Three bike related winter projects: 1. Build a wheel for the Quickbeam with a Sturmey Archer two speed "kick-shift" hub (parts ordered) 2. Finish my DIY LED light for commuting. 3. Catch up on bicycle maintenance (you know, that thing you do at the side of the road/trail after something has gone wrong).
Angus On Nov 27, 3:33 am, Benedikt <[email protected]> wrote: > I guess I just got done with my winter project. It involved building > 2 wheels and rigging up lights. First time wheelbuilding. Used a > Schmidt generator hub, Velocity Chukker rims, DT double butted > spokes. Front Light Busch & Müller Lumotec IQ CYO R T Plus (can that > name get any longer?) and a Busch & Müller Seculite Plus for the > rear. > > On Nov 11, 7:23 am, Ely Rodriguez <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Our winter in SF consists of rain and shorter daylight, so to prepare > > for winter means making sure the bikes have fenders and adequate > > lights. > > Only my Bridgestone RB-1 road bike has no fenders or permanent lights > > mounted. > > > I'm preparing a bike to leave in Boston, where we go go every winter > > for a few weeks and about a month in the summer. > > It's a Bruce Gordon BLT with S and S couplers, and I brazed down tube > > shifters onto. > > It's made up of extra parts laying around. It'll have two sets of > > tires, 23's for long road rides and fat 35's for the snow and slush. > > I've got some VO constructeur racks and fat steel fenders for it, but > > I may not bring them this time, I'm not sure if it'll fit into the S > > and S bag that I sewed for it, made up of cordura and heavyweight 24oz > > cotton duck. 26x26x10. It actually turned out great!!! > > > My other winter project is rigging up a few of our bikes with lights. > > My wifes RB-1 needs a rear gen.light for her shimano dynamo wheel and > > front light. > > My Ti rando needs a rear gen.light for the Schmidt/B+M. > > My fixed Bridgestone RB has a shimano B+M front and rear, > > but I'd like to run the wiring inside the frame and under the fender > > on the fixed. I'll get it done by December or so. > > All of the above bikes have fenders. > > > The other thing I have going on is the 1902 Singer 29-2 sewing machine > > that sews leather. I picked it up for free off of craigslist from a > > retired shoe maker. I've made a bunch of bags and this thing goes > > through the thickest leather like its butter. I'm still learning how > > to use it. My stitches on this are all wonky. It's going to take a > > long time and a lot of messed up rando bags to figure it out. > > > My last ongoing project is practicing brazing on my fixed. dyanamo > > wire guides, fender and rack mounts, light tabs, all that stuff, just > > braze ons. no frame brazing. > > > On Nov 8, 10:10 am, William <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > As the weather turns cooler, I am starting to dwell on winter > > > projects. A lot of them are home and family related, but some of them > > > are Riv-ish, so I thought I would share. In 2010 I pretty much > > > overhauled my stable of bikes, and now am almost 100% dial > > ed. So I'm > > > not due for any complete overhauls. I am building a second > > > configuration for my Bombadil. It's set up for dedicated dirt riding > > > now, but I'll be putting together a Campeur kit for it this winter > > > (drop bars, fenders, racks, bags). So next time a week-plus touring > > > opportunity presents itself, the Bombadil will be the bike for it. > > > > What do you do in the winter? Overhaul your favorite bike? Go > > > through the parts stash and clean house? Start up a new bike > > > project? Take on a restoration? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
