Recent content by valeter

hi mate .fine 0000 guage steel wool ,get it on ebay ,autoglym metal polish or tcut metal polish /autosol use with the steel wool..also you can use tin foil on pitted chrome it helps too.....either method is just sheer hard work and no real easy method...i also use car wax after it

thanks mate

about 6 weeks ago i was at an Asda in Toryglen Glasgow neard Hampden stadium and was passing by the area where folk dump stuff at there recycle clothing bank area /skip where people tend to fly tip any old junk and spotted an old BMX in all the mess with both its wheels removed and its chain...

have also ordered some black with pink dots dice dust caps and some new brake inner cables esp the straddle ones which were about to break.

the bike now belongs to me ,it was listed back up on Facebook marketplace a few weeks ago for 30 quid froma nice chap near Maryhill in Glasgow ,and yep its a good un i had planned on doing a full restoration but tbh all i have done is given it a service and a good clean and polish " it must have...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sturmey-Arche ... 5d38e2159d

Re: sorted the issue.used a 122.5 73 shell bb with a 5mm lockring which i managed to screw onto the right hand shell of the shimano bb i then retro fitted new thumbshifters which replaced the old stx sti shifters so now no issues with the front mech not working as the thumbshifte is friction so...

Re: well wiped the old bottom bracket out today from the p7 which currently has a shimano cheapo compact chainset from about 5 years ago and its running the original circa 95 black lx front mech with a 122.5 un 52 bb and that set up works fine but looks wrong ..so thought id just put the rs2...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/POWERPRO-BB-7 ... 540f63f599 found a B/B darn wish it was a TI one now for a front mech.any suggestions ..thanks

Re: yea i used a hope on it and faffed around ,got it to fit but couldnt for the life of me to get the original black 95 circa lx mech to play ball at all which does work with the compact cheapo one down from stx circa 2008 crankset i put on ok am only saving what 2-300 grammes but you loose...

yea compact mech ,will possibly try source a non compact mech or will end up flogging on the cranks

thanks ,buddy,think i tried the cranks with a 122 HOPE or it was a 127 and the issue i ended up with was i couldnt get a front mech to work with all the rings so looks like the p7 is compact only..doh

hiya, ive been trying to fit a set of retro middleburn rs2 cranks to my 1995 orange p7 and does any one know what size of bottom bracket should be fitted so that these will not rub and the front mech will work ive heard a 68 x122 is the way to go but before i start ebaying thougt best to double...