Stuff What I Made

The Pinion gearbox on my Deviate Guide originally came with grip shifting as its gear change mechanism. I’ve never really been a fan of grip shift, it feels awkward as a movement, disrupts braking and makes your bars/grips asymmetric. There is no real upside to it for me, besides having... [Read More]

Having ruined the Haro, in 2018 I bought my first ever completely new mountain bike, a Deviate Guide. I’ve always had a thing for gearbox based mountain bikes, but this was the first one that was equipped with a Pinion. [Read More]

Towards the end of 2018, with the Corrado still sitting idle, I started to think that maybe I should get a van. This was because basically the only time I ever drive anywhere is to go mountain biking and a van makes sense from a convenience, security and having a... [Read More]

Despite sitting there idle, or perhaps because it was sitting there idle, I decided to address a couple of rust spots on the Corrado. [Read More]

If you’ve ever owned/used a vice with steel jaws, you’ll know that using it on soft delicate parts can result in damage. You can get fibre faced brackets that clip over the existing jaws, providing a sacrificial surface, but these are pretty unsightly and have a tendency to wander about... [Read More]