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Today's MacGyver Quiz
Yesterday, my daughter and I biked to a restaurant halfway between
us for lunch. On the way to the restaurant, she noticed that the nut had disappeared from the quick release on her front axle. She used some chewing gum in place of the nut, kept a close watch on it, and then stopped in at a bike shop she knew along the way and bought a new spring and nut.. I mentioned she could also have used duct tape (wrapped around her seatpost for emergencies) to tape the quick release lever to the fork, so it couldn't come out. Any other ideas, using things which have a reasonable likelihood of being available? |
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ZBicyclist wrote:
Yesterday, my daughter and I biked to a restaurant halfway between us for lunch. On the way to the restaurant, she noticed that the nut had disappeared from the quick release on her front axle. She used some chewing gum in place of the nut, kept a close watch on it, and then stopped in at a bike shop she knew along the way and bought a new spring and nut.. I mentioned she could also have used duct tape (wrapped around her seatpost for emergencies) to tape the quick release lever to the fork, so it couldn't come out. Any other ideas, using things which have a reasonable likelihood of being available? I always carry a few cable ties with me. I've used them for rear rack screw replacements, among other things. Very useful when camping too. |
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On May 26, 9:57 pm, "ZBicyclist" wrote:
Yesterday, my daughter and I biked to a restaurant halfway between us for lunch. On the way to the restaurant, she noticed that the nut had disappeared from the quick release on her front axle. She used some chewing gum in place of the nut, kept a close watch on it, and then stopped in at a bike shop she knew along the way and bought a new spring and nut.. I mentioned she could also have used duct tape (wrapped around her seatpost for emergencies) to tape the quick release lever to the fork, so it couldn't come out. Any other ideas, using things which have a reasonable likelihood of being available? Very resourceful, your daughter. Your duct tape idea sounds like a great one. A couple of years ago, the idiotic velcro strap holding my frame pump disintegrated during a ride. I had no duct tape, zip tie, nothing to secure the pump back to the frame and didn't really relish the alternatives. I wound up using my watch-- a cheap Timex with a velcro strap to re-secure the pump. Many lessons learned, not the least of which is that a real pump peg is a truly beautiful thing that seems to have sadly gone extinct. |
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On May 26, 8:57*pm, "ZBicyclist" wrote:
Yesterday, my daughter and I biked to a restaurant halfway between us for lunch. On the way to the restaurant, she noticed that the nut had disappeared from the quick release on her front axle. She used some chewing gum in place of the nut, kept a close watch on it, and then stopped in at a bike shop she knew along the way and bought a new spring and nut.. I mentioned she could also have used duct tape (wrapped around her seatpost for emergencies) to tape the quick release lever to the fork, so it couldn't come out. Any other ideas, using things which have a reasonable likelihood of being available? Small gauge electrical wiring. Strip it and separate the strands. One or two strands wrapped tightly into the threads work very well as a jam nut. It's a bit easier to remove than either duct tape or chewing gum too. Regards, Bob Hunt |
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"Bob" wrote: Small gauge electrical wiring. Strip it and separate the strands. (clip) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I did that when I was too young to drive to the hardware store. Didn't have any money anyway. I thought it was an acceptable permanent fix. There's a perfectly good nut on the other wheel. Just "borrow" that. G I once used some rusty wire I found on the side of the freeway to replace the master link clip on my motorcycle chain. It lasted 'til I got home, but I didn't test it beyond that. |
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Take the skewer out and put it in your pocket or your pannier until
you get home. Don't be popping any wheelies and you shouldn't really have much of a problem, the wheel won't move laterally even without the skewer and if you keep the front wheel on the ground it's not gonna fall out either. Most of the bikes made in the last 20 years have some secondary retention device too. |
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Leo Lichtman wrote:
There's a perfectly good nut on the other wheel. Just "borrow" that. G I got a good laugh out of that. Thanks. |
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On May 27, 11:23*am, "Leo Lichtman"
wrote: "Bob" wrote: *Small gauge electrical wiring. Strip it and separate the strands. *(clip) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I did that when I was too young to drive to the hardware store. *Didn't have any money anyway. *I thought it was an acceptable permanent fix. There's a perfectly good nut on the other wheel. *Just "borrow" that. *G I once used some rusty wire I found on the side of the freeway to replace the master link clip on my motorcycle chain. *It lasted 'til I got home, but I didn't test it beyond that. If we're trading "make it work" stories-- I use to own a Fiero. The headlights were a ring and pinion gear driven "pop up" design. The ring gears were made of plastic but the pinion was steel. When the car was five years old, the right headlamp ring gear stripped. I drove it with one headlamp for about a month and then the left side crapped out too. Pontiac said the only way to get those gears was to buy two complete assemblies at, IIRC, $220 each. I hand carved one gear from a chunk of ebony I had left over from some woodworking I'd done and the other from a scrap piece of cocobolo. They worked for another four years, outlasting the rest of the car. They were also the prettiest gears you ever saw. g Regards, Bob Hunt |
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"Bob" wrote: (clip) They worked for another four years, outlasting the rest of the car. They were also the prettiest gears you ever saw. g ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Bob, this is the scenario I'd like to imagine: Your car ends up in a wrecking yard (Oh, excuse me--auto parts recycler) still equipped with those wooden gears. Someone else comes along with the same headlight flip-up problem you originally had, and finds those beautiful hand-made gears. Question: does he buy them? |
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"Leo Lichtman" wrote: "Bob" wrote: (clip) They worked for another four years, outlasting the rest of the car. They were also the prettiest gears you ever saw. g ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Bob, this is the scenario I'd like to imagine: Your car ends up in a wrecking yard (Oh, excuse me--auto parts recycler) still equipped with those wooden gears. Someone else comes along with the same headlight flip-up problem you originally had, and finds those beautiful hand-made gears. Question: does he buy them? of course. and then he makes a bong out of the headlight. -- This signature can be appended to your outgoing mesages. Many people include in their signatures contact information, and perhaps a joke or quotation. |
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