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Forum: Classic & Vintage
05-09-24, 07:19 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 679
Posted By oneclick

I made a set for a mechanic at the LBS who had an...

I made a set for a mechanic at the LBS who had an ugly bodged setup for a rack (did have a set of the originals to work from...)

One trick that could work is a pair (each side) of hard rubber...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
05-09-24, 07:13 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 551
Posted By oneclick

Check that your freehub spline isn't missing the...

Check that your freehub spline isn't missing the single wide spline that HG cassettes have.

https://www.sheldonbrown.com/k7.html
Forum: Classic & Vintage
05-09-24, 05:46 AM
Replies: 6,529
Views: 803,414
Posted By oneclick

If you (or a friend) can braze - a) repair -...

If you (or a friend) can braze -

a) repair - assuming the hex socket is what is buggered, drill a 5mm hole into the end at the bottom of the hex, cut the hex off, and braze an M5 socket-head...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
05-06-24, 05:34 AM
Replies: 22,355
Views: 4,702,176
Posted By oneclick

Grand Records are common enough so it's not as...

Grand Records are common enough so it's not as though *that* one needed to be saved.
And even "reputable" framebuilders are craftsmen second, artists third - and tradesmen first.
If the customer...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
05-06-24, 05:18 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 198
Posted By oneclick

Frame decision: modify it or find/use a Shimano AX rear

This is a wery cool frame, but I don't have (or want?) one of those rear mechs with the sheet steel guide - the bare cable exits the chainstay and uses no housing at all.
Frame weighs 1820g, fork...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
05-04-24, 04:29 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 203
Posted By oneclick

Where was this FD made - it's not in vbase>

Fellow in Portugal is selling a "Luna Cycles" front mech.
It's a copy of the Huret Club etc. design, of which many versions.
Although some of the versions are actually finely made, a great virtue...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
05-02-24, 10:22 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 393
Posted By oneclick

Note to all, as I see there are more than one - ...

Note to all, as I see there are more than one -
NaOh is not an acid, it's a base.
Don't use acid - it'll attack steel.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
05-01-24, 05:54 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 393
Posted By oneclick

Stuck seatpost vs. NaOH - how long>

Might have to dissolve an aluminium seatpost out of a steel frame - has anyone done this and how long did it take.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
05-01-24, 03:46 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 772
Posted By oneclick

All branding is meant for those who don't own. ...

All branding is meant for those who don't own.
It is in essence advertising.
This is a liberating concept when it comes to refinishing's cosmetic decisions.
A current favourite frame has only...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
05-01-24, 03:33 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 1,142
Posted By oneclick

I'd replace "The large" with "Any". For any...

I'd replace "The large" with "Any".
For any BB's versions of Any.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
04-30-24, 04:45 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 192
Posted By oneclick

Check that it isn't stuck against the side of the...

Check that it isn't stuck against the side of the ratchet wheel.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
04-29-24, 03:59 AM
Replies: 601
Views: 31,559
Posted By oneclick

Depends on how you look at it: ...

Depends on how you look at it:

https://www.pashley.co.uk/products/guvnor
Forum: Classic & Vintage
04-25-24, 08:00 AM
Replies: 47
Views: 2,040
Posted By oneclick

The most recent barcon wrap I did was shellaced,...

The most recent barcon wrap I did was shellaced, and to prevent the wrap from gluing to the cable housing I put a bit housing inside a bit of plastic tubing before wrapping; afterwards that...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
04-24-24, 04:10 AM
Replies: 73
Views: 2,225
Posted By oneclick

Torque settings are a guide. There is enough...

Torque settings are a guide.
There is enough variability in manufacturing tolerances alone to justify this, nevermind the possible intermixing of different manufacturer's parts and the effect of...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
04-24-24, 03:42 AM
Replies: 46
Views: 2,217
Posted By oneclick

Which I missed by hours. (3 of them spent in a...

Which I missed by hours.
(3 of them spent in a huge queue for the immigration gate at Schipol.)
Forum: Classic & Vintage
04-23-24, 06:17 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 391
Posted By oneclick

I saw your post at that other place. Doesn't...

I saw your post at that other place.
Doesn't look particularly french to me; seatstay tops, rear drops, and fork crown look of oriental origin.
What (if any) threading is marked on the bb cups?...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
04-23-24, 05:47 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 547
Posted By oneclick

I was looking at those; this bike has a...

