What did you do with your bike(s) today?
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Re: What did you do with your bike(s) today?
Postby elantra » Sun Dec 10, 2023 7:13 pm
So I made a bicycle stand, tailored for any drop bar bicycle, with front wheel removed.
Easy to make these from suitable lengths of stray timber, a few screws, a battery powered drill, and some conduit clamps.
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Re: What did you do with your bike(s) today?
Postby foo on patrol » Wed Dec 13, 2023 6:40 am
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Re: What did you do with your bike(s) today?
Postby elantra » Wed Dec 20, 2023 12:09 am
Made another one today… the collection of leftover lengths of wood is now seriously depleted
The base frame is 1.2 metre lengths from a broken billiard table. Not sure what type of timber it is but nice quality and not heavy.
It has some 8mm diameter through apertures at one end.
So I used 2 quill stem bolts to attach the rear cross beam (rear wheel platform) to it.
These were from quill stems that I am never going to use because they are too short for me and not worth trying to sell.
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Postby ningnangnong » Thu Dec 21, 2023 1:45 pm
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Re: What did you do with your bike(s) today?
Postby elantra » Wed Dec 27, 2023 11:46 pm
Specifically the Tweed tip shop, which usually sells pre-loved bikes for fifteen dollars.
This one is a bit of an enigma.
Big frame, with Repco markings, and stickers say “Tange 900” and “made in Australia”
With 27 inch wheels.
Chain super rusted. Cranks won’t turn- not at all !
Tyres incredibly perished.
But there’s usually something worth $ 15 on just about any old bike.
Cranks came off fairly easy.
BB cups came off fairly easily.
BB spindle and bearings were a gooey mass of rust
Stem out no dramas, headset turns surprisingly smoothly.
Seatpost a minor struggle, and when out revealed a little shim in the frame. Hard to understand how this came to be, and I suspect that this might be the reason why the BB is such a disaster.
The shim was only partial, leaving a slender gap for water to enter into the frame from the area of the seatpost bolt.
Handlebar looks pretty good, will probably use this on another bike as it is a good width- 42 cm- and a nice shape, none of that early 1990’s ergonomic nonsense.
Overall pretty good fun for an investment of 15 dollars !
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Re: What did you do with your bike(s) today?
Postby Scott No Mates » Thu Dec 28, 2023 11:23 am
He is starting to get over the additional height, narrow tyres, aggressive position (no longer upright on the BMX), gear lever position.
What stunned me more was he backed up for a ride along the PVC with a little more pace.
Not totally unscathed, he complained all the way about his knees, ligaments.... Dang youth of today.
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Re: What did you do with your bike(s) today?
Postby foo on patrol » Thu Dec 28, 2023 6:16 pm
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Re: What did you do with your bike(s) today?
Postby stevenaaus » Thu Dec 28, 2023 9:55 pm
Good work.Scott No Mates wrote: ↑Thu Dec 28, 2023 11:23 am....Master No Mates rode the roadie around the new Rozelle Parklands and across to Darling Harbour and back around to Blackwattle Bay.
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Re: What did you do with your bike(s) today?
Postby Scott No Mates » Sun Dec 31, 2023 7:46 pm
6 days, 4 rides.
Today we did a very gentle (flat) 30km along the Bay Run, mostly on bike paths, several laps and both directions.
He's not shying away from it.
Now he's thinking about taking the bike on the train for day trips. We took a trip to Newcastle earlier this week, it cost myself $9 including the metro, train, light rail and ferry to Stockton beach. Last of the big spenders (he's a student concession, so he paid ½ again).
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Re: What did you do with your bike(s) today?
Postby familyguy » Mon Jan 01, 2024 5:13 pm
Gauge reads 40PSI when standing still. I suspect it's had a knock or drop that has adjusted the gauge. It seems to be close to pressure if you add 40 to the number you want. 140 on this read near to 100 on the other pump.
Such a cool piece of gear.
Decided to try to fix the leak under pressure in the BBB as well, following a head change. Took all the bits apart, redid an o-ring, regreased a couple of parts, seems to be better under load, only a minor air leak from a split o-ring I will have to source.
Recent Lezyne dual head to replace clapped out BBB head:
Not sure if I''ll put the Lezyne ABS head on the Silca or leave as is. The other one is the dead BBB head.
