The shape of things to come....

[bikeworkshop]

I'm one of those :right berks"

Me too.
My Office 97 still does excel

Unfortunately it now struggles to read many imported docs but still does build sheets and some accounting my end.

 

[biggs682]

I had same problem re Sorry we don't have a 1" fork thread tool anymore , so off i went to a very traditional shop and less than 5 minutes later its sorted

 

[bagpuss]

I will ring Mercain and see if they will do it .

 

[bagpuss]

A steerer thread reaming tools one of the few tools I don’t have .

 

[Uncle Grumpy]

Thanks for the offer. The problem is it seems an odd ball size on the old Calton cobra I am fettling. The thread on the steerer is not 24 tpi . I have ran up a old lock nut from my junk box . No idea what it cam off. Maybe it's 26 tpi all very frustrating. I dropped a pm to spokesman to see if he knew ,and he had similar
If midlife, (Shaun) reads this he may know?

As usual, Sheldon has the answer...

https://www.sheldonbrown.com/cribsheet-headsets.html

26tpi is an East German or Raleigh standard. Being a Carlton, I'd go with Raleigh, which is basically JIS except for the threads.

Bloody kids in shops these days would think "Sheldon Brown" is a "colour way" for the new season of bikes made by Santa Cruz.

 

[bikeworkshop]

A steerer thread reaming tools one of the few tools I don’t have .

For good reason.
A decent one is expensive, and even in a busy shop it would struggle to earn its keep. Maybe we use ours once, but service over 1000 bikes a year.

 

[ChromeChainstay]

I've been making an inventory stock of inch headsets, I'll basically buy anything Campagnolo/Tange/Shimano because stock is better than money! Right!? Luckily I've been able to buy a load of 25.4 headsets locally for between 10-40 euros. I think of it as an investment in my ridiculous 'steel only' future. Same with 9 speed kit. Buy it now, while it's readily available and still relatively cheap.

Because...

You will feel a right berk in 5 years time when you need it, and it is hard to find and 3 times as expensive as you expected. Eventually everything becomes obsolete (I'm already mourning the end of support for windows 10 this October) and if you have no contingency... Tough luck!

"stock is better than money" • my jaw just hit the ground reading this)best quote i've read in a Very Long time • Chapeau !!!

 

[Canuk]

"stock is better than money" • my jaw just hit the ground reading this)best quote i've read in a Very Long time • Chapeau !!!

Courtesy: Steptoe and Sons, the original 'problem hoarders'