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obviously i have no idea how durable this will be, whether the threads will hold, whether the cast epoxy will stay attached to what's left of the original tab, or any of that. it could fail tomorrow. it could fail later today. but it was made and marketed for doing things like filling holes in […]

i mean my real plan was make a hole solid enough to secure the bolt with a nut on the other side i was absolutely aware that in theory i could get threads out of this but i didn't really think that would work, i was considering filling the hole afterwards and then tapping out new threads but i […]

team team I GOT THREADS :D I MADE THREADS OUT OF EPOXY :D #BikeRepair #AnnasBike

this aluminium epoxy putty is made for use in high stress environments like patching holes in engine blocks will it work here? let’s find out! #BikeRepair

Overhauling a Sturmey Archer SRF5 hub from 2007/08. A previous service appears to have smothered the gear assembly in thick grease, bogging down its delicate internals. Undoing that damage has been painstaking but fascinating. Kudos for still supplying the parts. #SturmeyArcher #BikeRepair

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What a fantastic time we had delivering a Dr Bike at Forgan Arts Lughnasadh Art & Music Festival! SOOOOOO GOOOOD to see so many people traveling to the festival via bike! #ArtsFestival #Lughnasadh #ForganArts #BikeRepair

Anna's bike stop: "Hey, so Anna's bike is ready to go except for the tail light I set aside which now I can't find, I'll have to order a new one - you want to pick it up anyway and ride it until it comes in?" Me: "Wait, just the tail light? Like... you mean this?" #BikeRepair #AnnasBike

And out goes the Schwinn to a new home. Very pleasing. ^_^ #BikeRepair #OldSchwinn

(very validating to have it confirmed that it was an incompatible derailleur and to have figured that out on my own) (smug mode) (also somewhat validating to have been able to edit it enough to make it work - barely and badly - despite that ^_^ ) #BikeRepair #PeugeotCanyonExpress

I showed a photo of the old one to their lead mechanic and he was like "oh yeah, that'll never work, that's for like a 40-pin gear max" and the Peugeot's big gear is 48 pins. (48 - 38 - 28 if anyone's curious) so yeah it's a full 21-gears again i literally had decided that it was one of those […]

So I biked to Woodinville Bikes today and they literally _gave me_ a front derailleur for the '86 Peugeot off their old parts pile? (And confirmed that the old one literally couldn't work on this bike) I didn't have time to set it up properly but I did throw it onto the post and made a guess […]