You're gunna hurt yourself: Carry Shit Olympics (aka the Cargo Bike thread)

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3949

Thanks all. I have ended up ordering non-series shimano 4 pots as they were on sale and easiest to get parts for in prison island.

3950

You won’t be disappointed.

3951

the cheaper non-series calipers are usually barb/olive instead of fancy banjo fittings which makes longer custom hose routing a fuckload easier

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3952

Oh God just when I thought I was starting to understand hydros now you throw this at me. WTF are banjo fittings?

3953

Banjo fittings are what you have on the end of brake lines for cars/motorcycles/etc and also some higher end bike stuff apparently

3954

Check out the custom longtail that ProWheelBuilder.com uses to haul shipments to the post office or whatever.

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3955

yo, some brakes route the hose like this

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3956

The top corners of my canopy are starting to get worn through from rubbing on cars and doorways and stuff. Is there some kind of protective tape or something that’s better than duct tape I can stick on there to slow the wear process? This thing wasn’t cheap!

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You might try some dacron sail repair tape. Made to stick to polyester, specifically for high-chafe areas. Looks like they have some at the west marine on halsted:
https://www.westmarine.com/bainbridge-dacron-sail-repair-tape-P002_068_002_503.html

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3958

Thanks! That looks like just the stuff! I hope it sticks well to the coated(?) nylon of the canopy.

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3959

noso gear repair tape might be another option.

3960

I think that the tent patch stuff would wear through the second it dragged along the length of a box truck. The fabric that is abraded is pretty stern stuff and it’s almost worn out in just over a year of near-daily use, so I think down jacket or tent patch stuff wouldn’t help much.

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3961

Maybe cut some appropriately sized PVC pipe lengthwise to fabricate sliders? Attach them with velcro or somshit?

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3962

I like slider idea - I was think 3d print

3963

That’s a good idea. I’ll look into it if/when the tape fails.

3964

Or metal sliders for some sparks when clipping a car

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3965

skateboard wheels as abrasion pucks.

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3966

RE tape, maybe this could be atmo…
https://www.amazon.com/UHMW-SLICK-TAPE-PEACHTREE-WOODWORKING/dp/B00153EJ5S?source=ps-sl-shoppingads-lpcontext&ref_=fplfs&psc=1&smid=A2NWLOWWF5G7JX

not sure how great it’d stick to fabric though.

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3967

that would stick to a slider, but PEX pipe is already made out of polyethylene and cheap enough to be sacrificial

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3968

Kinda ugly option but
Shoe goo