What to do with unused downtube shifter bosses
10-21-09, 09:43 AM
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10-21-09, 10:22 AM
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10-21-09, 10:26 AM
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Hey, I know: fabricate a flickstand that attaches there! Something like this:
I know, the location isn't ideal, but at least it will look useful.
I know, the location isn't ideal, but at least it will look useful.
10-21-09, 10:51 AM
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please dont do it .
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10-21-09, 10:55 AM
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Give them to me so I can put them on my frame that needs them.
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10-21-09, 12:05 PM
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On a technium 480, I am pretty sure that the shifter bosses are not welded or brazed to the aluminum frame, they are probably just epoxy bonded. I would try first heating the boss with a propane torch to see if you can just weaken the glue bond and then pull them off with a pliers. You can probably heat-shied the rest of the frame to spare the surrounding paint from burning on the tube. If that does not work, break out a hacksaw, dremmel tool grinder, hand file and attack them.
10-21-09, 12:19 PM
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Thanks for the idea GrayJay, but I was hoping to not do anything that drastic to the frame in case i ever wanted to put the old drivetrain and shifters back on.
10-23-09, 03:12 PM
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10-23-09, 04:34 PM
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why not buy some crappy box wrench that is sorta small that you might need to take off your wheels if you get a flat. Drill a hole in it.. and mount it with a wing nut? I guess my suggestion is kind of a rip-off of those other tools that they make that sit on the waterbottle brazeons.
When I was getting used to my fixed gear, i took an old mtn brake lever and removed the clamp and bolted directly to the downtube. Kind of lame..but it worked. Don't ask why i did that.. i had too much time on my hands.
When I was getting used to my fixed gear, i took an old mtn brake lever and removed the clamp and bolted directly to the downtube. Kind of lame..but it worked. Don't ask why i did that.. i had too much time on my hands.
Last edited by bluenote157; 10-23-09 at 04:53 PM.
