show us your home made pedals

[handlefras]

Wow you can injection-mould at home?

[Single coil]

Well that backfired.

[Snarblinge]

not bad Single Coil, but I would never have put those reflectors on there, and to be honest the overall look is a bit $10 and not too boutique, which is surely what we go for in the land of DIY.

what kind of bearings are in there? sealed or loose. I prefer loose, but I think the sealed ones hold up to the winter weather better.

since you can mould, any chance of knocking out some custom knobs?

[Single coil]

That sounds a little bit rude.

[Snarblinge]

knocking back knobs is rude, knocking out isn't

[Single coil]

I don't think I have a reaction picture for that.

[MogwaiBoy]

I heard that the Mid Amber reflector panels were massively different from the Light Amber ones.. can you confirm this? Man I'm so GASing for a vintage pre-1972 mudguard. I'll post pics of my new spokes soon - they're great.

[alanp]

Hope you're using the right rims. True pedallers use solid rims, not this new pneumatic nonsense. It just does't have the right feel.

[Snarblinge]

i'm going guradless, can't find one that suits.

So hard to get a good set of pedals in black though, if only i had a cnc, router and some know how.

i did score some levers in black from ebay tho, looks mean on.

also found a place doing anodised alloy bolts got some mean black ones. looking very stealth

[MogwaiBoy]

Hope you're using the right rims. True pedallers use solid rims, not this new pneumatic nonsense. It just does't have the right feel.

Agreed. Pneumatic rims are cold and sterile, IMO, YMMV. Solid rims just have a sweet, organic chime to them. I only use NOS.

I recently replaced all of the screws/bolts on my 1962 CX235-B BMX (serial number 0003!) with refurbished German tank metal. I noticed the difference right away... way more expressive on ramps and street riding is much smoother now.

[Single coil]

But just to add to the general tomfuckery I have created, yes I do have solid rims and neither kinds of my pedals are plastic.

[badmotor]

If you are going guardless, for the love of god stay out of the mud.

[handlefras]

Well that backfired.

It's not injection moulded?

[jeremyb]

Hope you're using the right rims. True pedallers use solid rims, not this new pneumatic nonsense. It just does't have the right feel.

Agreed. Pneumatic rims are cold and sterile, IMO, YMMV. Solid rims just have a sweet, organic chime to them. I only use NOS.

I recently replaced all of the screws/bolts on my 1962 CX235-B BMX (serial number 0003!) with refurbished German tank metal. I noticed the difference right away... way more expressive on ramps and street riding is much smoother now.

[mysteriousj]

Thought I'd share a few projects I've been working on..





This is a compressor I've been building. I just need to do some programming to finish it... i'm so surprised it worked first time!






And this is a trem, having a few issues which at the moment but I can hopefully sort them out..




And a guitar headphone amp...