I went with a cone shaped stone on a Dremel to chamfer the outside flanges. Worked great, looks very professional. Through some experiments found the best thing to cut that nice Bendix chrome is a stone!
Indeed! There aren't many other bands that could do a better opener except for the mighty...
Thanks for the great idea. I took it to work and used a die grinder with a ball shaped stone bit. It worked awesome, doesn't look awesome though. It's a cycle truck so function before fashion, right?
Ross Chain Bike Corp "cycle truck" frame by LowpowerD, on Flickr
image by LowpowerD, on Flickr
Here's the frame and fork.
Purist don't look! Here I am "ruining" a vintage piece of bike history:
image by LowpowerD, on Flickr
A nice Bendix Model K knock out hub. It was for 12g spokes...
I used to have a lot of trouble with ape hanger bars on bikes. No matter how tight I torked the bolt, they'd always slip. This is what worked for me: Make some shims from aluminum cans.
Hmm...I never use grease on the inside of the hub shell or the outside of the shoe, only oil. IMHO most modern coasters are made with sketchy metallurgy at best. I've rebuilt plenty of 70 year old hubs that can still lay skids when I lean on them! But I have to say the best coaster hubs as far...
This will be my 4th build off. The first two builds I named after Clutch songs, last year I broke tradition with Vintage Trouble. This time around I'll return to tradition with Worm Drink...a song from Clutch's excellent Blast Tyrant album.
Now on to the bike: a Ross Chain Bike Corp "Cycle...
It looks like after the cylinder is a valve, after that an air line. I can't see the bottom bracket, but maybe there's a turbine hooked to the cranks? A kind of pneumatic power assist? I dig the built in bar. Crazy hipsters!
Geez, let me count here. She's got four tri wheelers, a 24" Miss Buzz bike, a 24" middle weight, a Schwinn Lil' Chick, a 24" Schwinn middle weight franken bike, and a 26" Huffman prewar. Phew, that's not bad for a bike junkie's wife!