Originally Posted by
tomtomtom123
I bought wingnuts so that I could loosen and tighten the turnbuckle by hand but I forgot that one of the nuts is left-handed. So I just glued nuts to it.
One problem I have is that whenever I fold and then unfold I have to force the cable back onto the BB shell because when folding the slack causes the cable to slip onto the BB cup on the non-drive side.
So it's probably better if I move the turnbuckle to the non drive side so that whenever I loosen it to fold I get more slack to work.
You might be able to secure the line around the bottom bracket with plastic zip-ties. Mine also falls off the non-drive side, but I don't fold often enough for it to be an issue.
My line is pretty tight (non-adjustable), and with it looped *only* around the left (non-drive) side of the bottom bracket shell, it does not need loosening to easily fold the bike, because then the line is in nearly the same plane as the hinge pin. Dahon's Deltech also attaches same, the welded tab at the bottom bracket for the cable is offset toward the non-drive side. There is no need to loosen their Deltech setup to fold. It's that line on yours to the drive side, offset from the hinge pin to the side that needs to expand initially to fold, that is making your fold difficult, or requiring you to loosen the turnbuckle.