Re: [RBW] Your method of going around brake levers with cloth bar tape?
Thanks, and good luck [assuming you haven't started yet!] :-) On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 11:41 AM, jinxed wrote: > Dang Rex...I'd say that's pretty clean! I'm going to tackle this today or > tomorrow. > > I DID have a bit of a scary episode with my shellac. I wanted to check how > much I had and give it a stir, and when I barely applied pressure to the > lid with my opener it exploded off the can with a huge BOOM! I'm very lucky > I had my hand over the can to stop it, as my face was directly over the > can. It hit my palm with enough force to hurt and leave a mark. I've gone > through maybe 6-7 small cans of Zinzer over the last 5 years and never had > one do that. It's always stored in a cabinet in the house to avoid the > crazy temp swings in the garage. Not sure why/how this one had built up so > much internal pressure, but I'm going to treat all future cans as volatile. > Safety first kids. > > > On Friday, June 14, 2013 4:52:18 PM UTC-6, Rex Kerr wrote: >> >> I have the same basic setup... non aero levers on mustache bars. The >> outcome of my wrapping might not be as clean as you'd like, but I used two >> cheaters: >> >> http://imgur.com/a/1zB7t >> >> I've gone under the clamp before as well, so I can say that does work, >> but I wasn't that careful this time. >> >> -- > 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: [RBW] Your method of going around brake levers with cloth bar tape?
Dang Rex...I'd say that's pretty clean! I'm going to tackle this today or tomorrow. I DID have a bit of a scary episode with my shellac. I wanted to check how much I had and give it a stir, and when I barely applied pressure to the lid with my opener it exploded off the can with a huge BOOM! I'm very lucky I had my hand over the can to stop it, as my face was directly over the can. It hit my palm with enough force to hurt and leave a mark. I've gone through maybe 6-7 small cans of Zinzer over the last 5 years and never had one do that. It's always stored in a cabinet in the house to avoid the crazy temp swings in the garage. Not sure why/how this one had built up so much internal pressure, but I'm going to treat all future cans as volatile. Safety first kids. On Friday, June 14, 2013 4:52:18 PM UTC-6, Rex Kerr wrote: > > I have the same basic setup... non aero levers on mustache bars. The > outcome of my wrapping might not be as clean as you'd like, but I used two > cheaters: > > http://imgur.com/a/1zB7t > > I've gone under the clamp before as well, so I can say that does work, but > I wasn't that careful this time. > > -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: [RBW] Your method of going around brake levers with cloth bar tape?
I have the same basic setup... non aero levers on mustache bars. The outcome of my wrapping might not be as clean as you'd like, but I used two cheaters: http://imgur.com/a/1zB7t I've gone under the clamp before as well, so I can say that does work, but I wasn't that careful this time. On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 5:06 PM, jinxed wrote: > I picked up some Newbaums tape recently with plans to try cloth...once > again. I've done this a few times in the past with different bars, but > never been happy with the result for two reasons. First off I found it too > thin for comfort, and on top of that could never get it wrapped well around > the levers. I always ended up with gaps in one place and all bunched up in > others. This really bugs me because I pride myself with normal cork wrap. I > can wrap super clean and even with the "cheater" piece or without using the > figure eight approach. Using the narrow, less stretchy cloth I end up with > a mess. Ive tried adding a cheater, and even a double figure eight that > just created a big mass. > > I have been mentally preparing a plan of attack while waiting on my > repaint. I'm going back to my tried and true mustache bar with old dia-comp > non-aero levers. My thinking was this: If I tighten down the levers on the > bar, then place some tape over the clamp to hold it in place while I back > off the lever body completely, I would have a much smaller obstacle to wrap > around with the cloth. Could I essentially leave the threaded portion of > the clamp sticking out and then bolt the body back down on top of it once > done? I plan to pre wrap the ends of the bar up to the levers with some > left over cateye cloth to solve the cush issue. The nittos plethora of > curves dont help this issue, but the smaller bodies of the old diacomp do a > little. FYI, I do not wrap the shifter cables coming from the bar ends, I > just leave them dangle. > > Dumb idea? Anyone have a better technique for going around the brake lever > body bolted in place? Pictures, procedures, postulations? Oh and before you > suggest it, I attempted the Jim Varnum harlequin method onceyea...took > me a few beers and some therapy to get over that episode in the garage. > (ok...the therapy was a joke. the beers weren't.) > > -- > 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 > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: [RBW] Your method of going around brake levers with cloth bar tape?
IIRC, Grant had an article in a long ago RR about taping bars. I use a separate 3" strip around each lever and behind the bar -- hold it on with a spot of glue or something -- and then wind tape around the lever body from the bottom -- and hope that the roll is long enough. But I rarely use cloth tape. On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 3:19 PM, velomann wrote: > I recently switched to starting from both ends and ending at the brale > levers. So long as I'm usng cloth tape and shellacing, I don't imagine I'll > ever do it any other way from now on - works great. > > -- > 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 > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- http://resumespecialties.com/index.html [email protected] Albuquerque, NM -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
