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PostPosted: Thu Jul 12, 2018 15:47 
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haha I will try and remember to take my camera.

Turns out I had not thrown out my BMX helmet after all. *gulp*.

Ah well, he who dares wins. I already asked him if there were any stair case gaps (my old fave) and he says no, so I shouldn't be too tempted to do anything stupid.

Oh yeah, the fixie. Well, I could not find the drill bits at my mother's house. I bought a really nice bosch set about two months back because I was sick of fucking blunt drill bits. She says I took them home, but I know my house (it's like a map in my head I know where every last bit is). I told her no, you have gone all OCD (she's a bit crackers too is Mrs JC Sr) and tidied them away.

Who was right? me. They were in a fuckin carrier bag in the shed. However, that doesn't help when you have a 5mm hole you need to make around 11mm. I did have a 9.5 but it was blunt AF so all it did was make the part very very hot. I then tried my Dremel milling bits, but they just weren't touching it. It must be hardened steel or something.. Any way, I finally found a 9mm bit and with a 14mm bit (that's new) I managed to bore it, over two hours, to about 12mm giving it some play so it can move. So that's another job done now. Which actually reminds me that I have no Dremel attachments left that are worth a toss and must get more.

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Well off we went to Southsea skate bowl. I have never ridden a bowl before. "Maybe we should start on the ramps" said my friend. Nah, fuck that let's do the bowls. Did this one a couple of times (think empty swimming pool)

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Then we moved onto this one which is about twice as deep. You start at the top, get up on the walls as you come down, then you go around the large bowl sideways. Down I came, got up on the wall and forgot to steer into the bowl before hitting the hump. (the lip on the right)

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Et voila.

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So I sat for a while and let them dry up a bit before going over to the wooden ramps. I say "I am going to hit that jump box". I go up a vert ramp, drop in, come flying along and pulled as hard as I could and the fucking bars came back (loose). How I didn't die is a mystery lol.

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But man I feel alive. Not sure I will feel so alive tomorrow, but alive right now :DD

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 Post subject: Re: Bikes
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:facepalm: Oh JC.

At least you had a load of fun!

Weather looks alright there.


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PostPosted: Fri Jul 13, 2018 9:58 
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Yeah it was a killer night out and my mate has the nicest boy a parent could ask for. Plus he is really, really good. He transferred out of that bowl I crashed on into the shallower one. His first time doing that, so yeah it was a great night all round. Lesson learned though, concrete and skin don't mix hahaha.

I also got to meet Effraim Catlow who runs the place. Name might not mean anything, but he was a champion flatland rider during the 90s. I've always loved flatland. No good at it because it's terribly technical and incredibly skilful but amazing to watch. Hoping my torx drivers come today so I can crack on with the PK :)

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PostPosted: Sat Jul 14, 2018 11:47 
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Got the disc mounted yesterday.

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What it really needed was the two gallons of thread lock whoever built them used cleaning out, as the new bolts had thread lock on also and thus I now have two cut knuckles. I hate Torx bolts. Awful sodding things. That was about all I could do yesterday. Somehow the day after just sitting around doing nothing hurts more than scrubbing the rash with an exfoliating sponge and spraying them with alcohol. Maybe it was because of the adrenaline? IDK. Any way feeling much better today as it has now mostly scabbed over. It certainly doesn't hurt hardly anywhere near as much that's for sure :D

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 Post subject: Re: Bikes
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Niiice looks good, but at the same time strange I don't think I've ever seen a BMX with discs.

Looking forwards to the finished job.

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 Post subject: Re: Bikes
PostPosted: Mon Jul 16, 2018 16:24 
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Niiice looks good, but at the same time strange I don't think I've ever seen a BMX with discs.

Looking forwards to the finished job.

How is your leg fairing?


When I did it it stung a bit. I rode on, broke the bike then decided it was safer not to ride any more. Next day, agony. I don't know why, as there was no force or impact (just literally a slide) but yeah it hurt. Day after pain was completely gone, so due to the heat and me being a complete idiot I decided to take a bath. Yeah, let me absolutely say right now - don't ever fucking do that ! it went all mushy and soggy, weeped, looked very angry (so I think I had some local infection) and then hurt like a bitch for another day. Lesson learned, keep it dry. So before I took a nice bath today I wrapped it all in clingfilm (a trick I learned when I did my elbow all those years back).

Other than that? just bored out of my brains tbh. I don't do "heal time" very well.

I did just fit the disc brake onto the PK, but alas the 2 odd mm we discussed earlier in the thread came back to bite me on the ass. If you bolt it all up it catches the caliper pretty bad. It's literally 2mm out, so I had a few options. First I could get a disc spacer, but that would mean taking it back off (fuck those apples). I could bodge it but bodging's bad, mmkay? so I figured out that if I buy a 2mm thick sheet of alu (150x150) and make a piece to go between the caliper holder and frame (it will be held to the plate with epoxy then obs all pulled tight when I do up the bolts?) then that ought to do it. Was the cheapest option too, at £1.50.

