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MaplePanda
MaplePanda
06:05
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@Sam7919 See above
aircanada.com/ca/en/aco/home/plan/baggage/special-items.html#
 
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Criggie
Criggie
07:49
Total distance 2024 year up till now 10,481KM
Oh yeah !
Willeke
Willeke
@Criggie, are you able to add to that total?
I usually take my cycled distance when I have had the VM a year, not had one two full years yet, but I am in the 4000 to 4500 km range again this year.
Criggie
Criggie
no - its 2025 here now :)
I'm also searching for a 26" rigid fork with a 1" steerer, and disk brake mounting tabs
Not a common set of measurements
Willeke
Willeke
08:17
Better to find one factory made than to weld on an existing fork. I see the same kind of searches in the recumbent forum, often someone has a working solution or even the wanted part. Not me, I still use my 26" bike, and I think it has roller brakes, not disks.
 
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Sam7919
Sam7919
10:39
@Criggie This number should be my inspiration for 2025. It’s not even outlandish. Aside from speed, committing to one hour a day of cycling, even on weekends, would be a good start. (Easier said than done, of course.)
 
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Sam7919
Sam7919
14:43
@MaplePanda Cool!
 
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Art Gertner
Art Gertner
19:28
Hello,
Does anyone know where to buy Spoke Prep (or equivalent of) in UK?
Seems to be hard to obtain.
 
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Criggie
Criggie
21:31
@ArtGertner I googled "spoke prep site:uk"
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/403578433880
https://www.tritoncycles.co.uk/components-c9/spokes-nipples-c124/spoke-honey-thread-prep-1-4oz-p44585
https://www.amazon.co.uk/ZUMWax-Spoke-Dope-Thread-Prep/dp/B074JHGK4G
Art Gertner
Art Gertner
Thanks @Criggie , I've seen this one. £23 quid for 15ml plus another £20 postage. And it will likely be stopped by customs
Criggie
Criggie
I don't use named spoke prep - instead I use a copper-clay thread lubrticant/antisieze
repco.co.nz/oils-fluids/greases-lubricants/lubricants/…
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Seems to work similar to dedticated spoke prep, but that's 500g for around $32 compared to those piddly wee containers of ~10 mL
Works for me, despite being an australian brand :-P
And re customs - I've had perhaps 1 in 40 packages stopped and opened by customs.
I've never had a package stopped for duty charges to be paid, and I've never had a package confiscated. If one gets stopped, it just adds a week or two to transit time
Art Gertner
Art Gertner
21:54
That's a good idea. I can source this exact branded product locally in UK for under £20 including postage. Thanks
Criggie
Criggie
22:07
this is another example of where many things are better than nothing.
gschenk
gschenk
Isn't copper paste a no-go on aluminium?
hearsay, gonna check if there's something to it.
Criggie
Criggie
reddit.com/r/bikewrench/comments/8apawh/…
eurgh
So I see
> copper based anti seize is a bad thing on aluminum
and
> Most copper anti-seize is considered safe for all metals...steel, aluminum, magnesium, titanium etc
Mixed messages right there
gschenk
gschenk
yep, same here.
plus i remember searching for it a while ago.
Criggie
Criggie
This might be a great question to post - "are copper-based antisieze products safe to use on bikes?"
gschenk
gschenk
my naive guess:
copper anti-seize would be bad on aluminium when you need an anti-seize, that is at high temperatures. At low temperatures it probably does nothing, and thus nothing bad.
It might have galvanic corrosion where aluminium lower, but since Al is usually passivated it doesn't do.
I'd probably would use a zinc or aluminium based anti seize. Make sure not to put it on moving parts cause the bentonite will abrade everything.
Criggie
Criggie
22:17
Yah - any post would likely descend into the same back-and-forth as that reddit discussion
And now for something completely different
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gschenk
gschenk
@Criggie I fear it would. However, we have some pretty good people here who might give a more reliable answer. And that we can vote up and accept.
gschenk
gschenk
22:43
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Q: Is copper anti-seize good for aluminium?

gschenkAnti-seize compound may be used to prevent galling, a common issue with fasteners in aluminium. For automotive applications copper anti-seize is very common, and thus cheap and easily available. There are warnings not to use copper anti-seize on aluminium. It is then claimed it would cause more d...

lubricant aluminum corrosion
feel free to refine it
annoying, it always uses the least relevant tag as lemma for the question. Removing all but corrosion
gschenk
gschenk
23:04
i hope our resident mechanical engineer may help @MaplePanda
Criggie
Criggie
23:20
Yeah I have anecdotal data - "it works for me" but that's not very useful becuase someone else will have the opposite data and will cancel out
gschenk
gschenk
23:50
galvanic corrosion might matter. Or it might be insignificant compared to galling.
A lot of the forums say that anti-seize isn't necessary because of low temp. However, galling is a thing in bikes, so application of anti seize may have merits. I'm using it for pedal and bottom bracket threads. Used to use it for some tight seat posts, until my tube was half empty.

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