AdamR28

Fast coming to the conclusion that tanwalls look great on pretty much any bike. Nice!

https://www.mtbr.com/threads/help-magura-mt7-pro-brake-sudden-loss-of-power.1199171/#post-15539005

I hear you. That's why have a K11 Micra which cost £250!

Ah fair enough. "Cheap car" is different in my world

Yup crack on. Though an old Micra or something sounds just the ticket!

Pretty much. Funny how you get an email about 4.45pm every Friday, isn't it? I once chased my solicitor for an update on a Wednesday. Within 5 minutes I'd had a massive email sent to me, which started with point number 2 and was missing point 6. So basically they hastily deleted 1 and 6, had already done all the work, they were just going to wait until Friday to send the email. This all meant I made 2 'steps' that week rather than just one. So I guess my top tip is badger the f**k out of them!

Also mongs trying to go up the block on full boost. Cassette says no

That looks a lot better than any fatbike should / has ever done before. Good work!

Thanks dude - all sorted and gone in the post back to you today

That's a bit odd. Wonder why. Try and prevent random people from just buying up houses as investments and leaving them empty, maybe?

Thin washer between the hub and fork should do the trick!

Have actually seen a couple of these where the centre sleeve wasn't quite the right length, leading to early bearing death. Pop it back with a note and we'll sort it

That is beautiful work! You must be doing this commercially...?

That's one of the reasons I went DIY! Though I think given my 'hourly rate', cost of tools and cost of materials (about £50 a wheel), I probably should just have bought some

... but the UK distributor won't sell you spokes, you have to get your wheels built by them: https://zedbikewheels.com/product/berd-custom-build-string/ Works out about £11 a spoke with the build charges.

They're about $8 each in the USA, 8 quid ish over here.

Thanks dudes! The tubing is 631 head tube, 853 top (20x30mm flat, 0.8-0.5-0.8, flattened from a round 25.4mm tube), down (DZB, 38mm, 0.8-0.5-0.8-1.1) and seat tubes, with Columbus stays and Columbus 44mm head tube used as a BB shell. What would I have done differently.... hmm. That's a really good question! I know it is easy to say 'nothing', but with this being the 3rd iteration of a similar type of frame / bike, and the other two having had niggles I seem to have ironed out with this one, I am struggling to think of something I would change. Perhaps I would add some head tube gussets for long-term peace of mind. Frame weight with paint (which only weighed 26g!) was 1.983kg. Bike in 'full winter mode' is a hair under 10kg. Just over 8.5kg with the rigid forks and mudguards removed. Full info here for anyone interetsed: https://www.mtbr.com/threads/diy-steel-29er-singlespeed-frame-build-arse-29er.1196810/

And faster than expected, nice Forgot I hadn't posted my latest creation in here... Now with different tyres and a more "winter in the North of England usable" setup from the original build... It bloody flies too - latest ride this weekend was a smidge over 50 miles, at 9.5mph average, with 6700ft of climbing, even in the winter slop. Mad.

Yeah, anything thinner than 1.8mm in the centre builds a pretty wafty wheel. Strong enough, but feel a bit flexy. Might be ok with carbon rims though.

The North's finest slop 300 miles is 35-40,000ft of climbing / descending round here.

I think that's the point - it seems that very, very few die of Covid when they haven't got an underlying health condition. Ie. healthy people have (virtually) nothing to worry about. Would be interesting to know what % of the population do have a recorded underlying health issue. Edit: "On 5 March 2019, 24.4% of the UK population were at risk due to a record of at least one underlying health condition" https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-021-10427-2 Here comes some probably skewed maths... So 25% of 67 million UK population have an underlying health condition = 16.75m Therefore 75% don't = 50.25m Total UK deaths (since the start - nearly 2 years) with Covid mentioned = 155k Total deaths from the 'healthy' 75% = 6183 = 0.0123% = 1 in 8127 Therefore total deaths in the 25% = 149k = 0.89% = 1 in 112 Seems fairly clear - be healthy, don't die from Covid. From 2016-2019, there were consistently ~250,000 deaths every year in the UK from cancer, alzheimers and heart disease: https://www.ons.gov.uk/aboutus/transparencyandgovernance/freedomofinformationfoi/totaldeathsintheukin2020anddeathsfromheartattacksheartdiseasecancerandalzheimersanddementia2016to2020 Still think Covid has been blown way out of proportion, and we should have focused on making people healthier to prevent rather than cure.

Just a little update... now about 300 miles in and still going strong. I honestly wasn't convinced they'd hold up... the rims weigh 310-320g and are 32mm wide, so the spokes have a lot of work to do - but the wheels have stayed true and round, with no drop in tension. In that 300 miles I've been through two sets of sintered brake pads and worn out set of ti pedal axles, so the bike hasn't had an easy life

Ha, no I didn't. "Obese old man who lived a very unhealthy life dies". Hardly a headline. /autism

Mustn't forget the history of drug and alcohol abuse. I'm glad the media didn't try and specifically report him as a 'Covid death' like they have other celebrities.

Another tip... do all the bolts up until they are about a quarter of a turn from being seated, then grab the rotor by the arms and twist it anti clockwise (assuming the rotor is facing towards you!). You'll find there is a bit of slop when doing this - by pre-rotating it means the rotor is hard up against the shaft of the bolt, and therefore better supported. If you just tighten them down any old way, its just the friction between the underside of the head that holds it in place, meaning its much easier for the bolts to come loose. Hope that makes sense and helps...