rec.bicycles.tech Google Group

Shimano IGH service manual round up

2013-05-23T02:36:33Z

MOST WANTED:

Service manuals for:

Alfine 11 speeds

Alfine 8 speeds

Nexus 8 speed sg-8r36

Nexus 5 speeds

Nexus 3 speed disc SG-3D55

Nexus 3 speed cassette joint SG-3R75

Currently available:

SG-3C41 3-Speed with Coaster Brake

[link]

Effect of lane position in a blind left turn

2013-05-22T06:33:40Z

Just trying to introduce a bit of tech into the discussion.

Consider a worst-case scenario roadway; a dense forest
immediately adjacent to the edge of the road so sightlines
are blocked in curves. Let

w = width of each lane
R = radius of turn (at centerline of road)
d = distance of driver from centerline of road

Mayhem in NYC

2013-05-22T02:27:29Z

Ah, this looks like fun! Not...

[link]

(Dan, it's worth a watch, when you find a sacrificial PC ;-)

--
JS

Best Repair Book

2013-05-22T00:52:33Z

So, the kid is going off to college, and he's taking two bikes (road/
29er), and I'm ashamed to say that he is not mechanically gifted and
that I never taught him much about bike repair. I just quietly
performed my duties as fleet mechanic. My only excuse is that he did
not get really manic about riding until just recently.

indexing slipping (force SRAM)

2013-05-19T16:44:16Z

I've been having problems with my rear derailleur system where the indexing seems to be slipping on its own.

It's a SRAM force with a 10 cog cassette.

That is, shifting becomes funky and I hear that sound when I shift. I often have to over-push the paddles to get onto a larger cog. Eventually I can't get onto the largest cog at all. (This in fact caused some consternation on one steep pitch!) Other gears might skip or the cog drops down to the next smaller one.

Let future generations figure it out

2013-05-16T15:45:49Z

On May 16, 11:21 am, Wet Paper Bag <ultimate.henchman....@gmail.c om>
wrote:

Philosophers and prophets don't work. They participate in the guidance
of the world in a full time manner. Pay is nil but the reward is
great.

Think of Socrates. He had his dosis of cicuta and woke up in the other
world. The Muses received him and he was entertained forever. Nothing

BASTARD CRIMINAL DANIEL "DANNY HEGGLIN" TT EX MORGAN STANLEY HONG KONG & LONDON! WELL KNOWN PEDOPHILE! NAZIFASCIST! ACTUALLY: FREEMASO-NAZIFASCIST! VERY BRIBED! WASHES TONS OF MAFIA $ WITH NAZI PAOLO BARRAI ( IN DELINQUENT FINTER BANK LUGANO)

2013-05-15T22:12:26Z

[link]

SON OF A NAZIST SWISS BITCH, NAZIFASCIST, ACTUALLY, FREEMASO-NAZIFASCIST, ENORMOUS MAFIA MONEY LAUNDRIER, PEDOPHILE DANDANIEL DANNY HEGGLIN FORMER MORGAN STANLEY LONDON AND HONG KONG.

[link]

AFTER THAT GONE TO TT INTERNATIONAL, AND FIRED BADLY FROM THERE TOO. PROBABLY, NOW, LAUNDERING KILLING CASH BY BML CAPITAL

Too lazy to do the research.... Part #'s for rebuild of first gen non-pointy alloy blade Chorus Ergos

2013-05-14T13:43:35Z

So these need total rebuilds... What parts/#'s to do so? Done this a number of times with various gens, just haven't noted the details.

TIA!

Sconnie

How many miles/kilometres do you get out of a chain?

2013-05-14T11:35:44Z

You paid for two Campy chains and got 10k km out of the pair? That's only about 11% better than I do. I got 4506km out of my last X8 KMC chain.

