Recent content by Uncle Grumpy

^ This. ^ This too. I don't care either way, both are valid ways to build a bike. I've done both. Build it how you want. It's parts. You put them on and you take them off and if you sell the bike the next person can do likewise. Don't like my build? I don't care, 20 minutes with the...

It can be whatever tugs on the heart, or the loins, on the day. I have my criteria, being what bike would I (most) like to have rocked up to the trail head on, normally something with the right stance, nice mix of parts, and all that. Sometimes, if it's something that has been saved from...

I got 4 seconds then muted the sound. I know it's not to be taken seriously and all that, but sheesh, I'd rather listen to a loop of "Save all your kisses for me" than that overexcited peanut. As for the bike, brilliant! As for the bouncy bike, its kind of a cross between an Alenax Transbar...

The wheelbase gives a stable ride.... no it doesn't... hang on, yes it does... wait... no it doesn't... hang on, yes it does... wait... [etc] Now what I want to see it this hybridised with a swing bike.

It has nice neighbours.

A big, beautiful factory, one of thousands of factories to open up here, and they contacted me and they said "Sir, please can we open our factory, your country is so hot right now and we want to be a part of it" and they are just one of many, one of thousands. Campy Deltas. I don't even know...

4 September and there is no clear winner for me. Even using my criteria of: - whether the first image blows my hair back in the first nanosecond of viewing it; and - is it a bike that I would, in the day, be as smug as smug gets rocking up to the trail head on it There is a lot of bikes to...

I'm also available to do balloon animals at kids parties.

24" was trialled on the rear of some DH bikes, I think Specialized was one brand. And because we have to take the benefits of 29er to the extreme, there are also 36" wheels now. And because we have to find a middle ground (like how 27.5 was a middle ground between 26 and 29) we also have...

Australia Post (Australia's government owned postal service) has also stopped shipping parcels to the USA. Article below explains why. Something to do with someone and something they did to send some stuff into chaos... or something...

It's okay, I'll show myself out.

Thanks. I enjoy that kind of stuff. Even better when it involves learning new skills and problem solving... and buying new tools. There's plenty of space to get the torch into the inside of the triangle, wasn't a problem. The way I did it was probably a lot of overthinking things, but that's...

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...