lowlancer

Exactly. Mysterious little cunt of a thing.

Has "Suzue" on the outside, but "Suntour" stamped where axle goes. I think Suzue made Suntour hubs for a spell. In any case, has a larger than standard thread diameter (right term?) so it's a cunt.

Swapped 40 tooth chain ring to out side of 52 tooth chain ring. Chain now runs straight as a gate, aka is lined up with rear cog. Not ideal but rideable.

Chur

When dafuq is nats?

Probably chain misalignment as that's why I was taking rear cog off, shit is out of alignment. Really need to suss a bigger cog and roll big chain ring. Might look at building a new rear wheel up with a flip flop hub tbh. Never laced spokes up, should be a laugh

Yeah that's what I've done, but the wheelset is a 1980s 700c Araya, which I'm using the Morrison axle in as the Araya set had quick release skewer in, was worried this might fuck something. I'm thinking I did it removing cog being a rough cunt anyway.

Would look mean in a sweet new tone of brown. Mean project

Will try read the above when brain is not fizzed as need to sort that ASAP

Also, my rear axle/skewer is bent as shit. How the heck could this happen? And how important is it that I run the exact right bearing cone things on it? Eg I took the axle and cone nuts from the original wheel set and used it on my new wheelset, which is a bit different - seemed to run absolutely fine though and no weird noises.

I wonder if i did it try to remove that fucking cog, still can't believe how difficult that was.

If it is okay to use, does anyone have a spare axle? Had a hoon on the tard but couldn't spot fuck all. If I shouldn't be using this axle, I've got the one that came with the wheels but it's a quick release style and doesn't have the full set of bits. Dem shits expensive too

One thing I've noticed with bikes is the HUGE amount of variation according to brand/year/country of origin. Everything seems to be different.

Although I don't really understand the allure of fixed gear, I don't have an issue with it. It's just something different. Meh.

Thinking I just get a cog and get it machined out with a thread to suit chucked on. Brock Lee is having a look for me though so I hope he can suss me out something.

Got the cunt off.

Basically, don't have chain whip so did the old wrap the chain around and bung it in vice jam. POS chain fucking snapped a link and with it a tooth off the cog it was wrapped around.

Cue swearing. And hammer vs cog to get it off which was epic/rangi/I was wild. Best/worst part is that I can't fix the spacing issue the way I was hoping so it was for nothing. And the thread on the hub seems to be way different to anything else I can find - a lot bigger, like 1.67"? Which means a replacement cog may be a dick to locate.

Annnnnnnd it's broken. Went to take rear cog off to change spacer arrangement. Snapped teeth off it. And it's still on there. LOL

Fuuuu

GUTS BO

I'd say they're being lazy tbh.

Don't worry man, I'm not that fussed about it right now - would need to get another chain if I switched chain rings and at this stage I just wanna ride it a bit. Cheers though.

Well I took it to bike shop. They were like WTF is this? Is a stepped thread, apparently it's some Japanese thing? He got out a cog and it was a way smaller diameter. Might take it somewhere else.

Hey Mr Lee, question for ya. Rear wheel has thread on sprockets, is the older freewheel style I guess? Where does one get these from? Wanna chuck a higher toothed set on as I'm limited to 15t and using the smaller chainring (40t) at the mo, which looks shit and isn't that good a ratio for hills for my virgin legs anyway.

Other issue is the actual chain "line", from chain ring back to the wheel sprocket. It's the opposite direction to what spacers will fix so I'm unsure how to remedy this. the whole wheel needs to shift "away" from the chain ring so the chain is straight. This is more thinking out loud, I'm sure I can fix it.

Looks like some semi rake on the frame - I like that look.

Are the forks mildly bent from some sweet nose dive jump or something?

Negative on the bending, that I can tell at least. Rides true.

Def not losing rear brake, be pretty stupid/foolhardy to only use one brake on Wellington hills.

Bought a 10 speed Morrison back in November 2011. The intention was to clean it up and hoon it as it was, which is what I did for awhile. However, the derailleur and other ancillaries were fucked/old/awful, the rear wheel had a sweet bend in it and it was generally lame, so I ended up banishing it to the garden shed for a year or so.

I moved to Wellington to study some fucking more in 2012, and it soon became apparent that a bike was required post haste, as the city, where I studied and where I lived were close to one another, and it is a sweet place to burn around on a bike. I finished my year at uni (dominated, naturally), and moved back to Cambridge for the summer and began the build.

First, the only remaining image I have of it as it was. This was the day I got back to Cambridge, start of November.

Stripped it to bits, and got the frame coated in a nice brown/copper fleck jobbie. It's actually a colour that was popular in the 1980s for aluminium windows. Thought that might be a nice reference to its history.

Cleaned and painted some stz

Got some Araya 700c rims off the tard, with single speed hub and a couple sprockets attached.

Put it together slowly - note Fisher and Paykel everything. Such a brand slut omg.

Basically finished it today. Wanna get some grips for cold Wellington mornings and a new saddle for my ass to experience.

SWEET LEGNUM BOE

Probably not to everyone's taste. Not a big fan of over complicated styling. Less is More. Hate those race curved bars every cunt rolls. Seem impractical.

Have the luck of a fuckwit and the head to body weight ratio of a coward so will keep it single speed for now. Don't wanna die. Gonna look at a new crank/chainring eventually too, maybe a nicer headset. Whatever, it rolls, does the job. Rolling about a 2.7 ratio which seems okay.

Costs were

Bike - $50

Coating frame - $80

Various parts including wheels/tyres = $200+

Total = $too fucking much.

Fuck. LOL!

Anyone got a source for single speed (thread on) sprockets? I would like a 20t or 22t as my crank sprocket is 52t and my ratios are up the fuck

Adode toastershop? ^^

Saw this going up hills by Tairua on the 2nd of Jan I think. I was in the massive jam going the other way. Looks cool, definitely needs an inch or so off the height IMO.

Sussed it, chur.

Pay day today = last bits purchased to make it rideable.

electrical tape always works sweet in my experience

Everyone says this is a bad idea. Just doesn't last? Is gonna be used daily so needs to be reliable.

Will just buy some shiz and see

Need rim tape. I have no idea what width tape I need. I have some 700c araya rims.

Please advise.

Also, if anyone has tubes and tyres to suit they wanna sell, holla at cha boi.

As a side, I got my entire frame (far bigger than this) blasted and powdercoated for $80. I've done the painting thing and it never turns out as well, and also is a cunt generally. Allowing for your own time, probably not much more to coat it and get a way better finish. Mine is awesome

However, if you're le mans spec at painting and patient, then you'll probably be sweet.

dafuq is that/those

Very valid point.

All I need to get this complete is a nice pedal set, a chain, some tubes/tyres and some non-rusty fixings. Hope I can still remember how to ride a bike

Your downpipe looks way out of scale in that last pic, was trying to figure out wtf was going on

That is all

Yeah might do that.