Build your bike

D.M. Procida said:

This may be old news to some of you, but:

<http://www.instructables.com/id/E2HZ9Q0OX3ES9J6CH6/?ALLSTEPS>

is a 23-page step-by-step guide to building a bike up from the frame.

So it is missing the first part -

Step 1. Elementary geology: Locate a good source of Iron ore near a
deciduous forest.
Step 2: Elementary metallurgy: Smelting Iron and making steel.

...d

David Martin said:

D.M. Procida said:

This may be old news to some of you, but:

<http://www.instructables.com/id/E2HZ9Q0OX3ES9J6CH6/?ALLSTEPS>

is a 23-page step-by-step guide to building a bike up from the frame.

So it is missing the first part -

Step 1. Elementary geology: Locate a good source of Iron ore near a
deciduous forest.
Step 2: Elementary metallurgy: Smelting Iron and making steel.

Rather more drastic is the blase attitude to fitting a headset. Just squeeze
it in with a couple of large washers.

Not that I think the method's wrong, but it should definitely come with a
warning to be extremely sure that you've got it lined up straight.

A

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Ambrose Nankivell said:

David Martin said:

D.M. Procida said:

This may be old news to some of you, but:

<http://www.instructables.com/id/E2HZ9Q0OX3ES9J6CH6/?ALLSTEPS>

is a 23-page step-by-step guide to building a bike up from the frame.

So it is missing the first part -

Step 1. Elementary geology: Locate a good source of Iron ore near a
deciduous forest.
Step 2: Elementary metallurgy: Smelting Iron and making steel.

Rather more drastic is the blase attitude to fitting a headset. Just squeeze
it in with a couple of large washers.

Not that I think the method's wrong, but it should definitely come with a
warning to be extremely sure that you've got it lined up straight.

Whacking on the crown race with an adjustable spanner is pretty brutal
too - you can break it like that. Actually if it's too tight a fit you
can break it even using the proper tool.

"Ambrose Nankivell" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

David Martin said:

D.M. Procida said:

This may be old news to some of you, but:

<http://www.instructables.com/id/E2HZ9Q0OX3ES9J6CH6/?ALLSTEPS>

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Rather more drastic is the blase attitude to fitting a headset. Just
squeeze it in with a couple of large washers.

Not that I think the method's wrong, but it should definitely come with a
warning to be extremely sure that you've got it lined up straight.

A

..... the two washers and bit of studding works fine if you put 2 rubber door
stops on the studding to sit in the headset cups in order to keep the
studding central in the headtube and thus pull the cups in square.

RG

D.M. Procida said:

This may be old news to some of you, but:

<http://www.instructables.com/id/E2HZ9Q0OX3ES9J6CH6/?ALLSTEPS>

is a 23-page step-by-step guide to building a bike up from the frame.

Nice nose wipe on sleeve in step 18.

-Alex

D.M. Procida said:

This may be old news to some of you, but:

<http://www.instructables.com/id/E2HZ9Q0OX3ES9J6CH6/?ALLSTEPS>

is a 23-page step-by-step guide to building a bike up from the frame.

Or build yersel a loverly laid-back bike
http://www.dutchbikes.nl/bodies_uk/frame_ks2.htm

LN

lardyninja said:

Or build yersel a loverly laid-back bike
http://www.dutchbikes.nl/bodies_uk/frame_ks2.htm

I wonder how feasable it would be to build one of those with a Rollhoff
hub? Having commuted on my 7-speed Gazelle for several months now,
I've come to the conclusion that deraileurs really are the work of Stan
and hub gears are the One True Way.

I've an old racer with rusted out wheels and chain in the basement that
I was on the verge of chucking out, but I might just bin all the
wrecked bits and keep the frame. Has anyone here had any experience of
one of these kits?

Pyromancer said:

lardyninja said:

Or build yersel a loverly laid-back bike
http://www.dutchbikes.nl/bodies_uk/frame_ks2.htm

I wonder how feasable it would be to build one of those with a
Rollhoff hub?

You'd need a chain tensioner (eg. derraileur without any shifting
capability) to compensate for the changes in chain length caused by the
suspension.

Otherwise, its just a matter of attaching your hub to the rear triangle,
with the usual collection of tension arms, etc.

(No, I haven't built one).

