Anybody have a bucket of hub oil hole spring covers?
12-21-22, 07:25 AM
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Does anyone actually oil their hubs? .......As a practical matter are the clips necessary?
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Originally Posted by RB1-luvr
this sounds like a potential 3D printing project, if one could stand them being made from plastic.
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12-21-22, 10:54 AM
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Originally Posted by sced
Does anyone actually oil their hubs? .......As a practical matter are the clips necessary?
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12-21-22, 11:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Chuck M
I grew up poor and my dad never had a bucket. He did have a Folger's can though.
Sometimes I wonder if he would be disappointed that I only have a jar.
Sometimes I wonder if he would be disappointed that I only have a jar.
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I like the interchangeable feature of the wheels on my Vespas, but on a bike I have never missed it so far, and seeing the price of the bivalent hubs, I guess even if I would, they wouldn't be a solution for me. Is it only me, or they were the solution for a rather non-existing problem? (I might be narrow minded, and can think of everyday bike riding only). They are rare an look good, but do they worth the extra momo, or is it only a collector hype?
12-21-22, 06:11 PM
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Those are pretty but it seems like doing it without drilling the holes would save effort/time and the need for such a clip.
12-21-22, 07:25 PM
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If someone wants to send one of these to me, I'll reverse engineer it in Creo and 3D print some. I'll send it back when I'm done along with a freebie printed unit.
I would sell these to anyone who wants for postage plus a couple bucks for my time/effort once the fit has been proved. I don't have any Campy hubs.
I would sell these to anyone who wants for postage plus a couple bucks for my time/effort once the fit has been proved. I don't have any Campy hubs.
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New clips for new hubs works.
I have no '65 oil clips to offer.
I have no '65 oil clips to offer.
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12-22-22, 09:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Mr. Spadoni
In the end, it didn’t seem to make any difference in the rider’s results.
12-22-22, 09:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Robvolz
Maybe a hundred?
price is more than ebay
price is more than ebay
Isn't there something in the forum rules about businesses not using C&V for storefronts, or words to that effect? Or was I supposed to look in the bucket?
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12-22-22, 12:35 PM
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Originally Posted by cudak888
Try Mel Pinto Imports. Then come back to us whining about price and quantity.
Isn't there something in the forum rules about businesses not using C&V for storefronts, or words to that effect? Or was I supposed to look in the bucket?
-Kurt
Isn't there something in the forum rules about businesses not using C&V for storefronts, or words to that effect? Or was I supposed to look in the bucket?
-Kurt
a retired man working on a project in his own backyard shop or me, his friend who thought some clips might make a fine Xmas gift?
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Originally Posted by Robvolz
what business are you speaking of?
a retired man working on a project in his own backyard shop or me, his friend who thought some clips might make a fine Xmas gift?
a retired man working on a project in his own backyard shop or me, his friend who thought some clips might make a fine Xmas gift?
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I think he was just making them for friends
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12-23-22, 12:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Andy_K
Is he really selling those? I thought all of the stuff Jim Merz fabricated he was just doing for himself. Is there really a market for 100 reproduction bivalent hubs?
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Originally Posted by Andy_K
Is he really selling those? I thought all of the stuff Jim Merz fabricated he was just doing for himself. Is there really a market for 100 reproduction bivalent hubs?
It would appear that there might be a market for a bucket of them...
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I think I’ll wait a little before asking about spare QR skewer springs.
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Originally Posted by Robvolz
what business are you speaking of?
a retired man working on a project in his own backyard shop or me, his friend who thought some clips might make a fine Xmas gift?
a retired man working on a project in his own backyard shop or me, his friend who thought some clips might make a fine Xmas gift?
Plus, I dare say anyone with Merz' talents doesn't need a bucket of everyone else's old hub oil clips. He probably knows how to make them bespoke.
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Originally Posted by Classtime
I think I’ll wait a little before asking about spare QR skewer springs.
P1030726 on FlickrThis was a result of a spring getting buried in the QR lever side deep in the housing of a newer hub set. There were two on that side!
P1030548 on Flickr
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Originally Posted by cudak888
Disclosing the fact that you wanted a literal bucket of spring clips for Jim Merz's custom hub production (for sale or himself, doesn't matter, it's a whale of a request) might have been a fine way for the people of this forum to know exactly the scale of what you had in mind.
Plus, I dare say anyone with Merz' talents doesn't need a bucket of everyone else's old hub oil clips. He probably knows how to make them bespoke.
-Kurt
Plus, I dare say anyone with Merz' talents doesn't need a bucket of everyone else's old hub oil clips. He probably knows how to make them bespoke.
-Kurt
2, I recall spring oil clips coming in a jar, maybe campy, maybe Zeus. But we had them in quantity because like a cable ends, it was a more efficient use of time to grab another than chase one down if it sprung or rolled away.
3, you seem hostile towards me. How about you simply ignore my posts?
4, oh, and happy holidays to the rest of y’all.
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Originally Posted by SJX426
Because of this?
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Originally Posted by Classtime
I think I’ll wait a little before asking about spare QR skewer springs.
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Sorry to sound like a broken record but had this been placed in the Wanted to Buy thread, perhaps PM's could have been exchanged and a deal struck.
But no, rules are meant to be broken.
But no, rules are meant to be broken.
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Originally Posted by Chuck M
I grew up poor and my dad never had a bucket. He did have a Folger's can though.
Sometimes I wonder if he would be disappointed that I only have a jar.
Sometimes I wonder if he would be disappointed that I only have a jar.
But did he have a "window"? I'll explain if I have to.
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