aka Tom Reingold
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: New York, NY, and High Falls, NY, USA
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Bikes: 1962 Rudge Sports, 1971 Raleigh Super Course, 1971 Raleigh Pro Track, 1974 Raleigh International, 1975 Viscount Fixie, 1982 McLean, 1996 Lemond (Ti), 2002 Burley Zydeco tandem
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I was a bike mechanic in my young days. I worked on a few Tyler kids' bikes. Tyler is a Polish brand. I guess they chose the name to make it sound appealing. The steel they used for nuts and bolts was soft, so lots of stripping and rounding happened. The rear dropouts were pointed down to the back. The only way to tighten the axle nuts with the wheel in position was to sit on the ground, put my feet on the pedals, pull the bike back with one hand, tighten an axle nut with the other hand, then switch hands and do the same.
Since this asked about bikes we had, I did flip one of these Tyler kids' bikes in my bike flipping days, so I had one, too. I didn't ride it, though.