# Did you just ShartQ?
**URL:** https://tarck.cc/t/did-you-just-shartq/23
**Category:** Bikes
**Created:** [August 1, 2018, 2:31am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/did-you-just-shartq/23 "2018-08-01T02:31:38Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@iwillbe](https://tarck.cc/u/iwillbe)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2021, 10:12pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/did-you-just-shartq/23/15789 "2021-11-19T22:12:01Z")
you have learned the riddle of steel
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### Author:  [@Blakey](https://tarck.cc/u/Blakey)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2021, 10:12pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/did-you-just-shartq/23/15790 "2021-11-19T22:12:57Z")
> **[Gordon Hill Master Frame Builder - Hillman Cycles](https://www.gordonhillbikeframes.com/)**
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> Gordon Hill Master Frame Builder
> Hillman Cycles Custom Frames, Builds, Repairs
Hillman Cycles were around for a long time in Melbourne, their own made frames were generally good. Shop is gone now.
Apollo is an Oz brand, made in Japan or Taiwan usually, ranged from gas pipe to DB CrMo. Raceline was a sub brand, generally on the better end.
They’re still around
> **[Apollo Bicycles - Welcome to Apollo Bicycles](https://www.apollobikes.com/)**
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> Welcome to Apollo Bicycles. Designing bikes for Australia and the world since 1978.
You can see a wide range of Apollo’s here, the V and VI were the nicest of the classic steel era
[https://www.bicycles.net.au/forums/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=37956](https://www.bicycles.net.au/forums/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=37956)
I believe there was also an unrelated Canadian Apollo bike company?
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### Author:  [@rancid\_burple](https://tarck.cc/u/rancid_burple)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2021, 12:26am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/did-you-just-shartq/23/15791 "2021-11-20T00:26:55Z")
Yeah there’s an Apollo here. Not sure of the history but they’re currently just-above-department-store tier bikes that are distributed by the same company that distributes Everlast welders.
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### Author:  [@anon3547885](https://tarck.cc/u/anon3547885)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2021, 5:29pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/did-you-just-shartq/23/15792 "2021-11-22T17:29:03Z")
SQ I’m mounting some thunderbutts and I’m getting a slow leak around the valve stem. I’ve already tried pushing it in more (it’s as far as it will go), reseating it, etc.
Should I just fill it up with sealant and hope that the leak gets sealed up? Or should I do something else?
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### Author:  [@EndpointBraden](https://tarck.cc/u/EndpointBraden)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2021, 5:31pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/did-you-just-shartq/23/15793 "2021-11-22T17:31:42Z")
I would confirm the tape is good and then just put 1/2 oz in and swish it around the valve area and see what happens before going all in.
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### Author:  [@bward1028](https://tarck.cc/u/bward1028)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2021, 6:06pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/did-you-just-shartq/23/15794 "2021-11-22T18:06:19Z")
Is it worth having my _framebuilder_ ream a 27.0 seat tube out to 27.2 so I can put a dropper on?
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### Author:  [@BicyclePears](https://tarck.cc/u/BicyclePears)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2021, 6:45pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/did-you-just-shartq/23/15795 "2021-11-22T18:45:18Z")
If you tape the beer can shim to the outside of the frame, the 27.2 seatpost will fit.
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### Author:  [@Face](https://tarck.cc/u/Face)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2021, 9:25pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/did-you-just-shartq/23/15796 "2021-11-22T21:25:11Z")
Who’s got the tarck bear head badge file or link to the shapeways store?
I’ve asked this multiple times and keep loosing it before I end up getting one.
Need it to fit a 8/8" head tube.
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### Author:  [@LASER\_BEIGE](https://tarck.cc/u/LASER_BEIGE)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2021, 10:19pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/did-you-just-shartq/23/15797 "2021-11-22T22:19:30Z")
> [@Face](#):
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> Need it to fit a 8/8" head tube.
