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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.
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Baaah, Farmer Fuel ForTheWin!
I will bring my oil burner to a track day, might surprise a few people with that once all is sorted....
Adam
PS: What the fook is with the F T W filter
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*cough* red *cough*
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I'm wearing a smoking jacket, cravatte, velvet slippers and I'm smoking a pipe.
where do I fit in?
Noel Coward. Any good at mincing about?
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Get some spacers between the BB and the shell, Onza full builds had to do it so it's a recognised problem.
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Bearings are availiable from BETD by the way, about 15 quid a pair last time I had some.
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Glad someone quoted that lot and made the effort of editing it about as pointless as fighting uphill at a liverpool away match......
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Become one of the VOSA scumbags perhaps?
Nobody likes them, but you'd be well placed to become a vehicle examiner with your experience.
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It soon will be considering the amount of inbreeding that goes on, experts warn.
It is a race.....
.....to the dole office
boom boom
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No but if you prang it you can guarantee your insurers will tell you to get f**ked.
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http://www.parktool.com/products/detail.as...&item=TAP-6
http://www.parktool.com/products/detail.as...mp;item=TAP%2D3
so im guessing 9/16 20tpi, drive side ir normal right hand thread yes?
id image so anyway due to pedalling tightening the f**kers up.
that took me less than a minute to find this morning harry, damn im good!
and ur engineers were shit, 9/16 is like the 13mm of today, every old brit thing was 9/16, but the thread is normally 12 - 18 tpi so im gonna have fun with some engineers l8r "20 tpi doesnt exist" "yes it does yes it does yes it does!!!!"
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.
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Like most things, Ali seems to invent, then mike runs around shouting about them and attempting to make money
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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
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Mono and XC are the same, others are different and wont fit.
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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.
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Theyve tried to introduce facism three times across the world, three times it failed
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Use anytime of greece/lube
you can never have to litle or too much lube!
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)
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Yes they are sealed cartridge bearings, you can drive them out when they're bolloxed and drive new ones in.
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Castrol moly, or LM, either works well.
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AS levels are (or were) worth half of the full score.
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What ARE you on about?
A CNC machine will kick out whatever you put into it, again and again to whatever precision the machine will go to (often as accurately as 0.0001" or more)
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.
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Wear in the rollers of the chain can change the effective diameter over the sprocket. Obviously its not much, almost f**k all infact but noticeable if you're in tune with your bike.
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You need to soften the blade really. Get it good and hot (i.e. red) in a blowtorch at the place you want to drill, try to keep the heated area as small as possible cos it doesnt spring as well once softened. Then let it cool slowly, put it down on a brick in some still air (garage shed etc).
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One independant brake on each wheel, that's the law, unless its a trike or a quad in which case the rules get well complicated.
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Two independant methods of braking. I.e. two brakes, or a brake and fixed wheel.
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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?