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Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
07-16-09, 12:56 PM
Replies: 759
Views: 447,041
Posted By bonaparlare

zip ties

Hello. I too find that zip ties get brittle and need replacing, usually at the most inconvenient moment. However, I always had a ready supply, since so many groups used them to put up adverts on...
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
06-01-09, 07:35 AM
Replies: 759
Views: 447,041
Posted By bonaparlare

Scamming retail stores to save a few bucks. Quite...

Scamming retail stores to save a few bucks. Quite sad, really, although I imagine the morality issue is of no concern to someone mean enough to "peel a fart", as my grandfather used to say.
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
04-20-09, 06:01 AM
Replies: 759
Views: 447,041
Posted By bonaparlare

Am I missing something here? Surely, once you...

Am I missing something here? Surely, once you have the cranks off, all you need do is hold the bb tool in place by loosely reattaching the crank bolts? You have to keep loosening the bolt as the bb...
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
03-30-09, 05:26 AM
Replies: 759
Views: 447,041
Posted By bonaparlare

Regarding using the frame as a back stop when...

Regarding using the frame as a back stop when cable cutting with a hammer and chisel, I once drilled an extra hole in a mudguard (fender?) with everything in situ and put the bloody drill straight...
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
07-20-08, 12:56 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 639
Posted By bonaparlare

unscrewing cassettes

Hello. In the past I've found that shifting cassettes and freewheels is easier if the special tool is put in a vice, the wheel then put over the tool and then you have quite a lot of leverage on the...
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
07-20-08, 12:36 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 2,396
Posted By bonaparlare

tyre levers

Hello.
I imagine that if you use steel tyre levers on an aluminium rim, even if you wrap 'trician's tape over the lever, you run the risk of gouging bits out of the rim. It would brass you off to...
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
07-20-08, 12:25 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 41,821
Posted By bonaparlare

cable cutters

Hello. If you are only cutting brake cable housing, then pliers are generally fine. However, proper cable cutters are almost essential for cutting the actual cable, otherwise you have the cable end...
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
07-20-08, 12:22 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 41,821
Posted By bonaparlare

cable cutters

Hello. If you are only cutting brake cable housing, then pliers are generally fine. However, proper cable cutters are almost essential for cutting the actual cable, otherwise you have the cable end...
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
04-21-08, 02:03 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 9,803
Posted By bonaparlare

downtube shifters

Hello.
Looking at your first photo, I think the two parts on the right, with grey inserts, serve as abutments for the outer cable on the down tube bosses, when you use bar end shifters....
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
04-21-08, 01:57 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 9,803
Posted By bonaparlare

downtube shifters

Hello.
Looking at your first photo, I think the two parts on the right, with grey inserts, serve as abutments for the outer cable on the down tube bosses, when you use bar end shifters....
Forum: Charity Events
03-13-08, 03:01 AM
Replies: 296
Views: 15,111
Posted By bonaparlare

electric communication

I must apologise for the snide comment about the quote from Dickens. I'll never learn! What embarrasses me most is that I've shot myself in the foot, since Dickens actually said/wrote the sentence.
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
03-12-08, 01:07 PM
Replies: 759
Views: 447,041
Posted By bonaparlare

tricks and shortcuts

One useful trick someone once told me relates to keeping the ends of brake/gear cables in good condition. If you solder the non nipple end, it will pass through the outer sheath without the...
Forum: Charity Events
03-12-08, 11:48 AM
Replies: 296
Views: 15,111
Posted By bonaparlare

Charles Dickens

How in heaven's name you managed to find a quotation from Charles Dickens, where he mentions electric communication has me scratching my head. Are you sure you're not referring to Chaucer and mobile...
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