parts for ageing bikes - Page 3

02-15-2005, 07:15 PM

"Tom Keats" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
news:k0asuc.mr4.ln@bud.garden.local...
>
> I might rig up a garden trellis out of some old wheels.
>
This seems like a good idea. I must have at least half a dozen
old 27 inch steel rims hanging around, and unless I move to a
place with under 2 inches of rain a year I'm never going to
use them again. I'm sure I could find more if I wanted to
look.

Anybody else try this and have some pictures?

02-16-2005, 05:24 PM

In article <1108527167.49dc183b95c00d1a616be26148a0739d@teran ews>,
"Mike Kruger" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

> "Tom Keats" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
> news:k0asuc.mr4.ln@bud.garden.local...
> >
> > I might rig up a garden trellis out of some old wheels.
> >
> This seems like a good idea. I must have at least half a dozen
> old 27 inch steel rims hanging around, and unless I move to a
> place with under 2 inches of rain a year I'm never going to
> use them again. I'm sure I could find more if I wanted to
> look.

Good grief! Steel rims are a plague upon the land. I don't even look at
a bike with 'em, unless it also has a Sturmey-Archer hub (I can always
use another S-A hub for...something).

How did you end up with, um, any? It's not like bikes with proper rims
(not to mention proper drivetrains, proper frames...) are hard to come
by.

--
Ryan Cousineau, [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
Verus de parvis; verus de magnis.

02-16-2005, 05:24 PM

In article <1108527167.49dc183b95c00d1a616be26148a0739d@teran ews>,
"Mike Kruger" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

> "Tom Keats" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
> news:k0asuc.mr4.ln@bud.garden.local...
> >
> > I might rig up a garden trellis out of some old wheels.
> >
> This seems like a good idea. I must have at least half a dozen
> old 27 inch steel rims hanging around, and unless I move to a
> place with under 2 inches of rain a year I'm never going to
> use them again. I'm sure I could find more if I wanted to
> look.

Good grief! Steel rims are a plague upon the land. I don't even look at
a bike with 'em, unless it also has a Sturmey-Archer hub (I can always
use another S-A hub for...something).

How did you end up with, um, any? It's not like bikes with proper rims
(not to mention proper drivetrains, proper frames...) are hard to come
by.

--
Ryan Cousineau, [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
Verus de parvis; verus de magnis.

02-16-2005, 06:44 PM

"Ryan Cousineau" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
news:[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].ca...
>
> Good grief! Steel rims are a plague upon the land. I don't
even look at
> a bike with 'em, unless it also has a Sturmey-Archer hub (I
can always
> use another S-A hub for...something).
>
> How did you end up with, um, any? It's not like bikes with
proper rims
> (not to mention proper drivetrains, proper frames...) are
hard to come
> by.
>
Without being too scientific about it, here's how I ended up
with these:
1. When I returned to cycling, I bought a mountain bike, but
after a while wanted to see if I could ride drop bars again.
Bought Schwinn Sprint for $40 at a rummage sale, but after
sliding through an intersection on a rainy ride, replaced
rims: 2 I got >8,500 miles out of the bike before I
upgraded.
2. Friend gave me an old 1970's Raleigh for use as a commuter.
Same story: 2 more
3. 20 year old daughter found Schwinn Caliente in dumpster; we
restored it to use as a father daughter project. This was a
wonderful thing to do together, and I hope someday you get the
chance to do something similar with a younger Cousineau. She's
still riding the bike (it's proven to be much more theft-proof
than her earlier college bikes). However, what father would
have a college child in a hilly town ride steel rims? Not me:
2 more.

There's a bit more story here, but you get the idea.

02-16-2005, 06:44 PM

"Ryan Cousineau" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
news:[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].ca...
>
> Good grief! Steel rims are a plague upon the land. I don't
even look at
> a bike with 'em, unless it also has a Sturmey-Archer hub (I
can always
> use another S-A hub for...something).
>
> How did you end up with, um, any? It's not like bikes with
proper rims
> (not to mention proper drivetrains, proper frames...) are
hard to come
> by.
>
Without being too scientific about it, here's how I ended up
with these:
1. When I returned to cycling, I bought a mountain bike, but
after a while wanted to see if I could ride drop bars again.
Bought Schwinn Sprint for $40 at a rummage sale, but after
sliding through an intersection on a rainy ride, replaced
rims: 2 I got >8,500 miles out of the bike before I
upgraded.
2. Friend gave me an old 1970's Raleigh for use as a commuter.
Same story: 2 more
3. 20 year old daughter found Schwinn Caliente in dumpster; we
restored it to use as a father daughter project. This was a
wonderful thing to do together, and I hope someday you get the
chance to do something similar with a younger Cousineau. She's
still riding the bike (it's proven to be much more theft-proof
than her earlier college bikes). However, what father would
have a college child in a hilly town ride steel rims? Not me:
2 more.

