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Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
08-15-09, 11:18 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 3,832
Posted By rock_ten

Thanks for all the replies and advice - I'll see...

Thanks for all the replies and advice - I'll see if I can put it into practice and I'll let you know what happens.

Here are some specific responses:



You mean the outer surfaces of the...
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
08-13-09, 08:01 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 3,832
Posted By rock_ten

Rear axle/bearings always come loose soon after adjusting them

I have a non-quick-release rear axle, the kind where you screw the bearing cones along the axle into the hub from either side, with a locking nut outside of those, and you have to get them just about...
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
08-13-09, 07:55 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 16,093
Posted By rock_ten

I get creaks from my old Dawes Galaxy, on and...

I get creaks from my old Dawes Galaxy, on and off, usually for about a week at a time, then none for months. It seems to vary with the weather, I fancy. Sometimes I've thought a certain act of...
Forum: Utility Cycling
06-24-09, 09:08 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 32,026
Posted By rock_ten

Hmm, I've just been outside cutting up the...

Hmm, I've just been outside cutting up the baskets, but I'm not sure what length to make it. Most single-wheel trailers have a cargo area that is between 640mm and 700mm long. I can make this one up...
Forum: Utility Cycling
06-24-09, 08:06 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 32,026
Posted By rock_ten

I now have a welder (for £20!), and enough scrap...

I now have a welder (for £20!), and enough scrap metal to make the trailer. Now all I need to do is learn how to weld properly!

Today I picked up four Royal Mail post-bike front baskets, so that's...
Forum: Utility Cycling
06-24-09, 08:03 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 917
Posted By rock_ten

Thanks for the replies, everyone. BossCat - yea...

Thanks for the replies, everyone. BossCat - yea I've noticed on other trailer listings that postage to Scotland is often more - bad luck! But it's good that you got it at the same price this time.
Forum: Framebuilders
06-17-09, 11:53 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 912
Posted By rock_ten

How suitable would this welding equipment be?

Hi everyone. I am new to most aspects of metalwork, certainly I am a novice when it comes to any kind of welding. I am building a trailer, and am likely to build more trailers (and modified frames)...
Forum: Utility Cycling
06-17-09, 11:42 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 32,026
Posted By rock_ten

I know nothing about welding, so it remains to be...

I know nothing about welding, so it remains to be seen how suitable the item I've seen actually is. I'm going to post about it in the frame-building forum in a minute and see how badly flamed I get :)
Forum: Utility Cycling
06-17-09, 10:35 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 32,026
Posted By rock_ten

Thanks for the help! Those other designs are...

Thanks for the help! Those other designs are nice, and the seatpost hitch is so tempting, just for simplicity's sake. But I feel that they look somewhat more lumbering and less stylish, so I need to...
Forum: Utility Cycling
06-17-09, 08:01 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 32,026
Posted By rock_ten

This is great, and I have the pieces required....

This is great, and I have the pieces required. The hitch will be trouble for me, though, since I can't make custom pieces like you have. I basically have a hacksaw, and then I'll be taking the pieces...
Forum: Utility Cycling
06-15-09, 10:56 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 917
Posted By rock_ten

Question about stated carrying capacities/maximum loads

Hi. I am wondering about the reason for a trailer's load limit - what part of the trailer is the weak link? There are trailers available like this, which says 40kg:
...
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
01-17-09, 10:28 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 527
Posted By rock_ten

Yea I really scrubbed the **** out of about a...

Yea I really scrubbed the **** out of about a month ago, with a wire brush and hot soapy water, but it had got a bit rusty again recently. Maybe I didn't oil it enough. The trouble at the moment is...
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
01-17-09, 10:19 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 527
Posted By rock_ten

Likely causes of this problem? (unpleasent feeling through the pedals, and sounds)

Hi. A few weeks ago I put a "new" rear derailleur on my bike, after the old one kind of died. It's an old suntour one that was pretty clogged up with dirt. I cleaned it up as best I could and at...
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
12-17-08, 01:42 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 10,049
Posted By rock_ten

More: I got my derailleur mashed back...

More:

I got my derailleur mashed back together, and then later on today my chain snapped. I had put a link in from a different chain, and that was the link that went. I bought a new chain tool...
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
12-16-08, 03:23 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 10,049
Posted By rock_ten

Interesting. Today the derailleur snapped off....

Interesting. Today the derailleur snapped off. Well it's luckily not snapped, just bent and pulled to pieces, so I might be able to repair it (I have spares but this is the original one). It happened...
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
12-15-08, 01:07 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 10,049
Posted By rock_ten

Thanks for all the replies. I took the frame and...

Thanks for all the replies. I took the frame and fragment to a local garage and asked if they'd be able to weld it for me. He thought it was possible, though said the metal looked unusual. I was...
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
12-15-08, 06:58 AM
Replies: 27
Views: 10,049
Posted By rock_ten

I just realised that there appears to be a way of...

I just realised that there appears to be a way of attaching rear derailleurs to bikes without the special tab/hole for them (as is in my pictures above). I have a spare frame, just a fraction smaller...
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
12-15-08, 06:47 AM
Replies: 27
Views: 10,049
Posted By rock_ten

Thanks for the replies. Here's another picture...

