a few odd questions:

ant said:

1) does anyone know of a source for light green, or yellow-green
bar tape? is there a site/store that stocks really funky tape?

I looked for years for some Dayglo yellow/green tape to clash nicely with
my fuchsia-pink Stumpjumper. Eventually I had to admit defeat and had the
bike painted grey.

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2) im setting up a fixed/freewheel hub as a fixed/fixed. the shimano
cog on the freewheel side is so fat that i can only screw a BB
lockring on one full turn before tightening. is that one full engaged
thread enough to snug the lockring down, or is it guaranteed to strip?
if its worthless ill just go without. please- no commentary on fixies
with bb lockrings please..

Worthless. Do without.

Quoted message said:

3) any problem with using an in-line barrel adjuster (usually used
with shift cable) for brakes?

No problem.

Quoted message said:

4) does anyone know where i can get a cable hanger for a front canti
like the one i've seen on redline cross bikes? (bolts onto fork at
fender hole on crown).

http://www.cyclesmart.co.uk/shop/index.php/product/brakes/pushbrakes/pushbr
akespares/

or

http://tinyurl.com/35sno

Yes, I know where Yale is.

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many thanks,

You're welcome.

James Thomson

"James Thomson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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ant said:

1) does anyone know of a source for light green, or yellow-green
bar tape? is there a site/store that stocks really funky tape?

I looked for years for some Dayglo yellow/green tape to clash nicely with
my fuchsia-pink Stumpjumper. Eventually I had to admit defeat and had the
bike painted grey.

Quoted message said:

2) im setting up a fixed/freewheel hub as a fixed/fixed. the shimano
cog on the freewheel side is so fat that i can only screw a BB
lockring on one full turn before tightening. is that one full engaged
thread enough to snug the lockring down, or is it guaranteed to strip?
if its worthless ill just go without. please- no commentary on fixies
with bb lockrings please..

Worthless. Do without.

Quoted message said:

3) any problem with using an in-line barrel adjuster (usually used
with shift cable) for brakes?

No problem.

Quoted message said:

4) does anyone know where i can get a cable hanger for a front canti
like the one i've seen on redline cross bikes? (bolts onto fork at
fender hole on crown).

http://www.cyclesmart.co.uk/shop/index.php/product/brakes/pushbrakes/pushbr
akespares/

or

http://tinyurl.com/35sno

Yes, I know where Yale is.

Quoted message said:

many thanks,

You're welcome.

James Thomson

Hey, James, how come we never see you in uk.rec.cycling anymore? Is it the
helmet threads?
--
Mark South: World Citizen, Net Denizen

James Thomson said:

"ant" <[email hidden]> wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

1) does anyone know of a source for light green, or yellow-green
bar tape? is there a site/store that stocks really funky tape?

Quoted message said:

I looked for years for some Dayglo yellow/green tape to clash nicely with
my fuchsia-pink Stumpjumper. Eventually I had to admit defeat and had the
bike painted grey.

Consider buying one roll of yellow, and one roll of green, and
double-wrap the bars in alternating colors (e.g. put one color right
next to the other, and wrap the bars with your new double-wide tape).

If you're looking for a unique color, is to buy some white cloth
tressostar / tressoplast tape and dye it in the washing machine. You
may then need to use silicone or contact cement as a backing or
something similar and wrap the handlebars.

Better yet, just buy white tressostar tape, wrap the bars, and then
color the tape while its on the bars. I believe that dye magic
markers are available at fabric shops for such purposes.

- Don Gillies
San Diego, CA

ant said:

1) does anyone know of a source for light green, or yellow-green bar
tape? is there a site/store that stocks really funky tape?

2) im setting up a fixed/freewheel hub as a fixed/fixed. the shimano
cog on the freewheel side is so fat that i can only screw a BB
lockring on one full turn before tightening. is that one full engaged
thread enough to snug the lockring down, or is it guaranteed to strip?
if its worthless ill just go without. please- no commentary on fixies
with bb lockrings please..

3) any problem with using an in-line barrel adjuster (usually used
with shift cable) for brakes?

4) does anyone know where i can get a cable hanger for a front canti
like the one i've seen on redline cross bikes? (bolts onto fork at
fender hole on crown).

1)We have (ahem) a lot of weird tape here:
http://www.yellowjersey.org/tapemar.html
3)inline adjusters work fine for brake and gear but use the
proper ferrules ( both sizes come in the kit).
4)We have the older Redline fork mount cable hanger and the
new model, too.
2)I don't have anything good to say about a cog and lockring
both mounted on the same thread and calling one of them
"locked" . YMMV.

--
Andrew Muzi
www.yellowjersey.org
Open every day since 1 April, 1971

On Thu, 27 May 2004 19:07:43 -0500, A Muzi
<[email hidden]> wrote:

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1)We have (ahem) a lot of weird tape here:
http://www.yellowjersey.org/tapemar.html

[snip]

Dear Andrew,

Yeah, probably 8-track.

Ahem.

You've got to let go of the past and move your music to CD's
and DVD.

Carl Fogel

[email hidden] (ant) wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

Quoted message said:

2) im setting up a fixed/freewheel hub as a fixed/fixed. the shimano
cog on the freewheel side is so fat that i can only screw a BB
lockring on one full turn before tightening. is that one full engaged
thread enough to snug the lockring down, or is it guaranteed to strip?
if its worthless ill just go without. please- no commentary on fixies
with bb lockrings please..

In college a friend who studied mechanical engineering told me that
90% of a screw's fastening ability was in the first three threads.
From that I would say that your one turn is not sufficient. Whether
it does any good at all, I don't know.

Tom

A Muzi <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

Quoted message said:

1)We have (ahem) a lot of weird tape here:
http://www.yellowjersey.org/tapemar.html

Maybe I should get some of that "Freedom" flag tape to go on my "Freedom" bicycle.

JP

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Quoted message said:

In college a friend who studied mechanical engineering told me that
90% of a screw's fastening ability was in the first three threads.
From that I would say that your one turn is not sufficient. Whether
it does any good at all, I don't know.

it was a long lost reference to similar mechanical theory which had me
hoping my one turn would work. i thought the first thread did the
majority of the plastic deformation, with the second a little bit, and
the third a wee bit more. anyways, doesnt matter, i think ill be fine
without a lockring in this application.

[email hidden] (Donald Gillies) wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

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Consider buying one roll of yellow, and one roll of green, and
double-wrap the bars in alternating colors (e.g. put one color right
next to the other, and wrap the bars with your new double-wide tape).

heh, i did just that on another bike. an alternating wrap of neonish
yellow and cork celeste. looks appropriately funky there, but a little
clownish for the bars i have in mind.

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If you're looking for a unique color, is to buy some white cloth
tressostar / tressoplast tape and dye it in the washing machine. You
may then need to use silicone or contact cement as a backing or
something similar and wrap the handlebars.

sounds tempting, but i guess id end up with a rock hard bar, and i do
love my foam. i wonder if i could dye a white foam handlebar tape.
seems like it should be doable.

anthony anagnostou