winchman

New rims best, it could be welded but to be honest once you start welding rims they are never the same. I feel the welding would twist the wheel so it would have to trued up so it starts out as a cheap fix then costs more than a new rim.

Thanks Sent a mail to Shadow in the US and UK US tell me not Shadow, seller has offered to take them back and refund. You can tell by the finish they are nothing special shadow in UK agrees but asked for drop out pics too

Our son has bought some forks from Ebay, bloke sold them as Shadow Conspiracy, only marks are this logo? So have we been ripped? Any one recognise the logo?

Bought our son a Almost mint Onza Bird, Cable operated brakes, disc front norman V brake rear. Wouldnt let him ride it until today as its for christmas. I bought my self an old Onza T Bird, Magrura rear with Tectro front V brake, he has had a couple of goes of mine and has done well. He dosnt like the ride of the bird and says the brakes arnt as sharp as my old T bird. Any ideas is it us or is this lesser spec older bike better for him, is his instinct right? Hes a BMX rider

Might be best letting a shop remove it unless you are confident as it would be a shame to damage anything. I have a few special tools for removing stuff like this but I often have to do it. If you just have basic stuff hacksaw a slot in the top of it and unscrew with a screw driver

Post a Youtube video of the problems with your wheel as it may just be bearings, easy to fix once you know how, cheap too

Just been back to my local coaters, now charges £40 for a bike frame and forks, local back street place charges £25, this includes all prepwork. I can have a spray can mixed for £8 and they havent been too bad but not as good as powder, but the next one in the pipe line is going to have Vynal wrap on the straight tubes and paint on everything else, so watch this space.

I would try who ever imports / makes the product. I use a lady on Ebay who makes me two for a bike for £2.50. to our own design

Just have a go Have you seen this? http://www.shelter-systems.com/wooden-bike-plans.html Now people will take the piss but its a start, it will teach you something. Then get your self off to the tip and get a few frames, cut them up and find some one to weld them together for you. Hang on this could be a comp, who can make the best wooden trails bike, hang on off to the shed.

I was lucky I served a formal apprenticeship and the company made you learn every trade, so I have to learm Fabrication and welding, electrical, pipe work, turning and milling etc, this was a gift as now I can still do most things, many younger trades men cant even weld. The Carbon tubed frame is very nice but I do wonder about the cost LOL, not only materials but the time etc.

Now thats some good advice. I spent two years a good few years ago working repairing mainly wheel building and bike frame painting equipment. The big manufacturers just buy all the components from India and China and eithe have them assembled in the UK or built in China/India But I have to admire your ideas, give it a go you have noting to loose. This company supply most of the frame building stuff and its not expensive http://www.shuztung.com/new/web_c/html/02_products/en/products.html Cant remember the Indian one I just googles these http://www.ceeway.com/custom_uk_bicycle_framebuilders.htm Find one near by and see if you can go along. I dont know of any large volume frame builders in the UK. Just noticed you are in Nottingham, have Raligh shut the nottingham factory? Ask around as some of the old staff may be willing to help you out. Just because you are 16 and to some people may not have a clue if you are keen to learn and will listen to peoples advice they you can achieve it. As for making a living at it this is very hard. Most people see this as a hobby and run a bike shop for the income and make the odd frame. I was very interested in HI FI and had designed some speakers that worked very well, but once you start manufacturing them on a large or small scale you open a can of worms. If dealer a takes all you can make say 3 a month, dealer B who has seen good reviews of your product wants some, as he cant get any he may well rubbish your product as he cant have them. So people stop buyig from dealer A and you go bust throug no fault of your own and with a good product. I would give it a go as a hobbie and see what happens

No why bother, just learn like you will live forever and live like you die tomorrow

You should ask the wife about the time I went to the shop for a bottle of Vodka and came back with an old Volvo estate Lads just came home and over the moon with the BMX, It has all the bits he looks for so my gut instinct was right LOL

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Took a punt on a BMX today, our resident BMX expert is off school and at his mates house. WE advertised wanting a Trails bike, some one replied to an old ad and offered me a BMX as its round the corner I went and made an offer based on the engineering looking good and it having good grips and pedals. So whats the frame? Only markings are in the picture