There's a bit more story here, but you get the idea.

02-16-2005, 08:56 PM

In article <1108527167.49dc183b95c00d1a616be26148a0739d@teran ews>,
"Mike Kruger" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> writes:
> "Tom Keats" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
> news:k0asuc.mr4.ln@bud.garden.local...
>>
>> I might rig up a garden trellis out of some old wheels.
>>
> This seems like a good idea. I must have at least half a dozen
> old 27 inch steel rims hanging around, and unless I move to a
> place with under 2 inches of rain a year I'm never going to
> use them again. I'm sure I could find more if I wanted to
> look.
>
> Anybody else try this and have some pictures?

I've searched online but didn't find anything.

But across from a coffee house where I like to
go (Bean Around the World at Main & 28th, for
fellow Vancouverites,) there's this nifty
garden gate. The pickets are made of various
old long-handled gardening tools -- forks,
dutch hoes, etc. They're aligned vertically
like normal pickets, alternately right-side-up
and upside down. I rather like the effect and
the statement.

cheers,
Tom

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02-16-2005, 08:56 PM

In article <1108527167.49dc183b95c00d1a616be26148a0739d@teran ews>,
"Mike Kruger" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> writes:
> "Tom Keats" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
> news:k0asuc.mr4.ln@bud.garden.local...
>>
>> I might rig up a garden trellis out of some old wheels.
>>
> This seems like a good idea. I must have at least half a dozen
> old 27 inch steel rims hanging around, and unless I move to a
> place with under 2 inches of rain a year I'm never going to
> use them again. I'm sure I could find more if I wanted to
> look.
>
> Anybody else try this and have some pictures?

I've searched online but didn't find anything.

But across from a coffee house where I like to
go (Bean Around the World at Main & 28th, for
fellow Vancouverites,) there's this nifty
garden gate. The pickets are made of various
old long-handled gardening tools -- forks,
dutch hoes, etc. They're aligned vertically
like normal pickets, alternately right-side-up
and upside down. I rather like the effect and
the statement.

cheers,
Tom

--
-- Nothing is safe from me.
Above address is just a spam midden.
I'm really at: tkeats [curlicue] vcn [point] bc [point] ca

02-18-2005, 11:50 AM

Tom Keats <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>
> I might rig up a garden trellis out of some old wheels.

I'm planning on taking an old moderately tacoed 700c rim,
a steel 20" rim, some stakes, wire and clear plastic to create
a little greenhouse tent for my mint. And I'll probably have
time to do it next month.

Of course it won't be even a little bit needed by then.

But next year...

--
Dane Jackson - z u v e m b i @ u n i x b i g o t s . o r g
"Admiration: Our polite recognition of another's
resemblance to ourselves."
-Ambrose Bierce

02-18-2005, 11:50 AM

Tom Keats <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>
> I might rig up a garden trellis out of some old wheels.

I'm planning on taking an old moderately tacoed 700c rim,
a steel 20" rim, some stakes, wire and clear plastic to create
a little greenhouse tent for my mint. And I'll probably have
time to do it next month.

Of course it won't be even a little bit needed by then.

But next year...

--
Dane Jackson - z u v e m b i @ u n i x b i g o t s . o r g
"Admiration: Our polite recognition of another's
resemblance to ourselves."
-Ambrose Bierce

02-18-2005, 01:55 PM

In article <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>,
Dane Jackson <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> writes:
> Tom Keats <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>>
>> I might rig up a garden trellis out of some old wheels.
>
> I'm planning on taking an old moderately tacoed 700c rim,
> a steel 20" rim, some stakes, wire and clear plastic to create
> a little greenhouse tent for my mint. And I'll probably have
> time to do it next month.
>
> Of course it won't be even a little bit needed by then.
>
> But next year...

Another trick is to stick an old wheel on top of a tall,
upright pole, lace string up & down between the ground
and wheel, and let your scarlet runners, morning glories
(the cultivated, annual ones,) or other climbers go nutz
on it.

Maybe smaller sized rims by themselves (no spokes or
hubs) laid on the ground around plants would make good
slug barriers?

cheers,
Tom

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