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Forum: Classic & Vintage
05-02-24, 10:22 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 318
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: 318
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: 25
Views: 622
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: 25
Views: 635
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: 156
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: 414
Views: 21,253
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: 48
Views: 1,927
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: 74
Views: 2,029
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: 43
Views: 2,055
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: 346
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: 515
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: 515
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: 6,500
Views: 791,638
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: 13,779
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: 1,100
Posted By oneclick

pic assist: ...

pic assist:


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Forum: Classic & Vintage
04-16-24, 06:37 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 682
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: 1,076
Views: 232,348
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: 340
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: 340
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: 2,596
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: 1,076
Views: 232,348
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: 22,319
Views: 4,670,001
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: 376
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: 6,500
Views: 791,638
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: 14,223,289
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: 172
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: 14,223,289
Posted By oneclick

Great example by omission.

Great example by omission.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
03-30-24, 01:36 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 941
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: 2,727
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: 423
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: 317
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: 975
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: 14,223,289
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: 455
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: 684
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: 975
Posted By oneclick

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

You get one guess:


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Forum: Classic & Vintage
03-24-24, 01:26 PM
Replies: 96
Views: 5,372
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: 684
Posted By oneclick

$.

$.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
03-24-24, 01:51 AM
Replies: 96
Views: 5,372
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: 1,751
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: 277
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: 215
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: 730
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: 730
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...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
03-20-24, 12:10 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 727
Posted By oneclick

There are only 26 holes. The thread pitch is...

There are only 26 holes.
The thread pitch is 1mm.
That hole-ey washer thus limits you to adjustment steps of roughly 0.04mm.
It's not difficult (with spanners) to set the cones at intervals on the...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
03-19-24, 04:28 PM
Replies: 83,260
Views: 14,223,289
Posted By oneclick

Could well be, but come to Amsterdam and stand on...

Could well be, but come to Amsterdam and stand on a streetcorner, you'll see one of these go by before 2 minutes are up.
The woman on it might look like your grandmother, returning from shopping...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
03-19-24, 04:21 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 727
Posted By oneclick

Slip-joint pliers will work just fine on a...

Slip-joint pliers will work just fine on a knurled cone.

If you are worried about marking up the cone put a bit of rag in the jaws first.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
03-19-24, 12:15 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 727
Posted By oneclick

That is a supposed locking mechanism so...

That is a supposed locking mechanism so (supposedly) the cone won't move when you tighten the locknut.

It is another bad idea (see fluted seatposts etc) because

a) it doesn't work
b) it limits...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
03-19-24, 03:08 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 1,325
Posted By oneclick

Holes in frame tubes are on the list of Ideas...

Holes in frame tubes are on the list of Ideas That Don't make Sense:

- fluted seatposts
- bottom bracket cutouts
- crimped frame tubes
- curved frame tubes
- L-shaped cranks,
- lever-action...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
03-19-24, 02:59 AM
Replies: 52
Views: 2,727
Posted By oneclick

Rolling threads on a tube can be done, of course....

Rolling threads on a tube can be done, of course.
You need a removable plug or roller inside the tube so it won't collapse, and the rolling mechanism has to be hard enough and stiff enough to deform...
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