Velognome 

Thanks, I've got a set but haven't tried them. My Fixed Gear Guru warned me against using them, citing axle slippage.....franky,I don't think I'm that strong of a rider to worry about such things.

aeshtetically, I was thinking simple is better, there is already enough going on visually, but I'm open to all suggestions.

unworthy1

another "attaboy"! This really is just so right in so many ways...when they do a calender it'll have to be "Miss July"...with fold-out...

Velognome 

There is a pic with it in the "nude"

Dawes-man

A word of caution, wing nuts can come undone as you typically torque it less with your fingers than you would a nut with a spanner. I know this as I lost one on my Peugeot on tour a week ago. Same goes for wing nut wheel fasteners. I've learnt this and now check their tightness pretty much every time I ride.

Dawes-man

I was wondering how I missed seeing your Holland and did a search - I found it was because the very day you started the thread I was on a flight to the UK. I'm really glad I looked… it's a lovely machine and you've built it really nicely and very practically.

As per my message of just now, your FG Guru has a point. What I've done on my Rotrax is use tug-backs as well as the wing nuts. The right hand nut still loosens but at least the wheel doesn't get pulled sideways when pedalling. I'm embarrassed to admit that I thought the bearings on the wheel were too loose for a couple of days as I found I could move the wheel from side to side with 2 fingers lightly holding it and only noticed the whole wheel was moving in the track ends, and that the nut had loosened, by chance.

Can anyone say why this only affects the right side, as the wing nut holding the rear mudguard and rack on my Peugeot which I lost was on the same side, as well as the nut on my Chesini Pista, which came completely off. Is some sort of vibration/dynamic at play here?

[IMG] 1949 Rotrax Vel d'Hiv by Dawes-man, on Flickr[/IMG]

whatwolf

That's a good point, and I've thought about this. We use wing nuts in my line of work, so I have a tool for tightening them tighter. That said, it would just be one more tool to carry...

redcaymatt

That's a fine looking bike! are you the man who was building the cable frame at Steven Willis' shop?