

I got the rost off stuff in today to try on my stuck post. I'll keep you posted on how it goes.