Covering unused canti and shifter bosses ?
04-01-07 | 11:24 PM
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sVe
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From: Hellsinki, Funland
Bikes: Nishiki Continental fixed winter beater, Fixed Surly CrossCheck
Covering unused canti and shifter bosses ?
Hi
(First of all the customary apology if the subject has been previously explored and now fails to arouse you sexually
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I should finally get my Cross Check frame from the post today - I am going to be running a single Magura HS33 front brake (yeah, a flat bar, sort of...) and wondered what people are using to cover canti and shifter bosses that are not in use? Those funny little plastic or cardboard things they come wrapped in? For downtube IŽd think dummy shifter "bases" would be ideal?
If I am going to run gears on that rig on a later date IŽd hate the bosses to go rusty, as they seem to do on most conversions?
(First of all the customary apology if the subject has been previously explored and now fails to arouse you sexually
)I should finally get my Cross Check frame from the post today - I am going to be running a single Magura HS33 front brake (yeah, a flat bar, sort of...) and wondered what people are using to cover canti and shifter bosses that are not in use? Those funny little plastic or cardboard things they come wrapped in? For downtube IŽd think dummy shifter "bases" would be ideal?
If I am going to run gears on that rig on a later date IŽd hate the bosses to go rusty, as they seem to do on most conversions?
04-02-07 | 01:07 AM
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These are .45, I have them shimmed with a bit of electricians tape but .38 is almost perfect.
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04-02-07 | 05:00 AM
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Originally Posted by the pope
Sorry, can't help you with your question, but I am looking forward to my first trip to Lapland next year.
Finland is the new fixie
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04-02-07 | 08:02 AM
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I took the rear posts out of my MTB. Left that big hole. Went to horrible big box home improvement store and found some plastic press-in plugs that fit perfectly and look like they were purpose built for it.
04-02-07 | 08:51 AM
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From: laramie !
Originally Posted by Momentum
I can't help either, but just wanted to say that my fiancee is Finnish, she rides a fixed gear, she has a house in Lapland and we are getting married there next summer. F*ck yeah.
