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keesan
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response 239 of 291:
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Sep 3 01:14 UTC 2002 |
When you figure it out, come fix mine. Did it possibly get bent?
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scg
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response 240 of 291:
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Sep 3 05:05 UTC 2002 |
If you're dropping the chain (shifting off the gears), one of the set screws
moved. If it's shifting into the wrong position, it's a cable issue (or,
possibly, the deraileur got bent). If it's getting stuck in mid-shift, and
you're having to push hard on the shift lever to get it to move, the mechanism
is binding (or the cable is getting stuck somewhere). These are all pretty
easy to diagnose while riding, without even looking at it.
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russ
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response 241 of 291:
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Sep 3 11:35 UTC 2002 |
Re #240: It's reluctant to shift onto the largest chainwheel. I've
fiddled with the cable adjuster, but the problem persists. It's hard
to tell the difference between a setscrew, bent derailleur or stretched
cable without going over it at close range.
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gull
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response 242 of 291:
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Sep 3 12:52 UTC 2002 |
I've never had a front derailleur that shifted *smoothly* onto larger
chainwheels. I'd guess, though, that something has shifted so the
derailleur isn't moving as far in that direction. The question is which
of those causes is the problem. Usually front derailleurs have to move
a bit past the chainwheel to actually get the chain to shift.
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clees
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response 243 of 291:
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Sep 3 20:49 UTC 2002 |
Have you got a triple (with granny) or a double in front?
It might be that your front derailleur isn't fit for what you want.
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bru
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response 244 of 291:
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Sep 3 22:56 UTC 2002 |
someone stole my bike. I am really ticked off.
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russ
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response 245 of 291:
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Sep 4 04:29 UTC 2002 |
It's a triple chainwheel, and it's the same derailleur that's been
on the bike since I bought it. It may well just be dirty.
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keesan
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response 246 of 291:
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Sep 5 02:03 UTC 2002 |
Bruce, was it locked? Today at the library we met someone who said he had
left his bike at the library (unlocked) and it was stolen. Today he found
a bike in an alley (unlocked) and since it was still there a few hours later,
he took it. Jim fixed the gears and brakes, etc. and will get him a lock.
In Tecumseh we were told not to bother locking our bikes. In Ann Arbor things
are different.
If you rig up some way to keep the rain and sun off your bikes, we would be
willing to fix you up a replacement.
Leaving a bike unlocked around Ann Arbor is not a whole lot different from
abandoning it - people assume the owner does not want it. You cannot blame
them unless they took it from our yard (where you really also ought to lock
it to the fence or some other bike).
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bru
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response 247 of 291:
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Sep 5 02:43 UTC 2002 |
They took it out of my back yard. They didn't take rhiannons because it had
the flat. I put the spare tube in it and it blew. I bought a new tube and
it seems to be doing well.
If anyone sees a black huffy with white speckles and the name STORM on the
frame with a shiny front wheel adn rusty rear wheel and a yellow tag hanging
from the handle bars, call the A2 police.
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tod
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response 248 of 291:
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Sep 5 02:56 UTC 2002 |
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clees
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response 249 of 291:
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Sep 5 06:14 UTC 2002 |
Nobody leaves his/her bike unlocked in Amsterdam.
Hey, frequently locks are more expensive than the bikes they lock.
Estimated, any average bicycle changes ownership six times before it's
so run down it's a wreck. The changes don't happen by sale and re sale,
but by bicycle theft.
Bicycle theft makes crime rates in Amsterdam appear to be very high.
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keesan
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response 250 of 291:
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Sep 5 15:14 UTC 2002 |
I am thinking we should lock our bikes in the yard together in 2s or 3s, so
nobody will ride off with them.
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tod
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response 251 of 291:
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Sep 5 16:09 UTC 2002 |
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jep
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response 252 of 291:
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Sep 5 16:42 UTC 2002 |
My bike, and the Trail a Bike, has been unlocked in the bike rack at my
apartment complex all summer, and has been fine. They might be getting
a bit rusty, and I should doubtless do something about that soon, but I
see no reason to expect they'll be stolen.
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jep
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response 253 of 291:
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Sep 5 16:44 UTC 2002 |
It was bemusing, when Jim and Sindi came to visit, that they were very
insistent about locking up their bikes each time they got off them. I
do have a bike lock. I'll remember where the keys are, someday. Maybe.
