Thanks for the kudos. (Aw, shucks, it tweren't nuthin'. Shuffle shuffle, sniff.)
The lash is annoying. I rode the S3X to church and back this morning, and immediately upon return, took the fixed Dahon Hon Solo to the store: what a very amazing difference in feel! My first impression upon pedaling the Dahon was, "is the chain too tight?" The last is most noticeable when I want to slow, but not stop -- ie, to retard speed, as when I approach a corner. The lash really creates a huge "gap" between pedaling forward and back-stopping. But the S3X wheel will (after I stop playing around with it) be a cheap 'n' easy and very occasional way of getting hill gears on the fixed gofast for longer rides, without too much switchover hassle; and for such very occasional use, I can live with it. The main wheel has a Phil dual fixed flippy with 15 (76") and 17 (66") cogs. I cut my handyman teeth as a boy in India and Kenya, when I built various things without access to the copious generosity of US bike and hardware stores. I learned from the locals; for one thing, the Raj Brits had left behind an antiquated technology that almost demanded ad hoc fixes (change an Indian householdfuse? 20 minutes and a belt of tools; I've done this, but often my parents would simply call the Embassy and have a tech come out to fix things.) Further, poverty meant that they fixed things we would have tossed long before, and fixed them using the barest minimum of technology. The rear brake lever on your inferior Rod Brake Roadster bottoming out before it produces any retarding action? Take a big pair of pliers, and bend a dog's leg into the down tube rod (which simply acted as a sort of spring). About age 15, I made a push go-cart entirely of wood -- wheels of sectioned logs, rimmed with strips of tin can. I delighted in pushing my brother downhill on it -- leaving him to his fate. Headlight made from a Twinings tea tin.) So my "make do" experience is of long standing. (My father put the annoyed kibosh to my circa 1972 plan to build a recumbent bicycle based on a main tube made from a long irrigation pipe stolen from the square-miles coffee plantation that surrounded our house.) Just recalled: Midnight on a school night. I, sneaked out of the house to the garage to tinker on my bike. Father, upstairs, annoyed, calling out, "Go to bed!"). On Sun, Jun 5, 2016 at 2:08 PM, JohnS <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Patrick, > > Thumbs up on shopping for parts at Niagara Cycle. I get almost all of my > non-Riv parts from them. They may not always have the cheapest price, but I > find they have a huge selection. Very good customer service as well. The > only problem I've ever had was the it can take a couple of days for them to > ship the parts, whereas Riv and VO almost always seem to ship within 24 > hours. > > Nice job on the clamp modification. I enjoy getting into the work shop to > solve problems like that, working with what's available. > > Glad to hear the S3X is working our for you. Are you getting use to the > back lash? Is it more noticeable in the high gear (direct drive) or the > lower gears? > > Regards, > JohnS > > > On Saturday, June 4, 2016 at 2:50:01 PM UTC-4, Patrick Moore wrote: >> >> The OEM shifter must be buggered up. I replaced it with a nice old >> Shimano 600, and it seems to hold each gear in place -- the forgiving >> nature of the hub makes it relatively easy to find 2nd, and of course 3d is >> all the way up, 1st all the way down. >> >> Shown below in 2d gear. >> >> Shakedown ride shortly. >> >> -- >> Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. >> By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. >> Other professional writing services. >> http://www.resumespecialties.com/ >> www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ >> Patrick Moore >> Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten >> ************************************* >> *************************************************** >> *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a >> circumference on the contours of which all conditions, distinctions, and >> individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu >> >> *Stat crux dum volvitur orbis.* *(The cross stands motionless while the >> world revolves.) *Carthusian motto >> >> *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart >> >> *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) *Aristotle >> >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. 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