Forum: Techniques
April 15th 08, 04:27 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 10
Views: 878
makeshift rim strip
On Apr 15, 6:38*pm, Jerry wrote:
what to do if I'm out on my bike and the rim strip breaks?
I...... What about using the old tube somehow, how do you get it to stay in
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Forum: General
June 5th 07, 12:41 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.misc
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Replies: 10
Views: 611
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Forum: General
June 4th 07, 10:28 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.misc
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Replies: 10
Views: 611
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Forum: Techniques
June 1st 07, 11:51 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 11
Views: 610
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Forum: Australia
May 28th 07, 07:18 AM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 5
Views: 605
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Forum: General
May 25th 07, 06:53 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.misc
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Replies: 9
Views: 447
Zinc ointment *NOT* a good chamois cream!
On May 25, 1:04 am, wrote:
The suggestion to sun-dry the chamois and expose
it to solar UV is a good one. I've also been
hand-washing my cycling shorts in solutions...
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Forum: Australia
May 22nd 07, 08:06 AM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 50
Views: 2,262
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Forum: Australia
May 21st 07, 07:12 PM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 50
Views: 2,262
Framebuilders pricing...
On May 16, 4:31 pm, Parbs wrote:
hippy wrote:
Do you have to pay GST on something imported from the US?
Yup, and probably duty, depending on the origin of the...
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Forum: Rides
May 9th 07, 07:47 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.rides
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Replies: 1
Views: 379
Krakow Poland to Lviv Ukraine - info??
Has any reader any info about bicycling from Krakow to Lviv? This trip
is another plan for perhaps 2 years from this summer. I have rlatives
and graves to see.... TIA :-)
Ken - now living in the...
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Forum: Techniques
March 12th 07, 03:17 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 21
Views: 1,222
26" wheels for touring, spokes and rims
On Mar 6, 11:43 pm, "ere" wrote:
Hi,
I plan to build a new set of wheels for touring. I usually carry 4
panniers full of camping gear, tent, etc so the bike is heavy. I...
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Forum: Techniques
January 21st 07, 12:51 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 7
Views: 445
Adhesive for PX BB?
Qui si parla Campagnolo wrote:
How about prepping the BB shell, then installing it 'correctly'..works
evertime for me..never had a BB loosen in 22 years of wrenching. .
THIS TIME I will...
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Forum: Australia
January 17th 07, 11:33 PM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,292
5 punctures - what can I do?
I have Schwalbe Marathon X?? 26" tires on my bike. Flats (between
Mareeba and Georgetown) were caused by tiny burrs on the inside of the
rim working their way through the "tape" and putting a tiny...
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Forum: Techniques
January 16th 07, 04:17 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 7
Views: 445
Adhesive for PX BB?
me wrote:
"Tmac-100" wrote in message
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I just got a PW BB for my touring bicycle. I have red blue and green
Locktite. Which...
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Forum: Techniques
January 16th 07, 01:44 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 1
Views: 264
Adhesive for PW BB?
I just got a PW BB for my touring bicycle. I have red blue and green
Locktite. Which should I use when installing the SS (I think) BB into
the steel frame of my touring bicycle. If anyone suggests...
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Forum: Techniques
January 16th 07, 01:43 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 7
Views: 445
Adhesive for PX BB?
I just got a PW BB for my touring bicycle. I have red blue and green
Locktite. Which should I use when installing the SS (I think) BB into
the steel frame of my touring bicycle. If anyone suggests...
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Forum: Techniques
January 11th 07, 09:22 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 7
Views: 690
YAK trailers
Jeremy Watts wrote:
Anyone have one of these YAK trailers? I've heard mixed reports, worth the
£280 price tag?
I bought a new IBEX by BOB on e-bay over a year ago. I used it for close
to...
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Forum: Australia
January 9th 07, 02:13 AM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 5
Views: 297
Broken spokes query
Hi Steve and Kathy,
You may remember my bicycle from the time I stayed at your home last July.
My spokes were 14 ga and not butted. I believe they are DT, but the
exact manufacturer does not...
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Forum: Rides
December 17th 06, 02:59 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.rides
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Replies: 10
Views: 5,564
western Provence in France
SNIP all the blather....
Regards,
Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota
Thanks you, Ed, for your humor!. I lived...
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Forum: Australia
December 8th 06, 05:02 PM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,132
Have I been ripped off by online bike store?
jur wrote:
I bought a set of panniers off this guy through ebay. I picked them up
at his house which IIRC was in Croyden/Chirnside Park somewhere. The
deal was perfect in every respect.
I...
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Forum: Australia
December 8th 06, 04:55 PM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,132
Have I been ripped off by online bike store?
just us wrote:
Finally got an email! In fact I got 2. First one said he was sorry with
order, everything has been sent. 6 minutes later there was a second email.
It said his wife had had a...
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