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  1. GreyGhost

    What did you do in your garage today..?

    You just haven't used them wrongly enough yet. On my car I got a puncture close to the sidewall with about 100km on the car. Obviously no tire shop would touch it. Rope plugs lasted about a year before they started leaking and needed replaced. I wore those tires out eventually.
  2. GreyGhost

    What did you do in your garage today..?

    I think I may have a BMW branded patch kit from ~80's. It has (or had I can't remember if I chucked it) an empty sealed tube of cement.
  3. GreyGhost

    What did you do in your garage today..?

    My strings are the same. Rubber cement on the other hand, I use infrequently so each time I try, the jar is dried up and useless.
  4. GreyGhost

    What did you do in your garage today..?

    Fwiw, I like to heat strings before install. I find they seal better and it revives older stock. Normally I use a torch or lighter but exhaust stream at high idle is better than nothing.
  5. GreyGhost

    Portable Tire Inflators

    I've never seen a c02 canister empty without being punctured but that doesn't mean it couldn't happen. They hold 16 or 24g of c02 depending on size. If you have an empty one, it's easy to weigh the rest and make sure they are full.
  6. GreyGhost

    Enough of COVID...what are you doing to the house?

    If you decide to go with a tub/shower. I have a nice curved curtain bar I bought for a project that never happened. It's yours if you want it. They make the shower feel a lot more spacious than straight bars.
  7. GreyGhost

    Portable Tire Inflators

    Costco has a small Fanttik inflator. I haven't tried it but the Fanttik stuff I have tried isn't awful. For a bike I carry CO2 and/or a small manual stick pump. In the cars I have pumps that I like but they are bigger than I would want on a bike most of the time. I have found the trick for 12V...
  8. GreyGhost

    Enough of COVID...what are you doing to the house?

    Joists are running across the bathroom (parallel with window)
  9. GreyGhost

    Enough of COVID...what are you doing to the house?

    It's bigger than that. He has the dimensions. I suspect his best bet to make it feel nicer is to steal some space from an adjacent bedroom closet. That lets him inset a vanity and reconfigure layout to one that feels nicer. Currently, you enter from a short end. Along one wall he has a tub with...
  10. GreyGhost

    Enough of COVID...what are you doing to the house?

    Also slippery if used on the floor. You can solve that with some sealer and sand but that's more maintenance.
  11. GreyGhost

    CVMG Rally Burford

    I had Blue Mountains Cider festival in the calendar. She looked at calendar and booked a bunch of people for dinner. No cider festival for me.
  12. GreyGhost

    Enough of COVID...what are you doing to the house?

    Bathfitters is convenient and very fast but you aren't saving money vs redoing tile.
  13. GreyGhost

    Fusebox won't close due to the fuse tap - suggestions

    How big is the box? Pieces of old inner tube can make condoms to deflect spray and seal the gap between the box halves. You can also get fuse taps with different configurations (eg parallel, perpendicular, in line) that may allow lid to close.
  14. GreyGhost

    CVMG Rally Burford

    Wife has already booked six things for this weekend. I barely have time to breathe. Have fun.
  15. GreyGhost

    Enough of COVID...what are you doing to the house?

    Greener Homes is closed. Provincial money flows through Enbridge Home Renovation Savings now. Similar but different program.
  16. GreyGhost

    E bikes rampaging Toronto streets

    Setup beside a bike path (or on the ferry or on the island) with a cube van. Seize everything that obviously does not comply (no pedals, rider not eligible, etc). Require $1000 bond to get your bike back. Get caught again and you forfeit the bond and need to convince a jp to give you the bike...
  17. GreyGhost

    Has anyone messed with home-made dynos?

    On that note, using belt sanders as powered roller skates is a bad idea. They go at different speeds and you end up in the splits at speed.
  18. GreyGhost

    Has anyone messed with home-made dynos?

    Does he need a dyno? Of course not . Can he do lots of interesting things if he had one? Of course. He makes money by making content. Lots of potential videos there. It also makes carb setup easier, faster and safer than pulls on the street. Be careful with by-law Adri. Dyno runs are loud and a...
  19. GreyGhost

    Enough of COVID...what are you doing to the house?

    In his case, basement is atypical. No passage between main floor and basement without going outside. The ductwork does have vents into the basement but no intentional returns (just unsealed connections that probably work). Cycling fan may be sufficient but in that cottage, gravity alone won't...
  20. GreyGhost

    Enough of COVID...what are you doing to the house?

    Ducting for A/C is larger than ducting for heat only. I don't know what the cottage ductwork was designed for. While is it common in the US, it is rare here to have a mini-split with a coil in ductwork. If you could find one here, a coil in the ductwork and head in the living room would probably...
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