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Old 05-28-11, 08:33 PM
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Clasher, you might use that VO bottom bracket mount as a starting point for making a dutch style chaincase, that is to say a metal frame that is covered in a fabric covering. The really old chaincases of this type use leather, wereas newer models use vinyl.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lovely_bicycle/5295129917
Here is an example of the chaincase frame as mounted onto a frame braze-on. Raleigh DL-1s from the early 70s had such braze-ons.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lovely_bicycle/5295130067
This is a full view of the chaincase, it can't be made out too easily, but there is a metallic piece that completes the back end of the frame that goes between the hub and the dropout.

http://www.dutchbikeseattle.com/imag..._4373_blog.jpg
This is what such a piece looks like.

http://vintagebicycle.wordpress.com/...-bicycle-1946/
If you want to go for a partial porteur chaincase in this style, the VO hardware seems like it can be modified for this purpose as well.

http://prollyisnotprobably.com/2009/...r_tutorial.php
As far as the Hebie chaincase goes, a cheap and ghetto way of imitating it would be to use electrical conduit from auto-supply stores (they are used to tidy up the mass of cables) to wrap the chain. Since the conduit is essentially a long bendy straw that's been split down the middle, it moves with the chain; its not perfect, the plastic used is not made to withstand repetitive bending and will eventually break into smaller fragments, each bit clinging to the chain. Despite this flaw, such a chaincase works fine to keep clothes clean, although it does not do much to prevent the chain from accumulating grime.

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