Unidentified bike parts
01-06-15, 05:17 AM
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Unidentified bike parts
Dear fellow bike lovers,
I have recently bought a new bike (Kross Grand Vienna, model 2015). I have some parts however which I can not find a place anywhere. I am waiting with respect for your kind advise!
Regards,
Zoltan
I have recently bought a new bike (Kross Grand Vienna, model 2015). I have some parts however which I can not find a place anywhere. I am waiting with respect for your kind advise!
Regards,
Zoltan
01-06-15, 05:27 AM
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I can't tell you where on the bike these go, but it's some kind of tie down or vibration damper.
The spring fits in the protective tube with one leg going through the eye bolt which passes through the angle bracket and is held there by the nut.
It might, for example, be to stabilize the front basket but I can't say for sure. Look around the bike for an attachment loop for the other leg of the spring and you should be able to figure it out from there.
Meanwhile the Euro is to buy yourself a cup of coffee while you ponder it.
The spring fits in the protective tube with one leg going through the eye bolt which passes through the angle bracket and is held there by the nut.
It might, for example, be to stabilize the front basket but I can't say for sure. Look around the bike for an attachment loop for the other leg of the spring and you should be able to figure it out from there.
Meanwhile the Euro is to buy yourself a cup of coffee while you ponder it.
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01-06-15, 05:49 AM
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It is steering damper, (frame fitting part missing?)
This kind of
Steer damper 695 - Hebie. Since 1868 made in Bielefeld, Germany.
This kind of
Steer damper 695 - Hebie. Since 1868 made in Bielefeld, Germany.
01-06-15, 05:56 AM
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It's a steering centering spring, commonly used on European-style cargo and city bikes to help keep the wheel from flopping over while parked when there is a load on the front basket or rack. It goes between the rear of the front brake bolt (or similar) and a collar or braze-on on the down tube. The grey plastic thing is an anti-pinch cover for the spring. I've seen them with a knob-and-screw tension adjustment. I put the no-longer-made Flick-Stand on my bikes for this.
Edit: hartsu beat me to it. 1 picture = 1000 words for sure.
Edit: hartsu beat me to it. 1 picture = 1000 words for sure.
01-06-15, 06:52 AM
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Learn something new every day... How does it affect the steering? I'd guess it would offer resistance while turning.
01-06-15, 07:08 AM
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Minimal. When steering, you really don't turn the wheel very much. Might not even notice. except for u-turns.
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I devised something like this for my wife's e-bike. It helps keep the heavy front motorized wheel from flopping over when parked.
I would never found out myself.
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