Recent content by klunkrider

Rim - erd. Hub - oln, spoke circle diameter, locknut to flange or flange to centre (prowheelbuilder handily gives you one if you enter the other).

I like to do two calculations as any difference will show up an incorrectly entered measurement (Center to flange entered as flange to locknut etc) and the two I use are ProWheelBuilder and Leonardd. Goes without saying but, do your own measurements, do not trust the databases built into...

Shand spring to mind but they tend to use Rohloff, probably because they beat Alfine for reliability. They'll also be looking for the best park of £5k for a Rohloff Bahookie. I don't think Shimano really recommend Alfine hubs for off road riding so won't be too many builders willing to put...

None of them. A hanger and straddle cable work far better in all ways except that if the main cable breaks the stable can catch on the tyre but how many brake cables have you broken in your life?

I cut the shell on my Twenty to 68mm and used both road hollowtech and Sugino 75 cranks on it. I’d have had the Suginos on a 107mm bb to get the chain line right.

Heat sink for the coaster brake. A rather rudimentary one but probably works. Here's the one I have,

We tried but we were a small team and all doing full time jobs as well so…

The Surly but with dropouts for gears and maybe made of lighter tubing is what I need to find.

Not sure if that was in response to me. I've looked back through some of my old builds and found this Muddyfox which has a bit of a dorky stem fitted But also this of my Surly that has a somewhat better (imo) stem set up. I remember I also had this built with a very 'normal' looking 100mm...

I have a fairly nice pair of 26” inch wheels spare and was thinking about building some sort of retro mtb grav bike with them but (and apologies to anyone that’s posted their bike in here) a lot of the examples I’ve seen have cockpit set ups that are absolutely gopping! I’ve measured top tube...

In often add these to frames I build or customise. Little plates made of brass or copper or sometimes stainless steel with ‘DWTW’ stamped in them. Stands for Do What Thou Willt, it was a saying/credo made up by Aleister Crowley but to me it just means to live/ride by my own rules.

I just finished up with modifying a SnapOn x SBC klunker.

Probably 451 20" wheels rather than 406.

Exactly what I thought when I saw it.

If the steerer is aluminium I wouldn't be straightening it. Pressing the steerer out and pressing a new one in is an option but a)do you have a suitable press? and b)I'd not **** about a dodgy far east "compatible" steerer, I'd want a gin-u-wine RS steerer and best of luck finding that. I'd...