Thanks for the replies. Here's another picture with a diagram to show the surfaces involved:

http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/9323/dropout2wv3.jpg
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
12-15-08, 05:22 AM
Replies: 27
Views: 10,049
Posted By rock_ten

Broken rear dropout

Hi. Yesterday, after completely stripping and rebuilding my Dawes Galaxy, I took it out to ride up the road a bit. While changing gears down, i.e. to a larger sprocket, at the back, things suddenly...
Forum: Utility Cycling
12-04-08, 05:19 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,130
Posted By rock_ten

> Yea, bike courier/messenger could mean a few...

> Yea, bike courier/messenger could mean a few different things, so if you like we could just call it a bicycle delivery service. I don't mind what people ask me to transport, so long as I can carry...
Forum: Utility Cycling
12-03-08, 01:48 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,130
Posted By rock_ten

you mean this? Thanks a lot, good...

you mean this?



Thanks a lot, good ideas. My only concern with filling up the inner triangle would be with catching the wind and getting pushed around :/
Forum: Long Distance Competition/Ultracycling, Randonneuring and Endurance Cycling
12-03-08, 11:07 AM
Replies: 36
Views: 2,390
Posted By rock_ten

Here's a different perspective. I kind of enjoy...

Here's a different perspective. I kind of enjoy long distance rides but only if they're pretty special or some kind of new acheivment. My proper cycling life start 2.5 years ago, and basically apart...
Forum: United Kingdom
12-03-08, 03:58 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 7,033
Posted By rock_ten

This is an old thread, but anyway: I think it...

This is an old thread, but anyway: I think it varies a lot between different police men. Some police stop their car and have a right go at people for riding on a totally empty pavement, and I've...
Forum: Utility Cycling
12-02-08, 10:52 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,352
Posted By rock_ten

Here's a bike I got today. The wheel is damaged...

Here's a bike I got today. The wheel is damaged and can't be used. The forks and chainstays are bent but not buckled or anything. The rear derailleur is twisted, the bottom bracket seems alright (but...
Forum: Long Distance Competition/Ultracycling, Randonneuring and Endurance Cycling
12-02-08, 05:49 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 1,957
Posted By rock_ten

I love my B17, too - it fit me just right as soon...

I love my B17, too - it fit me just right as soon as I got it. Actually, now almost a year on, it doesn't really like me quite so much, but maybe it just needs adjusting.

You'd have to try one...
Forum: Long Distance Competition/Ultracycling, Randonneuring and Endurance Cycling
12-02-08, 05:45 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 1,688
Posted By rock_ten

^ I'm not sure if 220miles over 3 days really...

^
I'm not sure if 220miles over 3 days really needs any training, either. If you do 15-30 miles each week, as you say, that's more than enough imo. If you want, then just try to go a bit harder and...
Forum: Utility Cycling
12-01-08, 11:05 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,352
Posted By rock_ten

Gosh, I posted a "wanted" ad on my local...

Gosh, I posted a "wanted" ad on my local freecycle group, asking for junk bike parts or sightings of them, and I've had about 10 replies, people telling me where they've seen bikes abandoned....
Forum: Utility Cycling
12-01-08, 11:00 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,352
Posted By rock_ten

I wanted single speed (at the back) because it...

I wanted single speed (at the back) because it would avoid having to get a working derailleur set up, which would mean longer cables, new lengths of cable housing, and another thing to go wrong or at...
Forum: Utility Cycling
12-01-08, 06:29 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,352
Posted By rock_ten

heh, those pics on the front page are from a...

heh, those pics on the front page are from a company where I used to live, in york: http://www.green-link.co.uk/

they have an operation in Luton as well, hence that name on the trike in the...
Forum: Utility Cycling
11-30-08, 05:36 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,352
Posted By rock_ten

Yea, there's kind of two different sides to it....

Yea, there's kind of two different sides to it. Most bike couriers in London are of the first kind you mentioned, on their track bikes with a messenger bag and jeans over lycra. However, outside of...
Forum: Utility Cycling
11-29-08, 11:12 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,130
Posted By rock_ten

I imagine I wouldn't often be carrying many heavy...

I imagine I wouldn't often be carrying many heavy things, only high volumes (i.e. an awful lot of mail or paper, things like that). Though I have at times carried silly loads on my Dawes, so I do...
Forum: Utility Cycling
11-29-08, 10:57 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,130
Posted By rock_ten

> hmm. It's been a long time since I rode...

> hmm. It's been a long time since I rode anything with handlebars higher than the saddle. When I did, it felt everso strange and like I had very little strength on the pedals. Sure, it's nice to sit...
Forum: Utility Cycling
11-29-08, 09:59 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,130
Posted By rock_ten

What frame and handlebars, and why?

Looking around this forum, and the internet in general, at utility bikes, I notice that most or all have straight handlebars or "swept back" (is that the right term?) ones, and never drop handlebars...
Forum: Utility Cycling
11-27-08, 11:09 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,352
Posted By rock_ten

Thanks guys. StephenH - that looks pretty nice....

