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Got this in a neighbourjood watch group, not verified but maybe this is your or a friend's bike. Apparently available at Woodstock Police station if you can prove ownership (brought in today I believe). This is the only photo I have and the only information I have. But if it's yours or you know who's it is. Go to woodstock polica station

Printed upside down with supports, thinking that you'd rather have the bottom side that fits onto the shock be smoother and closer to dimension? Lemme know if I must turn is around instead? Will require a little finishing, but this is the result after pulling off the supports. PM and we can organize a pickup.

I'm looking for an excuse to get the printer going again - will give this a go this evening. I'm in woodstock.

@Prince could you dm me a photo? I'm taller and heavier, and might be interested in trying out a "gel pad" bib if you're looking to get rid of those that don't fit.

Did this conversion to a frame this weekend. Considering opening a side-hustle for it (I've heard quite a few people want it - heresy or not, I'll give the people what they want). But I'm in CPT, so unless you want to send the frame back and forth I can't help.

I got the scvcn for like r66 somehow, so it was very much worth it to try. wouldn't have paid r187.

I have no self control and bought a bunch more stuff from temu. Mostly for the next 2 bikes I want to build. Hybrid brakes, red levers. Green and red bb, "photochromic" glasses. Cable housings, bb tool, brakes pads, fancy oil slick chain, Pedal straps. Everything looks pretty good quality. (Brake levers aren't as nicely finished as I would've liked, the rest is good though.)

Hardest part is scanning/drawing the piece in CAD. If you've got that sorted I'll print them for you and you just need to pay for a pudo/whatever to get it to you. If not it becomes a little more tricky, could still help if you want to go to the mission/effort of sending the part to me, letting me draw and print, and then I send it back, but I would ask for a bit of compensation, money or bike parts, as that takes a little more time. There are quite a few shops/services nowadays that will do printing for you, and for a small part like that it should be cheap, maybe check and see if any of them have those fancy 3d scanners? (just google 3d printing service)

Leaving us in suspense huh? I want to know more.

I've made one or two sets of bars and keen to try making something like this - pop me a DM if you'd be interested in some "custom" bars.

I'd love to see a photo of what actually arrived if you would be willing? Considered getting exactly this because it was a decent seeming deal. Please

I've done this - "kinda" works if there's a lot of stuff you want to buy. You earn the vouchers with your first order, and then could use them on the second order. But they'll get you R200 off a R1000 order or something like that. Moral of the story with all the "wheel spinning" - it's not worth your time and there are no free lunches.

So a little update - rode the cycle tour (slowly) on the bike. Pretty sure I won't ride it again because it was a painful 6 hours, and although good fun, it would've been less painful on just about any other bike I think. Anyways - so I started making another one, and now I'm done! and I'm here to share some photos. Lots of experimental design points. Lots of lessons learnt (specifically - let your paint dry properly, I didn't, and when fitting parts etc I ended up scratching lots of bits and marking the paint everywhere, but it's fine, it's only a rattle-can paint job, so no biggie, although the detailing cost me a fair amount of time. All the steel is still mild steel (except the handlebars are stainless), so still quite a heavy bike. Lots of help with little parts here and there from WCW. And a few parts from old bikes and even temu. I have also been making tools and learning processes for making better bikes, so things are progressing well (spending lots of time with Dave Mercer - don't know if he has a tag here but he's been amazing). Process wise - most of this was tig-brazed using silicon bronze, a niche process I've learnt, but something I quite like. Detailing with a posca paint market made for really bold/thick lines, much more effective than permanent markers etc. Open to any and all comments and thoughts Next bike is going to be a cargo bike I think - should be fun, lots of opportunity for executing wild ideas. A little more upright/shorter wheel base than I was initially envisioning (planned on an aggressively slack head tube) - but extremely happy with the result. You can see some of the detail work, and messed up paint above. Dangerously close chain clearance here - will 100% need a little protector of some sort if I want the paint to even think about sticking around. Seat-tube and seat-bridge details. Really enjoyed the styling, and it probably came out best in these photos of the stem/handlebar combo. (stem tube matched the down tube profile which I thought was a nice look). First go at the steam/bar combo. put a front-cap on to clean things up a bit. No paint, early stages of the frame. Before paint this honestly looked better.

