Recent content by Dr Dremel

Salsa stem and chromo bars (thanks again @narcotitlan for the bars). Aside from the cult factor, I love the bomb proof feeling the stems give when the going gets rough. My Marin roller stem, despite being 1 1/8", does flex a lot more (and is about 100g lighter). Bars also have the perfect sweep...

Just from watching the video - it looks like a new way to pump up your front tire?

Nitto S65 comes to mind (Nitto also manufactured the early Ritchey posts). Really beautiful piece and still available new. But personally on a Rocky I couldn´t bring myself to run anything else but a Syncros post. Otherwise it would be like a peanutbutter and Nutella sandwich.

Looks like you´ve grown a bit in the mean time 😋

I mean maybe not exacly like that with the lathe and math and everything. But there´s useful info in the video and I did make some springs out of musical wire and much simpler tools myself. It´s simpler than one may think really.

From the parts diagram the springs do look a lot like cantilever springs, but without them in hand it´s hard to jugde what the size is. Failing to find fitting ones you could try your hand in making them yourself?

I mean it can´t stay like it is now, can it? Looks like the paint is peeling all by itself, so worth a shot with a mild paint stripper to save what´s underneath.

Feeling more and more like I´m in a black mirror episode. You know the one where they elect a cartoon character as president ...

I think you´re slightly missing the point. I´ve bid my max amount. After the auction ended I was the hightest bidder. Only to find that for others the auction apparently did not end and I was outbid after the fact. Would you not be dissapointed/miffed/enraged?

Yeah that was my plan also. See above ... Still no answer from ebay BTW (I filed a complaint)

Re colour: Last year I had the chance to see this beauty with my own eyes (ex- Mombat): This does not have the sculptured fillets but I found the colour to be sublime.

Very cool idea to get a replica made! I also really like that Mr Brodie is grown up enough to give credit to the collegues that inspired him to do what he did. Maybe I even heard a bit of admiration coming through?

Exactly what happened to me last Sunday. The bidder I was against at had the chance to get 3 bids in until he finally had the highest bid, with me just watching on the sideline not being able to do anything. Quite frustrating to say the least. Should this be the norm going forward it makes ebay...

You mean like the Japanse auctions where the last bid extends bidding time another 5 Mins? I´d find that quite boring to be honest. I really like the poker-esque aspect. Get your bid in in the last seconds and see if it sticks.

That´s what it seems like. Auction ended, highest bid for me. Then the new to me pop up message „We're determining the winner. Please refresh the page“ with the (not so) winning bid beneath instead of the "congrats you win blabla". In the next minute I watch the "winning bid" in the pop up...