Unhinged, at any speed! :-)

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Received a 'offer of reduced ££', as I had these parked in my "watching" eBay.
28% off.... I pulled the trigger @£2.80 del. 🙂

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Pulled the trigger on these 'u-clamps', after much thought.....
The upright is 12.8MM but, with judicious filing of the U [creating a flat land to grip] and a plate holding the V-brake pins = plenty of opportunity to jiggle critical dimensions + no braze/welding 🔨👍.

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U-Clamp 'has landed'!
Muttz Nuttz 👍🚴

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..... And.... The V-brake pins just 'plopped thru the box'

"we're on!" 🥂

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Visiting our local Civic Amenities Dump, to offload some shizz, I eyeballed a stack (..60 odd) scrapped/weighed in bikes.
A quiet word, with the 'on site shop' operative, had me liberate a pair of pedals 😎

Freebies..... Just on my 'price point' 👌

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Cleaned out the ball races, on my freebie pedals.... All Greased Up & Ready To Roll!

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Cleaned out the ball races, on my freebie pedals.... All Greased Up & Ready To Roll!

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Reflectors! So road legal in UK after dark! It's just the missing, optional, SPD bit that puts me off. But pedal reflectors, big plus!

 

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Hmm... eBay sent me this link, as I scan 'kingpin'.
Looks to have been modified for Alp work 😮

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-...2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0

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The SA 3sp hub I bought (36h) to swap out for the 28h already on it, is nice and clean & quiet.
I contemplated undoing the cones and refilling the ball cages but - then again NO!
I had in my oddments box a 'blunt' hypodermic needle jobbie [for injecting re-used ink cartridges] so I filled it with axle grease >> injecting the grease directly into the gap around the cone.

Happy with outcome = all the grease went in the balls! 👌

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I have been reading on various 'bike forum', derived from Googling "what is best bike chain lube...?", that.... Incendiary!! 😱😮.

I'm not really... Err, 'into' heavy tech, around this 😵

3-in-1, rubbed around slowly backspun chain, is going to see me out 😉👌

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Having watched this You Tube......

View: https://youtu.be/zIMe2fMoLF8


...... I think a slight chop/mod (to the cheappo 100mm arms I bought) may prove helpful, if I keep the 'short pull' Kingpin alloy levers 🤔.

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As the 'scrappy' V-brake I got, from eBay, were worn out...
I have bankrupted myself a pair [rear only rqd!] of Snazzy NEW brake blocks...

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Given I'm keeping the chrome front rim - atm!
I though a fresh pair of brake blocks, to compliment the rear setup, might be cool....

Fibrax seem to be the buzzword 😉

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Postie dropped off my 9.5MM shrink tubing, so I can butt the extension cable sleeve for extending my SA Gear cable.... 👍

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Spannering Day..... *TODAY!

🔨😋

*Sadly.... Delayed due to COVID 😱

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