8-Ball says "unclear"
Any Of You With A Machine Shop…
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Just got this from NSB.
I‘m kind of surprised and equally unsurprised that NSB wouldn’t have anticipated this market segment and sales opportunity. Sounds like they had no idea until today.
“The raceface spindle length is 149(149.5 maybe), ours is 148.5. I've emailed Rocky to see if they can give me some information, but I'm not sure if our threads are the same as the RFC for the cinch ring that would allow you to use the spider clutch.
Once we hear back from Rocky and maybe find a way to get our hands on one of their bikes (to figure out spacers and what not) we will have a better idea as to whether or not our cranks will work with powerplay bikes. We've gotten a ton of questions about the RM bikes today and I'm learning as I go haha.”
I‘m kind of surprised and equally unsurprised that NSB wouldn’t have anticipated this market segment and sales opportunity. Sounds like they had no idea until today.
“The raceface spindle length is 149(149.5 maybe), ours is 148.5. I've emailed Rocky to see if they can give me some information, but I'm not sure if our threads are the same as the RFC for the cinch ring that would allow you to use the spider clutch.
Once we hear back from Rocky and maybe find a way to get our hands on one of their bikes (to figure out spacers and what not) we will have a better idea as to whether or not our cranks will work with powerplay bikes. We've gotten a ton of questions about the RM bikes today and I'm learning as I go haha.”
Kid Woo is factually correct. Its a super simple setup, and you could do this N% as well on a drill press, as you could on a milling machine. Use safety glasses, and refrain from beverages until the job is complete! You need a few drill bits, taps, a countersink suitable for 5/8" hole, a couple misc washers, 4 pedal washers, and about a 1/4" thick piece of scrap aluminum or steel.
I drilled a 6.7MM hole, and tapped it with an M8-1.25 tap. (you could use whatever size you might have in your toolbox that fits through the pedal hole.
You could use blocks of wood in place of the AL angles in the last picture.
When you tap aluminum, if you don't have CRC, then WD-40 works well enough to get it done.
Use a spot drill or a center drill to make a divot where you will drill so the bit doesn't walk. After you have a divot,
then hit it with 1/4" drill, 3/8" drill, 1/2" drill, and finally a 37/64" drill. Then chamfer it with the countersink, Then tap it. When you tap, advance 270 degrees, then back off 180 degrees to break the chip, then advance another 270 degrees, then back off 180 degrees, etc. ..... till you make it all the way through.
You are likely to die horribly, but if you don't, enjoy!
EDIT: I forgot to mention, before you start, verify your drill press table is perpendicular to the drill. Put a long bit in the chuck, and use a square (from 2 directions 90 degrees off from each other) to make sure you are good.
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Depends. Surron, or 450 EXE?
Oooooh...TWO STROKE CR 500's! PIPED
(Good God, I got my ass kicked borrowing one of them in Perú. I thought I was a decent rider, got SO humbled)
(Good God, I got my ass kicked borrowing one of them in Perú. I thought I was a decent rider, got SO humbled)
No drilling cranks for me. I'm sasquatch sized, and I break them just fine without helping the process along!
I don't mind spending 15 minutes though, to help a ridemonkey with a specific bike question. Machine shop is fun!
(As Westy alluded to previously, IMO, the weight saving pockets on the back side of the Atlas crank make this whole idea questionable.)
this looks pretty reasonable,okay, kids
Shortening your cranks
Over the past weeks ive been gathering information on how to shorten the cranks on Rocky Mountain Powerplay bikes. I hope this info helps some of you with this quite complicated task. So in order to get shorter cranks than the stock 170's (or if you are lucky the 165) there are a couple of...www.emtbforums.com
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Seems to be the only reasonable solution available right now. If they fail, BFD, they cost $125.
If any of you brilliant, ever-knowing wags have a better solution, lots of people want to hear it.
might actually want 170 or 175 to make more material in that area.
also IMO a drill press will do a pretty shit job
the right way is to put them in a mill pedal side up, indicate off of the spotface for level, and install a fastener to indicate around for center. Then offset the desired amount, spotface, drill, chamfer, tap.
I agree with you that chamfering the hole, (and adding a countersink to the tool list) would be a helpful addition!
I also agree, that the statement they might be 98% successful relative to a possible milling machine set up, could have a bit of encouraging hyperbole in it. I pared that statement down to N% in edit!
Since Woo was the only one that I saw in the thread that offered to help, I figured to offer a solution within his likely parameters. And he could get it done fast, and go riding, or motorcycling, or consider his plaid, or otherwise enjoy himself, and still help out Rideit.
Thanks for your tips!
I also agree, that the statement they might be 98% successful relative to a possible milling machine set up, could have a bit of encouraging hyperbole in it. I pared that statement down to N% in edit!
Since Woo was the only one that I saw in the thread that offered to help, I figured to offer a solution within his likely parameters. And he could get it done fast, and go riding, or motorcycling, or consider his plaid, or otherwise enjoy himself, and still help out Rideit.
Thanks for your tips!
is considering one's plaid a euphemism I'm missing? 
That's what I thought, so tell me.
“Kilt, bollocks”something, something?
I have no fucking idea.
Probably just a typo, but I like it.
I have no fucking idea.
Probably just a typo, but I like it.
ah, that thing
that's stickers
And anything that infringes on anything gary has is encouraged. He's british after all, they earned it.
The have a long history of infringing on resource laden countries.
Mostly spices and tea, though.
Mostly spices and tea, though.
literally all of africa would like a word...
Except SA, those wily Dutch got there first. And the French.
But I know what you are getting at, in terms of export ‘product’.
But I know what you are getting at, in terms of export ‘product’.
Well, the American South was addicted to slavery, so….
Oh, man - try these some time. Could be the greatest scones ever:And their fucking scones.
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Are you talking about cookies?
The other meaning of fanny, silly
He just wants access to your chocolate hobnobs.Are you talking about cookies?