Thats some very good advice. The colours in powder are limited but I feel its more durable and cheaper than spray painting. If it chipped it wasnt done properly The problem with bike frames is you get the faraday cage effect in the corners and the powder wont stick as thick, the best way to overcome this is to use static charged guns on the main frame and Electronic charges guns on the corners were tubes meet ( Versamatic and Tribomatic if I remember correctly) A good powder coater will know of these issues and have his own way of over comming it Heres the stuff we used http://www.nordson.com/en-gb/divisions/industrial-coating/products/powder-coating/pages/default.aspx I paid £30 including blasting and it was first class at a local coaters

Rampworx, Liverpool, Whos coming second? http://rampworx.com/ Not just the ramp design, but the helpfull attitude of the staff and visitors. Lots of good events organised too, and dont forget its not some money spinner, its ran by a charity so any monies made are spent on the place. They want to open more in the uk but cant get the money.

Its good to see you are trying. I am just pondering on Nato Green or Vynal wrap in a Print covered in Smarties???? I would do yours Matt Black with a few purple bits as some one has suggested.

Good point I assumed it was the same company

I think they are bigger in the BMX world

Just check on this as it was the case but a couple of years ago we had a leak under the patio, the water board came and repaired it for free, but I did ask them as I had seen some were on the net they have to do it for free now due to losses etc, a bit evasive at first but finally told me it would be free. Do what I do, shower at work, take a flask home to make a cup of tea and put the rest in a hot water bottle for bed time, saves a fortune Dont forget to got to the toilet too as why do it in your own time?

Being new I assume this is all about fitting refils in to brakes? Just incase you dont know Loctite comes in many different forms and its best to use the corrcet one for each job. http://www.loctite.co.uk/cps/rde/xchg/henkel_uke/hs.xsl/homepage.htm Its fantastic stuff when you use the correct one. I have two in the shed, one allows you to dissassemble things the other you have no chance unless you heat it to 800C Most superglues are not water proof, so once it starts to get wet it can degrade, depending on which one use use.

Now this is true but if you had to build the wheel first thing you do is check the components you have are correct and in good condition? I cant knock all bike repair staff but some are good some are bad as with all professions. Claims to ride trials?? I used to have a trials motor bike but I am still shit at riding and truing wheels, in fact I am that bad with wheels I wont even attempt to do one, funny thing is I spent two years fixing automatic wheel building lines, that was a totally different ball game but still with wheels, so I know a fair bit about wheels but this dosnt mean I can uild or fix a wheel by hand, If you have a mach 1 Wheel building line at home then I could throw the bits in and it would make a good wheel, the people who hand build wheels in factories are a rare special breed, who are very skilled and quick, I just wish I had taken the time to watch and learn when I had chance. . I wonder if he considered the spoke length, wheel off set etc? Just beware whan you complain, dont be rude and dont loose your rag, some people just dismiss you if you are too young or too old in there eyes. If you need agood complaint letter let me know as I know a woman who is very good at this sort of thing.

Having had a good think anbout this. You gave halfords a new hub, spokes and a used but true rim? If so they clearly didnt sort in so I would say under the sale of goods act you are entitld to a refund as the work was not satisfactory. It didnt have an egg in it when it went, I assume he didnt point out "Oh I might make a mess of this and charge you anyway"? You should then be entitld to damages IE the cost of the rim if it cant be repaired plus the cost of having th wheel rebuilt. If you call your local trading standards they will advise and its all free. Then write to Halfords head office, ( you could try going in to the store and politly asking for this to be sorted, as you gave them a good set of components for them to assemble and they didnt do it, charged you and possibly damaged the bits) You may well have to allow them one last chance at repair TS will advise but from memory its repair or replace at your disdression on new items but not certain with this as its a service not an actual thing.

Small bike shops will be passionate about bikes, some Halfords people see it as just a job. When you go in ask the wheel builder "how do I know you are any good"? Based on his reply you should be able to tell