I submit that on or about Fri, 16 Sep 2005 23:43:41 +0100, the person known to the court as "Tim Downie" <[email hidden]> made a statement (<[email hidden]> in Your Honour's
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for Raleighs not strictly a part but the curl round the top tube bit on posh Raleigh and Carlton bikes
Had a five-speed Carlton at one time. But I don't recognise this. Could you explain?
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clamp on front light brackets
Lord help me for saying this, but 'Daily Mail' types probably think cyclists all still use them, and those that don't have EverReady lights should be jailed.
I submit that on or about Fri, 16 Sep 2005 23:43:41 +0100, the person known to the court as "Tim Downie" <[email hidden]> made a statement (<[email hidden]> in Your Honour's
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for Raleighs not strictly a part but the curl round the top tube bit on posh Raleigh and Carlton bikes
Had a five-speed Carlton at one time. But I don't recognise this. Could you explain?
Think back to when frames consisted of 3 bits of 531 (or 18/23 on cheap Raleighs, which is probably some sort of gas fitting nomenclature) with depleted uranium for the rest; The cheap Raleighs etc had the rear stays soldered or Bostiked to the top of the seat tube, but with the flashy Carltons the two tubes were made as one piece and joined together by a small loop of steel that went over the top of the top tube. A few very flash Raleighs (who presumably owned Carlton) were made this way. I picked up a Carlton 531 frame at a boot sale a few years back, weighed a lot more than a modern 501 but at made a good £40 hack in the free ads paper a few weeks later ;-)
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tracks, they were for the plus-fours brigade and sheep. The clickometer probably didn't need to know wheel size, it would be fitted with the finger at a set distance from the centre of the axle.
Of course they probably just assumed a 27" inch wheel.... Anything other than that was a kiddies bike and they didn't need to know how far it was to cycle to school.
Eee when I were a lad I had one of those too. AIUI the wheel diameter was irrelevant to the function and so was the distance from axle centre and they weren't different ones for different sizes, because all they did was count the number of wheel revolutions, not the actual distance. To get the distance, if you wanted it, you had to multiply the number of revolutions by the wheel diameter.
I submit that on or about Fri, 16 Sep 2005 23:43:41 +0100, the person known to the court as "Tim Downie" <[email hidden]> made a statement (<[email hidden]> in Your Honour's
e R chrome nuts
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for Raleighs not strictly a part but the curl round the top tube bit on posh Raleigh and Carlton bikes
Had a five-speed Carlton at one time. But I don't recognise this. Could you explain?
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tracks, they were for the plus-fours brigade and sheep. The clickometer probably didn't need to know wheel size, it would be fitted with the finger at a set distance from the centre of the axle.
Of course they probably just assumed a 27" inch wheel.... Anything other than that was a kiddies bike and they didn't need to know how far it was to cycle to school.
Eee when I were a lad I had one of those too. AIUI the wheel diameter was irrelevant to the function and so was the distance from axle centre and they weren't different ones for different sizes, because all they did was count the number of wheel revolutions, not the actual distance. To get the distance, if you wanted it, you had to multiply the number of revolutions by the wheel diameter.
??? mine was even calibrated in miles; I think it was further than 6 wheel revolutions to my friend's house.
ah just though of another bygone bit; those split links with a circlip type thing, my chain broke on way to said friend and a passing motorist just happened to have one. It was only after he repaired it much to my gratitude and drove off that I realised it would not go through the rear mech so spent the whole journey doing 3/4 pedal strokes ;-)
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Technology is a wonderful thing, why not use it? :-)
Indeed it is, but even the cheapest computers are way over the top for
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I need. What I don't want is a gizmo attached to the handlebars, wires, or
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bulky radio transmitter attached to the fork.
I could put a green hat on and say I don't want to pollute the world with discarded batteries, but I could get a solar powered computer. Thing is
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need even bigger gizmos on the handlebars and wires...
Of course I could pop a small notepad in the frame of the bike and mark a tick for every day I commute. As I commute 12 miles it'll be just like the old times, none of this new fangled decimal stuff ;-)
The mechanical odometers weren't trouble free by any means. At high speeds they became unreliable, and eventually the gears inside wore out, especially if they regularly got wet. They got in the way when removing/replacing the front wheel (eg for punctures) as they were mounted behind the wheel nut, and then had to be carefully repositioned to work properly. You can get a cheap computer from Aldi or Lidl when they offer them (as little as 3 or 4 squid), and ignore the info you don't want!
Replacement brake blocks for rod brakes, you know, the ones that used to come flying out if you fitted the block holders the wrong way round
Cotter pins
I need a new cotter pin for my left-hand pedal as the nut keeps working lose. I've heard of "cotterless cranks" but have never seen one. If I can find cotter pins for sale I shall buy two ..... so that I can chuck out the first one I try to fit after I've bent the screw threads whilst hammering it into the hole!
From the content of this thread, it sounds like My New Bike [a mythical beast which may be a Brompton or may be a pannier-laden full-size tourer] will contain no parts I recognise!
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I submit that on or about Fri, 16 Sep 2005 23:43:41 +0100, the person known to the court as "Tim Downie" <[email hidden]> made a statement (<[email hidden]> in Your Honour's bundle) to the following effect:
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steel painted mudguards with the 50's chrome pointy bit at the front
Was them black, with the bottom end of the back one painted white? with a reflector held on with a single small bolt??
ah just though of another bygone bit; those split links with a circlip type thing,
Erm, do chains not have these anymore? Mine does. (The circlip is a bit bent though!)
I needed a new one recently, and the LBS said "I think we might have one out the back somewhere, hang on while I have a look". (They did.)
(And my mechanical odometer isn't on the shelf I thought it was, nor in the next most likely box (I was hunting for something else), so I withdraw my offer of it for postage at least until I happen to come across it.)
As a matter of interest, where in the world are you? Cranks using cotter pins are now vanishingly rare in the UK.
"Vanishingly rare" is a bit of an exaggeration - there are plenty of them still around. Oh, and be a bit careful buying cotter pins because there are two sizes and they're only a tiny bit different in diameter (6mm and 6.5mm if memory serves).
I need a new cotter pin for my left-hand pedal as the nut keeps working lose. I've heard of "cotterless cranks" but have never seen one.
As a matter of interest, where in the world are you? Cranks using cotter pins are now vanishingly rare in the UK.
I'm in the Wirral (UK).
I got my bike second-hand off someone who'd bought it second-hand ...... so it's at least third-hand but I don't think it's *that* old; maybe late '70s, early '80s?
I need a new cotter pin for my left-hand pedal as the nut keeps working lose. I've heard of "cotterless cranks" but have never seen one.
As a matter of interest, where in the world are you? Cranks using cotter pins are now vanishingly rare in the UK.
Judith
If you are in the UK send me your postal I'll send you some - milled or round - your choice.
Thanks Sandy. It's not urgent (although it only takes a couple of miles for the nut to loosen) so I'll have a look in the LBS and give you a shout if I can't find any.
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As a matter of interest, where in the world are you? Cranks using cotter pins are now vanishingly rare in the UK.
"Vanishingly rare" is a bit of an exaggeration - there are plenty of them still around. Oh, and be a bit careful buying cotter pins because there are two sizes and they're only a tiny bit different in diameter (6mm and 6.5mm if memory serves).
Coterpins were the bane of my young days on my raleigh grifter ... used to always end up with knackered coterpins .... I used to put it down to my strength but more likely to my lack of bike maintenance skills 😉
..... although I used to keep them tightened regularly - never really got my head around the problem.