Thanks guys. StephenH - that looks pretty nice. Post some pics of it in action when it's all done, and let us know how it works out.


I don't know really what I'd carry on it, but I was going to...
Forum: Utility Cycling
11-27-08, 06:33 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,352
Posted By rock_ten

Thanks for the reply. The drawing isn't really to...

Thanks for the reply. The drawing isn't really to scale or anything - but yea I could make a reasonably big box out of it. if I made a longtail I'd need to get a new roadbike as well, as the body,...
Forum: Utility Cycling
11-27-08, 05:33 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,352
Posted By rock_ten

Hmm. I suppose I could try to get a third bike,...

Hmm. I suppose I could try to get a third bike, or a frame at least, and then cut the back end off and put that on the mountain bike I mentioned? Just to check, by "longtail" you mean like an...
Forum: Utility Cycling
11-26-08, 01:48 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,352
Posted By rock_ten

A trailer/mod for my courier business

Hi guys. I've been reading everything I can find in this section, and looking at all the pictures of trailers and bike mods - plus on many other websites. So I have lots of ideas, but I wanted some...
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
11-05-08, 09:20 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 753
Posted By rock_ten

Cheap tyres - a mistake?

Hi. I recently replaced the tyres on my old Dawes Galaxy after wearing them almost right through. The rear tyre was one of those Schwalbe ones that has a "puncture protection" logo, but it's not the...
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
06-09-08, 04:33 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 724
Posted By rock_ten

Yea, that site was one of the sources I used to...

Yea, that site was one of the sources I used to find out how to do it - but still I'm not at all sure I got it right.
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
06-09-08, 03:02 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 724
Posted By rock_ten

Hi. I just put 36 new spokes on my front wheel...

Hi. I just put 36 new spokes on my front wheel yesterday, and before I tighten them up I'd like to check if I've got them on right. In particular, my main concern is with regards to how one side...
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
06-07-08, 09:50 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 724
Posted By rock_ten

I should be able to deal with any of those...

I should be able to deal with any of those possibilities,though, Retro Grouch.

Anyway - I got 36 new spokes today so tomorrow I am going to attempt to rebuild my front wheel!

I'll let you know...
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
06-07-08, 07:38 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 724
Posted By rock_ten

Thanks. Well I put on a few new spokes the...

Thanks.

Well I put on a few new spokes the other day, and on the front wheel most of the existing spokes are completely seized, and the nippes are very rusted (viewed from the inside of the hub,...
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
06-04-08, 04:42 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 724
Posted By rock_ten

Thanks for the replies, I'll see if any local...

Thanks for the replies, I'll see if any local shops have some in stock.



I'm not entirely sure what that would mean - I was expecting to just buy a wheel and put it on the bike myself. Would I...
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
06-03-08, 03:49 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 724
Posted By rock_ten

Spokes keep breaking, maybe I need new wheels?

Hi. I have a Dawes Galaxy, from the '70s I think - I got it second-hand about 7 months ago. Since January I've broken 4 spokes, over both wheels. I replace them when I find them, but more break. Do...
Forum: Utility Cycling
06-03-08, 03:39 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,802
Posted By rock_ten

Thanks for the replies, everyone

Thanks for the replies, everyone
Forum: Utility Cycling
05-28-08, 03:51 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,802
Posted By rock_ten

Linking bike pedals etc to another mechanism

Hi - sorry I couldn't really find much about this because I don't know the right words for it. Hopefully you'll know what I mean - basically using bike parts to build mechanism by which pedalling...
Forum: Long Distance Competition/Ultracycling, Randonneuring and Endurance Cycling
01-25-08, 01:36 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 11,662
Posted By rock_ten

I had my maps in a normal transparant map case...

I had my maps in a normal transparant map case hanging around my neck, tucked into the reflective 'belt' I was wearing. It was easy enough to pick up with one hand and look at it while riding along,...
Forum: Long Distance Competition/Ultracycling, Randonneuring and Endurance Cycling
01-02-08, 03:13 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,146
Posted By rock_ten

Yea I bet I could do to make a lot of...

Yea I bet I could do to make a lot of adjustments. I didn't change things like that since I bought it so its unlikely it is currently at the best fit for me. The thing is, though, I don't do long...
Forum: Long Distance Competition/Ultracycling, Randonneuring and Endurance Cycling
12-30-07, 03:29 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,146
Posted By rock_ten

Yea maybe - for a day or two after the ride my...

Yea maybe - for a day or two after the ride my hydration seemed unusual, in terms of the amount of water in and out, and how I responded to drinking water. Its hard to explain but something was off...
Forum: Long Distance Competition/Ultracycling, Randonneuring and Endurance Cycling
12-28-07, 04:03 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,146
Posted By rock_ten

good job on the marathon, haha. Yea - I was...

good job on the marathon, haha.

Yea - I was ill the day before the ride and the same symptoms came back strongly the day after. My neck was also rather stiff and sore... part of which I think was...
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