Only annoying thing? my Dremel bucket is empty. I have no sanding drums, no mandrels etc. I have been putting it off for an age, so I had to drop £15 on that crap. Mind you, it does last a very long time to be fair.

So yeah, few days and I will make a spacer. TBH by the time that's done I won't feel like my skin is being stitched to the floor, so hurts like buggery every time I move, and should be ready to get back on the iron horsey.

Then I gotta remember to not be a cock next time and buy some shin/calf pads and elbow pads.

It wasn't just my leg, btw. It was my arm and my leg lmfao. Here is how it looks now. Well, before I took a bath and nearly died.

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Quick bikey pic.

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 Post subject: Re: Bikes
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Nearly there on that then.

When I came off my bike (doing 60 k/ph down the road) I got to work and a first aider put the worst bandage ever on it, it basically stuck into the wound and then i had to peel out all the bandage to reopen the wound to let it heal properly, completely healed over though perfectly fine (I was cycling throughout though)


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 Post subject: Re: Bikes
PostPosted: Tue Jul 17, 2018 10:08 
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Kris wrote:
Nearly there on that then.

When I came off my bike (doing 60 k/ph down the road) I got to work and a first aider put the worst bandage ever on it, it basically stuck into the wound and then i had to peel out all the bandage to reopen the wound to let it heal properly, completely healed over though perfectly fine (I was cycling throughout though)


No wonder the first aider had problems putting on the bandage, you should have stopped cycling.


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 Post subject: Re: Bikes
PostPosted: Tue Jul 17, 2018 10:34 

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Nearly there on that then.

When I came off my bike (doing 60 k/ph down the road) I got to work and a first aider put the worst bandage ever on it, it basically stuck into the wound and then i had to peel out all the bandage to reopen the wound to let it heal properly, completely healed over though perfectly fine (I was cycling throughout though)


No wonder the first aider had problems putting on the bandage, you should have stopped cycling.



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 Post subject: Re: Bikes
PostPosted: Tue Jul 17, 2018 11:27 
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Nearly there on that then.

When I came off my bike (doing 60 k/ph down the road) I got to work and a first aider put the worst bandage ever on it, it basically stuck into the wound and then i had to peel out all the bandage to reopen the wound to let it heal properly, completely healed over though perfectly fine (I was cycling throughout though)


Yeah that's no fun. That is why I have just kept it as dry as I can (since the bath episode) and just let it heal. I got ran over as a kid and skidded along the road on my naked back. We'd just been to the paddling pool up the road. I had to have the dressings changed a lot, and yeah I clearly remember it sucking donkey balls. I've not dressed these because thankfully I have been resting up letting them heal. I just give them a spray with savlon wash daily. Trying to keep them as dry as I can tbh.

I did get myself a lot deeper than it looked though. It's dry enough to touch and inspect now and in parts it's quite thick and deep. Still, at least it hasn't kept me off my feet so I have been keeping up on house work, washing (enjoyed it I have been that bored).

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PostPosted: Fri Jul 20, 2018 12:11 
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Well bollocks. Last night my friend and his son came over so we could set about dyeing my pedals. Sadly I had a bit of a ceiling pee, so it was not safe in there. So we went off to his house, then discovered the plastic traps were held on with nuts and bolts, but they had been thread locked. The nuts were round ffs, so we fought with them over the next couple of hours but I had to give up. So I might have ordered a pair of these..

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So I scanned the brake plate into the PC and ended up with this.

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Cut it out of vinyl with plotter, place on alu. Then cut, shaped and painted the edges (oh, and glued it on too)

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So that can go back on the morrow or something.

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PostPosted: Sun Jul 22, 2018 14:27 
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Brake is fitted and working. Slight rub, as something seems out of kilter (I think the wheel is ever so slightly warped, thus so is the disc) but I am hoping that will sort of wear in. If not I will have to get a disc bender and try and make it run true.

Will pick up the pedals on Tues when I go over mum's for a couple of days, should be back out on it later in the week. Injuries are now scab free, and just a little pink :)

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 Post subject: Re: Bikes
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You don’t need a special tool to bend disks, just careful pressure, though if it’s brand new it shouldn’t be bent.


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I don't think it started life out bent. It seems to go with the small warp in the wheel (which at centre will be worse). It's only literally 1mm or so. I just watched a vid, seems you can use a small adjustable spanner. Might have a go at that later :)

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A bit of gentle finger pressure will do it. I’ve stopped mine catching that way.


