On 18 Apr 2006 13:47:14 -0700,
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wrote:
>Starting with the pedals of course?
Dear Michael,
Apart from fasteners, like the steel pedals that someone
forgot to coat with anti-seize before installing in aluminum
cranks, bicycle parts don't seize in the more common sense
of the word, which involves moving parts. Bike parts may
wear and rattle, but they usually keep grinding along
instead of seizing up.
For a moving-part "seize" (as opposed to mere corrosion like
pedals and seat posts), see tip #14 for motorcyclists
planning to buzz along Scottish highways for a week on
trials machines intended for walking speeds:
"If you seize the piston, don't panic. Let the engine cool
down a little and try and push the kick start down. If the
kick-start is absolutely solid, you're in trouble!"
http://www.ssdt.org/sitebody/modules/UploadIt/files/GasGas Pro Checklist.pdf
A seat-post seized in a frame or a pedal seized in a crank
just isn't the same as the pedal refusing to move when you
stand on it.
But to offer a bicycling example that may not otherwise be
mentioned, it's annoying to try to unscrew a Presta valve
nut on a Slime tube, only to have the whole assembly unscrew
because the Presta valve was tighter than the removable body
that allows filling the tube with Slime at the factory.
Whoosh!
Cheers,
Carl Fogel