Fred?

**lph** · 03-30-2007, 02:44 AM

Originally Posted by smilingcat

So there it was two sets of cogs just dangling on the skewer... It turns out he never rode in the smallest of cogs. The four lowest gears were fine. Top two was unusable in that state.

This reminds me of the time I was working on my bike outside, and one of neighbours comes along with a worried look and asks shyly if I can take a look at her son's bike, because "it doesn't work".

Apart from the flat, which I offered to help her fix a day I had a bit more time, it turns out that whoever had put the bike together - I'm assuming some bargain store - had just attached the derailleur cable at the shifter end, found out it was really really long, and instead of adjusting it to the right length and cutting off the slack had wrapped it around the frame until it was "short enough".

"Hey, he has a derailleur! He doesn't need to actually USE it!"

**Jenn** · 03-30-2007, 08:53 AM

Ok, so the jist of Fred is it is pretty Fubard eh? I learned ALOT from this post and I also laughed my Fred butt off!

**li10up** · 03-30-2007, 09:15 AM

I'm trying to de-Fred my new bike of a seat bag. Does anyone know of an in-jersey pocket case of some sort for tube, patches, tire levers, co2?

I like the looks of no seat bag; plus, this way I don't have to switch my stuff between bikes.

**7rider** · 03-30-2007, 09:22 AM

Originally Posted by aicabsolut

Just for giggles, I looked up some nice TT / Tri bikes, like a pimped out Felt (which I also saw at this race). The standard rings on them run something like 54/42T. with 11-23 cassettes. Wow.

That makes my knees hurt, just thinking about it!

**7rider** · 03-30-2007, 09:23 AM

Originally Posted by li10up

I'm trying to de-Fred my new bike of a seat bag. Does anyone know of an in-jersey pocket case of some sort for tube, patches, tire levers, co2?

I like the looks of no seat bag; plus, this way I don't have to switch my stuff between bikes.

A ziploc bag?

**li10up** · 03-30-2007, 09:32 AM

Originally Posted by Regina

A ziploc bag?

Too Fred.

**BleeckerSt_Girl** · 03-30-2007, 10:37 AM

Originally Posted by li10up

I'm trying to de-Fred my new bike of a seat bag. Does anyone know of an in-jersey pocket case of some sort for tube, patches, tire levers, co2?

"Hump?....What hump?"
-Young Frankenstein

**li10up** · 03-30-2007, 02:48 PM

Originally Posted by Lisa S.H.

"Hump?....What hump?"
-Young Frankenstein

I travel light. It wouldn't be much of a hump at all. Just want to keep it all together so I can just grab it and go.

**Starfish** · 03-30-2007, 07:45 PM

How 'bout a zippered makeup case?

**Starfish** · 03-30-2007, 07:49 PM

This thread reminded me of a time when I really learned how much of a Fred I must look like.

I was quite a distance from home and service, and I had a flat. I was just walking my bike a short distance to a safer part of the shoulder to fix it, and some really nice people with un-Fred bikes on their car stopped to see if I had what I needed.

I assured them I was OK and thanked them very much for stopping (very sincerely...it was nice of them!). One of them wasn't convinced, and I told her all the repair stuff I had with me (including cartridges). She looked at me and said: Do you know how to use them?

(A fair question, really, but I thought...I really must look like I have no clue...also a fair assumption a lot of the time! LOL)

**smilingcat** · 03-31-2007, 09:43 PM

I knew it I knew it!! I'm a WILMA afterall. I use ziplock bags to keep spare change, and few small loose items together. And I also use small zip lock bag with small amount of talc powder in it and a spare tube. The spare tube covered lightly with talc powder makes it much easier to install the spare tube.

The set of cogs in the rear today are called cassettes. There we have 9 or 10 set of cogs and its held on the real wheel assembly with a locking ring.

Prior to cassettes, we had free wheels. It consisted of 5 set of cogs then 6/ultra 7 ... the locking ring didn't exist. The whole cog assembly had a threading in it so you just screwed the freewheel body onto the rear wheel assembly. Now you can imagine how tight the freewheel got as you pedaled your way up the hill. Pumping your leg, and with each revolution the freewheel assembly got screwed on that much tighter. The way big boys removed the freewheel was to tighten the freewheel tool in a big heavy duty vise and you would torque the whole wheel. This was a MAN's job. I couldn't do it no way no how nada...

I'm been around a LOONNNGGG time. was riding seriously when Eddy Meryck (sp) was a big name. Later Greg Le Mond became a big name. It took some time to convince people that he was an American not some French. Then he had that stupid hunting accident that ended his career. Team 7-up? Coors Classic? ... oh gosh and there was that huge race on the east coast. Sorry having my senior moments.

been ridin' safety bikes most of my life.

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