It’s also great for a 139 bag with some sort of retention to keep it from sliding forward.
I really need a shorter stem for these Nitto rando bars but it’s been good enough for running errands and shorter chill rides.
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Does your fork take a 22.0 stem?
It’s probably supposed to. When I bought it the frameset came with that Gran Compe, and I’ve found that some 22.2mm fit and some don’t. If a stem doesn’t go in smoothly I don’t force it. It does definitely take a French threaded headset.
I wonder if it was reamed out a bit or if it’s just a happy coincidence of being a bit oversized or some stems being a bit small.
That sure is a lovely bicycle!
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Storn
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I’d finished repairing a homemade longjohn, but needed to get back home, so why not use the disco travel bike?
I’m still working on finding a good way of coupling the electrical components together (of the three times I’ve split the frame twice I’ve had to resplit it to redo the wiring harness again.) I need something like the automatic couplers you find on modern trolley cars that make & break those connections automatically, but until then I guess I can always use an automobile-style waterproof screw-together connecter.
Edit: and as a postscript I had to ride the longjohn back bolt upright because the stem was frozen into the steertube. Oh my g-d there are so many muscles that do not like riding a bicycle that way.
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I took a quick google for “magnetic electrical connector” and there might be something out there to suit your use?
Speak for yourself. I don’t think I could pedal your bike around the block but that bakfiets looks plenty comfy to me.
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I don’t think it would unless it was something like a fidlock; the advantage of a automatic coupler is that when you connect two cars it mashes the electrical and pneumatic lines together, so you don’t have to (as I’m doing) run around connecting MU cables and pneumatic lines.
In the ebike world everyone uses Higo connectors. They are molded so you can’t build them yourself, but you could buy an appropriately sized one and solder it upstream in a non-stressed area? They are waterproof and seem reasonably durable.
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That is exactly what I was looking for! I am eternally in your debt, thank you!
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Jeez just give my post a like already
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Can’t wait to see your version of etube translated to 4* pin higo connectors!
*I don’t know how many conductors etube has
Two; I’ve been cutting the cables in half and splicing them with two-conductor electronics cable and micro-jis connectors
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i like how most of us are like “yeah idk man can bus or something, probably can’t do much to mess with it” yet you’ve already done it a bunch and are just now finding a connector to make it user friendly
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By the way I’ve had success with the generic Higo connectors too. They go by a variety of names.
Happy 531 Day to those who celebrate.
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Dare I say this is my favorite bike?
I took off the perfectly fine but ugly Box cranks and went back to the Profile cranks with a new spider and a stupid titanium spindle I didn’t need to buy but did anyway and threw on some 2.1” Powerblocks
I played hooky from work today to hit the skatepark and the jumps and cleared my first table since I was probably 16. Feels fuckin good man. Bikes are pretty great y’all.
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