I set my rear wheel on fire
05-29-16, 06:40 PM
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Years later, the world may never know. Hope they had health insurance.
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01-23-18, 01:22 PM
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I love threads that prove that nothing is foolproof because fools are too ingenious.
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Every once in a while I dream up some crazy idea which will solve a problem. The ideas are well considered and will produce the desired result. But fortunately I'm blessed with an automatic brake system, which activates before I go overboard. (So Far).
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01-24-18, 03:46 AM
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Made my day!
got nothing to contribute apart from saying thanks for the laugh. I know its not polite to laugh at people, but I've got this image of a burly mans-man saying "I'll just burn it off and then go hunting"
I got a rear wheel for free. I think its from the 80's but it seems in pretty good condition. I didnt much care for the plastic thing that prevents the chain from going over the highest gear, so I wanted to remove it. Its late, like 830pm so I couldnt go to the shop to get the 2 pronged tool, so I just figured I would burn the darn thing off. Needless to say it made a heck of a mess, a giant plastic goo that contains chuck of dirt, small twigs (i threw dirt on it to put it out) is now bonded to the spokes, the hub,and the cogs.
This whole burning took a long time, it just kept burning and burning, maybe for like 7-8 minutes. And it got really hot too. I heard the spokes ping* a couple times, maybe just shifting themselves about. Also after it was all done the bearings felt pretty crappy too. More-so then they were previously. So is it possible I damaged any of the metal parts, maybe I melted something in the freewheel?
This whole burning took a long time, it just kept burning and burning, maybe for like 7-8 minutes. And it got really hot too. I heard the spokes ping* a couple times, maybe just shifting themselves about. Also after it was all done the bearings felt pretty crappy too. More-so then they were previously. So is it possible I damaged any of the metal parts, maybe I melted something in the freewheel?
01-24-18, 01:04 PM
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now I want to watch Nick Cage's movie Ghost Rider again
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01-24-18, 05:29 PM
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I don't care how old it is, this is the best thing I've ever read. You've inspired me to get creative with my wrenching.
Tomorrow I'm going to have at that stuck freewheel with a semi automatic pistol. WISH ME LUCK
Tomorrow I'm going to have at that stuck freewheel with a semi automatic pistol. WISH ME LUCK
01-24-18, 07:25 PM
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01-25-18, 07:46 AM
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Would have been simpler to adjust the limit screwa and get the chain between the freewheel and dork disc.
Then pedal like a bastxxd and wear it down to a nub.
Then pedal like a bastxxd and wear it down to a nub.
01-25-18, 12:35 PM
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01-25-18, 12:47 PM
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Ben (An owner of bikes built exclusively with flame/arc) Edit: and guilty of the ancient post reply! (PDX Jeff, are you still around? Quote or PM me)
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01-25-18, 01:07 PM
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Getting in on a zombie thread! The post is even funnier (terrifying?) if you see his other 10 postings.
Anyway we all start somewhere right? OP did you ever make it or did you just settle down wherever your bike broke down?
Anyway we all start somewhere right? OP did you ever make it or did you just settle down wherever your bike broke down?
01-25-18, 02:18 PM
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The best part of this tread now is watching people in 2018 argue with posts from 2008.
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01-26-18, 10:56 PM
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Man, I got this broken stuck freewheel on this 27" wheel I'm putting back together. I can't get the thing to budge no matter what I try. I don't have a long pipe to put over my wrench handle.
I'm so embarrassed to admit this, but I tried to heat it up with a cigarette lighter to see if it would help loosen it. It didn't, and it was starting to look sooty and I thought to myself that I should stop before I make something worse and see what bike Forums say about stuck freewheels and this thread was my first search result. I don't care to be involved in this way, but the thread was really entertaining. Hopefully someone is also entertained by my mechanic skills. I blame my dad, and my childhood best friend whose family owned a junkyard. They would look for excuses to torch something off.
I'm so embarrassed to admit this, but I tried to heat it up with a cigarette lighter to see if it would help loosen it. It didn't, and it was starting to look sooty and I thought to myself that I should stop before I make something worse and see what bike Forums say about stuck freewheels and this thread was my first search result. I don't care to be involved in this way, but the thread was really entertaining. Hopefully someone is also entertained by my mechanic skills. I blame my dad, and my childhood best friend whose family owned a junkyard. They would look for excuses to torch something off.
03-28-18, 09:05 AM
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And now, a serious question. Is it okay to heat my carbon frame with an oxy/acetylene torch? I'm thinking of removing a section of the top tube to shorten, and then braze it back together.
03-28-18, 02:14 PM
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01-02-20, 12:02 PM
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-- classic thread --- revived it as a new generation of forum members needs to know exactly how to remove a dork disc
Plus is a reminder that I don't need to keep those pesky fire extinguishers laying around -- much more "green" to just keep a handful of 5 gallon buckets full of dirt and twigs around
Plus is a reminder that I don't need to keep those pesky fire extinguishers laying around -- much more "green" to just keep a handful of 5 gallon buckets full of dirt and twigs around
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I do not normally post on zombie threads, but this is too good to pass up, but what did J.J. Walker say?
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01-05-20, 04:03 PM
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At one time that wasn't true, fire was a tool for bikes, I remember as kid having to put patches on and to seal the patch onto the tube we had to light the goo we used on fire to melt the patch onto the tube.
01-05-20, 04:46 PM
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Amazon has spoke protectors. Good thing because I have a Trek 6500 without one.
01-05-20, 10:34 PM
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Cold vulcanization...really cold vulcanization like Rema uses...is far better, far easier and far safer. It does the same thing without the hassle.
Fire and heat are used to make some parts for bicycles but, in general, fire and bicycles don’t really mix.
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