One time I had a tire slashed by a steel bracket off of something on a gravel road about 20 mi from the nearest house, at midnight, with no flashlight. I managed to get the spare on and inflated by candlelight. It was very romantic
One time I had a tire slashed by a steel bracket off of something on a gravel road about 20 mi from the nearest house, at midnight, with no flashlight. I managed to get the spare on and inflated by candlelight. It was very romantic
View attachment 167658 On never been ever cleaned chains (bicycles), I use gasoline overnight ..wire brush, mineral spirits some hours, brush off with plastic brush and wax it....fwiw. This pic was after gasoline and hand wire brush. Got the flash rust off on the brass wheel then mineral spirits,etc looking better than this pic...1st generation Dura-Ace UNIGLIDE pro model (Japan) 1977-78 Motobecane bike giving way to the yea, Japanese parts are as good as anything and cheep too!
Funny you say that. I’ve got the chain off of my XS2 right now, soaking in a jug of kerosene, I give it a shake once in a while, the grunge melts right off. When it’s done, I’ll hang it from a tree branch and just hose it off, it works really well.
"O" ring chain? 520 or 530?
Looking a little dingy in there. You did clean that up?
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That makes my day. I may have a spot on my XS2 as shiny or maybe shinier than yours. Maybe.Not the inner part of the hub, it’s too hard to get to.
No, really, sho-nuff. What about the Fix-a-flat idea. Even if it's green slime, your going to chunk the tube anyway. A BIG can of that would be good insurance?