[Orvan]

hey ingeniune wrenchheads...

post some pics of how you fixed some broken bike parks or frame...ghetto or not..

here's one of mine.
The r der was ripped straight out of the der hanger after hitting a boulder. The fix (temporary for me at this point at the parking lot).
Drill the original der hanger thread hole/housing with a 15/32nd drill bit. Insert the framesaver nut..The catch? The backside of the nut would get the chain stuck when at the lowest cogset. Without the dremel tool to mill some dropout material to lay the nut flush, I filed the inner play with whatever sharp and abrasive I had in my toolbox..Worked great till I got my new replaceable der hanger/seatstays.

 

[Orvan]

next..
stripped the thread out of one of the mounting holes on my Hope DH4 caliper..

The fix.. got a longer 5mm headhex bolt, ran it through the mount hole affix a 10mm nut on the backside...viola. Saved my $60 for a new caliper half and the pain to rebleed it.
There's enough space in between the nut and the rotor...

 

[Bacardi]

Looks like the nut is 1 mm from the rotor (am i seeing it right?) and why so many spacers on the left side?

 

[johnbryanpeters]

The caliper - nice emergency fix, but why don't you repair the thread with a Helicoil insert?

J

 

[NRSracer]

on my old jamis, i didn't get headset spacers for a while, so i just pushed the stem down, screwed down the bolts and rode with the headset jiggling, probably not that safe though.

 

[Orvan]

Originally posted by johnbryanpeters
The caliper - nice emergency fix, but why don't you repair the thread with a Helicoil insert?

J

Historically, helicoil failed me..several times.. also, this temporary fix has held up and am too lazy to do anything else with it..

Originally posted by Bacardi
Looks like the nut is 1 mm from the rotor (am i seeing it right?) and why so many spacers on the left side?

there's a lot of room..pic doesn't really show it... the spacers are just to get the proper extension of the bolt to just make it thru the nut without stickin too far close to the rotor.. and that was the only bolt I had then (never bother to look along the way) longer than the stock....it ain't pretty but it has held up since Sea Otter this year...

 

[BikeGeek]

As soon as we started to ride, my friend complained that his steering felt sluggish, like something was rubbing. We stopped to take a look at his bike and discovered that when he switched forks for this ride, he forgot to switch the base plate for the King headset to the new fork. The rubbing he was feeling was the bottom cup rubbing on the fork crown. No one had a spare base plate and we were an hour and a half from home. Since the bearings were sealed and pressed into the cup, we just needed some sort of spacer to keep the cup from rubbing. We ended up using one of those spiral keyrings; you know, the kind where you put the key on one part and then slide it all the way around the ring so that it is completely on. We cut it in half and spread it open just enough to fit the steerer. Worked like a charm.

 

[indieboy]

Originally posted by pat873401
on my old jamis, i didn't get headset spacers for a while, so i just pushed the stem down, screwed down the bolts and rode with the headset jiggling, probably not that safe though.

yeah your right that wasn't safe lol. that didnt' really ghetto rig anything you just had a super loose headset there buddy. lol

 

[Jesse B]

Originally posted by NRSracer
on my old jamis, i didn't get headset spacers for a while, so i just pushed the stem down, screwed down the bolts and rode with the headset jiggling, probably not that safe though.

When I was in high school, I bought a mongoose hooligan freestyle, it was new, from an lbs, a ghetto lbs. It looked more like a garage than a store. The second day I have it, the bottom of the headset cracked open, and some of the ball bearings fell out. I took the bike in the next day to be fixed. It broke again later that day. I never went back to that bike shop, and they have since gone out of business.

 

[amateur]

we used 2 camelbaks as a sling and binder on the trail.
used zipties as headset spacers. shock bolt quick fix at bb, but thats not too ingenious.

 

[dromond]

Originally posted by amateur
we used 2 camelbaks as a sling and binder on the trail.
used zipties as headset spacers. shock bolt quick fix at bb, but thats not too ingenious.

The siptie spacer thing is great. I gotta remember that. What do you mean by the shock bolt quick fix at bb?

 

[amateur]

well, my shock bolt broke at Big Bear(mtn resort) and as i was going up the stairs to the lift to make my seed time, i noticed a ton of play between the swingarm and the seat. upon further investigation, it was the shock mount bolt. i tossed in 5-6 zipties, took a run, then went to the hardware store and got a bolt that would thread thru the shock.

 

[Old_Dude]

I have a few of these "ghetto rigging" stories . . . . . . on one of my fondest races - we were riding across Alaska during the summer of '88 and I had built up a sizeable lead when I kept getting annoyed by chain slap. As luck would have it, I had just topped a rather steep hill and during the descent, I was presented with the opportunity of either hitting the bear or swerving off trail into several huge boulders.

The impact was horrible and instantly, the bear was killed. I moved the bear off the trail (which took considerable effort on my part), and before mounting my bike to continue, the impression popped into my head.

Thus I finished first that year, the only rider sporting a bear skin chain slap protector.

 

[dhmtbj]

Originally posted by Old_Dude
I have a few of these "ghetto rigging" stories . . . . . . on one of my fondest races - we were riding across Alaska during the summer of '88 and I had built up a sizeable lead when I kept getting annoyed by chain slap. As luck would have it, I had just topped a rather steep hill and during the descent, I was presented with the opportunity of either hitting the bear or swerving off trail into several huge boulders.

The impact was horrible and instantly, the bear was killed. I moved the bear off the trail (which took considerable effort on my part), and before mounting my bike to continue, the impression popped into my head.

Thus I finished first that year, the only rider sporting a bear skin chain slap protector.

that is great

 

[CTR]

Originally posted by Old_Dude
I have a few of these "ghetto rigging" stories . . . . . . on one of my fondest races - we were riding across Alaska during the summer of '88 and I had built up a sizeable lead when I kept getting annoyed by chain slap. As luck would have it, I had just topped a rather steep hill and during the descent, I was presented with the opportunity of either hitting the bear or swerving off trail into several huge boulders.

The impact was horrible and instantly, the bear was killed. I moved the bear off the trail (which took considerable effort on my part), and before mounting my bike to continue, the impression popped into my head.

Thus I finished first that year, the only rider sporting a bear skin chain slap protector.

thats one of the best stories i've ever heard

 

[CTR]

i meant that in a good way, sorry if i made it sound like i didn't believe you.