I was looking at those; this bike has a front-wheel motor and a battery forward of the rear axle and I was hoping for a support closer to the cog.
The tubes are round, so likely I'll make some...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
04-23-24, 05:09 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 547
Posted By oneclick

Does a decent plate-less mounted kickstand exist?

Up to now the only bikes here that got a kickstand had flat chainstay bridges, built-for-purpose.
But now a bike here without that bridge could use one.
Is there a kickstand that won't mar the...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
04-21-24, 02:47 AM
Replies: 6,529
Views: 803,414
Posted By oneclick

Just so you know: ...

Just so you know:

https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vintage/708797-lyotard-pedal-danger.html

and in re Atoms -

They use a larger thread at the outboard end - this means the edges of the...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
04-19-24, 03:45 AM
Replies: 85
Views: 13,931
Posted By oneclick

You don't have to know how to weld.

You don't have to know how to weld.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
04-17-24, 06:02 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 1,204
Posted By oneclick

pic assist: ...

pic assist:


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Forum: Classic & Vintage
04-16-24, 06:37 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 716
Posted By oneclick

That looks like "smut" to me, a real deep layer...

That looks like "smut" to me, a real deep layer of it.
Aluminium gets that way if bits of it in contact with steel are in an electrolytic (for de-rusting the steel) bath.
Zinc - the primary...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
04-13-24, 09:46 AM
Replies: 1,079
Views: 234,269
Posted By oneclick

This one's in good nick: ...

This one's in good nick:

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikeforums.net-vbulletin/655x451/20240413_101259s_a75525b492014ec0e4b6a16bbb283276883e2a34.jpg
Forum: Classic & Vintage
04-10-24, 04:56 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 373
Posted By oneclick

Rear as well (this is often done when there is no...

Rear as well (this is often done when there is no cable or housing, to keep the adjuster in the brake arm):

...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
04-10-24, 04:24 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 373
Posted By oneclick

It does happen. One of my Cinellis had a front...

It does happen.
One of my Cinellis had a front brake hole drilled about 15 degrees off.
I got a friend to put it in a jig-borer and then put a sleeve in the now-straight hole.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
04-06-24, 03:07 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 2,669
Posted By oneclick

"Less-unsafe" would be a more accurate...

"Less-unsafe" would be a more accurate description; the ld50 for ethylene glycol is twice that of propylene, but it still won't take much - a half a cup will likely kill a small dog.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
04-05-24, 08:21 AM
Replies: 1,079
Views: 234,269
Posted By oneclick

Two good things happened on this ride

#1 I got a flat. Right outside a bike shop. Which had just opened. And had exactly the right size tube.

#2 When I got where I was going there was a great excuse to post a pic of one of my bikes:
...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
04-04-24, 04:21 AM
Replies: 22,355
Views: 4,702,176
Posted By oneclick

Some people type very slowly.

Some people type very slowly.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
04-04-24, 04:02 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 390
Posted By oneclick

This is what you call a result.

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikeforums.net-vbulletin/1000x450/20240403_100332s_b5a3870c0bffd01497c3e4c5dceaca837c6090eb.jpg

First stage of un-packing, all is good.

Even better, when packed...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
04-03-24, 03:30 AM
Replies: 6,529
Views: 803,414
Posted By oneclick

LF a set of basic Italian side-pulls

I'm after a set of old-style simple sidepulls for an Torpado city bike, something like Balilla or Universal.
Has to be longer-reach, but anything of the right style likely is anyway.
Happy to offer...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
04-02-24, 05:36 AM
Replies: 83,260
Views: 14,336,003
Posted By oneclick

First step of which is to run your finger under...

First step of which is to run your finger under the headlugs, feeling for ripples.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
04-02-24, 05:32 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 180
Posted By oneclick

NB5204555 translates to: Nottingham built Feb...

NB5204555 translates to:
Nottingham built Feb 1975, frame # 204555
That and the 71mm shell (and the thickness of the socket walls as they appear in your photos) strongly suggest 26tpi BB theading....
Forum: Classic & Vintage
03-30-24, 01:39 AM
Replies: 83,260
Views: 14,336,003
Posted By oneclick

Great example by omission.

