On Feb 13, 2:02 pm, landotter <
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> On Feb 13, 10:17 am, Ozark Bicycle
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> <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Feb 13, 8:51 am, landotter <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > > On Feb 13, 6:15 am, Ozark Bicycle
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> > > > On Feb 12, 11:24 pm, landotter <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > > > > Yes, I could go out to the garage and grab a Shimano hub from the
> > > > > buckit, but I'm lazy and it's cold as heck. It would be the last
> > > > > barrier to un-****-izing the Dew. The stock hubs are ****, but
> > > > > passable with a rebuild, but the stock freehub is blech.
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> > > > Is the freehub actually causing problems, or is its el-crapo nature
> > > > merely offending your sensibilities?
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> > > The freedom lover in me is just appalled at the Sovietsky rumble of
> > > the thing. Not noticeable under way, but up on a stand it makes me
> > > want to ask for papers and grow a moustache.
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> > .....and ask for a hot bowl of borscht?
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> > > I'll just wait till I catch a sale on a Deore LX, so I can build up an
> > > Alex DM18 rear for peanuts. The Dew has become my primary ride in this
> > > year's slop, so it's getting real miles, not just beer and Snyder's
> > > pretzel miles.
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> > Sounds like you're turning the Dew into a very nice,yet very
> > practical, bike. Keep us posted.
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> I'll be sure to update everybody on the minutia of my dog food
> fetcher! LOL The stories I could tell about the mounting of the bell,
> the kickstand, and the operatta that was the upgrading of the mud
> flaps! Steven Sondheim should hear my inspiring tale!
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> Seriously, though--I got back into cycling ten years ago with utility
> riding. I got a really nice city bike with all the fixins, adapted
> some Swiss military bags as panniers, and ended up riding everywhere
> without even batting an eye. Got into really good lean shape without
> even realizing that it was actual exercise for a while till I had to
> get new pants.
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> So I put some spds on the Dew temporarily a few weeks ago so I could
> ride in some decent mtb shoes, and haven't taken 'em off. Throw a lock
> in the panniers and a workout can consist of fetching short ribs from
> a market fifteen miles away instead of doing intervals down at the
> wetland trail. I was doing some utility stuff with the fixie and my
> old Timbuk2 bag--but it didn't seem civilized, more like I was a
> little too old playing poseur (or narc, take your pick). Racks and
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Word. My current townie is a garbage picked GT Palomar. Installed some
moustache bars, new cheapo saddle, a big collapsible basket on the
back, I've got the singlewalled rims half-trued, and the rear axle
seems a bit bent but the wheel, you know, turns. When the basket is
open I have to slide my feet forward on the pedals to prevent my heels
from hitting. It's a fun little POS.
Used to have a similar setup on an old red Giant frame that didn't
have a single matching part. Different cranks, pedals,
shifters...probably had 4 different brake shoes. I was green in my
clunker-fixing days then, and remember being mystified by the bb --
can't remember why, maybe it was a spindle for a double rather than a
triple I was trying to install or vice versa, or maybe I just didn't
have the proper bb tool -- but I do remember eventually taking a
hammer to it trying to get the chainring aligned
The gears shifted
in the least opportune times, and there was a nice hop in the rear
wheel too. Getting it to the store and back in one peice was like
being a one man band, and a very bad one at that.
It also had a big basket on the back that would chew up my heels. I
don't even remember what happened to that bike. If it was stolen,
well, that's just funny.
