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Old 07-30-17, 10:55 AM
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I looked up more photos on Pedal Consumption and it looks messy. Trips me out that they would do such minimal brazing since we usually see nice big fillets that are also ground down for smooth seamless transitions.
I'm not well educated on the subject, but it's so minimal I wonder about strength. The slag really turns me off too.
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Old 07-30-17, 11:12 AM
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Originally Posted by hairnet
I looked up more photos on Pedal Consumption and it looks messy. Trips me out that they would do such minimal brazing since we usually see nice big fillets that are also ground down for smooth seamless transitions.
The big fillets are largely cosmetic. You can use much smaller fillets, especially if you are careful to build up an internal fillet as well.
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I am really diggin their new vinyl chainrings.
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Old 08-02-17, 06:44 PM
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I am really diggin their new vinyl chainrings.
I don't like them. Too slow. 33-1/3 RPM aint cuttin it.
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That chainring is hot. 9/10.
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Originally Posted by SquidPuppet
I'm not well educated on the subject, but it's so minimal I wonder about strength. The slag really turns me off too.
The standard is a fillet the is roughly three times the wall thickness. So yes, that fillet should be plenty strong. It's really no different than a TIG bead.
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Stacking dimes...?
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It's really no different than a TIG bead.
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Originally Posted by Soil_Sampler
More like weaving dimes. That is amazing.
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Old 09-03-17, 07:41 AM
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I am actually pretty torn about this one and posting it here, but seeing as how this thread jumped the shark some time ago - I figured what the ****



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You guys really like that chainring?

At first I thought it was an aftermarket harmonic balancer for a Chevy small block. I was looking for timing marks.


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Originally Posted by TimothyH
You guys really like that chainring?

At first I thought it was an aftermarket harmonic balancer for a Chevy small block. I was looking for timing marks.


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To each their own I guess. I really like the Vinyl chainrings by Alter. I appreciate the cosmetic & artsy effect of it mimicking vinyl records, and they can look good on certain frames, IMO. But I will probably never have one on my bike.
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Old 09-04-17, 03:24 PM
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Originally Posted by UltraManDan
To each their own I guess. I really like the Vinyl chainrings by Alter. I appreciate the cosmetic & artsy effect of it mimicking vinyl records, and they can look good on certain frames, IMO. But I will probably never have one on my bike.

It doesn't even look like a record.
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Are those catfish??!!

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Are those catfish??!!
My neighbor on Long Island had a Koi pond, paid several hundred dollars each for the fish.

One night a racoon ate them.
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My neighbor on Long Island had a Koi pond, paid several hundred dollars each for the fish.

One night a racoon ate them.
This I believe. Coons can cause havoc on about anything outside.
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Originally Posted by steve-in-kville
This I believe. Coons can cause havoc on about anything outside.

And if one gets up in a tree at night you can shoot it with a pump pellet gun with pointed pellets three times.

After the third shot you had better run.


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Originally Posted by UltraManDan
I am really diggin their new vinyl chainrings.
That's really awesome. I would buy it. I'm guessing that's a 45 not a 33? ;-)
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Old 09-05-17, 08:42 PM
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Originally Posted by SquidPuppet
I don't like them. Too slow. 33-1/3 RPM aint cuttin it.
How many mph does that come out to be?

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Depends on your gearing.
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Originally Posted by TimothyH
My neighbor on Long Island had a Koi pond, paid several hundred dollars each for the fish.

One night a racoon ate them.
After that happened to my dad's pond, he got some "feeder" goldfish from the fish store for a buck a dozen, they began to breed, and he always had nice fish in his pond after that.
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And if one gets up in a tree at night you can shoot it with a pump pellet gun with pointed pellets three times.

After the third shot you had better run.


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Someday I'll tell the story about the time my boys live-trapped a skunk. No pellet gun involved.
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