Recent content by mechanical_vandal

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Re: @fossala might have been a bit blunt but what he says is true. Cheap parts and a not only bizarre but illegal setup. Barring the wheels (which I wouldn't touch with a barge pole regardless of their cost) I reckon most people with an eBay account could build a better bike for around 50...

Re: Re: Not many bike shops will undertake steerer threading work and having done it myself I can understand why. It can be physically hard, hard on relatively expensive tools and personally, I found it difficult to hold the fork a) securely and b) in a way that eliminated the risk of...

Re: Bb7 + compressionless cables can be set up to outperform hydros. My mtb runs bb7s front and rear and I have another 2 bikes with them on the front (one has rim brakes on the rear, the other a Spyre due to heel clearance). They aren't as fit and forget as hydros but like I say, a bit of...

This is a bad bad way to sort your problem. It's very unlikely the wheel will stay in the position you set it. Your weight and bumps from the terrain you're riding will be working to seat the axle fully into the dropouts, add in the rotation/pulling from the disc brake and you're asking for...

Re: Also looks like your 180mm adapter is upside down so make sure you fit the 160mm adapter the right way around.

Re: Fair enough, I've never experienced a system with the wrong fluid in so was basing my assumption on the same hose doing both.

Re: Ive tried a set of those mismatched Hopes, they were awful. Fwiw, I don't give much credence to this idea that dot and oil systems can't be mixed. I've used a length of Goodridge hosing for both, just blasted it out with disc cleaner between times. Ran fine. I reckon you could run oil...

Re: If he did that would he really be willing to cut it up for 25mm?

I'm sure you could make it work. Working well might be another matter though. Each system will be designed to move a specific volume of fluid, unless those volumes match you might have problems. Mixing different models within the same brand can even leave you with h satisfactory results.

Bollocks! Ah well, I can try make something fun out of it then.

I have come across a nice Hope hub, think it's a Fatso? Pretty decent condition other than a crack in one of the flanges. Does this mean the end for this hub or do these cracks tend not to go anywhere?

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CNC not a bit overkill? Pretty sure you could knock one up with pretty basic hand tools and some elbow grease. A metal bandsaw and pillar drill are really the only power tools I can imagine being useful in anyway. If you lack the tools/skills to do it yourself by hand, make one in...