Clicked on your link to help you, but those free items are usually just "share with more friends to collect more coins to get the free stuff" which gets progressively harder as was the case when I clicked that link. The only "free lunch" I got was a special 95% off on a torque wrench set when I first signed up (paid r75 which was a good deal). Have tried many of the games/promos with no success. But maybe others will "win".

Ain't this the truth. If you make a low offer, and someone calls you a cheapskate, same thing applies, grow a thicker skin, don't go crying about it. If you keep making low offers and people are peeved off with you and block you, so what - they can't offer the deals you want, so you are both saving your time when they block you. However, continue to voice your opinions about how ridiculous so & so is and how stupid/amazing or whatever the lowballers are, I'm new to engaging more with this forum, but it's clear that the bikehub community thrives on the drama of strong opinions.

I agree - no disrespect to low-ballers from me. I know I should expect more from bikehubbers, but when I get a lowball, I'm just glad it's not a "is this available" message. Also, whenever I see "I know what I got" or "no rush to sell" or "putting out feelers" (especially when the price tag is way above market) I immediately have the urge to low-ball with no intention of making a purchase. I don't do it, but I want to.

When it comes to support local/lbs, why aren't more bike shops going to alibaba (business to busines version of temu, aliexpress etc with real wholesale prices)? I would obviously buy local if I could get the same products at competitive prices (and yes. If it's on the lbs shelf, I'll happily pay 30-40% more than the clicknpay options).

An update, all my stuff arrived. See photos attached. Also bought a couple workshop related things. But the bike stuff is the interesting stuff. Tax was about 10-15% of the order. Shipping free. Cranks (170mm, including bb, protectors, bolts and narrow wide chainring): r788 Headsets (34-34 and 44-44): 187 & 203 Rotors: r87 each Seat shim: 73 Presta caps, crank protectors: r18 each Rotors bolts x12: r54 Oil slick disc brake Rotors: r818 Handlebar grips: r25 per pair Brake and shift cable housing: r125 per each 3meter length. Cassette thread to 6bolt Rotor adaptor: r34 Managed to get some coupons on all of the above by playing the right temu "games" and spinning the wheels etc. Saving about 15-30% on the prices above.

Received these in the mail today. Hybrid cable/hydraulic calipers, "best of both worlds". And it came in the oil slick colour. Got a bunch of other stuff on the order too (all from temu), but I'll post some detail in the temu thread. Yet to be tested to see what the quality is actually like, but the fit and finish is better than I was expecting already.

I've ordered quite a bit of stuff from them, mostly tools etc, but recently ordered some cranks and hybrid mech/hydraulic disc brakes, and other bicycle goodies. Good experience so far and will share some picks if I remember and see this thread again. Bicycles orders on the way (most of the stuff was under R80, except the crankset and brakes): -brake & gear cable (gold braided) -grips -discs -hydraulic/mech brakes -cranks + narrow wide chainring -headset (34-34 and 44-44) -seat tube shim -green disc rotor bolts & valve caps (because I'm a sucker) -free hub thread -> disc rotor converter

I've ridden bikes with similar large dents on the top tube for years. Not recommended, but you'll be fine. Welding al wrecks the heat treating (which is expensive to re-do). If it is cracked, that's a more worrying structural issue, but doesn't look it. Sand off the paint, buy some body filler, fill the dent, sand it smooth, re-paint or touch up the spot. And tell the owner. A decent paint job and it'll look good as new.

I'll take Jewbacca's comment one further and agree - prowheelbuilder is my favourite (probably because he introduced it to me)

Nice - I've done it single speed last two years and it was fun - just be ready to walk up Suikerbossie should you need to (i needed to, but it really depends on your ratio I guess). You'll get a lot of comments on the way which is always fun.

thanks! I can only recommend it, it's good fun. I've also got plenty extra tubing as everything was bought in minimum 6meter lengths (useful for future bikes, but I have enough to share if you're in CPT). 😀

hahaha, the 3 seatpost bolts are a little overkill, but they definitely fit the look I guess. toe overlap is fine so far, I think if the front-centre was any shorter than it would definitely become a problem, I probably need to ride it more before I can say for sure that there's enough clearance though.