There are guys on the Thorn netsite, where I hang out because of the good Rohloff info, who commute in all kinds of British weather and get 10K plus out of a chain, every time. I'm just about the hardest guy on chains there, especially considering my chain runs inside a completely enclosing case (Hebie Chainglider). If I use an open chain, a good one lasts 2200km and a cheap SRAM is lucky to see a thousand miles/1600km.

Re: Advice on bike to get

2013-05-14T03:41:30Z

If you can afford a little over a thousand dollars, the steel framed
Surly Long Haul Trucker is a very sturdy touring bike, and my 58 cm
has a really long head tube and allows a lot of handlebar height
adjustment as you get your form back and can tuck down more.

Oh... I see you balked at $700. Never mind. But I *know* these guys

Garmin Edge 305

2013-05-13T14:30:22Z

My Garmin Edge appears to have died. Yesterday I downloaded a ride and
left it connected to my computer to charge. When It said charging
complete I removed it but it failed to come on. Also it won't
communicate with the computer. The computer behaves as if nothing is
there. I suspect the lithium ion battery died. Is this a reasonable?

Stuck threads

2013-05-12T23:18:34Z

In an old 853 lugged frame with horizontal dropouts, the wheel position
adjustment screws seem well stuck. There's the knurled end that I've
tried to move, but fear I'll snap off if I excerpt more force, and the
slotted end with the spring behind that I've tried turning with a flat
blade screwdriver - but again fear snapping it. I've soaked them in

CHARTING THE ATTEMPT BY GENE DANIELS aka DATAKOLL TO TAKE OVER rec. bicycles.tech (RBT)

2013-05-12T18:48:35Z

I thought it might be amusing to chart the attempts by Gene Daniels aka Datakoll to take over the rec. bicycles.tech newsgroup (RBT). Perhaps I can use it as a case study in self-delusion and overweening, entirely unjustified ambition for my grad students, as I did the earlier attempts of the Magnequest Scum to take over rec. audio.tubes (RAT).

custom wheels

2013-05-12T03:04:19Z

Mentioned when I started reading this group I am a returning
cyclist. Well, am progressing well in my re-found interest.

In the past 14 months, my weight has dropped from a high of 415 to
under 280, and I'm still losing. Expecting to stabilize at about 250,
but that will depend on final muscle mass, (I'm already quite happy).

LAPTOP BAG FABRICATION

2013-05-12T01:15:11Z

Several pieces were on hand including a partial can of

[link]

used for gluing D-rings to the outside vinyl surface of a WW canoe.
Vynabond is prob H-66 of Seattle Fabrics.

A vinyl sheet was left from a driver’s side floor covering set beneath a Wal floor mat.

From russia with love

2013-05-11T20:56:01Z

[link]

The best shimano 8 speed assembly video I have seen.

Actual Tech: Quick Links

2013-05-11T15:15:10Z

For some unknown reason, I bought a Shimano chain. What a pain in the
ass with the single-use pin. I assume there is an after-market "quick
link" for these things? I suppose I could Google it, but if there is
a preferred product, I would appreciate knowing that.

-- Jay Beattie.

COMPUTER SLEEVES

2013-05-11T01:29:57Z

[link]

THE CASE FOR A MANDATORY CYCLE HELMET LAW (IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA) by Andre Jute

2013-05-11T00:54:54Z

THE CASE FOR A MANDATORY CYCLE HELMET LAW
(IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA)
by Andre Jute

It is a risible myth that your average American is a tall-walking free individual untrammeled by government: he is in fact just as much constricted as a European soft-socialist consumerist or Japanese collective citizen, though it is true that the American is controlled in different areas of his activity than the European or the Japanese. To some the uncontrolled areas of American life, for instance the ability to own and use firearms, smacks of barbarism rather than liberty. In this article I examine whether the lack of a mandatory bicycle helmet law in the USA is barbaric or an emanation of that rugged liberty more evident in rhetoric than reality.

Is it a front strobe convention? No, it's "Bike to Work Day!"

