Nothing tickles your creativity like the many challenges you encounter while working with different types of old and often rusty bikes. What, for instance, might the ugly contraption in image 1 be? Well, it's my camera tripod with telescope legs, the head inverted and a Ritchey stem mounted on it. I wrapped it in cloth to prevent scratching my bikes, and it works like a charm. It holds frames, complete bikes, or, as you see here, the parts that need painting. In image 2 is an assortment of random DIY tools that often come in handy. From left to right: Giant punch with a handlebar end as a grip; an 8 mm hex wrench inserted into a cut-off handlebar end and pressed in place with a thick chopstick; a length of steel pipe, good for punching out headset races; the ol' Shimano BB tool, improved with a 2" bolt to hold it in place while turning.
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