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Bike workshops in 2008 « The UNSW Bike Club Blog — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:44:44 +0000

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By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 00:02:59 +0000

Hi Daniel,

I guess my concern is that I don’t know when surface rust becomes structural rust, and compromises the strength of the spoke, although I guess the worst that could happen would be a broken spoke.

By: Daniel Endicott

Daniel Endicott — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 05:38:43 +0000

Hi Dennis,
I find very rusty to be a relative term.
To many people the spokes in my back wheel would be “very rusty”. To me they are strong spokes with some surface rust, and they can still hold the weight of my bike trailer carrying 4 adult bikes. Why is the appearance of rust hated so much?
But I admit eventually, left in rain for decades spokes will rust into steel dust.
Dan

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 00:41:26 +0000

Hi Dennis,

Spokes generally do cost about $1 each. You might be able to buy packs of them but it won’t be that much cheaper. The wheels we have in our collection generally have carbon steel spokes, and are quite rusty.

Cheers,
Chris

By: Dennis

Dennis — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 08:36:30 +0000

Hi Chris,

I found an old disposed road bike on the street. After a lot of cleaning and adjustments, the bike works fantastic.

The only problem is that wheel spokes are very rusty, and one of them is broken. I wanted to replace all of the spokes with stainless steel. I attended a bike store in Maroubra and they ask for $1.20 each (i.e. $1.20 x 72 = $86.4). Too much for this old bike….. Instead of replacing all spokes, I bought only one spoke to replace the broken one.

Do you know where to get spokes (296mm) with reasonable price, or do you have some old wheels available (in good condition)?

By: Retro Bicycles

Retro Bicycles — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 18:11:40 +0000

Give me an old cool bicycle, and I’ll ride around the city for days.

By: christophermoore

christophermoore — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 22:45:11 +0000

Hi Jonny,

Bring it along to the Wednesday 12-2pm maintenance workshop on the Quad lawn and I’ll take a look at it.

Cheers,
Chris

By: jonny

jonny — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 07:04:06 +0000

hi there
Got a cheapy chinese made mountain bike developing lots of problems, don’t want to throw it away but rather make it into a better quality bike – what can I do, at the moment the rear gear shift system and wheel are causing probs. Can you give me some advice please?
Jonny-wannabe eco rider

By: christophermoore

christophermoore — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 05:38:05 +0000

Hi Rodney,

You can bring them to the Wednesday 12pm-2pm workshops on the Quad lawn.

By: rodney

rodney — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 06:46:54 +0000

i have 2 adult bikes that need a bit of maintenance but I would like to donate. Can you please advise if you will accept them and if so some details as to where and when I could drop them off.