Yeah, but they are never the right size.
With Columbus now doing disc brake fork blades, have any of the builders given them a try in a build yet?
Not the Columbus, but I’ve used others to the same spec. Work great, why do you ask?
Just saw it mentioned in the latest CycleEXIF bike post. Had also watched Devlin Cycles mod some Columbus MAX tubing to make a disc fork via the gram recently. Could have saved him some trouble, but then again, it wouldn’t have been MAX.
Thread dig:
Prototype v2 of a broken knog light holster:
Needs a lot of design work but functionally works pretty well to avoid chucking another knog light into landfill.
nice one!
Cable joiners. The outers slide in about 10mm (4mm gear, 5mm brake), the inner cable runs continuous through a central 2mm hole. Intended to sit underneath the end of the bar tape, to enable changing bars/bikes/cables without having to unwrap the bars.
^^ Sweet! Nice idea. Alloy?
These ones are steel, but I intend to make aluminium ones when I get some smaller stock (i.e. stuff I don’t have to turn down to 6mm from 25mm, as enjoyable as it is).
^ I thought you employed child labour?
Child labour loses interest as child is not being paid…as such.
For those without a lathe or child labour, you can also get them from Jagwire
Could these be made from hobby tube stock and just sleeved together rather than milled?
Version two is currently being started. Milling a double width plate to match the curve of the bar, then driling the sleeve and cable hole so that they’re both connected by one piece.
Probably. If they’re joining straight cable runs they don’t really have any force to resist.
Only had space at higher level to store wheels. $50 of Bunnings pine, two saw cuts and 24 screws = wheel stand. Needs a shelf so I can offset the axles to make them nest better. Baby steps.
Dredge. Prototype frame bag. Custom lino cut print tag by me and eldest daughter. More to come when I get more time to practice. The old Elna handles 4 layers of cotton canvas real easy.
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Sewing those things are not easy, looks like a pretty damn good job!
Cheers. Reading, deconstructing, trial and error and a mum who gives me long distance tips. All good helpers. Dont look too close internally for now. Next one will be better again. Made a bunch of stuff sacks and gear bags first, this is stage 2.
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Rat Bags is a+
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