Bonehead Moves you have found from Former Owners
10-03-12 | 06:36 AM
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Whoever had used these had moved the NDS cone/locknut all the way over, and then put a backwards outer nut (the tapered one with the serrations) in backwards as the additional spacer on the freewheel side. No axle protruded from either side. Cool move. At least it was a) not me riding it that way and b), I won't need a new axle (unless this one is bent).
10-03-12 | 08:47 AM
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He doesn't advocate it, recommending 2-3mm on each end, but says he had one bike that the axles were flush with the locknuts.
https://sheldonbrown.com/frame-spacing.html
https://sheldonbrown.com/frame-spacing.html
10-03-12 | 09:08 AM
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Nice thread!
I recently bought a Raleigh M30 I found on CL. The Canti brakes were in a box, and the rear tire was worn through near the rim from poor brake pad positioning.
I recently bought a Raleigh M30 I found on CL. The Canti brakes were in a box, and the rear tire was worn through near the rim from poor brake pad positioning.
10-03-12 | 09:08 AM
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He doesn't advocate it, recommending 2-3mm on each end, but says he had one bike that the axles were flush with the locknuts.
https://sheldonbrown.com/frame-spacing.html
https://sheldonbrown.com/frame-spacing.html
10-03-12 | 10:01 AM
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Still common practice at many universities when you register your bike. I have a Raleigh with that- was the only way they'd let it on campus for me to ride. This was maybe 10 years ago.
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01-23-17 | 09:47 AM
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I'm reviving this thread with a pic from a project I was working on yesterday, digging out some steel bars for my el-cheapo build. While this brake lever did have an intact clamp on screw, a former owner decided that the Hannibal Lecter treatment (which was covered by about 17 layers of electrical tape) would be the best way to hold it on.
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01-23-17 | 10:25 AM
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I'm reviving this thread with a pic from a project I was working on yesterday, digging out some steel bars for my el-cheapo build. While this brake lever did have an intact clamp on screw, a former owner decided that the Hannibal Lecter treatment (which was covered by about 17 layers of electrical tape) would be the best way to hold it on.
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IMG_1144are you sure that it's not some form of modern sculpture? That seems more plausible than the assumption that it was an act of maintenance.
otoh, it reminds me of the old saying.... "when all you have is baling wire, every problem looks like a bale of hay".
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01-23-17 | 11:40 AM
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[MENTION=45088]nlerner[/MENTION], you didn't tell us how well that method works.
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01-23-17 | 11:47 AM
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01-23-17 | 11:59 AM
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I bought a MTB frameset that requires a 26.2 (
[MENTION=73614]rhm[/MENTION]). Nothun' else fits.Same frameset, the BB felt terrible, opened it and found the NDS bearings were in backwards. Working on the headset, danged if I didnt find the same.
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