Originally Posted by bullethead
Will this work, or is it inside Tech Humor? Sorry, I don't know enough (yet) to tell the difference. I'm much better with stuff that has wires sticking out of it
BTW- thanks for all the ideas. I appreciate you taking the time to share things that are probably obvious to you, but I never thought of.
It does work. If you have the nylon zip ties, it's very easy to do. You just can't coast and you need to pedal smoothly, it beats walking. Your goal is simply to fasten the sprockets to the wheel somehow.
I did it for a friend once with parachute cord. Something stiff and rigid is better than rope.
If it's cold and snowy, something fast and easy is what I prefer.
Once in a while the pawls may get stiff and not engage, but if you pick up the back of the bike and drop the back wheel on the pavement you may loosen a couple and knock them into place. It's so quick you should always try that first. If it does not work nothing lost.