It's a good day when.....
 

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It's a good day when.....


Your son finds a custom made daruma assembly by Tomii in the spare tire well of the Focus, long considered lost.
My Roberts is happy.

Enlightenment please, durama?

I get out to ride early enough that I can stop at a open-air coffee shop I like on my ride home. It really makes me feel like "I am living the good life".

Daruma!


https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8528/2...d5381f55_b.jpg20160918_191734 by flog00, on Flickr

I didn't have to use my AK.

Huh? I still got nothin, but can certainly see why it was good to find it! :lol:

Sorry:rolleyes:


It's to mount a front fender to a fork. I had a 27" bike converted to 650b and need this to get a nice fender line.

Used to mount front mud guards - the bolt on the front brake passes through the "eyelet" (nut) to hold it in place.

No worries, I'm a lifelong mechanic and still consider these valuable learning experiences as it never seems to end. So its a good day when you learn something new! :roflmao2:

a Daruma goes inside the fork crown and hangs the front fender from the front brake bolt
http://veloweb.ca/wp-content/gallery...os/honjo-6.jpg http://veloweb.ca/wp-content/gallery...os/honjo-7.jpg
How to Install Honjo aluminum bicycle fenders

this one has a tapered washer below the fork crown - thinner at the front, thicker at the back
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...aaPA180006.jpg

And all this time I thought thats what zipties were for! :D

* Eager to see you post about using bungees in a vintage bike build * :lol:

Those are what you hook to the other zipties. ;)

When I set a new PR.

A perfect day has no drama

Particularly daruma drama

Not even when its good darama drama? :)

When you find 'that' bike and its your size...and that price is too good to pass up on..

I prefer satire all by itself 😄

I was hoping for a thread about Buck Daruma

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1sDWDAgb5Co/hqdefault.jpg

...when you re-build up a frameset that was ok before but is now transformed into an incredible ride--eager to accelerate on flats and up hills, rewarding of the effort, stable, comfortable, and makes you want to ride for miles on end.

And to think I figured that Flog was into serious, small, artisan oriental hardware sculpture. (man that was tough to type, PD makes for some interesting spellings, ;^{/)

Actually, that is pretty ingenious set up for mounting a fender, very nice and well engineered.

Bill

When I wake up. Read the obituaries and don't see my name in there.
Also learn what a darama is. Btw does the top eyelet have to be a nut?

Beaten to the punch.

It seems like someone had a bad day here... I mean, why else would you be looking in the spare tire well?

Its a good day when...


Actually...to my favorite saying..."everyday is a good day, some are better...how do we make today a better day?"


So...better days are when...


My health allows me to ride the bike...OUTDOORS! I was able to do 20 miles (two 10 milers) outside for the first time in about a year this weekend...and loved it...was totally disappointed when it rained all day yesterday...as I was hoping for another 10 miler! But...I should get one in this week!