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@new guy: i love the ride. Welcome.
And made an avatar
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Because of my fucked up shifters, I’m out here looking for some friction shifters, or Daumen Schalthebel and so besides the usual eBays, I, being the right type of freak, I searched out 3D printed friction shifters.
That’s where I came across a cool thread on tarck and immediately signed up to give my compliments to the chef. Then I was abused and told to post my bike here first. This was actually my second post.
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ok good as long as you were sufficiently abused
i think what i’ve learned here is that we can attract users so long as they haven’t actually had any interaction with more than, say, one thread of the forum
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Dude, what do you need? Im upgrading my shit and now have some3x6 and 3x7 shit laying around
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so it seems like the Tarck compound is actually going to be in Deutschland?
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Oh, I mentioned a second bike back in Canada… you guys seem the type. 89ish Stumpjumper hauling a duffle bag chariot. Now I get the trailerpack crowd. The frame is a bit big for me, thus the short stem, I bought it high on xbiking, wasn’t thinking.
This was an overnight trip in Nova Scotia where I was testing the roadworthiness of a used Chariot trailer my brother bought for his kid to ride in. I left the bike there for him to make use of hauling child.
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I’m seeking 3x7 thumb shifters of pretty much any sort. The further from the cheapest most generic, the better. What you got & Where are you located?
Welcome new person! My first post was also an ill-advised trailer camping setup.
Atmo the tarckest shifter options are the 3d printed ones or these from @igor which I have and like. Or ebay yourself something weird
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No, you’re not allowed to answer questions yet
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Falcon friction shifters are the only thing that should go on that bike in replacement. High reliability and utility, like a 1990 trek 950
Careful which solvent! @marcsworks I used some not-at-all-environmentally-friendly brake cleaner and while it did dissolve the old hardened grease, it also melted the plastic shifter body.
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Does it barspin?
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I dig the welded pannier and modular bike shoes you designed. The BMX fixie thing… I should like it but it looks terrifying to ride at speed…
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The bars are QUITE wide Skull Skates bars, which randomly came into my possession, so it gets quite tight in practice. Also, it doesn’t have a rear brake mount, and the front cable isn’t routed. So yea, no.
Easy, I just don’t ride at speed! Honestly it’s not that bad, so long as you don’t need to stop. It’s not fixed. When my fortune changes and I return to North America, I want to do right by it with a coaster or drum brake or something, maybe even weld the mounts it deserves.
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and thanks. That makes me feel nice.
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I never thought about dithering my shoe sole stiffness, so now that’s stuck in my brain! I wonder if a removable/replaceable shank would suffice? Like swapping out skateboard bushings or something…
where’s the welded pannier project?
I made this shoe like 2 or 3 years ago now, so I’ve developed it further since, only in my head… this design was built on a deadline and basically the first iteration. I think a few different options for (an improved) shank would be cool. Right now I’m doing some write-ups about my shoe to try to land a job here in Germany, but might start a thread and get back to work.
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