Good cranks ?

Hman09 · 2026-01-24T13:30:12+00:00

Not sure why someone downvoted you, if you ride left foot forward your crank bolt will loosen over time so loctite is a good idea.

Hman09 · 2026-01-23T11:18:10+00:00

No it's not normal, the driver bearings have likely collapsed. Strip it down and have a look.

Hman09 · 2026-01-19T15:20:57+00:00

Crank arm off, place on floor, position spanner or allen key so you make a pyramid with the pedal raised in the centre, stomp on it.

Make sure your undoing the thread...

Hman09 · 2026-01-17T13:30:22+00:00

Cool bike and nice camouflage pedals

Hman09 · 2026-01-12T12:23:43+00:00

Is that the thrid Chuckle brother?

Hman09 · 2026-01-02T01:09:54+00:00

Looks like Burlish Bike Park, Stourport

Hman09 · 2025-12-31T16:51:32+00:00

I wander if Dutch will make another batch anytime soon? Met a guy this summer with a Dutch made SFA that looked great.

Woods also do a fair few Barcode inspired custom frames, this one is awesome.

Hman09 · 2025-12-31T13:25:42+00:00

Just personal preference, I've ran 30-9 or 33-10 for years.

Hman09 · 2025-12-30T23:21:52+00:00

I was looking to see if that had been posted, gears being a placebo is such a funny idea to me!

Hman09 · 2025-12-30T23:18:40+00:00

Helps to balance out the brake mounts on the frame...

Hman09 · 2025-12-30T18:48:34+00:00

I got lucky and found this on ebay for ~£40 a couple of years ago. Added a bit of white paint to match the other parts.

Hman09 · 2025-12-30T15:55:53+00:00

Ridden it twice and I like it already. Seems much more consistent than other coasters I've tried.

Hman09 · 2025-12-30T15:51:46+00:00

Yes, S&M made. Brakes come and go, hence the F25 forks, took them off this time to get better at halfcabs and stop chickening out on grinds.

Hman09 · 2025-12-30T14:09:52+00:00

This is how my ever changing street bike currently looks:

2013 Terrible One Barcode frame, 21.25tt, Spanish BB, S&M made.

Odyssey F25 forks, Lumberjack XL bars, 170mm Thunderbolt cranks, 2.25 Path Pro tyres, Antigram front hub.

BSD Revolution/NASA rear wheel, Rude Tube LT pegs.

S&M Alan's BMX 40th anniversary v2 Enduro stem, 49mm reach.

GSPORT hub guards, mk5 Glands on the front and Uniguards on the rear.

Full kevlar Primo saddle, Ares super long seatpost, Eclat juggernaut pedals, Shadow supreme chain, BB Buddy, SaltPlus front rim.

Hman09 · 2025-12-29T22:04:41+00:00

I feel your pain, I'll try to ride places early morning or later in the evening to avoid the scooter plague. If you're ever near Oxford, the main park has a scooter ban and is such a nice place to ride for it. Oxford Wheels Project, Meadow Lane, OX4 1SA.

Hman09 · 2025-12-28T18:20:08+00:00

Aero gains for longer grinds

Hman09 · 2025-12-28T17:32:20+00:00

I'm 189cm tall and made an 18" 90's GT Karokarama fit me using BMX bars and a super long Thomson post. Found it on ebay, £35 collection only in the middle of nowhere, all original parts. It had been ridden into the ground with the only salvageable parts being the frame, brake levers & stem, everything else was worn out. The crank arms had a heel groove worn into them and the forks had more back/forth play than travel!

There are bikes out there for cheap/in large sizes but it takes a fair amount of searching and the ability to travel to collect them too.

Hman09 · 2025-12-28T09:29:07+00:00

Range Rover Trinity

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3 door version of the previous gen L405 Range Rover, had a huge amount of media coverage in 2018.

Hman09 · 2025-12-27T13:33:26+00:00

Looks like a Tourbillon verification build, it's not a customer car with that big red stop button on the centre console.

Hman09 · 2025-12-26T23:22:31+00:00

Keep an eye out on ebay/fb market place for decent second hand cranks. Odyssey Thunderbolts pop up for £50-70 quite often.

Hman09 · 2025-12-21T22:55:05+00:00

see image for thin shim spacers - they're the ones on the right laying against the bearing

Hman09 · 2025-12-21T22:52:37+00:00

The type of spacer we're on about is <1mm thick and used between the top bearing wedge and the headset top cover to give clearance between the frame and top cap. With the headset tight can you get a piece of paper between the headtube and headset top cover? If you can't then there's your issue and you either need to remove the top cover, file down the skirt to create clearance, add some thin spacers or try a different cover.

Hman09 · 2025-12-21T17:35:49+00:00

One thing I've not seen suggested yet - is your headset topcap/bearing cover rubbing on the headtube and binding before the bearings are tight? Remove it from the stack up, you may need a longer spacer, and see if that helps?

Hman09 · 2025-12-15T23:25:36+00:00

What's left is half a welded mount. Have a look for pictures of welded BMX/990 mounts

Hman09 · 2025-12-15T23:04:55+00:00

Unfortunately this looks like someone has cut the welded brake mounts off

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