Bikes! - Page 29

ZenGum · 02-12-2012, 06:43 PM

Cool, but there are starving children in Ethiopia who could ride bicycles just like those...

HungLikeJesus · 02-12-2012, 07:37 PM

Yeah, that's what I was thinking. Some of those look like they could be classics someday.

BigV · 02-13-2012, 03:33 PM

Was that the pink power ranger taking a video I saw?

TheMercenary · 02-14-2012, 08:12 AM

Why would they chop up good bikes?

glatt · 02-14-2012, 08:31 AM

Blame it on the marketing people. They are the ones behind most boondoggles.

infinite monkey · 02-14-2012, 08:35 AM

I couldn't find a boondoggle, but here's a boonekitteh for you.

TheMercenary · 02-14-2012, 10:05 AM

Haaaaaaa....

That begs a caption contest.

monster · 04-15-2012, 10:16 PM

Accidentally bought a bike while shopping for Hex' b-day pressie..... Diamonadback Clarity 1 on sale fore less than $300. it has rained ever since.....

BigV · 03-22-2013, 12:38 PM

I need some help please.

I'm riding more which is good, but on the last ride the cable sheath for the rear derailleur failed making shifting impossible, which is bad. I have a cable kit and I've managed to get the old cable out, and the new cable partly in. The twist shifter was a bitch, and the front sheath was a bigger bitch, and now I'm lying on the floor trying to coax the ever shortening frayed cable end through blind eyes of needles and fuck this shit. BEFORE I throw the bike through the window, I thought I'd come here for some help.

I'm KILLING MYSELF fighting the frayed cable end pushing it through holes and caps and sheaths and shit... if it weren't frayed, this would be pretty easy. I'd be on the road by now. But. But but but but... number one, I don't have a tool that is sharp/powerful/magical enough to cut the little fucking cable without fraying/crushing/bending/distorting the end. Two, once I do have an end that is... kind of mostly the same height and direction amongst the individual strands, pushing on those chiseled tips causes them to bite and .. it's not working.

I've tried soldering but I can't get that to work, though it seems like the most elegant solution. I can't get the solder to adhere to the cable. Maybe I need to go back to the store, get a monster cable cutter with admantium blades or a variable sword or something, and a soldering iron capable of just melting the individual stainless steel strands and fuck the solder. Then I can push on that (wire) rope.

I'm seriously frustrated. Help please!!!! How do you bike hacks handle cable ends?

glatt · 03-22-2013, 12:57 PM

I can picture exactly what you are complaining about. I have no solution though. I might try dipping the end in epoxy or something to glue the strands together. But that's just a guess and I don't know if it would work.

footfootfoot · 03-22-2013, 01:15 PM

We buy new cables that have tinned (soldered) ends. Then clip them to length afterwards. You don't need a beefy cutter, just a sharp one. I use a pair of Craftsman dikes to cut the cable housing. A pair of Channel lock dikes would be plenty sharp to cut the cable. Bike shops sell inexpensive cable cutters for $20- $30.

http://www.parktool.com/blog/repair-...-cable-housing

xoxoxoBruce · 03-22-2013, 05:18 PM

Even with a sharp cutter, you end up with a bundle of wires cut off square. Not conducive to threading through a maze, as the blunt end of the wires on the outside of the bundle are going to catch. The wires have to be secured together, preferably in a way that can form a point, or at least rounded edges. Since you don't have the proper stuff to solder them, probably epoxy would be best. After it sets, you may even be able to contour it a little with an abrasive.

and more beer.

Lamplighter · 03-22-2013, 07:00 PM

Here's a YouTube that shows the cables being threaded into a "housing cable"
and terminated with a ferrule and lubricated before being attached.

Griff · 03-22-2013, 08:44 PM

You did the threading with the housings off the bike and replaced the housing at the same time, right? Cuz old damaged housings are probably as much to blame for shifter issues as bad cables.

footfootfoot · 03-22-2013, 09:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Even with a sharp cutter, you end up with a bundle of wires cut off square. Not conducive to threading through a maze, as the blunt end of the wires on the outside of the bundle are going to catch. The wires have to be secured together, preferably in a way that can form a point, or at least rounded edges. Since you don't have the proper stuff to solder them, probably epoxy would be best. After it sets, you may even be able to contour it a little with an abrasive.

and more beer.

