Joe,
Sorry to hear that you got a damaged frame. I'm not a mechanical engineer,
but I can envision the forces in a front-end collision bending the headtube
around the lower top tube, resulting in the "banana" effect. Just an
anecdote, but I was in a local bike shop last summer, and they had an
FYI Ride in Peace, Ewen Gellie, Australian Framebuilder
MARCH 21, 2022 https://theradavist.com/rip-ewen-gellie-death/
On Tuesday, June 30, 2020 at 8:41:38 PM UTC-4 George Millwood wrote:
> Sorry to hear about your accident, but so happy that you weren't injured.
> The framebuilder I was
Joe - I had purchased a large 80's touring bike with similar ride
characteristics to what you described. I think my bike may have been
smashed in storage or transport misaligning the forks and rear tri. It may
not have been something that the owner was aware of. I took it to my
favorite,
Sorry this accident happened and am glad you're OK. However, the long
years of experience that frame builder has certainly revealed an
interesting fact about these double top tube frames. Wonder if Grant was
aware of this when he began introducing those frame styles.
On Wednesday, April 13,
I ended up finding a local frame builder who simply faced the headtube
again so that the headset cups sat well enough and did not bind. They still
aren't visually perfect, but the braking judder has gone away and the
bearings lasted more than a week without getting crunchy. The rest of the
frame
Hey Brendon, and everyone else,
Do you still have this bike? I am curious to know how it is riding these
day. Did you ever run into any issues with the headset binding since the
steer tube is still bent? Turns out I am in the same predicament, and I am
trying to figure out what to do. My head
Steel is real!!!
Come to think of it, the head tube is the only part of the bike frame that
has inherent fail-safe feature - ie the steerer rube. Is a very, very,
very, very, very, very unlikely scenario the head tube breaks or something,
the steerer tube will hold things together. The bike
Thanks again, Julian. For the Kelpies, I plan (God willing) to have
Chauncey braze on aftermarket strut bosses some-way up the fork legs, both
so that the trailing part of the fender moves away from the tire if it
should be caught and dragged up toward the crown, and also so that the
trailing part
Thanks, Julian. Others have pointed to this.
I should have noted that my stays (Kelpie) are 6.5mm thick versus the
standard (IIRC) 5 mm, which in practice is quite a bit fatter. Any idea if
the PDW devices will work with those?
On Thu, Jul 2, 2020 at 9:17 AM Julian Westerhout
wrote:
> Patrick,
Patrick,
Portland Design Works Safety Tabs will work.
https://tinyurl.com/y7hkesbv
Julian Westerhout
Bloomington, IL
On Wednesday, July 1, 2020 at 3:57:15 PM UTC-5, Patrick Moore wrote:
>
> This reminds me to ask: Are there QR clips, or ways to adapt SKS-type QR
> clips, to Honjo-type
Geez, glad you are not hurt. Not dying vs. a broken frame is a good
trade-off in my opinion...
Yes on the photos, also it might still be worth telling Riv about the
accident. They may have some recs and insight on what the best course of
action is. In general, failures teach us a lot about
This reminds me to ask: Are there QR clips, or ways to adapt SKS-type QR
clips, to Honjo-type fender struts? (I currently use metal "R" clips).
On Wed, Jul 1, 2020 at 1:49 PM Ash wrote:
> Hey Brendon,
>
> I'm so glad you are ok. Really sorry to hear about the bike damage.
>
> Thanks for
Hey Brendon,
I'm so glad you are ok. Really sorry to hear about the bike damage.
Thanks for sharing the story. The fact that you were riding a high quality
bike and it also happens to be LWB might have played in your favor.
I have those safety clips on front mudguards. After reading this
While I think the side conversations about how great steel is for being
safe to ride even after it's bent and bent back, I'd like to drag it back
to the Original Poster's original point:
"Hey guys, I just wanted to let everyone know the obviously stupid thing
that I did even though I knew it
> From: bren...@areyoualert.com <mailto:bren...@areyoualert.com>
> Sent: June 30, 2020 8:18 PM
> To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com
> <mailto:rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com>
> Reply-to: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com
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Dear Brendon,
First and foremost, so glad you are ok! I think we all appreciate you
sharing your unfortunate experience and as a warning to others of what
could happen. This critical information will definitely guide me should I
ever look into installing mudguards.
Again, thank you for
Sorry to hear about your accident, but so happy that you weren't injured.
The framebuilder I was going to recommend is Ewen Gellie but he no longer
does frame repairs. However for lugged frames and brazing repairs, he does
recommend: -
Gordon Hill in Croydon, Victoria
Sorry to hear about the bike. If you do decide to have it fixed I've
recently seen work done by @killenbike Killenbike.com (Newtown?) on a bent
up Crust Bombora that came out really nice.
Best luck
On Tuesday, June 30, 2020 at 5:23:00 AM UTC-4, brendonoid wrote:
>
> Hey guys, I just wanted to
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