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Ah Brian! There you are! I've been meaning to ask you what you use to make compressionless / linear brake lines for your bikes? And where to get it from?
I'll be setting some TRP Spyes up soon and want to get the best out of them (the last cable disc brakes I tried were BB5 copies and used regular brake cable, suffice it to say they slowed you rather than stopping you...
Ah Brian! There you are! I've been meaning to ask you what you use to make compressionless / linear brake lines for your bikes? And where to get it from?
I'll be setting some TRP Spyes up soon and want to get the best out of them (the last cable disc brakes I tried were BB5 copies and used regular brake cable, suffice it to say they slowed you rather than stopping you...
epicyclo
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Alloy tubing from B&Q for the outer. Use it for the places where the outer does not have to flex.
You can carefully bend the tubing into shape with just your thumbs, but get it right because it doesn't like being bent back if you over do it (nothing bad happens, it just doesn't look 'right')
Can't remember the size but also get the next size up because you can cut short bits of that to superglue on to the ends to make a home for the flexible bits of outer you'll need.
You'll also need a liner. I use a suitable diameter of teflon air hose. (I think the company I get it from is called Airlines)
Also useful is one of those flexible V-Brake noodles.
Here's an old post from mtbr.com which has some pics https://forums.mtbr.com/fat-bikes/ragle ... 15927.html
You can carefully bend the tubing into shape with just your thumbs, but get it right because it doesn't like being bent back if you over do it (nothing bad happens, it just doesn't look 'right')
Can't remember the size but also get the next size up because you can cut short bits of that to superglue on to the ends to make a home for the flexible bits of outer you'll need.
You'll also need a liner. I use a suitable diameter of teflon air hose. (I think the company I get it from is called Airlines)
Also useful is one of those flexible V-Brake noodles.
Here's an old post from mtbr.com which has some pics https://forums.mtbr.com/fat-bikes/ragle ... 15927.html
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Hi guys
Am currently sitting in a pub in Stockton on Tees ready for the VCC Jack Taylor ride in North Yorkshire tomorrow. It’s taken me about 9 hours and 450 miles so far since I left work yesterday.
One consolation was I had to detour through Durham to pick up a 1963 frame I bought a couple of months back.
It came with a set of wheels and while the frame may have been built, it was never used and the wheels are are as built. Never used. Sachs hubs and Dutch tubs 27 x 1 1/4 built by race wheels Birmingham. Found in the guys mother in laws loft and believed to be her husbands sisters husband. Unfortunately they are long gone and the sister in law has dementia, so after several months the trail comes to a dead end. It was just found when clearing out the mother in laws loft in a bin bag. Several chips but as good as new. Well pleased.
Hi guys
Am currently sitting in a pub in Stockton on Tees ready for the VCC Jack Taylor ride in North Yorkshire tomorrow. It’s taken me about 9 hours and 450 miles so far since I left work yesterday.
One consolation was I had to detour through Durham to pick up a 1963 frame I bought a couple of months back.
It came with a set of wheels and while the frame may have been built, it was never used and the wheels are are as built. Never used. Sachs hubs and Dutch tubs 27 x 1 1/4 built by race wheels Birmingham. Found in the guys mother in laws loft and believed to be her husbands sisters husband. Unfortunately they are long gone and the sister in law has dementia, so after several months the trail comes to a dead end. It was just found when clearing out the mother in laws loft in a bin bag. Several chips but as good as new. Well pleased.
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Enjoy your time down there with the smoggies, I lived in Redcar for a few years (and only a brief few years thank god!
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Weather is looking good for tomorrow
Interesting how these bikes and parts come into our possession sometimes isn't it?
I just bought a Cannondale from a chap who found it whilst clearing out a garage for a friend, i believe the previous owner had passed away.
My other half says she hopes she goes before me, she doesn't want to have to deal with all the bikes and related stuff I've accumulated
Enjoy your time down there with the smoggies, I lived in Redcar for a few years (and only a brief few years thank god!
). Weather is looking good for tomorrow
Interesting how these bikes and parts come into our possession sometimes isn't it?
I just bought a Cannondale from a chap who found it whilst clearing out a garage for a friend, i believe the previous owner had passed away.
My other half says she hopes she goes before me, she doesn't want to have to deal with all the bikes and related stuff I've accumulated
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Jamie, I’m surprised you’re not at Comrie for the singlespeed nationals. Mind you I bet it was a brutal day out. I struggle there with 32x50!
jimo746":3qv56f92 said:My other half says she hopes she goes before me, she doesn't want to have to deal with all the bikes and hardcore porn I've accumulated
Jamie, I’m surprised you’re not at Comrie for the singlespeed nationals. Mind you I bet it was a brutal day out. I struggle there with 32x50!
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I decided a long while back that the Jack Taylor weekend would come first this year. The single speed isn’t the same without Brian anyway, though I did have his entry but to be honest, I have a bit going on and it would just be too much as I thought of doing it Sat then driving down here for Sunday morning but to be honest it would just make both things stressful.
Yeah it was a good buy. I have been worried about buying it off of photos and from a guy who knows nothing about bikes. It was a fair price but seeing the condition and the fact he threw the wheels in it is now a bargain.
I helped originally to identify it and pointed him to where to sell it. I was glad I paid his wife as the money was for his mother in law. She had no idea and only vaguely remembered it coming from her sister in law when she passed. Clearly covered in the bag as while a couple of chips the paintwork is bright and vibrant and the only defect is the Reynolds 531 decal is crinkled and all dried and flaking as these went on after clear oat. So not protected. Wheels have some pinpoint rust spots but not a mark of fitting, use and never had a brake pad touch them. I knew what it was as the guy gave me the number and I have access to the copies of Ken Taylor s build books so knew the size, model and the fact it was finished on 23/7/1963
I decided a long while back that the Jack Taylor weekend would come first this year. The single speed isn’t the same without Brian anyway, though I did have his entry but to be honest, I have a bit going on and it would just be too much as I thought of doing it Sat then driving down here for Sunday morning but to be honest it would just make both things stressful.
Yeah it was a good buy. I have been worried about buying it off of photos and from a guy who knows nothing about bikes. It was a fair price but seeing the condition and the fact he threw the wheels in it is now a bargain.
I helped originally to identify it and pointed him to where to sell it. I was glad I paid his wife as the money was for his mother in law. She had no idea and only vaguely remembered it coming from her sister in law when she passed. Clearly covered in the bag as while a couple of chips the paintwork is bright and vibrant and the only defect is the Reynolds 531 decal is crinkled and all dried and flaking as these went on after clear oat. So not protected. Wheels have some pinpoint rust spots but not a mark of fitting, use and never had a brake pad touch them. I knew what it was as the guy gave me the number and I have access to the copies of Ken Taylor s build books so knew the size, model and the fact it was finished on 23/7/1963
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