That's why you cut them last, after they've been installed. And more beer.

02-12-2012, 06:43 PM	#1
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Cool, but there are starving children in Ethiopia who could ride bicycles just like those... __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

02-12-2012, 07:37 PM	#2
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	Yeah, that's what I was thinking. Some of those look like they could be classics someday. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

02-13-2012, 03:33 PM	#3
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Was that the pink power ranger taking a video I saw? __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

02-14-2012, 08:12 AM	#4
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Why would they chop up good bikes? __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

02-14-2012, 08:35 AM	#6
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	I couldn't find a boondoggle, but here's a boonekitteh for you. Attached Images

02-14-2012, 08:31 AM	#5
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Blame it on the marketing people. They are the ones behind most boondoggles.

02-14-2012, 10:05 AM	#7
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04-15-2012, 10:16 PM	#8
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Accidentally bought a bike while shopping for Hex' b-day pressie..... Diamonadback Clarity 1 on sale fore less than $300. it has rained ever since..... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

03-22-2013, 12:38 PM	#9
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	I need some help please. I'm riding more which is good, but on the last ride the cable sheath for the rear derailleur failed making shifting impossible, which is bad. I have a cable kit and I've managed to get the old cable out, and the new cable partly in. The twist shifter was a bitch, and the front sheath was a bigger bitch, and now I'm lying on the floor trying to coax the ever shortening frayed cable end through blind eyes of needles and fuck this shit. BEFORE I throw the bike through the window, I thought I'd come here for some help. I'm KILLING MYSELF fighting the frayed cable end pushing it through holes and caps and sheaths and shit... if it weren't frayed, this would be pretty easy. I'd be on the road by now. But. But but but but... number one, I don't have a tool that is sharp/powerful/magical enough to cut the little fucking cable without fraying/crushing/bending/distorting the end. Two, once I do have an end that is... kind of mostly the same height and direction amongst the individual strands, pushing on those chiseled tips causes them to bite and .. it's not working. I've tried soldering but I can't get that to work, though it seems like the most elegant solution. I can't get the solder to adhere to the cable. Maybe I need to go back to the store, get a monster cable cutter with admantium blades or a variable sword or something, and a soldering iron capable of just melting the individual stainless steel strands and fuck the solder. Then I can push on that (wire) rope. I'm seriously frustrated. Help please!!!! How do you bike hacks handle cable ends? __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

03-22-2013, 12:57 PM	#10
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I can picture exactly what you are complaining about. I have no solution though. I might try dipping the end in epoxy or something to glue the strands together. But that's just a guess and I don't know if it would work.

03-22-2013, 01:15 PM	#11
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	We buy new cables that have tinned (soldered) ends. Then clip them to length afterwards. You don't need a beefy cutter, just a sharp one. I use a pair of Craftsman dikes to cut the cable housing. A pair of Channel lock dikes would be plenty sharp to cut the cable. Bike shops sell inexpensive cable cutters for $20- $30. http://www.parktool.com/blog/repair-...-cable-housing __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

03-22-2013, 05:18 PM	#12
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Even with a sharp cutter, you end up with a bundle of wires cut off square. Not conducive to threading through a maze, as the blunt end of the wires on the outside of the bundle are going to catch. The wires have to be secured together, preferably in a way that can form a point, or at least rounded edges. Since you don't have the proper stuff to solder them, probably epoxy would be best. After it sets, you may even be able to contour it a little with an abrasive. and more beer. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-22-2013, 07:00 PM	#13
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	Here's a YouTube that shows the cables being threaded into a "housing cable" and terminated with a ferrule and lubricated before being attached.

03-22-2013, 08:44 PM	#14
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	You did the threading with the housings off the bike and replaced the housing at the same time, right? Cuz old damaged housings are probably as much to blame for shifter issues as bad cables. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

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