you mean bork! bork! flag right?
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I got out for a ride on the Vaya in the afternoon, so started when it was dim and ended after dark (sunset still at 4pm here). So, no pictures today, but taking some tomorrow if the weather holds up and I can get out again.
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Rode a different skatepark. Didnât have to replace a tire this time.
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Put a shortie 32mm stem on the Boost before going down the new stem and bars path and that just might have done the trick.
Used the steerer clamp from my unused DIY decaleur and some fender stay scraps and made a bar bag support thing so the bag doesnât rub against the frame.
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You gonna double bag it on that thing?
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Itâs getting a small basket, so thatâll definitely be an option.
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I donât understand the brake cable?
Itâs a cable that operates the brake
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Thatâs just where it curves to go to the left on the backside of fork. But weird looking for sure.
Ohh, I was also confused thinking it was going into the headtube. But you barely can see the curve zoomed in.
Time to see if DIY chain waxing is worth the $58 dollarbuck dither.
Paraffin & PTFE in an op shop deep fryer (and home assistant temp monitoring).
Spent most of yeterday degreasing and ultrasonic cleaning chains and cassettes on all the crosschecks. Hoping that rewaxing will be less of a chore with that step complete.
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The Silca StripChips are supposed to be the jam for waxing.
I need to get some Silca chain stripper so I can stop fucking with mineral spirits.
As I understand it, this is formulated to remove factory grease, not chain lubes, so it may / may not effectively remove existing lube and junk.
I ran mine through a degreaser bath in an ultrasonic, and used degreaser and a brush/rag on jockeys / chainrings. Total pain first time around for sure. The idea of rewaxing only being âdump chain on wax, turn on, swish and drain once at tempâ is much less involved.
I have $8 in the deep fryer, $25 in the wax in the pot currently, and another 1.1kg of wax/ptfe in the cupboard, so Iâm well ahead on the $270 for wax/stripchip/wax system kit cost, even if DIYwax is down a few watts
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Inspired to make my own lil hanger stand to hang chains over the pot
I put a new chain on my bike last night and I left the factory goop on there like I always do.
Old chain was .75 on the checker.
I also replaced the failing iq-x with this cyo variant I found deeep in a drawer. The wire juuuuust barely reaches the hub on a 20â wheel. Guess thatâs why it was in the drawer.
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Got some 50 year old bar ends out of a 50 year old bar. Took a vice and a lot of grunting, PB Blaster, almost rounded out hex heads, and swearing.
feelsgoodman
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I couldnât let @Smitty2k1 have all the fun with weird bike parts so I used as many French things as I could to build up an old frame of mine.
Pelissier track hubs got laced to Rigida rims with some dainty 15/16g spokes.
Huret Jubilee RD as a tensioner for a 20t freewheel and 50.4 cranks with 46/30 VO chainrings. Porteur bars with road levers.
Putting together a bit of a Motobecane âune-routeâ from my parts bin. Pictures will come when I get brake cables and bars taped.
Are you going to try to source an AK2 freewheel to turn any SS hub into a two speed kickback?
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