Rusty Bolts

Had a couple of rusty brake mounting bolts. Got the same treatement as the caliper part... drill with wire brush.


Just beginning on the first bolt.



Part way through the first.



Part way through and you can see the difference between the two.

Rusteeze

Needed to clean up part of a mechanical disc brake. Specifically the wheel side of the caliper where the threaded plate is.

Cordless drill with wire wheel.

You can see the rust from use. This will eventually sieze up and become unusable. Especially since it moves rarely compared to the non wheel side of the caliper.

And the result of a few minutes work can bee seen here.

Cheap Clear Lense Glasses

3 years ago working at base gym was about to leave at the ed of my shift. Noticed the wind had picked up and was snowing. Realizing I had forgotten my riding glasses at home. Checked the lost and found.. found these. There for Racquet Ball but they worked well. And still do.

Drilling Plastic

Got a new seatube mounted chain guide from Superstar Components. Of course unlike some I'm not expecting Superstar to be Kreskin and devine that I want to keep my bashguard on. So it was off to the shop for mod with a Dremel and file.


First cut off the now superflous nub where the rear nut and bolt where.

First mounting without the outer plate.




Next was to take the outer part and cut what in the pic is the upper plastic... if it was mounted the thin piece would be over the chain ring. Careful Dremel use and smoothing with the file...
And the final result is a guide that will work with my Kooka bashguard.

Dirtbag Shadow

Simple solution for dealing with that housing loop.

All it is is a standard noole from V Brakes. Solves the whole annoying loop and the shifting issues it causes.

Dirt Bag Rim Tape

After finishing the new front wheel build it was time to rim tape the rim. Some will say this doesn't work but it works fine for me. I find simple electricians tape does well for this task.

First make sure to wipe the surface down to clean out any gunk. Then just past the valve hole start.



Make 3 or four passes around the entire rim. Try to keep it as centered as possible and covering the spoke holes. If not it increases the chances of the metal cutting your tube. Which we all know makes for a long walk home. Once completed find the valve hole and with a phillips head screw diver poke a hole in the tape for the valve.




This is also the starting point for the Dirtbag Tubeless system which will be a future project.

Helmet Retention Repair

The day after my last ride I discovered that part of the Detox Retention system on my Fox Flux helmet had snapped. Fortunately this after a bit of thought was easy to fix.

At work pulled out the Gorilla Glue. Great stuff and seems to help reglue so much back together.

As you can see in the photo below the Detox had snapped on the plastic ridged piece. As I mentioned at the beginning it was fortunate that where it snapped was on one side so allowed for the potential to repair.

First had to measure and trim a bit from the part that stayed inside the Detox adjuster- That being the clear bit. Simple trim using a pair of regular electrical type wire cutters. After that drippled in a bit of Gorilla Glue. After giving it a few minutes to sit added a bit more gluile to it. Then inserted the plastic in until it clicked int place.

Then waited a few hours till the glue dried. This has fixed the broken bit and the Detox system works.