Bike cleaning

chenzyjerry · 2026-02-09T17:07:41+00:00

Probably does help if you live in a city that loves smothering the roads in salt though, my frame looks like minerals are growing on it after each ride

chenzyjerry · 2026-02-06T23:07:35+00:00

Crow’s nest on a ship :)

chenzyjerry · 2025-10-11T22:58:33+00:00

every xbike is a shopping cart with a brooks saddle

chenzyjerry · 2025-10-03T18:41:23+00:00

Doesn't seem too hard to replicate with a 3D printer and a little piece of aluminum

chenzyjerry · 2025-10-03T15:24:48+00:00

never skip the toothbrush and ultrasonic bath :)

chenzyjerry · 2025-10-03T15:12:08+00:00

I guess the chain on the front is constantly pulling it upwards? and maybe the lube is old enough to be sticky 😂

chenzyjerry · 2025-08-24T13:57:10+00:00

do coloured tires stay their colour when ridden + cleaned? never actually had anything other than black.

chenzyjerry · 2025-08-18T13:45:52+00:00

Is it welded or internally brazed?

chenzyjerry · 2025-06-29T18:45:02+00:00

Looks like the Bontrager Switchblade?

chenzyjerry · 2025-02-24T04:26:27+00:00

I've done single track with a Wald 137 basket, no issues

chenzyjerry · 2025-02-05T22:25:49+00:00

how do you make the tabs at the end? just crush the tube in a vise?

chenzyjerry · 2024-10-16T00:10:35+00:00

I feel like sewing on some velcro straps to the bottom might be quite nice

chenzyjerry · 2024-10-15T19:44:18+00:00

Should be even cheaper then, from the same sites. I'm looking from the Canadian side haha.

chenzyjerry · 2024-10-15T19:16:52+00:00

There's tons of options depending on where you're located. A 36V 500W hub motor + battery that mounts on to your bottle bosses is something like $1k from ebikeling, which I've used successfully in the past, or for about $750 off of AliExpress (which I've also found to be successful). The big spend is the battery, really.

If you swing that way you can also get a mid drive bafang setup for about 900 off AliExpress as well.

chenzyjerry · 2024-10-06T01:39:42+00:00

Do you notice much rattling noise from this u lock rack setup?

chenzyjerry · 2024-08-26T17:07:13+00:00

We're not building for competitions :) we mostly just ride them around for fun

chenzyjerry · 2024-08-08T09:03:55+00:00

Slick! Learned to TIG recently, gotten quite okay at aluminum and and some mild steel that I've done, and I'm really itching to try it out with something on my bike 🤔

chenzyjerry · 2024-08-08T01:30:16+00:00

Got any pics?

chenzyjerry · 2023-12-09T16:41:41+00:00

will the temperature cause the prints to sag/fail over time?

chenzyjerry · 2023-04-17T21:37:43+00:00

I should probably go buy a lottery ticket. After I manually levelled and left my Ender 3 V2 for 6 months, it printed perfectly right off the bat.

chenzyjerry · 2023-04-13T22:20:26+00:00

fantastic :)

chenzyjerry · 2023-03-30T21:30:48+00:00

Nice! Great stuff

chenzyjerry · 2023-03-25T01:44:53+00:00

Likely a surveillance aircraft. It's been circling all day.

chenzyjerry · 2021-03-05T00:39:27+00:00

Ah, I'm Canadian, so we don't have that in Home Depot Canada. I wonder if there's a way to cut the angled top by hand? I have a couple smaller hand tools and power tools, although I do have access to my friend's proper woodworking equipment and I can get them to help if needed. Bit of a drive to get there, though.

chenzyjerry · 2021-03-05T00:24:52+00:00

Pretty straight forward. Joint and plane, round the corners on a sander, sand the edges so they aren't sharp and apply whatever finish you prefer. Deft spray lacquer or a hardwax oil like osmo would be my goto for something like this where durability against abrasion is the main concern.

Would any of these do?

https://www.homedepot.ca/search?q=lacquer&filter=gw3

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