Today I did something to my bike thread...

Miklos wrote: »

You shouldn't need to do any chopping to singlespeed it so long as you have a chain tensioner. There's a lot to be said for it in terms of ease of maintenance and if your commute is only 6km e/w you'll be laughing provided you choose the right gearing.

Thanks for that, I was doing this on a budget and can do the welding myself but having looked at chain tensioners they are fairly cheap. Gearing will also be whatever I can put together in the shed but if I need to change it down the line I will

dahat wrote: »

Did you need to use the shims? Set mine again and while it's tight now it looks just a fraction too far out.

Yes I used the two spacer sleeves on mine. It sits perfectly in my opinion, not too far out or too near.

dahat wrote: »

Managed to get this sorted, I was missing a washer that took some time to locate after I dropped it.
I'm happy with the mount and will likely order another for the winter bike.

Any pics of it in situ with computer mounted?

Two pictures attached as not set up to embed pictures on mobile.

GoPro Session 5 below my saddle.

Abus Bordo 6500 as a second lock.

Added a Go Pro Session 5 on the front too, using a Recmounts Spacer mount and some Go Pro extensions. It's pretty crowded there and I think I'll have to buy a different extension to be able to angle my light properly. It's a Sinewave Beacon mounted with Additive Spacer One+One, which is also the bottle cage mount.




I'm also working on fitting a front basket so I can go to the supermarket after work. It's Sunlite Mesh basket with two cheap lights from dx.com (I think) on the front. The basket mount allowed the basket to hang too low and touch the wheel. I bent, hammered and cut the hooks to shorten it but I messed it a bit and it's not symmetrical anymore.

Converted my Thorn tourer to single speed this evening after the rear mech wrapped itself around the axle. I suspect it was due to a very badly worn chain that I've been meaning to change.

New mech in the post...

I replaced my bottom bracket on the commuter and was shocked at how much water ran out of it!
Also swapped the wheels from another bike to this one, so had to transfer over the cassette and tyres.

No spin during a storm warning so got to a few bits.

1. Older Ultegra STI eaten its cable

Pulling and prying involved to extricate it. Not sure what model/series it is but the opening at the side of the shifting rotors is quite tight compared to some others. Got her there in the end. A job I'm well familiar with from the Tiagra bike.


(Sorry for the sh1te photo)

2. Cleaning and what it uncovered

Jockey wheel somehow got a big gash in it, think it wants to be harry potter. Due to other issues its time for a full new RD anyways. Thatll go on once delivered.



3. New pads
Done. Frankly the old ones were into danger territory. Tut tut me.

4. Tyre
Went through it with a drill bit(lumber) to pull out glass etc. Armadillos are kings. Plenty of glass "balls". They'd been in there long enough to be rounded and smoothed off. Kevlar doing its job. Unfortunately theres a gash thats elongated so time to refresh.

August 17 -> December 18. Daily usage in and out of the city with all the glass etc that entails.

BrianHenryIE wrote: »

Added a Go Pro Session 5 on the front too...

How do you find that for vibration? I run a Session on mounts in similar locations but one is just in front of the bar with the other being about 5cm forward. The forward one appears to suffer a fair bit more vibration.

site_owner wrote: »

i added a session 4 to the fork of the bullitt. video is pretty smooth, but the lens is pointing upwards so theres a lot of sky in the shot

That might cause issues on sunny days. Can you make your own mount and attach it to the bolt on the show in the photo?

ED E wrote: »

How do you find that for vibration? I run a Session on mounts in similar locations but one is just in front of the bar with the other being about 5cm forward. The forward one appears to suffer a fair bit more vibration.

Vibration is no problem – one of its features vs Session 4 is the stabilization. The camera is able to do 4k, but only 2.7k when stabilization is turned on, and with looping mode also on, it's been forcing me to use 1080p. In general, I'm not hugely impressed with the camera but I've nothing to compare it to.

Put some better pedals on the bullitt. Feet were constantly slipping off the crappy plastic basic ones it had on when I got it

Took my old flat bar commuter from the shed the weekend. Bike is almost 10 years old at this stage, hasn't been ridden regularly in easily 6 years apart from 1 day. I had expected a big job in getting it sorted, probably new tyres, chain etc, but nope. Not a trace of rust, everything still well greased and smooth. There was even air still in the tyres from that one time a few years ago. Gave my son the job of removing all the spider and cob webs from it with a toothbrush though.

Hurrache wrote: »

Actually I was expecting a seized seat post as it seems to be a common issue on this forum alone. I loosened the bolt with an allen key and it immediately moved freely.

She's a keeper!

Weepsie wrote: »

My seatpost is seized in my Croix de Fer. Took one of the botle holders off, tipped it upside down and sprayed a load of WD40 in hope more than expectation/ Let it sit for a few hours. After several hours, I gave it a go, and not budging, but the WD40 found it's way around the bike and came out in a few places and required the floor getting a thorough cleaining!

Going to try some sort of penetrating oil and leave it a few days in the outside shed. After that, I'm giving up. It's only marginally too low, but still.

Try Coca Cola instead of penetrating oil.