Due to the imminent arrival of offspring (I’m not going to say Mini Cooper as that’s a pun too far), I’m going to have to close the shop for a week or so some time around the middle of April. So best to call before visiting around that time 
March 2010
Monthly Archive
Wed 24 Mar 2010
Wed 10 Mar 2010
Sliding dropouts so there’s no need for a chain tensioner…
Sat 6 Mar 2010
Cutting tools…, originally uploaded by Ben Cooper.
Weekends are my time for tidying the workshop, cleaning everything up and putting tools back where they’re meant to be, not in a pile on the floor.
People wonder why it’s so hard to make lots of money in the bike industry – here’s one little reason, each of these tools cost at least £250, and they’ve each got specialist uses that mean you can’t bodge with something else. Some get used frequently, some very rarely. I forgot to include the Schlumpf bottom bracket mitering tool, the Brompton rear pivot reaming tool, seatpost reamers, disc brake boss reamers,…
Click on the picture above to get a version with descriptions of everything.
Wed 3 Mar 2010
I’ve had a crate of these for ages, but keep forgetting about them – I ended up with the last of the Karrimor spares when they went bust. I’ve got both red and blue top hooks – £5 per pair.
No disclocks, sorry – though you can bodge a serviceable one with a p-clip and a 2p piece with a hole in the middle