Recent content by Uncle Grumpy

Wow, an eBike rider with an inflated sense of capability? Who'd have thunk it? ...I'll show myself out.

Part 2... Eventually, you get the mount sitting flush with the frame, and at the correct offset to the axle. Also, you'll need to hack out some space for the caliper to sit. I should add that you should continue to check the alignment of everything as you go. Like, make sure the jig is...

Further to the above... here's a bit of process related stuff... I used a wheel and clamped a cable disc caliper to the rotor, "bolted" some cardboard to the mount to give me a rough template. Also did the same for the support brace to get it roughed in. In the photo below, it's been cut and...

A frame in "pristine original condition" paint wise - I leave original. Something with historical significance, like "Tomac won a World Cup on it and then Herbold pissed on it at the after-party" I'd leave original as well. Otherwise, I say "do it" but for bonus points - you gotta "do it...

Yep. That's the one. You would expect wheel flop on a slacked out DH rig, not so much on a gravel bike, especially one which is the "utlimate" gravel alpine "racer". The use of "ladies" like it's some derogatory term, how to say "I'm a misogynist" without using so many letters.

No, he'd be in the workshop, his "Fellowship of the Royal Society of Engineering Type Fellows of Engineering" certificate proudly displayed, his MIG welder set on too high of a wire feed speed, and not enough amperage, building blobs on top of blobs and building scrawny forks with took much...

It worked. He asserted himself to my "ignore" list. It's Monday morning where I am, and I ain't got the patience for that kind of blowhard right now.

Thank you, lady. I was looking for a titanium frame repair, you've turned me off the idea. Not because of any inherent issues with ti, but I don't want to have to get stuck putting up with an inflated attitude like yours only to end up with a bike with cockatoo crap weld blobs. Good luck with...

We have 3 kids, one of which has Aspergers, so we have plenty of relationship tests. At least with Ikea furniture you get an Allen key at the end of the process. I think I have about nine or ten of those double end, double bend 5mm/4mm Allen keys in one of my bike tool drawers. I was going to...

I have an earlier P29er. One of the black with yellow decal models. Flat bar and 100mm Fox fork It is awesome. I have a Santa Cruz Tallboy and until recently, a ti softail 29er. The Ritchey is the bike I grab for those rides where I want to go fast, or 60km+ rides, or rides with leg sapping...

We have a tandem, old KHS MTB tandem that I restored and hotted up with some more modern bits. Been out a few times with the wife and it's actually really good at teaching communication like "slowing down", "hard left", gentle right", "coasting", "pedalling" etc. My wife no longer calls it...

I'm in the reverse situation. I want get rid of everything in my life apart from my bikes. And muscle cars. And guitars. I'm at a point in my life where I envy recluses and would love to become one. But I keep my toys. Maybe tame a wild animal as a sidekick. You know, Grizzly Adams...

Probably something a lot of people wonder about, to be honest. I noted the industry went from: 3x9 2x10 1x11 The industry seemed to lose a chainring and add a rear sprocket. As such, I really thought 0x12 would have been the next logical step. Anyway, over the years I have run the following...

Beautiful weld, beautiful frame. Shame about the crack. I shed a tear... Need to find a ti welder local-ish to me (Sydney, Australia). [Not going to mention the brand, because this isn't reflective of their work and I don't want to imply I'm not happy with anything about the company. I'm...

For a minute there I thought this months theme was "blue bikes with purple accents".