smokey52
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| 09/17/2023 08:07 PM |
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I "volunteered" to participate in a community repair cafe for bicycle maintenance. I expect mostly to help people fix flats and make minor adjustments. I put together this handout. Any suggestions for improvement?
thanks,
smokey
Bicycle Information:
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Types of Bicycles:
Mountain,
Hybrid/Cross,
Road,
BMX,
Striders
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Adjustments:
Handlebars,
Seat,
Derailleurs,
Brakes,
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Maintenance:
Fixing flats,
Tire pressure,
Lubrication,
Chain tension,
Wheel truing, spoke tension
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Pedals:
Flat/ cages,
Clip-on/ special shoes & cleats
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Safety:
Helmet,
Tail light,
Head light,
Warning device – bell or horn,
Wheel reflectors
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Regulations:
https://www.dot.ny.gov/display/programs/bicycle/faq,
Obey traffic laws,
Respect pedestrians
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Resources:
Orange County Bicycle Club https://ocbicycleclub.org,
Mid-Hudson Bicycle Club https://midhudsonbicycleclub.com,
Park Tool https://www.parktool.com/en-us/,
League of American Bicyclists https://bikeleague.org
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Local Bike Shop:
Bryans Bikes (Cornwall) https://www.bryansbikes.com/#!,
note: I can't get the formatting for this post.. |
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longslowdistance
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| 09/17/2023 08:49 PM |
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This geezer confesses overwhelmed by links and non working links in the OP
And this geezer also confesses intrigued and perhpas willing to work for our greater good as alluded to by the OP.
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smokey52
Posts:498
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| 09/18/2023 07:15 PM |
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LSD:
Which links didn't work? You are welcome to join us in Orange County, NY, but I think it might be a bit of a trek (not the cycle).
I'm 71. Do I qualify as a geezer?
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Dale
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| 09/19/2023 08:02 AM |
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| To help with formatting insert a break code to drop down a line, use two if you want a blank line to separate paragraphs.
Use this --> (/br) except use < and > in place of the parentheses
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smokey52
Posts:498
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| 09/19/2023 02:55 PM |
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Thanks
Dale smokey |
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smokey52
Posts:498
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| 09/25/2023 06:49 PM |
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| The Repair Cafe session went well. One of the bikes just needed air in the tires and lube on the chain. A bunch were dropped off to be donated. Another is in my garage; I have to pick up a set of crank bearings to restore an Avigo (a brand I never heard of). |
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longslowdistance
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| 09/25/2023 09:05 PM |
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Nice job, and good Karma for you!
Nerd here googled Avigo and found it is under the firm Dynacraft, so googled Dynacraft and found they own bikes branded BMW, Care Bears, CCM (great ice skates), and Barbie. Yes that Barbie, and others. They are listed as USA based but really? Google Dynacraft to go deeper down the rabbit hole . . . and get frustrated.
JMO, but dynacraft is a shell or front for offshore manufacturing, but from where? This forumite is way more sympathetic to Taiwan than mainland China. The few remaining on this little forum likely includes interweb sleuths far smarter than me. I hope you dig in, not just for my curiosity, but also to uncloak what fat cats are trying to hide.
Meanwhile, yea Barbie bikes and yeah good folks keeping their neighbors riding. |
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Orange Crush
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| 09/25/2023 10:03 PM |
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Dynacraft has worked with same Chinese manufacturer since 1984: https://www.bikelockwiki.com/where-are-bikes-made/
As to ownership, what does “a Neptune company “ mean at bottom of their logo? That’s probably the clue. |
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Orange Crush
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| 09/26/2023 10:36 AM |
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| Oh, and good on you Smokey! |
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Cosmic Kid
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| 09/26/2023 03:40 PM |
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Dynacraft is a mass merchant supplier for bikes. We competed against them regularly in my days at Brunswick.
the manufacturing was almost certainly in mainland China due to the market they were competing in, but their HQ may have been in Taiwan....I honestly don't recall.
But they are a legit company. |
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| Just say "NO!" to WCP!!!!
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Orange Crush
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| 09/26/2023 04:00 PM |
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| I thought I read their HQ was in California but it moved to Georgia because Savanna has a bigger better port for their massive import? |
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Cosmic Kid
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| 09/27/2023 09:53 AM |
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I think that is just the US sales office, not the corporate HQ.....but it has been 20 years since I was in the biz, so I could be incorrect and / or things may have changed.
But a legit company, either way. |
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| Just say "NO!" to WCP!!!!
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smokey52
Posts:498
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| 11/12/2023 07:54 PM |
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| I got the crank bearings and fixed the bike. It's now en route to a lucky kid. |
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longslowdistance
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| 11/13/2023 06:53 PM |
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Excellent!
Downsizing at my place is in full swing. Mixed results: some of the stuff in my basement workshop still is useful and gratefully accepted by the local free places, but more is not, basically junk unless the right retrogrouch and I link up. I confess it is a bit painful to toss what was so dear two decades ago. Sorry retrogrouches, I choose not to be featured on that cable show Hoarders. |
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smokey52
Posts:498
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| 11/14/2023 09:08 AM |
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| Our community has a "Buy Nothing" page on Facebook for the free exchange of all sorts of items. |
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