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[Scott-S]

@Scott-S, you will have to come up and ride with Brian and I one weekend going round the old places. We ride these back roads all the time, and with Brian being in Dingwall, they are local roads.
Plus we know where the best coffee and cake is to be found.

Jamie

Thanks Jamie, Dingwall has lovely old memories for me I still have cousins scattered around that area my uncle Bob ran a bike shop and post office in nearby Contin once upon a time...
I haven't been back home as I call it for nearly 5 years, I say home because my ma (when she was sober) used to say I wasn't built for city life because I wear it like a suit that's too small and choking me...
I spent a lot of time in Invergordon when I was last up and never felt as much peace in my life, I guess the old drunk was right about some things

 

[Jamiedyer]

Well Merry Christmas Macretro clan.
I hope everyone had a lovely Christmas and managed to spend time with family or friends.
We had a very lovely relaxed Christmas with the three of us and the pets.
This year I built Caleb up a new/old bike. He has been growing like a weed the last year and while he still uses his Hardrock for going about I noticed he isn't riding it as much, then noticed he is getting a lot taller. So as recently finally finished putting his Wester Ross road bike together I decided to build him up a Surly Karate Monkey 29'er.
He rides my Pugsley when we go mtb riding as he doesn't have a proper off roader as his Hardrock is set up for touring and he loves all the Surlys about the house so even though the frame for this was second hand I wanted it to be for him and not one of my hand me downs. So I bought a frame a couple of months ago and hid it in the loft and then slowly put the parts aside. Then the week before Christmas I started putting it together.
It's a really nice 2006 Metallic Skid Mark brown.
It's set up 1 x 9 as my Pugsley as he like that, fitted with Mary bars as he loves those on his Hardrock and the back of the tandem, BB7 brakes and some really nice wheels that Brian built up, XT hubs with Kris Holm 40mm 29'er unicycle rims, double walled and holed to which I fitted a night sky rim tape.
Came up really nice and he was shocked to see a bike under the tree, to say he was pleased was an understatement.
Hope everyone has a nice one.

Jamie

Untitled by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr

Untitled by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr

Untitled by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr

Untitled by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr

 

[old_coyote_pedaller]

Merry Christmas to you and your family as well Jamie.
How did you manage to hide the build process from Caleb? I always enjoyed building my wife and my daughters bikes over the years.
The sourcing of the frame and all the parts, then building and at the end another bike.

 

[jimo746]

Went out for an Ill advised ride at Kirkhill Forest on the outskirts of Aberdeen this morning.
I say "ride" but there was more pushing than riding to be honest .
Snow just a bit too deep to ride in, and -7°c didn't help either. I followed some quad bike tracks for a while, but when they disappeared I was screwed.
However, my hands were toasty & warm (even a bit sweaty!) in the bar mitts , used them a few times now, they do look a bit strange, but I can't fault their effectiveness at keeping my digits warm when it's around 0°c or less

Let's all take a moment to think of those poor souls taking on the Strathpuffer 24 this weekend .

 

[Piotr]

Today service hub

 

[ajm]

Today service hub

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Never seen one of those before...

 

[bikeworkshop]

They were very popular on 6 speed road bikes of the 70s
The freewheel has splines while the hub body carries the axle much closer to the drive side dropout - so reduces the risk of axle breakage.
Held in place with a lockring.

Trouble is, it needs the specific freewheel.
Best thing about it?
The remover includes a bottle opener!