Great example by omission.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
03-30-24, 01:36 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 1,002
Posted By oneclick

Not only that, but also the construction of the...

Not only that, but also the construction of the stays and dropout.
Better-quality frames often have the right stay relieved of flattened for chain clearance, and some dropouts are offset inwards...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
03-28-24, 02:10 PM
Replies: 52
Views: 2,840
Posted By oneclick

Make SURE you have it centred. Get the dad to...

Make SURE you have it centred.
Get the dad to show you how to use a dial test indicator - and get it so that needle does not even quiver.
You need to have the DTI run on the bearing races, not of...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
03-28-24, 01:42 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 440
Posted By oneclick

The type of chain most reluctant to get caught in...

The type of chain most reluctant to get caught in those grooves is one withOUT beveled side-plates.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
03-28-24, 10:59 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 328
Posted By oneclick

"stumped" - in the motor-bike world they have an...

"stumped" - in the motor-bike world they have an acronym - NAIT, which stands for "not appearing in Tragatsch", Tragatsch being the encyclopedia of... by Erwin T.

Perhaps we need NAIV.

p.s. see...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
03-28-24, 02:25 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 1,004
Posted By oneclick

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikeforums.net-vbulle...

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikeforums.net-vbulletin/768x746/img_20240327_183840s_a1be9878c7a17d25f3b029a43f986661e0a75d40.jpg
Forum: Classic & Vintage
03-27-24, 12:32 AM
Replies: 83,260
Views: 14,336,003
Posted By oneclick

Back before the internet, people leaned to snip.

Back before the internet, people leaned to snip.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
03-25-24, 12:42 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 497
Posted By oneclick

You almost certainly need a freewheel, not a...

You almost certainly need a freewheel, not a cassette.

(Yes, I know, it's french, mais tous de même...)
Forum: Classic & Vintage
03-25-24, 01:17 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 718
Posted By oneclick

If that bit of soft plastic stops the crank from...

If that bit of soft plastic stops the crank from being fully tightened, you'll be buying a new crankarm.

So if it's used (in the situation you describe) to do so, the axle is too short.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
03-24-24, 01:38 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 1,004
Posted By oneclick

Guess what kind of pizza I had for dinner....

You get one guess:


https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikeforums.net-vbulletin/768x576/img_20240324_173708s_26fcd35fe31873b3349f38c99b499fb1dd2ce6d3.jpg
Forum: Classic & Vintage
03-24-24, 01:26 PM
Replies: 96
Views: 5,566
Posted By oneclick

Any brake that will lock the front wheel is...

Any brake that will lock the front wheel is sufficient - as no brake will do more.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
03-24-24, 01:22 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 718
Posted By oneclick

$.

$.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
03-24-24, 01:51 AM
Replies: 96
Views: 5,566
Posted By oneclick

So - No Cinelli pedals (1970-ish)

So -

No Cinelli pedals (1970-ish)
Forum: Classic & Vintage
03-23-24, 02:20 AM
Replies: 41
Views: 1,834
Posted By oneclick

Would those Vittoria hoods fit Balilla levers?

Would those Vittoria hoods fit Balilla levers?
Forum: Classic & Vintage
03-23-24, 01:25 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 290
Posted By oneclick

(anothere) what's this - left chain/seatstay reinforcement on otherwise normal Pug

Had a good look at this, it seems not to have been added afterwards - the paint looks original.
My guess is either to handle the stress of the torque-arm, or perhaps a trailer attachment.

...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
03-23-24, 01:17 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 225
Posted By oneclick

What's this? (nice take-apart road bike)

Seen yesterday, sorry about the low quality pics.

If it's not clear, the rear section (bb shell, chainstays and seatstays) separate from the main triangle.
The (most) blurry pic shows a pair of...
Forum: Classic and Vintage Sales
03-22-24, 01:56 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 763
Posted By oneclick

There are qr skewers with three springs...

There are qr skewers with three springs (Normandy/Simplex) and I have never seen any supplies of the third ones.
Somewhere I have a mandrel for winding them, it was made & used several decades ago...
Forum: Classic and Vintage Sales
03-22-24, 01:16 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 763
Posted By oneclick

Springs are available in bags of a dozen for very...

Springs are available in bags of a dozen for very little money on the auction site.

For the brake housing clamps there are some made in stainless, unfortunately I think by a large asian concern...
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