Forum: Techniques
December 28th 13, 01:27 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 29
Views: 947
"Personal Lubricant" and tires?
Does what's sold as a "personal lubricant" that's
apparently not petroleum based work with tires,
for seating them evenly?
Or does it eat away the rubber like
petroleum jelly used to.
I was...
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Forum: Techniques
January 8th 13, 01:01 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 5
Views: 447
Promax Disc Brake Spring Weak, repair
datakoll wrote:
how figure the spring is weak ?
Very little return presure felt sans cable; brake
stays on once applied.
The bungee fixes that right up.
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Forum: Techniques
January 7th 13, 10:04 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 5
Views: 447
Promax Disc Brake Spring Weak, repair
A quick repair that seems to work nicely for a weak spring
on a Promax mechanical disc brake (unknown model, dept.store
bike)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rhhardin/8358393907
a 6" bungee ball...
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Forum: Techniques
October 22nd 12, 07:22 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 5
Views: 407
Cable adjustment thingy?
AMuzi wrote:
But frankly since you'd need to remove and/or replace the
gear wire anyway to install them it may make more sense to
extract the present damaged adjusters and install (original
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Forum: Techniques
October 21st 12, 04:56 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 5
Views: 407
Cable adjustment thingy?
Does anybody make a cable adjustment thing that
you can add to a cable that doesn't have any fine
adjustment at either end?
Maybe something you cut the cable for and insert
the two ends, that...
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Forum: Techniques
March 18th 12, 01:45 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 21
Views: 1,363
Winter Drag
John B. wrote:
The resulting increase in core temperature from exercise is the very
expenditure of oxygen that I'm talking about.
But exercise requires X amount of watts to do Y amount of...
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Forum: Techniques
March 17th 12, 12:51 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 21
Views: 1,363
Winter Drag
John B. wrote:
It's not a breathing difficulty but that you have to use the oxygen
intake to produce heat rather than to power muscles, owing to the cooling
of the body core from the very...
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Forum: Techniques
March 15th 12, 01:12 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 21
Views: 1,363
Winter Drag
John B. wrote:
Richard Donovan, a runner who was the first to complete marathons at
the South Pole (2002) and North Pole (the last three years). He says
conditions were worse at the South Pole,...
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Forum: Techniques
March 14th 12, 10:44 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 21
Views: 1,363
Winter Drag
The open question for me has always been why I'm so much slower
in the winter than the summer.
Guesses we
1. Air density. It has a huge effect on airplanes - a light plane
that barely clears...
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Forum: Techniques
February 12th 12, 03:16 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,187
Texting while bicycling
I used to send morse code as a kid while
bicycling.
It's not pretty but you can do it.
On the other hand you receive with your ear not
your eyes, so it's not particularly distracting.
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Forum: Techniques
February 6th 12, 05:16 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 45
Views: 1,701
Chain Failure
A flaw in the original chain.
Lack of lube and cleaning wears the pins leading to chain stretch, not the side
plates.
I never lube mine unless it's gotten wet, in which case it's wd40 followed by...
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Forum: Techniques
January 23rd 12, 08:48 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 42
Views: 1,525
Spoke Thread?
I have a lot of spokes off old wheels that are too
long for my current wheels. It would be nice to
cut and thread them with the right sized die
What thread do spokes have?
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Forum: Techniques
June 5th 11, 03:29 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 9
Views: 836
Shimano Trigger Shifter Lockup?
Nate Nagel wrote:
It was broken when I got home today so I could look at what it was soing. The trouble seems to be a
missing C-ring
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Forum: Techniques
June 5th 11, 03:13 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 9
Views: 836
Shimano Trigger Shifter Lockup?
Ron Hardin wrote:
landotter wrote:
On Jun 4, 8:14 am, Ron Hardin wrote:
My dept. store trigger shifter has developed an occasional lockup
where it...
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Forum: Techniques
June 4th 11, 05:00 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 9
Views: 836
Shimano Trigger Shifter Lockup?
landotter wrote:
On Jun 4, 8:14 am, Ron Hardin wrote:
My dept. store trigger shifter has developed an occasional lockup
where it won't shift to a higher...
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Forum: Techniques
June 4th 11, 02:14 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 9
Views: 836
Shimano Trigger Shifter Lockup?
My dept. store trigger shifter has developed an occasional lockup
where it won't shift to a higher (faster) gear; which gear this
happens on changes as you fiddle with it. If you fiddle for about...
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Forum: Techniques
May 19th 11, 06:29 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 17
Views: 810
Power Train Replacement saga
Peter Howard wrote:
"Ron Hardin" wrote in message
..
AMuzi wrote:
I'd throw an axle and bearings in it; standard m10x1 axle
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Forum: Techniques
May 15th 11, 06:30 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 17
Views: 810
Power Train Replacement saga
AMuzi wrote:
I'd throw an axle and bearings in it; standard m10x1 axle
and grade 25 1/4" balls are no money at all and ubiquitous.
You may think the skewer holds it together, and it will...
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Forum: Techniques
May 15th 11, 06:26 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 17
Views: 810
Power Train Replacement saga
Chalo wrote:
I have a term for bikes like Ron describes when they come into my shop
and I have to work on them. That term is "hideous abomination unto
the Lord". I guarantee you the problem...
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Forum: Techniques
May 14th 11, 11:42 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 17
Views: 810
Power Train Replacement saga
=?UTF-8?B?VMK6bSBTaGVybcKqbuKEoiDCsF/CsA==?=, wrote:
On 5/14/2011 2:06 PM, Ron Hardin wrote:
My $200 Nashbar disc-brake mountain bike finally seriously started skipping off the
large...
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Forum: Techniques
May 14th 11, 08:06 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 17
Views: 810
Power Train Replacement saga
My $200 Nashbar disc-brake mountain bike finally seriously started skipping off the
large chainwheel on moderate load, meaning the chainwheel teeth had finally worn
down to shark fins not tall...
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Forum: General
April 10th 11, 10:06 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.misc
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Replies: 0
Views: 538
Bike-Chasing Dogs (My Method)
What I do (video)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rhhardin/5607032283/
It's worth doing with dogs on your regular commute
route. Takes a little patience.
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On the internet,...
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Forum: Techniques
January 14th 11, 02:37 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 20
Views: 950
Bottom Bracket Protection - string
landotter wrote:
On Jan 13, 5:11 pm, Ron Hardin wrote:
It's been about 5,000 miles since I let a few feet of string wind itself up
on the crank spindle to...
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Forum: Techniques
January 13th 11, 11:11 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 20
Views: 950
Bottom Bracket Protection - string
It's been about 5,000 miles since I let a few feet of string wind itself up
on the crank spindle to protect the bearings from grit and water
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rhhardin/5352602135/
So...
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Forum: Techniques
August 7th 10, 06:33 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 7
Views: 357
Rubber Strips for Handlebar Mounts?
Is there a nice source of rubber strips you put inside
handlebar mounts to make them fit and not slip?
I realize I could cut up an inner tube... but a nice
package would be handy for the shelf.
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