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Why so stupid
I'm walking during day light to the apartment which is rare. Up
againest the dumpster is a Specialized Rockhopper HT 03 is the year and I've seen that bike in action so many times in the past. So I look it up and down I can fix it. Needs a derailleur and hang-er. So I pick it up and head for home and my shop (spare room). Its really lite. I get on line to locate a derailleur hanger and send out a few emails to LBS for the same reason. The LBS come up 0. I find one for lest then ten bucks plus shiping comes to less then 15 bucks. While I wait for the part I'll go deep into this new find. Big ring is bent no problem fixed. Front QR spings are in the wrong place. Okay no rear V brake pads got them too. No cable anker bolt got spares. No front derailleur L&H screws got them also. Got a spare rear derailleur too. Now I go to ajust rear brake and find I can't thats no brake cable but a gear cable. Well I got the right cable in my bag of tricks too. But I better just wait till the hanger comes in then I can install it,rear wheel,rear derailleur,and brake cable and make all ajustment I need to. I'll run out to get some touch up paint today. By weeks end I'll test ride it or I can sell it back to the stupid mother F er that owned it. At lest he won't get killed or hurt on it. |
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On Mar 11, 9:46 am, "Crazy Fred" wrote:
I'm walking during day light to the apartment which is rare. Up againest the dumpster is a Specialized Rockhopper HT 03 is the year and I've seen that bike in action so many times in the past. So I look it up and down I can fix it. Needs a derailleur and hang-er. So I pick it up and head for home and my shop (spare room). Its really lite. I get on line to locate a derailleur hanger and send out a few emails to LBS for the same reason. The LBS come up 0. I find one for lest then ten bucks plus shiping comes to less then 15 bucks. While I wait for the part I'll go deep into this new find. Big ring is bent no problem fixed. Front QR spings are in the wrong place. Okay no rear V brake pads got them too. No cable anker bolt got spares. No front derailleur L&H screws got them also. Got a spare rear derailleur too. Now I go to ajust rear brake and find I can't thats no brake cable but a gear cable. Well I got the right cable in my bag of tricks too. But I better just wait till the hanger comes in then I can install it,rear wheel,rear derailleur,and brake cable and make all ajustment I need to. I'll run out to get some touch up paint today. By weeks end I'll test ride it or I can sell it back to the stupid mother F er that owned it. At lest he won't get killed or hurt on it. Great post Fred! Free is good... JD |
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On Sun, 11 Mar 2007 10:46:45 -0700, Crazy Fred wrote
(in article .com): I'm walking during day light to the apartment which is rare. Up againest the dumpster is a Specialized Rockhopper HT 03 is the year and I've seen that bike in action so many times in the past. So I look it up and down I can fix it. Needs a derailleur and hang-er. So I pick it up and head for home and my shop (spare room). Its really lite. I get on line to locate a derailleur hanger and send out a few emails to LBS for the same reason. The LBS come up 0. I find one for lest then ten bucks plus shiping comes to less then 15 bucks. While I wait for the part I'll go deep into this new find. Big ring is bent no problem fixed. Front QR spings are in the wrong place. Okay no rear V brake pads got them too. No cable anker bolt got spares. No front derailleur L&H screws got them also. Got a spare rear derailleur too. Now I go to ajust rear brake and find I can't thats no brake cable but a gear cable. Well I got the right cable in my bag of tricks too. But I better just wait till the hanger comes in then I can install it,rear wheel,rear derailleur,and brake cable and make all ajustment I need to. I'll run out to get some touch up paint today. By weeks end I'll test ride it or I can sell it back to the stupid mother F er that owned it. At lest he won't get killed or hurt on it. a little knowledge and a few spare parts go along way Pauly |
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On Mar 11, 2:59 pm, "JD" wrote:
On Mar 11, 9:46 am, "Crazy Fred" wrote: I'm walking during day light to the apartment which is rare. Up againest the dumpster is a Specialized Rockhopper HT 03 is the year and I've seen that bike in action so many times in the past. So I look it up and down I can fix it. Needs a derailleur and hang-er. So I pick it up and head for home and my shop (spare room). Its really lite. I get on line to locate a derailleur hanger and send out a few emails to LBS for the same reason. The LBS come up 0. I find one for lest then ten bucks plus shiping comes to less then 15 bucks. While I wait for the part I'll go deep into this new find. Big ring is bent no problem fixed. Front QR spings are in the wrong place. Okay no rear V brake pads got them too. No cable anker bolt got spares. No front derailleur L&H screws got them also. Got a spare rear derailleur too. Now I go to ajust rear brake and find I can't thats no brake cable but a gear cable. Well I got the right cable in my bag of tricks too. But I better just wait till the hanger comes in then I can install it,rear wheel,rear derailleur,and brake cable and make all ajustment I need to. I'll run out to get some touch up paint today. By weeks end I'll test ride it or I can sell it back to the stupid mother F er that owned it. At lest he won't get killed or hurt on it. Great post Fred! Free is good... JD- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I couldn't stop working on it, changed that gear cable to a brake cable. And routed the rear derailleur cable and thinking about pulling out the rear XT derailleur from the spare parts box. Did some more like putting shifters,levers,and bars in their right places. Free is good but some people have to work at being stupid or their born that way. Tires are in really fine shape and need of air. Rims are true,cassette,hub free body,are all fine and greased now. Checked out hubs okay. This fined would hit the landfill no time soon. |