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I got it about 99% perfect in the end. Hand bending, but the trick was marking it with a sharpie (with a dot) so I could see the entry point and exit points (then bend in the middle using finger pressure obs :D ) It's not touching now, and I managed to tighten the pads a whole bunch without any rubbing either. Hurrah. Now I just have to pray I don't get a puncture, because of course it would all need to come off to change the tube.

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Why would you have to take it off to replace the tube?

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 24, 2018 12:44 
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Why would you have to take it off to replace the tube?


Because the axle goes through it.

Oh yeah, forgot to say. It turns out my Proper BMX (the one I ride for messing around on) is bent. The frame, to be precise. That would explain why after fighting with it for ages I could never get the back wheel aligned properly :(

I bought it during winter, and didn't even check it over properly when it arrived. Stupid me, but thankfully it was cheap and came with fresh paint on so I didn't drop a nut on all of that.

So instead I got this.

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Which will become my rider for doing stupid shit on. I will swap out the blue tyres for some black ones I have (new in the box) and bought a seat for £13 to replace the blue one I have.

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So a strip and rebuild will be in order some time next week.

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Don't axles go though all bike wheels..?

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Don't axles go though all bike wheels..?


Yes hence why you have to take off the wheel to change tubes. Problem is the brake does too, so it also has to be removed.

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The brake or the brake disk?

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The caliper/bracket.

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It's an add on plate/caliper holder (or adaptor in English) for bikes with no mounts. So I guess something has to give.. Hey, at least my rims will remain brake rub free now, and that which was on there came off with some isoprop and a cloth, so no harm done. Talking of which, the bike was bloody filthy ! so I gave it a good clean.

In a bad place ATM so am over mum's for three days. Behaving, and taking my pills on time all the time. Thus I have been asleep most of the day. Still, better than sitting around thinking of ways to make a noose from paracord I guess.

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OK so I came home and put the pedals on the PK. Got about half a mile out, then realised the back wheel had shifted :( had to walk it back, sort it out, meaning dragging it up and down stairs and through fire doors etc. A real PITA. Figured it would cool me down nicely.. Nuh uh. Man it is humid. Came home sweating profusely. Legs feel like some one set them on fire. Would do I guess, first time I rode in three weeks. I figured the ride outwards was too easy, so didn't go that far. Coming back? yeah, seriously windy in your face. Not good.

Have bought some new parts for the new bike I am building. You know? the one that I was supposed to be swapping the frame on...

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How did the back wheel shift?


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How did the back wheel shift?


When I pulled the brake it moved. It's because the axle is not long enough to allow me to fit the chain tensioner on that side :(

I need to fettle it more. It is clear now, but not as well aligned as I would like.

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Did a front end swap on my Proper with some parts I had from a donor bike.

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Also doing a rim job on my 1998 Quadangle :luv:

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And get this, bought a set of wheels, came with a free paint booth :D

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Am painting that spider/ring combo yellow to go on the Quad. Got my cranks in for the new, new new bike too.

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Where do you keep all your bikes dude? In the flat? In a shed?


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Where do you keep all your bikes dude? In the flat? In a shed?


In the flat lol. Most of them fit in the hall way, thankfully.

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I'm jonesing my bikes :(

Sodding weather. I did get a new seat for my orange bike because the white one started to look grotty and didn't take well to cleaning. White seats, bad idea. I've got a nice carbon post to put on it too that I had lying around from one of my race BMXes. Really looking forward to better climes now, as the depression is really starting to seep in. I forgot just how therapeutic flying up and down the beach path was. I did finish my Haro.

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But fell off it the first time I rode it. The bloody chain snapped. Which gave me a nice swollen yellow knee for about 3 weeks, after which the weather turned and I've not been able to get out on it again. I sorted it though. It seems it's fussy about exactly where the back wheel sits in the dropouts (chain alignment) which is why the chain sodding snapped and gave me a big metal pedal to the knee.

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markg wrote:
Is it/you made out of sugar or something? Just get out if it makes you feel better.


I guess if I could bring the bike inland a bit it would be OK. But the wind has been terrible lately, and it's been absolutely freezing. So I guess it's motivation more than anything.

Still, I know as soon as I fit the new seat and post I will want to ride it :) I did ride it on the disc brake once but the cable came loose so I had to come back. Have fixed that now.

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 Post subject: Re: Bikes
PostPosted: Mon Jan 07, 2019 15:36 
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I find that with running sometimes when the weather's shite. Just distract yourself and think about something else while you get ready to go out for a ride, once you're all set and ready to go out then you feel pretty stupid if you don't actually do it, so you do and then you remember why it was worth doing that and not just sitting on your arse.


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 Post subject: Re: Bikes
PostPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2019 10:47 
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My current (and last) BMX build.

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2000 Standard STA made of Ox Platinum :) I had one back in 96, great frames.

Nearly finished it now, then it (along with nearly all of the others) goes into storage.

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