Subject: [RBW] Re: Spring Fender Spacing Thingy
From: dougpn...@cox.net
To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com
Can you post a photo? Springs are easy to find at good hardware
stores especially industrial supply stores. There's more to the
mounting than just using
it. Brilliant!
On Jul 28, 5:54 pm, Joe Bartoe jbar...@hotmail.com wrote:
Here you go:
http://velo-orange.blogspot.com/2009/04/spring-thing.html
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:43:59 -0700
Subject: [RBW] Re: Spring Fender Spacing Thingy
From: dougpn
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On Jul 28, 5:54 pm, Joe Bartoe jbar...@hotmail.com wrote:
Here you go:
http://velo-orange.blogspot.com/2009/04/spring-thing.html
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:43:59 -0700
Subject: [RBW] Re: Spring Fender Spacing Thingy
From: dougpn...@cox.net
Do you pull out the corks when you want to remove the rear
wheel, or do you have vertical dropouts?
Horizontal dropouts - I unclip the metal SKS clip from the chain stay
bridge.
For me unclipping the front of the rear fender is annoying some of the
time - the bad fender line was annoying all of
With the tire size that I'm running on this bike
(700x28c, Panaracer Pasela tire), I'm able to demount the tire without
deflating it.
A slight correction to my former post. Obviously, I meant to say
demount the wheel with out deflating the tire. I don't recommend
demounting the tire without
I painted the spacer to match the paint of the bike which I think
gives it a as-built quality. Obviously, this solution won't work if
the tire/bridge clearance on your project aren't sufficient.
Jim:
With luck I may be able to get away with that. The chain stays are
~42.5 length and I am
In case you want to see another spring thing, I have a picture of the
spring on the Berthoud fenders on my Nishiki:
Thanks James. So as Angus you use a thin bolt inside a robust
spring. Like the concave washers on either side of the chain stay
bridge.
On Jul 31, 6:13 pm, james black
On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 16:45, JoelMatthews joelmatth...@mac.com wrote:
Thanks James. So as Angus you use a thin bolt inside a robust
spring. Like the concave washers on either side of the chain stay
bridge.
That's correct, but truth be told, the spring, not so robust, is
largely cosmetic -
-orange.blogspot.com/2009/04/spring-thing.html
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:43:59 -0700
Subject: [RBW] Re: Spring Fender Spacing Thingy
From: dougpn...@cox.net
To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com
Can you post a photo? Springs are easy to find at good hardware
stores especially industrial
On the North Side, Clark and Devon hardware - northeast corner (my old
neighborhood!)
Also check out Gary's Cycles, one or two blocks south on the east side of
Clark. That LBS is essentially the same as it was in 1962.
I will have to check them out. As it happens, the street
configuration
Bartoe jbar...@hotmail.com wrote:
Here you go:
http://velo-orange.blogspot.com/2009/04/spring-thing.html
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:43:59 -0700
Subject: [RBW] Re: Spring Fender Spacing Thingy
From: dougpn...@cox.net
To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com
Can
Can you post a photo? Springs are easy to find at good hardware
stores especially industrial supply stores. There's more to the
mounting than just using a spring, correct?
dougP
On Jul 28, 3:03 pm, JoelMatthews joelmatth...@mac.com wrote:
Some creative bike mechanics use a spring device to
Here you go:
http://velo-orange.blogspot.com/2009/04/spring-thing.html
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:43:59 -0700
Subject: [RBW] Re: Spring Fender Spacing Thingy
From: dougpn...@cox.net
To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com
Can you post a photo? Springs are easy to find at good hardware
I am fortunate to have a local hardware store that has a box with at
least one of every conceivable small spring.
You might try that route.
Bob
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I am fortunate to have a local hardware store that has a box with at
least one of every conceivable small spring.
Sadly, Home Despot and GalLowes have wreaked havoc on the independent
hardware stores in Chicago. There probably are a few left in some of
the smaller, further out suburbs. I will
-orange.blogspot.com/2009/04/spring-thing.html
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:43:59 -0700
Subject: [RBW] Re: Spring Fender Spacing Thingy
From: dougpn...@cox.net
To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com
Can you post a photo? Springs are easy to find at good hardware
stores especially industrial supply
/spring-thing.html
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:43:59 -0700
Subject: [RBW] Re: Spring Fender Spacing Thingy
From: dougpn...@cox.net
To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com
Can you post a photo? Springs are easy to find at good hardware
stores especially industrial supply stores. There's
On the North Side, Clark and Devon hardware - northeast corner (my old
neighborhood!)
Also check out Gary's Cycles, one or two blocks south on the east side of
Clark. That LBS is essentially the same as it was in 1962.
On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 9:39 PM, JoelMatthews joelmatth...@mac.com wrote:
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