Should we plug the hole?
03-05-17, 09:10 PM
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Should we plug the hole?
Is it just me? Seems to me there is a missed opportunity to be had by coming up with something even semi elegant for plugging the derailleur hanger on a converted SS/FG. Maybe a low profile buttonhead allen or such? I think it would look much cleaner and finished. Alas I don't own any, not in my wheelhouse. 
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One could use caulking or silicone seal. Both are reversible. Andy
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Could even glue in some thing with one of those, maybe a screw or bolthead, absolutely don't want to mess up the hole. I was thinking something specific that threads in properly and looks good, would have to be the correct thread of course.
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Is it just me? Seems to me there is a missed opportunity to be had by coming up with something even semi elegant for plugging the derailleur hanger on a converted SS/FG. Maybe a low profile buttonhead allen or such? I think it would look much cleaner and finished. Alas I don't own any, not in my wheelhouse.
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03-05-17, 10:09 PM
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Machine a lockring with gear teeth, matching gear with shaft to spin in the hangar bolt, then the BenHur twirling blades of doom. A bike polo terrorist.
03-05-17, 10:24 PM
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The conversion trend has tapered way off. Not that much call for this anymore.
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The most constructive use I have seen for an unused derailleur tab is to mount a rear-facing tail light or reflector on an L-bracket. This works best, of course, where traffic moves on the left side of the road, but it is arguably also useful in right-side countries. When commuting, I have often had reflectors on both sides.
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03-06-17, 06:59 AM
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Green and red flashing LED. It's a nice tight fit in a 9mm threaded hole. The battery screws onto the back and acts as the switch.
I used to attach them to sport kites for night flying.
I used to attach them to sport kites for night flying.
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I was going to post a link to the online kite shop where I got them, but I discovered that it no longer exists. Yes, they came in different colors. I forgot to mention that they are magnetic. I'm sure they weren't made just for kites, so you may be able to find them elsewhere.
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I have seen similar flashing LED lights used in numerous "premium give-aways" like advertising pins and chot-skies (SP?) and have salvaged the lights and tossed the adverts. Only thing I can guess is that some site like Alibaba that sells direct from the Chinese sweatshops to YOU might have dozens of vendors who make and sell them for mere pennies (tho may require a large unit purchase).
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I would want one designed by rootboy. He made the coolest bar end plugs.
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Google "m10X1 plug". All kinds of them, usually around $2.
https://www.belmetric.com/10mm-metri...e22vd2d5o0ekj5
https://www.belmetric.com/10mm-metri...e22vd2d5o0ekj5
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I had a passing thought a while back to find a way to afix a smiley face to the RD mount on one of my conversions, just never got around to attempting to implement it.
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I have my '73 Raleigh Competition set up as the fixed gear machine, and it provides a black background that would open up all sorts of possibilities. It has an ochre Brooks Professional and cotton bar tape shellacked to a nearly identical shade.
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Google "m10X1 plug". All kinds of them, usually around $2.
https://www.belmetric.com/10mm-metri...e22vd2d5o0ekj5
https://www.belmetric.com/10mm-metri...e22vd2d5o0ekj5
And thanks to AlexCyclistRoch for the correct spelling of tchotchkes...I knew I was stabbing in the dark but wouldn't ever have chanced on THAT based on the phonetics!
