dave85

Bolting the tool down so you can get some proper force on it is hardly bodging though is it?

Stick a bolt through the whole lot.

Faster to say

I suppose you'd get annoyed when people call it an "i"phone rather than an "eye"phone. Annoys the f**king hell out of the mac geeks I have the misfortune to run into.

BMW is a bad example, you could print those initials on bog roll and flog it for 20 quid a sheet. Labour might be 150 quid an hour in one of their garages, but the mechanics are on a tenth of that, hence why I see it as pretty shoddy. What I mean to say is, can you justify with clear conscience charging a tenner for a few minutes work, with bugger all wear on the tools, not a lot to go wrong and no consumable items bar the grease?

As skilled as repairing bikes is, in the grand scheme of things it's little more than bolting stuff together. I know there are overheads and expenses to cover, but it's hardly surprising that bike shops get a slagging when they suggest a tenner for five minutes work.

*cough* red *cough*

Noel Coward. Any good at mincing about?

Get some spacers between the BB and the shell, Onza full builds had to do it so it's a recognised problem.

Bearings are availiable from BETD by the way, about 15 quid a pair last time I had some.

Glad someone quoted that lot and made the effort of editing it about as pointless as fighting uphill at a liverpool away match......

Become one of the VOSA scumbags perhaps? Nobody likes them, but you'd be well placed to become a vehicle examiner with your experience.

It is a race..... .....to the dole office boom boom

No but if you prang it you can guarantee your insurers will tell you to get f**ked.

British Standard Cycle, 60 degree included angle if you want to go to the merchants armed with all the info. Drive side is a RH thread yes.

Like most things, Ali seems to invent, then mike runs around shouting about them and attempting to make money

In reality, you'd spend the first four hours finding out what the bike/bird was capable of, and the last hour too tired to do much

Mono and XC are the same, others are different and wont fit.

Supercycles used to be the place for them, altho now the business has been re-arranged I'm not sure who you want to speak to. Failing that, I can copy the old one for you, in some stronger steel if you require.

Theyve tried to introduce facism three times across the world, three times it failed

That's bollocks on all counts. Too much will choke it, as will too heavy. Too little will do f**k all, as will too light. Profiles run dry from the factory (or did last time I saw a new one), a little light oil will work well, 3in1, finishline wet etc. (dry lubes arent really what you want, they just dont do the job)

Yes they are sealed cartridge bearings, you can drive them out when they're bolloxed and drive new ones in.

Castrol moly, or LM, either works well.

AS levels are (or were) worth half of the full score.

That's repeatability, not precision, they can be uniformly crap. Precision is expensive, and difficult to achieve at speed. Look at some of the older echo control boosters and you'll see where the cutter was deflecting because it was being pushed too hard.