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Re: What did you do with your bike(s) today?
Postby elantra » Tue Jan 02, 2024 10:00 am
Well done on trying to keep these critters going !familyguy wrote: ↑Mon Jan 01, 2024 5:13 pmServiced the $10 Silca Pista to see if I could solve the perennial 40PSI problem it has.
Gauge reads 40PSI when standing still. I suspect it's had a knock or drop that has adjusted the gauge. It seems to be close to pressure if you add 40 to the number you want. 140 on this read near to 100 on the other pump.
Such a cool piece of gear.
Decided to try to fix the leak under pressure in the BBB as well, following a head change. Took all the bits apart, redid an o-ring, regreased a couple of parts, seems to be better undre load, only a minor air leak from a split o-ring I will have to source.
Air pump devices must be the weak link in technological advancement.
Bicycles last decades with a bit of TLC.
Cars usually last a decade and a half.
Vacuum cleaners at least a decade.
But in my experience track pumps usually are all flogged out after about 5 years.
My current one is several yrs old and was a prestigious brand (a “Pro”) but the pressure gauge hasn’t worked for years.
Before that I had one with a funny name (Jet black or something like that) which only lasted 5 yrs.
But I did use it a bit to top up the car tyre pressure which probably didn’t help.
Don’t even get me started on the little twenty dollar car tyre ones that you buy in the Auto stores that run off 12 V electricity. They might work if used to inflate the tyres on 1972 Mini Minor but the size of modern day car tyres soon finishes them off.
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Re: What did you do with your bike(s) today?
Postby familyguy » Tue Jan 02, 2024 10:17 am
Yet I have 5 around the place, including an Axiom Kompressair 160 I found being tossed out, which is a great unit. I've given away 5 or 6 to friends and family. Tossed a couple. They all came in with lightly used bike purchases or were found on council clean up piles. All working after a clean and occasionally a pull open and lube down the tube (insert Rik Mayall nasal snort here).
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Re: What did you do with your bike(s) today?
Postby P!N20 » Thu Jan 04, 2024 4:20 pm
Replacement gauges can be purchased, but they're not as cool as your with the reference pointer, and you probably don't want to spend that much on it. (Possibly we've had this conversation before.)
I'm wondering if you could transplant the face and pointer onto a new gauge?
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Re: What did you do with your bike(s) today?
Postby familyguy » Thu Jan 04, 2024 5:16 pm
I did some digging and, critically, the replacements from Silca appear to be a larger diameter (63mm v 50mm). There are reports of them not fitting on the outlet due to fouling the pump tube. I've organised a 50mm replacement, not as cool though. I'll relocate the needle to zero with the watch hand tools as well.P!N20 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 04, 2024 4:20 pmReplacement gauges can be purchased, but they're not as cool as your with the reference pointer, and you probably don't want to spend that much on it. (Possibly we've had this conversation before.)
I'm wondering if you could transplant the face and pointer onto a new gauge?
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Re: What did you do with your bike(s) today?
Postby familyguy » Fri Jan 05, 2024 3:05 pm
Paint stripper on the base, buffing wheel and Autosol action. May yet repaint it. It looks good, but mismatched now.
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Re: What did you do with your bike(s) today?
Postby redsonic » Thu Jan 11, 2024 7:32 pm
While it is up on the stand, I'll give it a service and change the bar tape.
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Re: What did you do with your bike(s) today?
Postby redsonic » Sun Jan 14, 2024 2:52 pm
I rode through salt water about 9 months ago (high tide at the Lota boardwalk). I hosed the bike down at the time, but noticed corrosion of the wheels developing between the stainless eyelets and alloy rims, so took them apart and treated them. This is the first time I've been in the bottom bracket since then. I didn't think the water was that deep!
After cleaning and some judicious use of steel wool:
I had this rust chelating gel ready for my Healing restoration, so it will be interesting to see what it does.
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Re: What did you do with your bike(s) today?
Postby foo on patrol » Mon Jan 15, 2024 5:40 am
I've never seen that before in any of my bikes. I would be sealing that cable bracket screw with a spot of clear hot glue on the outside and a coating of grease inside the bb.
How long were you in the water because for?
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Re: What did you do with your bike(s) today?
Postby elantra » Mon Jan 15, 2024 9:19 am
Yikes !
