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Quoting from the link above: " From the available data, it can be surmised that handguns used to perpetrate crimes in Australia are usually illegal at the time of the crime. Surveys with police detainees also suggest that relatively informal transactions involving a family member or friend...

Type 2 clutch https://www.pinkbike.com/news/tech-spotlight-identifying-and-correcting-rear-end-creaks.html Type 2.1 clutch You can see the pin that needs to be removed in the first post here https://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/sram-type-21-clutch-adjustment/ This is one description on how...

The older SRAM clutches were easy to service. Just remove the cover, and undo the torx bolt inside, grease and reassemble. My 2015 X0 derailleur has the torx bolt pinned from the side. I spent some time levering the pin out with a knife blade while wiggling the torx bolt. Once the pin was out...

I made a simple calibration jig to use with my tension meter

If you calibrate at 120kgf, that's a lot of water to hang under your vice.

Funny thing is, Suntour used to be a quality brand a long time ago. They invented the angled parallelogram derailleur that followed the shape of the cassette. In the early 80's I swapped out my campag pedals for Suntour pedals. Back then it was a significant upgrade. A lot has happened since then.

I submitted a dispute with PayPal and have just received a refund, along with a note from ryanbuildswheels saying "we are very sorry for the mistakes with this order". I don't know what happened. I assume he thought he had sent the order but never got around to checking.

I ended up going with Pillar PSR TB 2018 spokes from Dirtworks, 292mm and 294mm for the front, 292mm and 290mm for the rear. I used Sapim Polyax nipples. The lengths worked out well. All the spokes came to at least the bottom of the slot in the nipples.

It turns out that I don't know what the shape of the brass Prohead nipples is. The DT Swiss website describes them as having a spherical contact surface, but then shows drawings some with a spherical contact surface and some with a chamfer. I have alloy squorx and brass polyax nipples and these...

Another photo of Pillar nipples from https://weightweenies.starbike.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=159759 I can't see much info on the Pillar website, so I guess none of them have the Prohead or Polyax shape.

The attached photo from https://www.mtbr.com/threads/my-experience-with-pillar1420-bladed-spokes-and-pillar-pt-734-nipples-lb-whe.958365/ shows the difference in the profile between a Sapim Polyax and a alloy Pillar nipple. I am assuming the Brass Pillar nipples are the same.

The DT Swiss Squorx and the Sapim Polyax nipples have a fairly long rounded bearing surface under the head. The photo of the Pillar standard brass nipples looks like they have a relatively short chamfer instead. Would they work as intended with the DT Swiss PHR washers? I am guessing they would...

The Pillar PSR TB 2018 spokes from http://www.dirtworksb2b.com.au/j-bend-psr-tb-2018-2.2-2.0-1.8-2.0-silver are around $1 each also and are listed as in stock. I have waited so long for the spokes, I was hoping to find something OK in Australia. I have not built many wheels. That last wheel I...

After 9 weeks I have given up waiting for Sapim race spokes to arrive from spokesfromryan. I am thinking of trying the Pillar PSR TB 2018 spokes from Dirtworks. I am after advice on spoke lengths and nipples. With spokesfromryan I was able to order spokes in 1mm increments, with the spokes from...

I received an email within 24 hours of placing the order, saying the order was complete. Turns out the order was not actually complete and a Spokey that was part of the order was out of stock. I did not find this out for over 2 weeks. They did not respond to further emails so I rang them 3 weeks...

You really have to not mind waiting. 7 weeks I have been waiting for my order.

I like this spoke tension gauge https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3220573 And my slightly modified version here https://www.thingiverse.com/make:902455

Article by Roger Musson on Spoke tension and tensiometers http://www.wheelpro.co.uk/wheelbuilding/admin/spoke_tensiometers.php

Could you use an adapter for the fork to start with? http://forums.mtbr.com/specialized/tapered-headset-adapter-596460.html

It was common to tie the spokes on track bikes back in the early 80's. I tied the spokes on my wheels by wrapping about 4 turns of copper wire (probably about 0.75mm dia) and soldering. The solder would flow and join the copper wire together, but did not stick to the stainless spokes. It was...