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Does this look safe to you? I would imagine one heck of a burn on the inner thigh.
https://sanantonio.craigslist.org/bi...083928114.html
https://sanantonio.craigslist.org/bi...083928114.html
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^^^^ We should take bets, how long 'til the foam in that saddle starts smoldering.
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I never look at those ads out of pure disgust, but now the mechanics interest me. How do they keep the pedals with a motor?
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^^^^^ In a nutshell, there's a separate chain from the engine to a sprocket on the left side of the hub. The end result is usually some sort of dog's breakfast, as illustrated above.
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yeah, if you look closely, you can see there'sa LARGE silver sprocket on the ND side of the rear wheel, where a disc brake rotor might be... afaik, there is a 'freewheel' is in the motor's reduction gearbox
that exhaust looks like a 2-stroke expansion chamber, odds are that thing is LOUD and obnoxiously high pitched, as those little 2-smokers often run up to insanely high RPMs.
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Thanks, I thought they put a sprocket in the left, but I don't think in terms of disc wheels so the attachment was out of my imagination. An abomination by any other name...
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ok, I was curious. here's a typical kit for the driven sprocket.
https://www.gasbike.net/collections/...apter-assembly
took me a minute to figure it out, you put that machined clamp assembly around the hub in between the spoke flanges, so the three studs stick out between the spokes, and clamp it to the hub, the sprocket goes on those three studs.
https://www.gasbike.net/collections/...apter-assembly
took me a minute to figure it out, you put that machined clamp assembly around the hub in between the spoke flanges, so the three studs stick out between the spokes, and clamp it to the hub, the sprocket goes on those three studs.
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Does this look safe to you? I would imagine one heck of a burn on the inner thigh.
https://sanantonio.craigslist.org/bi...083928114.html
https://sanantonio.craigslist.org/bi...083928114.html
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ok, I was curious. here's a typical kit for the driven sprocket.
https://www.gasbike.net/collections/...apter-assembly
took me a minute to figure it out, you put that machined clamp assembly around the hub in between the spoke flanges, so the three studs stick out between the spokes, and clamp it to the hub, the sprocket goes on those three studs.
https://www.gasbike.net/collections/...apter-assembly
took me a minute to figure it out, you put that machined clamp assembly around the hub in between the spoke flanges, so the three studs stick out between the spokes, and clamp it to the hub, the sprocket goes on those three studs.
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Miyata 1000, love the color, size is right for me, but n+1 is not working for me.
https://philadelphia.craigslist.org/...077534364.html
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But that part can't possibly clamp tightly enough around the hub (since every hub body has a different diameter) to keep from rotating. What keeps the mechanism from rotating relative to the hub body is the three legs passing through the spokes, and the squeeze fit between the part with the legs and the sprocket.
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Wow, "Jeff should own this beauty"
https://seattle.craigslist.org/tac/b...076388551.html
Can't argue the truth.
https://seattle.craigslist.org/tac/b...076388551.html
Can't argue the truth.
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Huh?!
Wow, "Jeff should own this beauty"
https://seattle.craigslist.org/tac/b...076388551.html
Can't argue the truth.
https://seattle.craigslist.org/tac/b...076388551.html
Can't argue the truth.
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Think I see a Viner in there...
https://philadelphia.craigslist.org/...085409328.html
https://philadelphia.craigslist.org/...085409328.html
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Time to get small.
https://richmond.craigslist.org/bik/...084925379.html
bicycle frame material: alloy
bicycle type: kids
condition: excellent
frame size: 8"
suspension: frame and fork (full suspension)
wheel size: 10 in
Just Go Runt bike, bike is in mildly used condition, has front and rear suspension, max weight rating over 300lbs.
https://richmond.craigslist.org/bik/...084925379.html
Just Go Runt mini bike - $35 (Midlothian)
bicycle frame material: alloy
bicycle type: kids
condition: excellent
frame size: 8"
suspension: frame and fork (full suspension)
wheel size: 10 in
Just Go Runt bike, bike is in mildly used condition, has front and rear suspension, max weight rating over 300lbs.
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A job lot for just £100 - including the most frightening tandem I've ever seen.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/174205231892
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/174205231892
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Pick two ragged-out Raleighs at random,
Don't bother to clean up or sand 'em.
Just a hinky weld here,
And a dropout squeeze there.
And voila, you've got yourself a tandem!
Said NO ONE EVER!
There are a couple gems in there, one with a full chain case. 100 quid worth? That's another question.
Don't bother to clean up or sand 'em.
Just a hinky weld here,
And a dropout squeeze there.
And voila, you've got yourself a tandem!
Said NO ONE EVER!
There are a couple gems in there, one with a full chain case. 100 quid worth? That's another question.
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Somehow I don't think Sheldon would smile in approval at the randomly-timed cranks, the cheap original caliper brakes, the mismatched wheel sizes, or the use of completely rusted chainstays as the surrogate boom tube. At least the rusted chainstays match the rusted fork. And I'd bet a nickel and an old Watney's coaster that the timing side is just a pair of regular single-chainring drive-side crank arms slapped on backward.
Overall design resembles Sheldon's. The execution, well.......
Overall design resembles Sheldon's. The execution, well.......
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Yeah, no one hires me as a messenger much anymore. I don't know why. The packages always got there eventually.
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^^^^^ Someone please come and buy my bike; it's blocking my view of the screen.
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