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How does that bungee hook arrangement work?

I can't get it to secure satisfactorily to my Blackburn EX-1

My Altura panniers had a plastic hook that slid over the vertical struts.

The Defy is new, the Raleigh is on the Turbo - 3 other bikes in outodoors use currently so don't fret

Here's a couple of photos of my Bottom Brackets Sqaure taper on my Giant Defy and External on my Raleigh Avanti

Looks normal for an internal bearing BB, the external bearing ones look different.

I have this Rockrider 5.2 bought last year on clearance for £180 - 6061 gusset welded frame, Altus 24 speed mechs shifters and brake levers - SRAM chain, Suntour chainset, Rigida wheels, Joytech hubs, Spinner forks, Cane Creek aheadset.



Mom has this:



Their bikes are super VFM and half the price of the big named brands with the same kit.

Alloy crank - steel taper. Two different metals can react together and fuse just the same as a stuck seat post. There's pleanty of info on stuck posts. If the crank gets stuck you end up stripping the threads when you try to use your crank puller.

It was after the quick release nuts

I have some waterproof stuffsacks somewhere in the house, should do the job.

They're not going to see any major action, just day rides and the odd weekend trip.

I have been looking at the modern budget panniers, some as low as £7. Wasn't impressed with the quality.

I was offered a set of old Karrimor panniers for £15, they seemed quite popular in their day.

I bought them anyway.



They seem to fit with my 20 year old tourer better than a cheap new set.

I bought a Giant Defy 4 for long distance rides. Takes a pannier and full custom fit Giant mudguards, 25c tyres, cr-mo fork, triple chainset.



Then picked this steel tourer up second hand

The earliest I could find was this Ridgeback catalogue from 1990

There's a lovely Ti MTB - wonder how much that was in 1990

http://www.mtb-kataloge.de/Bikekataloge/PDF/Ridgeback/Ridgeback1990.pdf

Back end is 135mm so compatible with all the latest MTB gubbins

Cleaning the rear cantis took an age - so many bits !!!! Front cantis tomorrow

Sakae Modolo alloy bars, Exage 500EX brakes, Exage 500EX Downtube Shifters, Deore LX M550 Triple Chainset, Deore LX Rear Mech, Deore LX Front Mech, SG 7 Speed Cassette, Deore LX 32h hubs with Araya VX-300 Rims, Shimano SLR Canti Brakes, Avocet 700x35c Amberwall Tyres. It's getting a new saddle and new Wellgo touring pedals. It will be fitted with the original mudguards, Blackburn Rack and Blackburn Bottle Cages.

After a few hours of elbow grease, cleaned and polished. Headset cleaned, greased and re-installed