Bikes with something not called an "oil bath"

Adam Rush said:

I just spent the weekend in Copenhagen, and noticed that there are an awful lot of these rather
new Raleigh city bikes with completely enclosed chains. Does anybody have any information on what
current models have this feature? How on earth does a normal person fix a flat on one of these?

'normal' persons fix a flat by turning the bike upside down and without removing the wheel. To
change a tire the lefthand axle nut is removed and the fork is spreaded with brutal force, usually
with a special tool. This doesn't work with aluminium frames
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Marten

Adam Rush said:

I just spent the weekend in Copenhagen, and noticed that there are an awful lot of these rather
new Raleigh city bikes with completely enclosed chains. Does anybody have any information on what
current models have this feature? How on earth does a normal person fix a flat on one of these?

Patch the tube in situ (people with drum braked tandems often prefer doing this to removing
the wheel).

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Quoted message said:

I just spent the weekend in Copenhagen, and noticed that there are an awful lot of these rather
new Raleigh city bikes with completely enclosed chains. Does anybody have any information on what
current models have this feature? How on earth does a normal person fix a flat on one of these?

Dear Adam,

A normal person neither gets flats nor posts to rec.bicycles.tech.

Carl Fogel

On 1 Jan 2004 20:42:52 -0800, [email hidden] (Adam Rush) may have

Quoted message said:

I just spent the weekend in Copenhagen, and noticed that there are an awful lot of these rather new
Raleigh city bikes with completely enclosed chains. Does anybody have any information on what
current models have this feature? How on earth does a normal person fix a flat on one of these?

This looks like a job for...no, sorry, wrong universe.

They probably follow the same procedure as folks who brought a patch kit but no wrenches on a ride
with a skewerless bike. As long as the hole's not up against the side of the stem, just slip the
tire off of the rim on one side, slip the tube out, patch, reassemble and reinflate. Otherwise, if
this is like some of the industrial bikes I've seen here, in some cases it's possible to remove the
left axle nut, severely loosen the right, maneuver the wheel until you can fish the old tube out and
slip the new one in, and then remount the wheel and slip the tube and tire back on and inflate.

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Adam Rush said:

I just spent the weekend in Copenhagen, and noticed that there are an awful lot of these rather
new Raleigh city bikes with completely enclosed chains. Does anybody have any information on what
current models have this feature? How on earth does a normal person fix a flat on one of these?

That thing is usually called a chaincase, which should help you find more information about it.