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"Crazy Fred" wrote in message oups.com... I'm walking during day light to the apartment which is rare. Up againest the dumpster is a Specialized Rockhopper HT 03 is the year and I've seen that bike in action so many times in the past. So I look it up and down I can fix it. Needs a derailleur and hang-er. So I pick it up and head for home and my shop (spare room). Its really lite. I get on line to locate a derailleur hanger and send out a few emails to LBS for the same reason. The LBS come up 0. I find one for lest then ten bucks plus shiping comes to less then 15 bucks. While I wait for the part I'll go deep into this new find. Big ring is bent no problem fixed. Front QR spings are in the wrong place. Okay no rear V brake pads got them too. No cable anker bolt got spares. No front derailleur L&H screws got them also. Got a spare rear derailleur too. Now I go to ajust rear brake and find I can't thats no brake cable but a gear cable. Well I got the right cable in my bag of tricks too. But I better just wait till the hanger comes in then I can install it,rear wheel,rear derailleur,and brake cable and make all ajustment I need to. I'll run out to get some touch up paint today. By weeks end I'll test ride it or I can sell it back to the stupid mother F er that owned it. At lest he won't get killed or hurt on it. 90% (or better) of the population judge the condition of a bike by how much air is in the wheels. As in, "That they-are used to be a right fancy bike, but its been jus a sittin around fer a cupla years now with no air in tha wheels. BUUHUUUHP! Garsh!" |
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"Crazy Fred" wrote in message oups.com... I'm walking during day light to the apartment which is rare. Up againest the dumpster is a Specialized Rockhopper HT 03 is the year and I've seen that bike in action so many times in the past. So I look it up and down I can fix it. Needs a derailleur and hang-er. So I pick it up and head for home and my shop (spare room). Its really lite. I get on line to locate a derailleur hanger and send out a few emails to LBS for the same reason. The LBS come up 0. I find one for lest then ten bucks plus shiping comes to less then 15 bucks. While I wait for the part I'll go deep into this new find. Big ring is bent no problem fixed. Front QR spings are in the wrong place. Okay no rear V brake pads got them too. No cable anker bolt got spares. No front derailleur L&H screws got them also. Got a spare rear derailleur too. Now I go to ajust rear brake and find I can't thats no brake cable but a gear cable. Well I got the right cable in my bag of tricks too. But I better just wait till the hanger comes in then I can install it,rear wheel,rear derailleur,and brake cable and make all ajustment I need to. I'll run out to get some touch up paint today. By weeks end I'll test ride it or I can sell it back to the stupid mother F er that owned it. At lest he won't get killed or hurt on it. words to live by: " ya can't cure stupid" Good job with the bike....but maybe you're spelling can get tossed by a dumpster and fixed next time... just a thought... |
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David W said the following on 12/03/2007 12:23:
Good job with the bike....but maybe you're spelling can get tossed by a dumpster and fixed next time... That should be "your spelling" :-) -- Paul Boyd http://www.paul-boyd.co.uk/ |
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Why so stupid
I know, I through that in there for someone else...meaning it didn't mean
much... "Paul Boyd" usenet.dont.work@plusnet wrote in message ... David W said the following on 12/03/2007 12:23: Good job with the bike....but maybe you're spelling can get tossed by a dumpster and fixed next time... That should be "your spelling" :-) -- Paul Boyd http://www.paul-boyd.co.uk/ |
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On 12/03/2007 16:20, David W said,
I know, I through that in there for someone else...meaning it didn't mean much... That should be - oh, never mind - you know :-) -- Paul Boyd http://www.paul-boyd.co.uk/ |
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Why so stupid
On 11 Mar 2007 10:46:45 -0700, Crazy Fred wrote:
Up againest the dumpster is a Specialized Rockhopper HT 03 is the year and I've seen that bike in action so many times in the past. Nice! When I was in college, I was working my way through school and didn't have lots of money for gifts. I found a ten-speed (that's all there was in the '70s), and was able to get it in good working condition for about $10 plus a lot of parts from the junk bin at the LBS. So I gave her a bike for $10! -- -BB- To e-mail me, unmunge my address |
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