Recent content by fritz katzenjammer

A trueing caliper for setting up a balance wheel for a watch. old as the hills, plus some.

I bought a Trek long tail cargo bike last June, since then it’s done most of our grocery runs, hauled scrap metal, been used as a cooler at a BBQ and even hauled another bicycle. Fantastic things, more people should have them. I’m sure that the more you use it, the more you’ll love it.

I used to ride some pretty crazy sports motorcycles, the kind with seats seemingly designed to hurt you. There are gel, foam and air filled cushions that fit over the stock seat and greatly improve things. I’ve had a few and don’t remember any of them being very expensive. Airhawk seats are...

Silca pumps. Top quality, rebuildable and painfully expensive but worth the investment.

You got the call from Ed McMann!?

All of my gauges are mechanical. They are accurate enough and I’ve never had one fail. and no batteries are needed.

Only about 2000 km a year. I suppose it’s not bad for a guy who only a few years ago was stuck behind a desk 9 hours a day. retirement is great, now if I didn’t live in a land where winter can be so darn nasty.

Cool! you can never have too much in the braking department.

If you want the Flow app to automatically engage you have to leave it open on your phone at all times. which is a pain if you shut your phone off at night and forget to turn that app back on in the morning. if you use the automatic security on the app it also means you have to carry your phone...

Are your brake pads compatible with your rotors? not all pad types, sintered/metallic, resin, ceramic… get along with all rotor types.

The tube shows it to be a low temperature synthetic grease. it has to work at low temperatures, high temperature grease may be way too thick at the temperatures your motor operates at. its synthetic, likely to keep it from ruining your polymer gear train or causing the seals to swell and...

That’s not a good idea at all. That’s for slow moving, sliding parts at elevated temperatures. its not for rotating parts like bearing or parts that shear their lubricants like gears.

Synthetic means they can charge too much for it but it won’t degrade any plastic components within the assembly, which a petroleum based lubricant might do. low temperature means it otherwise nothing special. you could likely get away with a silicone based grease but why not use the...

I know! Send the cyclist to the pub and put a motor on the airplane! some old Rolls Royce unit would be fine… a Merlin?… Griffin? BMW has made some nice radials…

Agreed. The distributors and manufacturers eating the tariffs is only temporary though. If the tariffs don’t come off they will have to be passed on sooner or later. The company I deal with currently is counting on the tariffs being temporary and are eating them for now, but it has hurt the...