Downspoking a 36 hole hub to 24 is possible? I think @JUGE_FREDD has done this? Or something similar?
There are cafe locks that are non-retaining if you feel like replacing it.
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I did see that, and i also worked out how to pop the lever a bit further and remove the key when unlocked
Even better
what does the POTF stand for in POTF double bird 360 moonwalk?
poop on the floor
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god dammit
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fuck yeah
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Been quitting all your jobs wrong?
yes d oh double gee
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possible, iâve never done it. sup might try it soon to use up a 36h dynamo hub weâve got in the parts bin
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Brilliant, thank you. I realized the DT Swiss track front hub I was planning on buying is a 20h, and I have 24h pub rims lying around. Gonna 24 a 36 dura ace front I think.
Wait somebody has a 20h pub rim here
one of my old coworkers did this with a 24h paired spoke rim. nasty but it worked!
Question about DT Swiss 350 hubs.
On my Vaya, when I clamp down on the brakes and push the bike forward and backwards, thereâs about 1cm of âplayâ on the front and rear hubs. (As measured by the amount the tire moves back and forth.) The brake rotors are cinched down tight, I checked the tightness of the centerlock ring and axles and itâs fine, itâs not the head tube because itâs rock solid when pushing the bike back and forth with the wheel turned to 90Âș⊠so the hub has some play back and forth.
I donât have any of that on the Hope hubs on the mountain bike.
Is that just a DT Swiss thing? Should I get my hubs checked out?
if the rotors are tight to the hub bodies itâs not the hubs?
loose spokes?
itâs pretty common for pads to have a bit of float to them. your symptoms sound like pads moving in the calipers, which i wouldnât lose any sleep over
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yep pad jiggle
if youâre trying to hold the brake to check the headset, I find it works better to turn the handlebars 90 degrees left or right and then try and rock bike back and forth
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Been fixing up the bike that Kat has had sitting around for years, a Critical Cycles step through that I think is the 6 or 7 years ago version of this Retrospec with basically the same stuff on it but with some absolutely hateful mid-V rims that absolutely hate holding tires. I think I saw a Breezer at Sports Basement with basically the same frame and slightly better components.
We agreed that we didnât want to do more than tires, chain, cables, brake pads for now, after which point it would just make sense to buy a better bike, since this is a $300 bike from 6 or 7 years ago.
It has lived outdoors or in semi-enclosed places not far from the bay for all of its life until it made it to our garage, so there is a shit ton of surface rust on the formerly chromed bits like the headset and rack. The headset turns freely and doesnât feel notchy or friction-y at all, so Iâm inclined to say that this is just surface rust. How do I get that rust off? Do I? There is no way we are doing a new headset for this bike. This one probably isnât going to explode on us, right?
The rack I donât care as much about, since if thatâs fucked, weâll just get a new rack from VO and call it a day. That will move to another bike just fine.
Also, is there a good battery powered front light that looks nice, comes in silver and would mount to the fork crown? This bike came with some kind of light that is presently fucked and appears to have been pretty shit back when it did work, but it looked right. Iâve got a bunch of battery powered lights kicking around that she can use in the meantime, but she would really like to find something that fits the aesthetic of the bike, which I get. My super technical looking niterider stuff doesnât exactly fit the vibe.
The Busch and Muller Lumotec classic would fit the bill aesthetically, but that would involve me building or buying a wheel for this bike, which I think would be opening the door to a nightmare of a dither.
Thanks, that makes sense, and itâs the one variable I didnât really consider.
They are mechanical brakes - Paul Klampers - so Iâd expect some slop factor.
Yeah, thatâs what I did, I didnât describe it well. Headset is fine though.
Is there an ebike version of that light, or something similar that has good aesthetics, that could be powered by a 12V power pack like this? Youâd just have to find somewhere to stash the battery.
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