tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356723782465446786.post1073077585971741968..comments2024-01-18T09:29:42.707-05:00Comments on Biking in Heels: Fixing it so it brakes, part 2Cyclerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12072776738519243521noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356723782465446786.post-27874989574315174172012-03-02T17:42:26.008-05:002012-03-02T17:42:26.008-05:00I have just happened across this blog, and and all...I have just happened across this blog, and and all questions have been answered for my Pashley rod to drum brake conversion.<br />Do you know who made the single sided stirrup conversion kit so I can start my search?Luxyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14637115037984191966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356723782465446786.post-70405237119940647122011-10-04T08:54:27.573-04:002011-10-04T08:54:27.573-04:00Alas, I found the axle nut that I had previously ...Alas, I found the axle nut that I had previously "found" but it's not the original- it was one of the rejects.<br />However, I did some snooping on Bike forums, and found a source for all kinds of obscure SA parts-smartbikeparts.com- and ordered a couple of extra nuts (just in case). I opened up the SA site, found the specific part number I needed on the exploded diagram, so it should be the right thing- keeping my fingers crossedcyclerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10331461189944538729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356723782465446786.post-21905307895562240752011-10-02T21:57:05.204-04:002011-10-02T21:57:05.204-04:00Cycler,
I have the same dynamo drum hub that you ...Cycler,<br /><br />I have the same dynamo drum hub that you have and pretty much the identical DL-1 (I think 1972). Anecdotally, google tells me that the dynamo part runs/works in either direction (http://motorbicycling.com/f50/sturmey-archer-x-fdd-dynohub-drumbrake-26672.html). My rudimentary physics tells me that it should not matter which direction the wheel is spinning the magnets, so I am certainly willing to try it, but I am not going to have it all together and wired for a least a couple of more weeks.<br /><br />-AmandaAmandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08892553888930861596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356723782465446786.post-43515176322071206362011-10-02T20:43:47.761-04:002011-10-02T20:43:47.761-04:00Amanda,
I played with the idea of reversing the le...Amanda,<br />I played with the idea of reversing the lever arm, but it didn't really work with the angles of my bike's fork. <br />Do you have the dynamo-brake hub? Will the dynamo work if it's running in reverse? That's the only thing that I would worry about with the scenario you described.cyclerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10331461189944538729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356723782465446786.post-60308864491333474942011-10-02T20:07:56.045-04:002011-10-02T20:07:56.045-04:00My last post, I was misusing the word reaction arm...My last post, I was misusing the word reaction arm, I meant the brake arm-- the one affixed to the hub with a nut. <br /><br />Anyhow, I did some more tinkering, and decided that it will work best flipping it in the way I described before, but then pulling it with the long rod from the opposite side of the bicycle (drive side-- same side as the Gazelle Toer Populair pulls from). As far as I can tell the hub will work in either orientation. Now the rod easily clears the axle of the hub from below and the reaction arm can be affixed the fork as normal.<br /><br />Also, because the sides are now reversed, the parts of the modified stirrup that attach to the fork are also flipped over-- aesthetically the only difference is that the end of the screws now protrude out from fork attachment and the open, formerly outer side is now facing inside the fork.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08892553888930861596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356723782465446786.post-20757628013919719702011-10-01T22:46:10.464-04:002011-10-01T22:46:10.464-04:00Cycler, I may have come up with a solution, but as...Cycler, I may have come up with a solution, but as I am playing with it on a wheel that is not attached to a bicycle, it may be crazy or unsafe-- you may better be able to tell than I. I removed the nut over the reaction arm, and then I rotated its position by 90 degrees up and then I also flipped it over. So now I can grab the arm with the rod over the top of the axle while the other arm is in the approximate correct position. The reaction arm seems to activate the brake when it is pulled either up or down, best I can tell.<br /><br />Oh, and I almost lost my axle nuts, too. But fortunately I found them and put them in a safe and memorable place.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08892553888930861596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356723782465446786.post-38473486454655615492011-09-27T07:35:10.916-04:002011-09-27T07:35:10.916-04:00Amanda, don't despair!
I think that the cable ...Amanda, don't despair!<br />I think that the cable solution worked pretty well, it was just hard to adjust. It avoided the issue of space between axel and fork. I think that different years of dl1 have slightly different angles and might not cause the same problems. <br />Two suggestions- guard the axle nuts carefully as they are a bugger to replace, and consider installing the cable with a turnbuckle that will allow easy adjustment of the cable length. <br /><br />A suggestion that may or not be helpful is that you can use pieces from the old linkage, or parts from the more readily available replacement rod sets to create a new configuration, but that involves more fabricationcyclerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10331461189944538729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356723782465446786.post-18447267363453032122011-09-27T00:05:49.853-04:002011-09-27T00:05:49.853-04:00Oh dear! These are problems that are going to beco...Oh dear! These are problems that are going to become near and dear to my heart, and I have also procured the very same drum brake conversion kit, both front and rear, and I have built the wheels. Installation was to be next after I prepared the frame, which has been delayed. Sigh. I will see how it goes, but I now move forward with much trepidation.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08892553888930861596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356723782465446786.post-12814239220109336322011-09-26T21:51:30.410-04:002011-09-26T21:51:30.410-04:00Note to self: resist the temptation in future to r...Note to self: resist the temptation in future to read any post that includes both "fixing" and "brakes" in the post title! At least when I have deferred brake work that needs to get done.<br /><br />Other than that, this was an unusually good and interesting post. Even better than the "plumbing" series. I do hope there is no future post on the downside of gravity and wheels (no pun intended).Steve Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13650405341304401203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356723782465446786.post-49294260087033162442011-09-26T11:05:03.367-04:002011-09-26T11:05:03.367-04:00I love your bike projects, my newish bike Wilson h...I love your bike projects, my newish bike Wilson has drum brake. Kind of weird at first but good.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com