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@dkel 115464 wrote:

Ha. I do have some tools now, but skill in diagnosing mysterious clicking sounds is not as easily acquired.

Ok, ok. But that’s where N+1 comes in. Especially when your next bike has no drivetrain ratcheting mechanism to go bad…

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Alexandria City Council overrode the City Manager and funded doubling the number of Bikeshare stations.

http://alexandriava.gov/news_display.aspx?id=84667

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@Supermau 114959 wrote:

Finally did the trip from Alexandria to Burke Lake

I’d love to hear about the trip/route. My family loves Burke Lake but I really dislike all that driving…

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Someone should adopt this classic tandem, whose owners have been trying to sell it for weeks. For less than $450, U.S.-made steel frame, 27″ 48h wheels, Arai drum brake, and, wait for it, 3×5 half step gearing!

http://baltimore.craigslist.org/bik/5005474690.html

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@dcv 114849 wrote:

can we just go back to pic w/ Rod Smith?

Note: he did not say airplane. Any carpenters out there?

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13 acres? Sounds like the northern 2/3 of this parcel, then: http://realestate.alexandriava.gov/detail.php?accountno=50699220

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I don’t think it’s what the press asks about – it’s a standard checkbox question on police accident reporting forms. Journos want facts and the police forms spoon feed them that info.

Here’s a NY form Google finds: http://dmv.ny.gov/forms/mv104c.pdf

No questions about debris on roadway (condition is either “paved” or “unpaved”). But they sure do look to see if there’s a brain bucket.

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Coaster brakes rock for skidding the rear tire, there’s that.

Kid2 is on the cusp of pedals – the last couple days he’s been switching between the very light balance bike and the much heavier steel 16″ pedal bike. I think he likes having the choice, and would not do as well with the LittleBig either-or approach. N+1 FTW.

BTW he’s switching from a balance bike that has a rear drum brake to a cruiser with just a coaster brake. So he’ll have to switch again in a few years. But he seems to be handling it all just fine.

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I’d love to hear advice for when there are no proper brake holes, as I just scored a great 16″ bike but its seat stay bridge has a hole in the other direction, for mounting its custom fender.

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@hozn 114313 wrote:

The simple fix here (which I can’t believe they didn’t mention in the recall)

Agreed. Somebody ought to FOIA for CPSC for documents and emails on this — it’s a wastefully embarrassing reaction.

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@hozn 114243 wrote:

But I hope to be wrong!

Yep. They’ve sold enough of these bikes that I think there’s a reasonable chance that my first wheel was defective and the second will be OK. I hope so!

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Followup: Yuba says 175kgf DS is about right(!!!), and this damage is rare. They offered me a deal on a replacement wheel and I’m going to give that a try, and maybe make those see-through hillbilly skirts that dkel is so worked up about…

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@hozn 114088 wrote:

110kgf for the NDS on a non-disc hub (wider flange spacing on NDS) is crazy; it almost does sound like someone was measuring the tension on the wrong side of the rim.

Actually it is a disc hub. Mundo ships with cheap V brakes (which have been totally fine with Kool Stop salmons), but fork, frame, and hubs are disc-ready.

@jrenaut 114090 wrote:

One of the main reasons we went with the Xytracycle over the Yuba was that they seemed to be built better. Though you have me planning to check my rear wheel more often – it’s mostly covered by the bags so it’s tougher to inspect.

Same problem here wrt inspection — top 60% of the rear wheel is covered with the black plastic wheelskirt. I’ve been meaning/hoping to use some salvaged plexiglass to make new, transparent skirts as I miss seeing the wheel. I’m a little worried the plexiglass skirt might end up looking too hillbilly, tho.

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@jabberwocky 114072 wrote:

my MTB wheels are usually built to 115 or so, and I doubt adding spokes increases the required tension.

Drive side or average? NDS here is about 110, as if they did the exact opposite of what Sheldon Brown suggests, and watched the NDS tension but ignored the DS tension.

Or maybe the rim is supposed to tolerate 175 — Park Tool lists some Bontrager rims speced for DS tension of 122-181 kgf.

I’m planning to have BicycleSpace rebuild with a Rhyno Lite, which Sun specs for 110 kgf max tension. And I’ve pinged Yuba to get their opinion. Hopefully they’ll be frank since I’ve basically acknowledged that the Mundo warranty only covers frame & fork.

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Brake pads alerted me — I expect that if I had switched to a disc brake in the rear I would not have noticed this until it had become much worse.This is my original Mundo rear wheel. 13ga spokes, 48h, 26″ rim 30mm wide (outside), 14mm solid axle. Running big 2.0″ tires. The wheel probably has less than 1000 miles on it, as we may only use the bike for short distance trips. You can see tears by two spokes in that picture. There is a third tear on the opposite side of the wheel. I have been a pretty careful rider, but it is the cargo bike rear wheel, and I have had as much as 250 pounds on the rear, but it’s rated for 200kilos/440# so that should have been OK. Drive side spokes are rather tight — about 175 kgf and I have little doubt that contributed to the failure (all cracks are at drive side nipples). I’m wondering if the rebuild should use DT’s 13/14/15 Alpine III triple butted spokes, following the theory of butted being more elastic & reducing rim stress…

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