Same
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### Author:  [@jeffro](https://tarck.cc/u/jeffro)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2021, 10:49pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/did-you-just-shartq/23/15798 "2021-11-22T22:49:06Z")
> [@bward1028](#):
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> Is it worth having my _framebuilder_ ream a 27.0 seat tube out to 27.2 so I can put a dropper on?
Probably. I recently DIY’ed this scenario on my gas pipe Redline. No ragrets.
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### Author:  [@rancid\_burple](https://tarck.cc/u/rancid_burple)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2021, 12:15am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/did-you-just-shartq/23/15799 "2021-11-23T00:15:45Z")
I did this on a friends old Rocky Mountain hardtail. He was very stoked.
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### Author:  [@bward1028](https://tarck.cc/u/bward1028)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2021, 12:45am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/did-you-just-shartq/23/15800 "2021-11-23T00:45:48Z")
_framebuilder_ just posted this, which got me thinking
https://www.instagram.com/p/CWgumKXhCZk/embed
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### Author:  [@adem](https://tarck.cc/u/adem)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2021, 12:57am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/did-you-just-shartq/23/15801 "2021-11-23T00:57:05Z")
oh hey that’s the one for our boy Irving
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### Author:  [@Rusty\_Piton](https://tarck.cc/u/Rusty_Piton)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2021, 1:16am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/did-you-just-shartq/23/15802 "2021-11-23T01:16:55Z")
> [@Face](#):
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> Who’s got the tarck bear head badge file or link to the shapeways store?
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> I’ve asked this multiple times and keep loosing it before I end up getting one.
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> Need it to fit a 8/8" head tube.
I think it was @jimmythefly. I have a cool brass one on my sweet fixie.
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### Author:  [@EndpointBraden](https://tarck.cc/u/EndpointBraden)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2021, 1:33am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/did-you-just-shartq/23/15803 "2021-11-23T01:33:41Z")
Are they on here? I shipped them the frame from Richmond. Former owner has a forest green coffee grinder due for final QC this week.
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### Author:  [@adem](https://tarck.cc/u/adem)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2021, 2:01am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/did-you-just-shartq/23/15804 "2021-11-23T02:01:03Z")
nah, Irving’s not on here. They’re an SF-based rando, perpetrator/instigator of many of the [Boyz on the Hoods](http://www.boyzonthehoods.com/) shenanigans, and the owner of my old Chameleon.
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### Author:  [@jimmythefly](https://tarck.cc/u/jimmythefly)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2021, 2:14am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/did-you-just-shartq/23/15805 "2021-11-23T02:14:49Z")
> [@LASER\_BEIGE](#):
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> Same
@face
It me.
What’s the actual head tube O.D. ? Would be different on aluminum vs. steel. I can measure one of my bikes but want to be sure.
Lemme get to a real computer later tonight, I think the page is hidden without the direct link, and it’s been a while since I logged in.
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### Author:  [@Face](https://tarck.cc/u/Face)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2021, 2:15am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/did-you-just-shartq/23/15806 "2021-11-23T02:15:56Z")
I’ll measure my tubes
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### Author:  [@jeffro](https://tarck.cc/u/jeffro)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2021, 2:19am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/did-you-just-shartq/23/15807 "2021-11-23T02:19:06Z")
> [@bward1028](#):
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> Is it worth having my _framebuilder_ ream a 27.0 seat tube out to 27.2 so I can put a dropper on?
What’s the frame? Can you measure the OD of the ST and calculate what the wall thickness will be after removing 0.1 mm from it? I bought a cheap adjustable reamer and just took my time with it after determining the tube had enough beef.
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### Author:  [@panda\_heavy\_metal](https://tarck.cc/u/panda_heavy_metal)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2021, 3:07am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/did-you-just-shartq/23/15808 "2021-11-23T03:07:00Z")
ShartQ: a Berthoud Soulor has come up for sale locally. How do these compare to a B17 narrow? The Soulor is apparently slightly narrower, just wondering if anyone has used both and can comment.
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