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https://rbentonline.org/YaBB.pl General Category >> rbent Lobby >> Hey Bud! https://rbentonline.org/YaBB.pl?num=1179180424 Message started by Opus the Poet on May 14th, 2007, 5:07pm |
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Title: Hey Bud! Post by Opus the Poet on May 14th, 2007, 5:07pm My pipe hickey has hidden itself somewhere in my garage, so I have no way of bending additional rake into the new fork for the 700c wheel. Could I borrow the conduit bender you used to rake your forks? Opus |
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Title: Re: Hey Bud! Post by Bud_Bent on May 14th, 2007, 5:30pm I used a company conduit bender, and bent the fork at work (shhhhhh.......don't tell anyone). It didn't work very well either; it took some welding on the collapsed spots to make it passable. Even then, it didn't have as much rake as I wanted, so I had been watching ebay for a cheap, longer fork, and found one a couple of weeks ago (a $1 bid and $15 shipping snagged it). I'd already killed a second fork with the conduit bender, so this time I stopped by Northern Tool and bought a hydraulic pipe bender, something I had been threatening to buy for a long time. It did a nice job. There are still some marks in the area of the bend (I chose that spot for my reflective tape), but nothing big enough to cause a structural problem. You are welcome to borrow it. Extra taping/padding might let you bend with no marks, but I won't guarantee that. |
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Title: Re: Hey Bud! Post by Opus the Poet on May 14th, 2007, 6:55pm Well the fork I have is chromed, but the chrome has big chunks missing where I chopped the cantilever bosses off the fork. Marks made by the bender will be removed by the grinder getting the chrome off the fork. :) Opus |
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Title: Re: Hey Bud! Post by Bud_Bent on May 14th, 2007, 9:04pm I left the bosses on my fork. I figure if I get around to adding a fairing, I can just bolt the lower mounts on it to the bosses. |
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Title: Re: Hey Bud! Post by Opus the Poet on May 15th, 2007, 8:51pm Now comes the fun part, getting me, the fork, and the tools together all at the same time. Since this has to be fitted to the bike to make sure I have bent enough rake into it and that bike is my sole form of transportation besides DART, I need some way of getting the bike and fork to your house. That's the one part I'm not looking forward to. I have a 700 X 28c tire mounted to the wheel now to check for clearance, if the 28mm tire just touches the fork I'll have plenty of clearance for the 23mm which will be about .3" clearance if the diameter charts are to be believed. The chart says 26.26" diameter for the 700X23c and 26.82 " for the 700X28c. Subtract and divide by 2 and clearance will be .28" by the charts. I can live with that. Opus |
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Title: Re: Hey Bud! Post by Bud_Bent on May 15th, 2007, 10:18pm You can take the bender home and do it there. Are you coming to the picnic Sunday? |
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Title: Re: Hey Bud! Post by Opus the Poet on May 16th, 2007, 1:04am Yes, I will be at the picnic Sunday, I might be late but I will be there. Opus |
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Title: Re: Hey Bud! Post by Bud_Bent on May 16th, 2007, 9:07am I was thinking I could bring the bender to the picnic, but if you are riding to and from it, 90 lbs of bender might be a bit much to carry with you. On the subject of fairings, I've been looking for a used one for the Nimbus. If you run across one for sale, let me know. I put the short Edge fairing that I had on Rose's Stratus. It seemed a better match for the Stratus. The Nimbus sits so tall, it really needs a full length fairing. |
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Title: Re: Hey Bud! Post by Opus the Poet on May 16th, 2007, 10:36am Yeah, 90 pounds is more than twice the 40 pound load limit on the tailbox mount/rear rack. I could probably handle the extra weight, but wrestling it on the train would be problematical since I haven't made a useful place to get a good grip on the back side of the bike, not to mention the balance issues I have walking. I sometimes fall down climbing stairs and a load makes that worse. I will keep an eye peeled on the lists I frequent for a tall fairing. In the meantime have you checked the smoked bubble fairing at Gaerlan: http://www.gaerlan.com/bikeparts/parts/seats/seat.html three pictures down on the left side of the page. Opus |
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Title: Re: Hey Bud! Post by Bud_Bent on May 16th, 2007, 11:34am Opus the Poet wrote:
That is the Edge fairing I already have, except mine is clear. It's a lot shorter than the Mueller and Zzip fairings that are made specifically for lwb bikes. I've been balking at the prices of the new Mueller and Zzip, but if I don't find a used one by fall, I may bite the bullet and buy new. |
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Title: Re: Hey Bud! Post by Opus the Poet on May 17th, 2007, 12:42am Then you'll want to check out the Hostel Shoppe, 2007 catalog page 24. I'll bring it with me to the picnic Sunday. I'll also bring the fork, and maybe the wheel and we can try bending the fork at the picnic? Worth a shot anyway. Opus |
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