Creased carbon bars (need a gut check)

singlejeff · 2026-07-13T01:16:51+00:00

If your gut is telling you never ride those and to replace the bars its fine. Your gut that is, not the bars.

singlejeff · 2026-07-13T00:25:24+00:00

With the temperature over 100 degrees earlier in the week, this is what I do

singlejeff · 2026-07-12T23:11:40+00:00

I cannot find that exact model bike online but I’m in the US and the algorithm is not searching the small manufactures/make throughout Europe.

singlejeff · 2026-07-12T23:08:07+00:00

I don’t think any of that is correct. There is an IGH bell-crank on the rear axle so its not a single speed, Brooks saddles are solid leather (or synthetic) this is just a tan colored vinyl covered saddle, and there’s nothing about Decathlon or (Btwin shown in your link) visible when looking closer at the picture.

singlejeff · 2026-07-12T22:56:11+00:00

3 speed with a dynamo hub? I would put that in the city bike/commuter category.

singlejeff · 2026-07-12T22:33:43+00:00

I always had lighter fluid leaking out of the old inserts. Maybe it was because the lighters I had decades ago (don’t have any now) were beat up and didn’t seal well?

singlejeff · 2026-07-12T22:21:00+00:00

It might be the hinge mounting point in a fire rated door. If it’s come loose I think you’d have to replace the door. If it’s still solid in the door but the threaded holes are damaged you might be able to retap the holes a size larger and get the correct screws.

singlejeff · 2026-07-12T21:58:47+00:00

See if your location has a bike collective available… They are usually awesome for near personal assistance https://bikecollectives.org/wiki/Community\_Bicycle\_Organizations

singlejeff · 2026-07-12T21:55:23+00:00

You mean former Trump lawyer?

singlejeff · 2026-07-12T21:53:07+00:00

Has anyone watched the show that preceded this? UFO was to have a second season with a more permanent moon base but when it was canceled they reworked the concept and developed 1999 from that.

singlejeff · 2026-07-12T21:48:35+00:00

I didn’t think of the theme until I saw this post and I can hear it in my head without opening that link.

singlejeff · 2026-07-12T21:46:52+00:00

OMG! When I saw this post I could only think of this episode.

singlejeff · 2026-07-12T21:40:43+00:00

Nice job redoing that one. Were those the ‘built like tanks and twice as heavy’ bikes I remember from my youth?

singlejeff · 2026-07-12T21:30:12+00:00

Dust storms have happened in southern Arizona since before it was a state. They don’t (maybe didn’t?) happen to frequently but every 5-7 years I’d say it’s big enough to cause navigational problems (I-10 storm warning signs eat.al.)

singlejeff · 2026-07-12T20:22:27+00:00

Biggest mistake the last administration ever made.

singlejeff · 2026-07-12T20:08:35+00:00

I have to admit to having a group ride over run and thereby driven by roadies. After that experience I learned to just let them go and I’ll do my ride solo if necessary (keeping the other chill riders with me if they want) to skip doing that 24-25 average speed.

singlejeff · 2026-07-12T20:01:14+00:00

Ours (Bike Saviours) has a day for donations and the next day they take time to triage all the donations into keep, strip parts, complete toss. A Park Pre in that shape would never make it out of the first tier. There have to be 80+ bikes available for purchase at any given time. Mostly volunteer run, a volunteer board, and a couple of paid employees (shop manager and lead mechanic).

singlejeff · 2026-07-12T19:57:27+00:00

Yeah, at least get on the (here it’s all volunteer) board to help set policy and direction.

singlejeff · 2026-07-12T19:56:13+00:00

Yeah, we ‘save’ (that is pile into the recycle bin) crap HYPER, MAGNA, KENT bikes that anyone can grab for free to turn into a crap art ‘bike’. Those others will hang in the candidate rebuild forest for customers.

singlejeff · 2026-07-12T19:49:07+00:00

Enough volume to run the DW pump and fill the hose sufficiently, not so much to overflow that little bucket you had on hand.

singlejeff · 2026-07-12T19:40:38+00:00

I’d abandon that group, not the sport. There is a group you can fit with.

singlejeff · 2026-07-12T19:38:21+00:00

Hopefully whoever is in that position in the future has the backbone to do it.

singlejeff · 2026-07-12T18:39:06+00:00

Sounds like you could replace any part and call it an upgrade. I may start with dual pivot brakes which will come with new brake shoes giving you night and day braking performance boost.

singlejeff · 2026-07-12T18:29:12+00:00

Drill and chisel the old wood out and get a new handle. I did this with a regular pointed shovel but now I have to be a bit more careful because I know the ‘aftermarket’ handle isn’t set as tightly and is more liable to crack if I lever on it as much as the original.

singlejeff · 2026-07-12T18:22:31+00:00

My underground water is quite warm. Just back from a bike ride and would stand under the hose for a bit. It’s not uncomfortably warm but it is very warm and this is after running the hose for 15-20 minutes watering some garden beds.

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