Forum: Techniques
January 3rd 07, 03:39 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 115
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Cyclingnews and reality
John Forrest Tomlinson wrote:
On 3 Jan 2007 06:07:07 -0800, "Qui si parla Campagnolo"
wrote:
The most exotic thing he used was the frame made for him by Ernesto
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Forum: Techniques
November 1st 06, 07:35 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 41
Views: 1,358
Bamboo and Carbon Fiber? Can this work?
Qui si parla Campagnolo wrote:
Calfee has done it but I think it's in the catagory of 'circus' bike,
more than a serious bike frame material(altho Craig will disagree).
Calfee has sold his...
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Forum: Techniques
September 12th 06, 06:38 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 43
Views: 1,447
radial drive wind-up
Cam wrote:
Ron Ruff wrote:
Cam wrote:
Don't the spokes on a front wheel transmit torque under braking?
No, since the brake acts directly on the rim rather than the hub.
And...
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Forum: Techniques
September 1st 06, 06:24 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 420
Views: 8,750
Forces on spokes
Ed Pirrero wrote:
Yes, some folks do seem to have a lot of spare time...
It's astonishing, isn't it?
So, we get this kind of thread every few months. One in which the
oversimplification of...
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Forum: Techniques
August 30th 06, 12:07 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 420
Views: 8,750
Forces on spokes
Yep, I agree with everything you say. I also have agreed with just
about everything that Jobst has said, although a lot of it was overly
detailed and off the original topic :)
My main...
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Forum: Techniques
August 29th 06, 11:23 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 420
Views: 8,750
Forces on spokes
Hi Jeff,
For better or for worse, Jobst et al. are right. I have (yet another!)
way of visualizing this that may help (but probably won't).
For what it's worth, I'm an engineer who does FEA all day...
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Forum: Techniques
August 25th 06, 06:11 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech,rec.bicycles.misc
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,360
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Forum: General
August 25th 06, 06:11 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech,rec.bicycles.misc
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Forum: Techniques
August 15th 06, 03:47 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 58
Views: 2,231
Cycling mags - what went wrong?
Doug Taylor wrote:
On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 11:13:57 GMT, "Callistus Valerius"
wrote:
Why arn't their any good bicycling mags? "Bicycling" has been dumbed
down for...
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Forum: Techniques
August 14th 06, 08:07 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 45
Views: 2,093
Stainless steel track frame?
sal bass wrote:
stainless frames make a TON of sense. talk to a frame fabricator.
Rhygin Cycles (Christian Jones) was around in Boston in the late 90s
and made frames of stainless steel. ...
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Forum: Techniques
July 26th 06, 03:42 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 30
Views: 1,411
Extensive Pix of Campy's 2007 Range
Thanks for the explanation; I follow your reasoning and your position
makes a lot of sense. The angle of the teeth, however, is shallow
enough that I'd bet the separation stress is fairly small....
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Forum: Techniques
July 26th 06, 03:30 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 23
Views: 1,575
Scamdium strikes again!
Chalo wrote:
wrote:
It's possible to design an aluminum bottom bracket axle that's safe for
even someone of Chalo's size, but it would have to have a larger
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Forum: Techniques
July 25th 06, 11:14 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 30
Views: 1,411
Extensive Pix of Campy's 2007 Range
that crank system's not - it's a pig's *******. the joint is ugly for
torque, ugly for bending and to cap it all, expensive to produce with
that multitude of one-at-a-time high precision...
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Forum: Techniques
July 12th 06, 06:12 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 11
Views: 499
Hub gear scorcher
Hi Jenny,
I'm a bit confused, as the On One Il Pompino has 135mm rear dropout
spacing:
http://www.on-one.co.uk/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=5&MMN_position=95:95
From...
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