2013-05-09T21:20:42Z

Today is "bike to work day" in the San Francisco Bay Area. I thought
that there was a front strobe convention! I've never seen so many riders
with front strobes as I saw today. Kaiser Permanente was giving away
small front flashers at their "energizer station" in Santa Clara, though
they were of limited use because they're not all that bright.

Mayor Shortfinger Speaks about Cycling

2013-05-09T21:07:02Z

[link]

the comment section reaads almost like RBT!
--
Andrew Muzi
<[link]>
Open every day since 1 April, 1971

GOOGLE IMAGES TOOL

2013-05-09T02:55:42Z

useful. Following Ford manual's diagnostic sequence I want an image of the TR Sensor. Choosing search wording is tricky. Each change in phrase brings in a new batch. How are images ID'd in english ( a possibility ) then picked out with software ?

If you are language illiterate then searching is more difficult.

Cracked tyre.

2013-05-08T17:42:26Z

The back wheel was starting to feel a bit wobbly so I sorted through the
salvaged parts for a good back wheel and serviced the bearing ready for use.

After visiting a shop and leaning over to unlock the bike I noticed a crack
in the rubber running parallel to the rim, I could pretty much see the inner

CYCLE SEATTLE

2013-05-07T23:36:58Z

YAHOO OFFERED TEN WORST RETIREMENT STATES...WA RATES...ave temp is hi 40's

Oregon there also...hi crime taxes food...

BUTBUTBUT there is resilience

and deep dirt in

[link]

GLASS GOO

2013-05-07T22:13:28Z

this is the future

[link]

like cell phones

HELMET NEWS

2013-05-07T11:34:34Z

[link]

No charge

2013-05-06T06:03:12Z

Speechless.

[link]

New Mixte Frame Bicycles $600 or less?

2013-05-06T03:51:33Z

My sister is looking for a Mixte road bicycle. She lives in Atlanta.
She's been looking on craigslist after despairing of finding anything
new, but all the Mixte frame bicycles on craigslist are very old, with
27" wheels and no triple crankset. She is not the type to spend $1000 or
so on a Soma frame and then get a complete bicycle built up. $600 is

America's most dangerous city for cyclists

2013-05-05T23:24:55Z

No, it's not Miami Beach. We are officially among the "10 MOST BIKE
FRIENDLY CITIES" in America, according to the glossy magazine "Miami
Beach." Lots of people are riding all over the place, mostly on
sidewalks, while some really brave the streets. They are brave indeed,
but I'm waiting for the most anticipated bike path to connect the

IS CYCLING SAFE? by Andre Jute

2013-05-05T15:49:45Z

For information, to be read beside the thread "Canada's most dangerous city for cyclists" [link] in which certain assumptions about cycling safety are made, I republish an article from three years ago:

***

IS CYCLING SAFE?

Quick release skewer washers, where to get?

2013-05-04T17:42:09Z

The seatpost on my Dahon folder is secured by a quick release skewer. Like most recent quick release skewers, there's a curved washer that sits between the cam on the lever and the flat surface where the pressure is to be applied.

Recently, the washer on the skewer cracked and fell off.

A Google search didn't reveal any source for these kinds of washers.

Combination LED Light and 500KV Stun Gun (Rechargeable)

2013-05-04T16:20:16Z

<[link]>

I guess this would be good if you're riding through sketch areas. Just
be sure that it is mounted in a way that you can grab it quickly.

Driver's license

2013-05-03T03:47:58Z

Here in Oregon, US, they just passed a law to issue "Driver's Cards"
to people who can't prove citizenship. (In a beautiful case of
political timing, the law was signed on May Day as thousands of
"immigrants" marched in the capitol.) It's controversial, of course
(I think it's kind of cool - One World).

Canada's most dangerous city for cyclists

2013-05-03T01:02:09Z

Whilst the article is interesting it's the comments below it that really get me thinking. It's amazing how many people think that bicyclists do NOT belong on the roads. Also interesting how many bicyclists delight in flaunting the Rules of the Road whenever it pleases tthem.

