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Cycling product design, construction, maintenance, etc.
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Jobst, lied, about rudge rims
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...Rudge-Whitworth were the largest manufacturer of tension wheels in England. They were the development of the Coventry Machinists Company of who built the Aerial wheel designed by Starley, THE high wheel maker. See other posting about Times newspaper reference.
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Kranich: Why Hydraulic Rim Brakes, Not Discs?
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Just read Andre's .PDF on his Kranich - which seems tb built for durability/long wear. Given that rim brakes eventually wear out the wheel; given that Kranich's wheels are special items; and given that even mechanical discs give sufficient power/modulation - my uninformed reaction is that the bike would be more durable with disc brakes.... more »
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Rudge-Whitworth wire wheels moderated out from urcm
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Rudge's research laboriatories finds "soft" wheels best. The article is referenced below. The following was a message not accepted through moderation of uk.rec.cycling.moderated I've re-submitted it there and now here. I ...Awkward cuss. paragraph 2 "The introduction of the suspension wheel for bicycles marked a great... more »
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nipple washers of fibre
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Use fibre washers under nipple heads. Yup. Forgot where I came across this little bit of info (online) but seems reasonable in the aid of providing a conformable seat for the nipple head. Which means you cant then blame the nipple shape for tearing a rim without ferrules or eyelets.
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RoadRat Buildup Report
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Finally I have declared the buildup finished. There is the small issue of the HeBe Chainglide but I won't fix that until I have some single speed(narrow) chain ring bolts. So, this is where it all started, many thanks to Paul Dexter at Cotic for answering many fuckwitted questions. [link]... more »
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Shifter pod interchangability
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My dad's ST-M560 (Deore LX 3x7/Cantilever) shifters are quickly giving up the ghost, gunking up so that attempts to pull cable don't catch, and the lever has free throw. He's flushed them with carburetor cleaner, which gets them working for a while, but we're seeing diminishing returns each time. Wild theory here, but a look at the still-available SL-MC40 levers... more »
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For Frank Krygowski
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"It may be regarded as settled, by the universal agreement of all wheelmen, that a man can, on fair roads, make forty to fifty miles a day on a bicycle, and be no more fatigued at the close than if he had ridden an easy saddle horse the same distance. Under special circumstances, a hundred miles a day is no very unusual feat, while... more »
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Your tax dollars at work
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Receipts and Expenditures of the Senate 1883 Pope Manufacturing Company: Oct. 15. For tricycle for use of United States Senate riding pages $191.54 Smith Bros. & Co.: Nov. 17. For repairing rubber tires and recementing Columbia tricycle $3.00 [link] The solid rubber tires stayed on the rims for only two months!... more »
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Anybody ever rend a cycle in Dublin, Ireland?
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Looking for a good shop in Dublin. The wife wants to go to the Old Country this summer, so... do I have a choice? (I wanted to go to Madison.) Actually, we need a tandem because she's handicapped; however, that's asking much, IMO. Jones
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Polar HRM transmitters
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I have a Polar s720i heart rate monitor, with the T61 coded chest strap transmitter. It looks as though the battery in the transmitter is dying. Do the new Polar transmitters have user replaceable batteries in them? If so, then I'm thinking of just buying a new transmitter, rather than sending Polar the T61 to have the battery... more »
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