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tod
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response 254 of 291:
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Sep 5 16:54 UTC 2002 |
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scott
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response 255 of 291:
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Sep 5 18:00 UTC 2002 |
When I visited my sister in San Francisco a few years back she loaned me a
bicycle... and *two* locks. The theory was that bike thieves only carried
tools for one kind of lock, so I was using a U-lock and a high-tech cable lock
at the same time.
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keesan
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response 256 of 291:
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Sep 5 18:05 UTC 2002 |
Some bikes around town here have the frame locked with a U-lock and then a
cable lock around both wheels. Some people also lock their quick-release
seatposts. Thanks for the idea about locking front-to-back, but I don't think
anyone could easily get two bikes even front to front out the narrow gate
here.
A bike we gave the neighbor was stolen off her front porch. She is locking
the replacement to her ladder.
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scg
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response 257 of 291:
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Sep 5 22:27 UTC 2002 |
Um, taking an unlocked bike from an alley because it's been there for a few
hours is stealing it. Maybe if it had been there for weeks it would be a
different story, but even then going to the police to make sure it hadn't been
reported stolen would be a good idea.
Not taking proper precautions to prevent something from getting stolen perhaps
makes it getting stolen predictable, but it doesn't make stealing it ok.
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polytarp
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response 258 of 291:
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Sep 5 23:10 UTC 2002 |
I am the one who took bur's bike; and I will be holding it hostage.
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mdw
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response 259 of 291:
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Sep 6 06:38 UTC 2002 |
I think both where you're located, and the nature of the bikes, has a
lot to do with the likelyhood of it being stolen. Right now, as
students move in, is a particularly bad time to leave anything
unattended near campus - this is prime hunting season for opportunists
hoping to capitalize on careless mistakes made by students out on their
own for the first time.
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keesan
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response 260 of 291:
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Sep 6 13:56 UTC 2002 |
We have been invited to a tomato party in Olivet, east of Bellevue, Sat. Sept.
14. Are there any working passenger train stations in the vicinity that we
don't know about? (I. e., does it stop in Marshall - I recall that it did
not but I may be wrong). Marshall is only about one day's bike ride away.
Olivet is about 20 miles west/SW of Eaton Rapids. The train tracks go through
all these places and there is even an Olivet Station near Olivet but I doubt
that there is any passenger service to it. Olivet pop 1185. Many of these
little towns have airports but no public transportation. The party is in the
evening so we could take an afternoon train back the next day if it existed
and were within biking distance - may try to measure to Battle Creek in case
it is within 30 miles. From here to Olivet looks about 80 miles so we could
conceivable make it back in two days. Jim's housemate sometimes takes a truck
to Battle Creek on weekends. We have biked to Paw Paw and back. John, were
you planning by any chance to go to Eaton Rapids that Saturday?
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keesan
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response 261 of 291:
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Sep 6 14:35 UTC 2002 |
Olivet is a reasonable biking distance from Battle Creek, or Marshall, and
if we were to leave early enough, from Lansing. Are there any grexers headed
in that general direction the 14th or even the 13th, who can take two bikes
and some camping gear and two people along? The train to Battle Creek
(without much advanced notice - that would have cut the fare in half) is $38
1-way for two adults, but they prefer the bikes to be in boxes which is an
additional $12 per person and lots of nuisance.
There are some nasty looking numbered roads in the way between Battle Creek
and Olivet but I presume we can find some way to get around them with good
maps. We went several miles out of our way to be able to cross 23 but there
seems to be a bridge over 69 that is not a red line. Does anyone know that
area. There is actually a Battle Creek (blue line).
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keesan
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response 262 of 291:
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Sep 6 23:59 UTC 2002 |
JEP very kindly offered to make a special trip to take us to Olivet but I
explained that we are trying to minimize gasoline burning, not cadge free
rides. (We do have a motor vehicle). We may be able to go visit some people
in Eaton Rapids some other time with the Johns. Jim's housemate is
interested in tomatoes but has other plans. We may actually get some work
done on the house instead of gallivanting.
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keesan
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response 263 of 291:
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Sep 9 23:21 UTC 2002 |
We may go on a second adventure after all. Stay tuned for details. All we
need to do first is pick lots of pears and grapes and apples, process them,
freeze a crate of greens, recycle 6 more computers, make a computer, and pack
things for camping and we have four days to do it in. Easy.
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