- Nigel

--
Nigel Cliffe,
Webmaster at http://www.2mm.org.uk/

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Pyromancer said:

lardyninja said:

Or build yersel a loverly laid-back bike
http://www.dutchbikes.nl/bodies_uk/frame_ks2.htm

I wonder how feasable it would be to build one of those with a
Rollhoff hub?

You'd need a chain tensioner (eg. derraileur without any shifting
capability) to compensate for the changes in chain length caused by the
suspension.

If you put an under-and-over chain roller coaxial with the suspension
pivot, you probably wouldn't have to. Just a thought...

--
[email hidden] (Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/

;; Conservatives are not necessarily stupid,
;; but most stupid people are conservatives -- J S Mill

Simon Brooke said:

If you put an under-and-over chain roller coaxial with the suspension
pivot, you probably wouldn't have to. Just a thought...

Indeed. There was a chap - one Keith Davis - who had a Streetmachine GTe
set up thus at the BHPC's Reading race last weekend. He was indecently
rapid too...

--
Dave Larrington
<http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk>
Barley, barley, barley, world cruise. You never see a farmer on
a bike.

Nigel Cliffe said:

Pyromancer said:

lardyninja said:

Or build yersel a loverly laid-back bike
http://www.dutchbikes.nl/bodies_uk/frame_ks2.htm

I wonder how feasable it would be to build one of those with a
Rollhoff hub?

You'd need a chain tensioner (eg. derraileur without any shifting
capability) to compensate for the changes in chain length caused by the
suspension.

If you could find a suitable tandem frame for the sub-frame, you could
use an eccentric bottom bracket to tension the chain, like Thorn does
(chain tensioners are the work of Stan's brother).

It would also be worth filing, chopping and welding the drop-out so you
could use the OEM Speedhub with the little nubbin that obliviates the
need for a tension arm (the work of another member of Stan's close
family).

sothach said:

Nigel Cliffe said:

You'd need a chain tensioner (eg. derraileur without any shifting
capability) to compensate for the changes in chain length caused by the
suspension.

If you could find a suitable tandem frame for the sub-frame, you could
use an eccentric bottom bracket to tension the chain, like Thorn does
(chain tensioners are the work of Stan's brother).

Thorn aren't compensating for changes in chain length with suspension.

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sothach said:

Nigel Cliffe said:

Pyromancer said:

lardyninja wrote:

> Or build yersel a loverly laid-back bike
> http://www.dutchbikes.nl/bodies_uk/frame_ks2.htm

I wonder how feasable it would be to build one of those with a
Rollhoff hub?

You'd need a chain tensioner (eg. derraileur without any shifting
capability) to compensate for the changes in chain length caused by the
suspension.

If you could find a suitable tandem frame for the sub-frame, you could
use an eccentric bottom bracket to tension the chain, like Thorn does

Quite apart from the issue of suspension movement, tandems have the
eccentric on the front bottom bracket, so it's hard to see how you'd
make that work. Anyway, it would be silly to chop up a decent tandem
frame (cheap ones generally use a chain tensioner rather than an
eccentric) when you could just buy the shell and eccentric from a frame-
building supplier.

Quoted message said:

It would also be worth filing, chopping and welding the drop-out so you
could use the OEM Speedhub with the little nubbin that obliviates the
need for a tension arm (the work of another member of Stan's close
family).

Sounds like it would almost be easier to build your own recumbent from
scratch, saving 469 Euro.

Pyromancer said:

lardyninja said:

Or build yersel a loverly laid-back bike
http://www.dutchbikes.nl/bodies_uk/frame_ks2.htm

I wonder how feasable it would be to build one of those with a Rollhoff
hub? Having commuted on my 7-speed Gazelle for several months now,
I've come to the conclusion that deraileurs really are the work of Stan
and hub gears are the One True Way.

I've an old racer with rusted out wheels and chain in the basement that
I was on the verge of chucking out, but I might just bin all the
wrecked bits and keep the frame. Has anyone here had any experience of
one of these kits?

No, but I've already started hacking a couple of frames to make one of
these.....

http://www.recycledrecumbent.com/

It should be cheaper than the one previously mentioned, as there are no
frame parts to purchase, but you know how things are - I'll probably
want some shiny new parts when it's finished. (don't hold your breath)

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