So, it had a big crack in it, as shown a couple of weeks back. But frankly, it didn't seem like it needed a framebuilder's tender loving care, it's just a crack in a pipe. So off to The Forge it went. They're used to welding gates, so here was another one for them.
Well, it's in one piece again (although thinking about it, it was in one pice before... anyway, I digress), the welding isn't exactly something you'd call neat, in fact you'd call it a bit rough. But 'functional' is our sole criterion here, and as long as it stays in one piece on the trails, I'm a happy man. It may not look great, but it'll be behind a chainring, it cost £12, and anyway, this bike's a down-and-dirty, hardy bit of kit. It wears battle scars with pride.
So all that's left now is to ride the thing. Rock on.
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It's blobby but it does the, er, jobby. |
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There, look, I've tarted it up. Bit of Hammerite and you'd never know. |
simon barnes, 23:20 02 Jul 2004
I was going to suggest a bit of hammerite then I scrolled down and saw the other pic. Nice job.
Mike D, 20:21 05 Jul 2004
Now just wrap the whole stay in old inner tube and job's a good'un ;-)
Stewart Pratt, 21:04 05 Jul 2004
And why would I do that on a singlespeed? :o)
Neeek, 04:56 07 Jul 2004
I'm disappointed. After all, what you *should* have done was hold a lighter underneath the 'stay and drip wax onto it.
If it works for candles, it'll work for a bike, that's what I say. Hell, for 12 quid you can even get a really fancy candle.
samuri, 01:32 18 Jul 2004
penis
messiah, 13:44 06 Dec 2004
and then, like a bullet from a gun the whole thing happenned, and I was there, and I saw it with my own eyes! But it wasn't, who was I to say? Could it have really been... I'm no longer so sure?
Simon, 11:50 04 Sep 2005
Ur spam filter iz saracin