That’s a healthy growth of rust.
Is that a fillet-brazed steel frame ?
I guess that the water at Lota would be basically seawater, with a bit of mud added.
I was out riding with a friend at Tumbulgum yesterday.
Leaning against the post at the coffee shop we noted that his nipples (on his bike) were really badly corroded.
They are Shimano RS road (rim brake) wheels less than 10 yrs old, aluminium nipples I presume.
He does a lot of riding in the rain and lives near the beach.
On another note I ended up in the garden yesterday, which was not pleasant because it was about 30 degrees hot.
But I commissioned my home-made Campagnolo plant pot, put a coffee bean bush in it and filled it with potting mix.
The plant pot is made from plywood bits secured into the spoke recesses of a 1990 Campagnolo Nisi rim.
This was a nice rim that was “retired” due to brake track wear and small crack.
It certainly makes it easy for 2 people to lift the pot with a plant in it !
Only problem was that the dog later dug it up and there was potting mix all over the place.
So I had to do it all again.
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Re: What did you do with your bike(s) today?
Postby redsonic » Mon Jan 15, 2024 10:06 am
Thanks for the tip Foo, I'll do as you say. I rode through the water for about 20m. I later found water inside my wheels!, but didn't think of the bottom bracket. It seems to have come up nicely after soaking in the Metal Rescue overnight.foo on patrol wrote: ↑Mon Jan 15, 2024 5:40 am^^^^ ^^^^
I've never seen that before in any of my bikes. I would be selling that cable bracket screw with a spot of clear hot glue on the outside and a coating of grease inside the bb.
How long were you in the water because for?
Foo
Elantra: coffee plants are lovely. I have grown and propagated them for over 10 years, and even made coffee from the beans (it was drinkable). The idea with the rim is a great one. Mine are currently in rocket pots, but I'll be putting them in the ground soon. They are the dwarf type, that only grows to 150cm.But I commissioned my home-made Campagnolo plant pot, put a coffee bean bush in it and filled it with potting mix.
The plant pot is made from plywood bits secured into the spoke recesses of a 1990 Campagnolo Nisi rim.
This was a nice rim that was “retired” due to brake track wear and small crack.
It certainly makes it easy for 2 people to lift the pot with a plant in it !
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Re: What did you do with your bike(s) today?
Postby redsonic » Mon Jan 15, 2024 10:09 am
Yes, it is a Ritchey Road logic steel frame. Lovely bike, best I have ever ridden and it's a keeper (I hope).
The Lota water was entirely sea water. Very tidal, so you can ride through often with no problems then hit high (king) tide and encounter what I did. I should have turned around.
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Re: What did you do with your bike(s) today?
Postby familyguy » Mon Jan 15, 2024 10:49 am
One of the worst marketing decisions ever made was aluminium nipples. Why not save 5 grams of weight but at the same time make it impossible to true most wheels after they've been used for a few years and the nipples haven't been turned once per week?elantra wrote: ↑Mon Jan 15, 2024 9:19 amI was out riding with a friend at Tumbulgum yesterday.
Leaning against the post at the coffee shop we noted that his nipples (on his bike) were really badly corroded.
They are Shimano RS road (rim brake) wheels less than 10 yrs old, aluminium nipples I presume.
He does a lot of riding in the rain and lives near the beach.
I've noticed this on a couple of my wheels, so will be rebuilding another set from alu to brass in the near future. Meanwhile the brass and stainless spoke wheels from the 80s are still looking good.
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Re: What did you do with your bike(s) today?
Postby P!N20 » Mon Jan 15, 2024 11:29 am
Amen, brother. Had to replace every aluminium nipple on a pair of wheels and most of them crumbled when I tried to unwind them.
In recent news, the braking performance of my front brake on my fixed gear commuter has been slowly degrading over the last few months. Was intending to replace it, but thought I should probably give it a clean and service before banishing it to the spare parts bin.
Of course that also meant replacing the cable and housing, which also meant replacing the bar tape.
Well what do you know? After a good clean and with new cables braking is back to normal. The perforated BBB bar tape went on without too much fuss and looks and feels great.
Worst part of all that? Removing the residue from the old Cinelli bar tape – nothing seemed to dissolve it, only manual labour consisting of a finger nail and green scrubby.
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