Did a bar swap on the Kirk and dug through the box of free reflectors at the bike collective to find a suitable mount for a Secula on the Polyvalent.
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How hard is it to dimple Ti compared to steel?
from what iāve seen it takes a bit more oomph but less disconcerting than the process of bending the tubing
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Rode the trials bike and decided to sell it, use it for the same purpose as the dj and itās not as good at that job. Guess that means I have to put the brakes back on
no idea! This is the first bike Iāve ever dimpled. We did it with some video assistance from our bud who used to run the Stanford framebuilding class - heās the guy who encouraged us to do this in the first place.
It took a disconcerting amount of force. Our first attempt used smaller hardware (I think M4?) and we snapped a screw before making a mark in the tube at all.
I was advocating for going all the way to clearance for a 42mm, but I think weād have to dimple the seatstays as well for comfortable clearance.
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Well I mean the hardest part is getting it started when the tube is in its strongest shape but yeah if I were going to shop make a dimpling tool like that Iād use a fine pitch thread and like 3/8ā or 9mm diameter.
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Whereād that dimpling tool come from?
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Iām in the middle of various drivetrain and shifting overhauls, and have a question:
are brass shifter cable ferrules better than whatever else is out there? Iāve been eyeing the Wheels MFG guys, and am happy to get something that slightly improves shifting / shifting adjustment. Or I can keep reusing whatever I scrounge out of the cracks in the floorboards where I work on my bikes
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just fancy, not sure why they would be ābetterā?
I bought the simworks brass cable crimps and they have a disclaimer sticker on the bag saying that they are not approved for use on your bike and that you shouldnāt install them.
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I think the brass or machined aluminum are better than the cheap plastic ones. Not sure if they really are but I think they are.
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harder than plastic, more corrosion resistant than cheap metal?
Iām not expecting miracles from them, more like if itās worth buying fifty and having a lifetime supply
Not unless you like the way they look.
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your overthinking this
itās just novelty.
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I might be overthinking it, but what if Iām not? what then?
In all seriousness, Iām not expecting miracles from this. Itās like an ospw: if itās working really really well, you might kinda sorta possibly notice ā¦ something? But this marginal gain sure doesnāt stop people from spending a thousand bucks on a big Conestoga wagon wheel for their rear pusher
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I think the guys with the big derailer wheels kind of gave up on cables a while ago?
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IME they hold adjustment slightly better (brakes, as well) once the housing has settled in. pretty marginal tho for sure.
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Iāve seen cheap ones split more than nice ones
home made. The tube cradle and dimple die are 3D printed, the backplate behind the dimple die is a bit of aluminum plate cut to size on a bandsaw.
I use them because I think they look cool.
They donāt crack like plastic and dont turn to powder like aluminum so they can be reused over and over. They will tarnish, but a little steel wool or scotch-brite will bring them back to new.
Now that I live in Rustlandia I feel like using them protects my components from the dreaded corrosion expanded stuck ferrule.
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For whatever reason the brass ferrules are the only ones that fit in the downtube cable stops on my bike. Jagwire wouldnāt fit, cheap alu wouldnāt fit either. I grabbed some brass ones at a shop and they fit
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