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I used a Teflon grease (Bikehut brand from Halfords) when I rebuilt my Quadra 21s. Invest in a good set of extractors (sometimes called "easyouts"). They're made from extremely hard steel, are tapered and left-hand threaded. You drill a suitably sized pilot hole in the head of the offending...

I bought a Gary Fisher recently with Quadra 21s fitted. They're similar in many ways to 21Rs, but I was lucky, the elastomer were pristine when I stripped 'em down. I still toyed with the idea of replacing them with springs though. I soon discovered that MTB specific (I.e Rockshox) springs are...

Many years ago I was told that neat lemon juice would remove scratches from a titanium frame. Mind you, the same bloke also told me that his frames were welded together by Russians who used to build Mig fighters during the Cold War...........hmmm...........

Re: I'm probably a lazy bugger and don't keep my commuter bike as clean as I should, but I've had both front and rear derailleur cables fray badly on my old Raleigh. It's not an issue if you keep the bike clean, of course, but it's finding time, that's the problem with me. I even lost the...

Re: Aha, gotcha! I'll consider giving that a try when I strip my commuter bike down later in the spring. Thanks for the info!

Yeah, all that's missing are some Fava Beans and a nice Chianti..................Run awaaaaaaaaaaay!!!

Found these: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/5-x-Shimano- ... 1755402374

You're all sick.........sick I say!!...............nice egg cup though!

I got back into cycling about 6 years ago after a looooong break of about 15 years. My old mountain bikes (yes, I still have them), all have one thing in common, top tube-routed cables. Since my return to cycling I've become a cycle commuter, it's only a 7 mile ride each way, but I do it all...

Re: The beauty (if that's the right word) of using inner tubes is that it's as permanent, or as temporary as you want it to be. If you get fed up with it, or need to renew part of it, it's just a case of unwrapping the old and on with the new. Getting paint, any kind of paint, on or off is not...

".....easily available"...............That's..................worrying...................

Thanks Pipmeister, nice! I never knew stainless ones were available. Only been signed-up a day and learned something new already!

Re: Ha-ha, nice one Retro-Spud. Rest assured the rubber thing starts and ends with the bike......................for now! :o . Can't believe I'm the only one that's ever done this though. Will have to check out THM though..................

Has anyone out there ever wrapped their whole bike in old inner tubes? I bought an old Claud Bulter (I'm pretty sure it's a Zagato, but the stickers were missing, so can't be 100%) for peanuts a while back. It's my one and only ally frame bike and I bought it to use as a daily hack/commuter...

Re: Good point! Perhaps I should have specified that it's only recommended as a temporary, cosmetic fix. I've covered a couple of new sets that way too, I can't see that it's very easy for water to find its way down the inside of the noodle, so it'll be interesting to see how effective it is at...

Re: That's a nice bike Mark, really unusual frame, no need for a chain stay protector on that baby! This hobby is addictive, it's true. I read once that "a bicycle can take you around the corner, or around the world. The only limitation is the imagination of the rider". I think that kind of...

Re: Hello Dirt Disciple, my Tufftrax is a later one, as it doesn't have that distinctive seat tube through the top tube design of the earlier models. I think it's a shame Saracen stopped making their frames that way and wish I had one. It was a nice design touch which set their frames apart and...

Re: I've got 3 "old" Saracens, a '95 Tufftrax and two '97 Protrax SEs - one's pristine and one's a mess, but I'll sort it. I bought the Tufftrax for £35 on eBay and have completely stripped and re-built it. The "famous epoxy polyester powder coat....toughest in the industry" peeled off the...

You must have noticed that noodles have an annoying habit of going rusty.....well they do if you ride in all weathers anyway. The ferrule that the cable housing fits into and the part at the other end that slots into the hanger on the V-Brake arm are made from aluminium and are not affected by...

Re: Hello Lewis, there's absolutely nothing wrong with that Marin, in fact it's a lovely bike. It's well-made and will probably still be going strong when all those modern carbon bikes are just a pile of splinters! The worn chain rings are not an issue, you can remove them with an Allen Key and...