New bottom bracket shell, originally uploaded by Ben Cooper.
A courier bike where the bottom bracket shell off as he was riding along…
New bottom bracket shell
A visit from Dave Holladay many years ago
A visit from Dave Holladay many years ago, originally uploaded by Ben Cooper.
This is a picture from the old shop – so maybe 8 years ago. The bike is Dave’s much modified Brompton, the trailer is a clever single-wheel one, and the bike on the trailer is a Cresswell Micro that snapped and I’d just welded back together with lots more reinforcement.
Sliding dropout Kona
Sliding dropout Kona, originally uploaded by Ben Cooper.
An old Kona steel frame, converted to Rohloff sliding dropouts and repainted.
Finished Mikrokopter Okto XL
Finished Mikrokopter Okto XL, originally uploaded by Ben Cooper.
A completed 8-rotor Mikrokopter, built for the government health & safety laboratories.
Ovo tandem
Ovo tandem, originally uploaded by Ben Cooper.
The Ovo tandem is ingenious – it splits and the seats come off in seconds, so it packs into a few rather small bags. Still rides very well, though. Trying to decide if I can afford to be a dealer for this 😉
Electric Trets
Electric Trets, originally uploaded by Ben Cooper.
A Hase Trets childs’ tricycle fitted with a custom motor system…
On-One dropout modification
On-One dropout modification, originally uploaded by Ben Cooper.
Modifying a track dropout to be strong enough to take the Rohloff OEM1 plate.
Explosive Scotland book…
Now for something completely different – a project I completed last year, studying the giant Scottish explosives factories which are now rapidly vanishing…
S&S into odd size tube
S&S into odd size tube, originally uploaded by Ben Cooper.
I used a shim to fit an S&S coupling to a non-standard top tube diameter – works quite well I think 😉
Surly dropouts on a Kona
Surly dropouts on a Kona, originally uploaded by Ben Cooper.
Today’s interesting repair job – the original dropout snapped, so replaced them with Surly’s horizontal mech hanger dropouts.