[link]

Sorting out Schwalbe's balloon tires

2013-05-02T18:18:26Z

[url=[link]]In praise of riding low pressure tyres fast[/url] [link] tells you why you should consider low pressure tires, commonly called balloons. Here I want to look at what's available in balloons from the premier maker, Schwalbe.

cycling news

2013-05-01T23:35:17Z

New York
[link]

[link]
--
Andrew Muzi
<[link]>
Open every day since 1 April, 1971

Schwalbe Land Cruiser tire: Comparative Ratings?

2013-05-01T19:12:53Z

Either Schwalbe has dumbed down their web site or I'm looking in the
wrong place.

What I'm used to finding is a little graphic for each tire rating it's
rolling resistance, durability, and so-forth relative to other tires.

Can't find any such thing at [link] and also

I can't believe I waited so long.

2013-05-01T16:20:19Z

About 10 years ago I put Shimano LX parallel-push V-brakes on my touring
bike. Ever since then the front one has had a horrible squeal.
I tried all the common treatements; Different kinds of pads, adjusting
toe-in, dismantle, grease, reassemble. Nothing ever worked. I just lived
with it.

Finally I installed a set of basic Shimano V-brakes. Holy cow. What a

RIDE INJURY REPORT

2013-05-01T11:32:04Z

[link]

it is all about the gum

2013-04-30T23:11:52Z

[link]

Considerations & components in electrifying your bike

2013-04-30T00:24:44Z

I made a new topic for this so as not to take Scharfie's "High Power Bicycle Lighting" off on a tangent.

It was developed by Panasonic for Bafang's Swiss operation, which thought it might go into upmarket bikes. I don't know how much juice those cells really hold, because measuring is difficult without resoldering the cable. But it certainly is more than a mere 8.8Ah or even the 9Ah the vendors are now rounding it up to. I don't know where you could get one though. The people who supplied mine never advertise just the battery without the rest of the kit, and in the Far East the people who advertise the battery alone either can't find anyone to ship it or never have stock. When I have to replace mine, I'll probably find some German dealer with stock, and pay well over the odds, so I'm not worried. Or the cells are available, so I guess I could rebuild it, since there is already a high-quality controller inside, and I have the correct charger.

Hughie, say goodbye tto Granny

2013-04-30T00:18:53Z

'goobye granny'

[link]

High Power Bicycle Lighting at Embedded Systems Conference.

2013-04-27T17:48:01Z

<[link]>

Not for sale, but the reference design is free.

The sample was very well done. Rather than having a mechanical switch,
which are often flaky and are an entry point for moisture, they use a
magnetic ring with Hall effect sensors. There was another guy looking at

OF INTEREST...

2013-04-26T15:07:55Z

[link]

THE B OF C

2013-04-25T12:41:43Z

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stats

2013-04-25T05:15:32Z

143 datakoll
104 Dan O
92 frkry...@gmail.com
61 thirty-six
60 James
56 a...@yellowjersey.org
44 Andre Jute
44 gangprobing.al...@ntlworld.com
36 Jay Beattie
29 x...@y.invalid

Oh my.

(FWIW, I did my rear hub last weekend, and it seems happy.)

Where is that helmet?

2013-04-25T05:06:57Z

Some time ago, someone cited a URI for a company making some interesting
bike-related things.

The one that interests me is the "folding" hard-shell helmet for $35.

But I can't remember the name or URI. Help ?

--
Wes Groleau

“What you see and hear depends a good deal on where you are standing;

Nihola Cargo Bike FS

2013-04-25T03:20:23Z

I am selling my Nihola Family on Ebay now. Please refer anyone in North America who might want one. Thanks!

140962133736 (Item #)

HEADLINED ACCIDENT !

2013-04-25T00:57:08Z

[link]

NANOFIBER

2013-04-24T18:22:50Z

[link]