Andy in Germany
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- Rottenburg am Neckar
The revolution will be seated.
What Have You Fettled Today?
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The revolution will be seated.
In the small hours of yesterday morning I made some headway with the resurrection of old (mid '70s?) Alan Shorter frameset (using the 'Victory' groupset I bought back in 1988 when the frame came into my possession) which only narrowly survived a disaster which overtook the shed in which it was living some five or six years ago (long story);
When stripped-down I discovered that various 'bits' required a great deal of TLC and, sadly, the original toe straps which came with the 'Victory' groupset (back in 1988) were beyond saving so it now sports a pair of Christophe straps instead.
The brake cabling is now in place so all that is left to do is fit tubular tyres (on their way); re-fit chain; lube and adjust.
Has anyone here used one of these pens to do lug-lining and, if so, is there anything which might trip one up when using the thing?
Any advice will be appreciated!
Philip.
When stripped-down I discovered that various 'bits' required a great deal of TLC and, sadly, the original toe straps which came with the 'Victory' groupset (back in 1988) were beyond saving so it now sports a pair of Christophe straps instead.
The brake cabling is now in place so all that is left to do is fit tubular tyres (on their way); re-fit chain; lube and adjust.
Has anyone here used one of these pens to do lug-lining and, if so, is there anything which might trip one up when using the thing?
Any advice will be appreciated!
Philip.
itboffin
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- Marlborough, Windshire
Once again had to perform minor repairs on my bike box, ready for another trip to the alps. tomorrow!
N0bodyOfTheGoat
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- Location
- Hampshire, UK
After yesterday's shock slowish puncture to the front wheel 35mm Marathon Supreme, the first in ~5 years thanks to a flint that could have been slowly forced through the puncture protection belt anytime over the last ~14 months, I finally decided to swap it to the 40mm Supreme and butyl tube that was on the rear wheel until getting the 45mm Caracal Race earlier this year.
Still need to see if I have another tube of puncture patch "glue" hidden in bike bits boxes, after finding to my horror that the almost full tube was full of air and no liquid "glue" during yesterday's puncture (so lucky it was a slow one, so I could stop every ~5mins to topup air)! Thankfully, it looks like that Lidl mini saddle bag bought last month that included a torx bit on a multitool, came with a few self adhesive patches.
Still need to see if I have another tube of puncture patch "glue" hidden in bike bits boxes, after finding to my horror that the almost full tube was full of air and no liquid "glue" during yesterday's puncture (so lucky it was a slow one, so I could stop every ~5mins to topup air)! Thankfully, it looks like that Lidl mini saddle bag bought last month that included a torx bit on a multitool, came with a few self adhesive patches.
