Recent content by Uncle Grumpy

That pukeworthy City of Angels... And a classic from the Three Stooges (couldn't find a better clip unfortunately).

Nope, the shape of things to come is already here. I was restoring an old funny bike, and I walked into a bike shop and told the kid I needed a 650c road tyre. He laughed at me and said "No, road tyres are 700. 650 "B" is 27.5 mountain bike. There's no such thing as 650 "C"." Then he shook...

We need a special month category - Pick of the Once a Hero Bridesmaid collection. Ha, if your luck is anything like mine, you'd still come second! 😀 My main criteria for selecting a bike is "go back to the year that bike was made, is it a bike that I would have wanted to own, and is it set up...

The shifters look a bit Suntour Power Shifter-ish. Not sure on the cranks or the derailleur. Front brakes are wide profile but not sure on brand. My mind immediately went Fat Chance because of the bright, fun colour, cartoonish logo which was so high up the downtube - but no, it's not a Fat...

Or bar ends attached to bar ends.

One more crankset and a funky purple bottle cage.

Digging thru the box marked "MTB Cranks". Afterburners, Toplines, Tioga Revolvers (I also have the BB for these).

Some headsets have a rubber seal to prevent the ingress of water. It can be on the top of the top assembly, or the bottom of the bottom assembly on the crown race. If the seal has unseated itself and has caught on something, it might be binding on the bearing cage.

I'd go the Fuquay. https://singletrackworld.com/2024/06/obituary-greg-fuquay-by-chipps/ Do it nice and do the man justice. Spec is your call, period correct would be nice because there was plenty of cool stuff being made around that time.

Also, check that any "play" is actually in the headset by placing a finger around the top race on the headset and rocking the bike back and forward while holding the front brake. Sometimes play in the brake can make you feel a slight knocking or bumping. If it's loose then binding and there's...

You ever take it off any sweet jumps?

Agreed with those above - 1 1/8 external. I'd go with suspension forks.... then send me the original rigid fork. :D

That's what I did on my ti Kona when I rest-modded it to work with V brakes. I think it was an Avid one that came in a cable kit some years back, and I recall enlarging the exit hole in the dog collar a little to make it fit. Otherwise, for something like a Lava Dome, I'd silver braze a cable...

I'm sure there's many more of us! And the rugby league team I follow hasn't had a win all season thus far. Sigh...

This. Do you have a newsletter I might subscribe to? Seriously, those are wise words. There is often only so much we can do for ourselves, but we should still give those things a red hot go.