I'd like to apologize...
01-11-08, 03:58 PM
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DG, you don't need a bike stand at all! In fact, Park Tools was started because they needed a bike stand, so they made one. Just put it on the floor, or put it upside down. The only time it becomes really important is when you have to put a lot of torque on things.
Oh, and if you call it a POS, it will break down twice as often. Call it something sweet.
Oh, and if you call it a POS, it will break down twice as often. Call it something sweet.
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DG, you don't need a bike stand at all! In fact, Park Tools was started because they needed a bike stand, so they made one. Just put it on the floor, or put it upside down. The only time it becomes really important is when you have to put a lot of torque on things.
Oh, and if you call it a POS, it will break down twice as often. Call it something sweet.
Oh, and if you call it a POS, it will break down twice as often. Call it something sweet.
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01-11-08, 04:01 PM
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My Fuji has been selected as the POS bike to work on, not right away, but probably this spring. I want a used stand first (tried working on the car-bike rack, but that was nutzy...)
So I'll get my hands dirty working on the other bike. Right now I'm delighted that my stable has a great road bike, a terrific errands bike, and a trail bike.
So I'll get my hands dirty working on the other bike. Right now I'm delighted that my stable has a great road bike, a terrific errands bike, and a trail bike.
Get some cables at Walmart.
(that thing about Debbie brought tears to your eyes and helped turn things around?)
01-11-08, 04:03 PM
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Indeed. She dumped me back in '69 and nothing's been the same since.
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01-11-08, 07:05 PM
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And on that note...a stand isn't required, but it sure makes everything a lot easier. Got mine for cheap off Craiglist--it's an ancient Park, but after years of just flipping the bike over it's a beautiful thing. Now I can save muttering and swearing for actual mechanical issues, instead of using up my quota when the flipped over bike falls over in the middle of some delicate operation.
01-12-08, 06:08 AM
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I notice that you left out "wives". That means that you got it exactly right.
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Tie up the bike, presto...free (temporary) work stand. Or tie hooks to the ends
of the ropes and hang up the bike. It's sloppy, dorky, cheap, FRED, but it'll get
the job done.
01-12-08, 07:41 AM
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I think it's kind of cool that you are making these old bikes a personal project.
Let me tell you a story about my buddy Richard. Richard is just about the best wrench in the world. Why is that? 'cause for years he's made these old bikes his project (he's also pretty good with cars, computers etc). I asked him once why does he bother, and he admitted 1) he was pretty cheap (and he is!) and 2) he just has a fascination with how things work.
Since Richard was a baby he has been taking things apart. According to his mom and dad his first toys were screwdrivers. He got a torch set when he was 6! He's always had a fascination and he definitely has "The Knack." Do you know what "The Knack" is? Most engineers do - it's this weird, strange gift that some people are born with that gives them the power to figure out how things work. No surprise my buddy is an engineer.
Now some of us have other gifts. Like mine is art. I have a great imagination but don't ask me how things are made or how they work. That's all lost on me (like I can do Algebra but failed geometry). So for people like me, God made bike shops and teenage kids who like to support their single speed habit wrenching in those shops. It's takes a special fellow, like my friend Richard, to want to work on their own bikes. I can clean one, even take it apart but trying to adjust things and string cable, I need my Knack guy!
You just need to decide if you have any "Knack" in you and run with it!
Let me tell you a story about my buddy Richard. Richard is just about the best wrench in the world. Why is that? 'cause for years he's made these old bikes his project (he's also pretty good with cars, computers etc). I asked him once why does he bother, and he admitted 1) he was pretty cheap (and he is!) and 2) he just has a fascination with how things work.
Since Richard was a baby he has been taking things apart. According to his mom and dad his first toys were screwdrivers. He got a torch set when he was 6! He's always had a fascination and he definitely has "The Knack." Do you know what "The Knack" is? Most engineers do - it's this weird, strange gift that some people are born with that gives them the power to figure out how things work. No surprise my buddy is an engineer.
Now some of us have other gifts. Like mine is art. I have a great imagination but don't ask me how things are made or how they work. That's all lost on me (like I can do Algebra but failed geometry). So for people like me, God made bike shops and teenage kids who like to support their single speed habit wrenching in those shops. It's takes a special fellow, like my friend Richard, to want to work on their own bikes. I can clean one, even take it apart but trying to adjust things and string cable, I need my Knack guy!
You just need to decide if you have any "Knack" in you and run with it!
Great story, thanks for sharing. Your story reminds me of my oldest child.
My oldest credits helping me rehab old bikes in the basement for launching a
lifelong interest in seeing what makes things work. When asked during a scholarship
interview at Drexel what launched the interest in Engineering, the response was
"Helping my dad rebuild old bikes. It was great seeing how all the parts worked
with each other." That child will complete the quest this May with a Bachelor's
Degree in Mechanical Engineering with an Aerospace option from R.I.T. and has already
signed on with a West Coast company in their Aerospace Design and Experimental
Division. She's anxious to get out there and get to work. From the basement
to Aerospace in 22 short years.
I imagine that many careers have launched from bike tinkerers such as your
freind and my daughter.
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Great. Just great. First, bike porn. Now, bike bondage. What in the name of Wilbur Wright is this place coming to?
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Glad my wife doesn't know I'm in here talking about Butt Buttr, dry lubes, spoke nipples, and crank lengths.
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There was a post a couple of weeks ago about a guy who was caught "doing it" with his bike. I think it was a Brit. Anybody know what Stepfam was doing around that time?
