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Welcome to the Vancruisers Bicycle Tech Area
Here you'll find our Bike Tech Forums, Service Manuals and Bike Tech articles written by our site members. Vancruisers aims to be your one stop site for cruiser bike tech info - come here to share!
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The great thing about Vancruisers is it's open for EVERYONE to share their knowledge! When you create any new tech-related content in your home page you can set a few different tech related categories and your work will show up here automatically. Or you can wait for the web site gnomes to find it (which they will eventually) and set it up for you. And with that here's what Vancruisers has to share with you!
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Vancruisers Tech Talk! Use these forums to ask tech questions or share bike building ideas.
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Got a coaster brake problem? Squeals and squeaks? This is the place!
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 Re: Coaster Brake Teardown
by bhughes,
Mar 21, 2010 07:34 PM
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Really the condition of the grease is more important than anything. Since the brakes are steel on steel they rely on the grease to provide smooth ...
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Re: Coaster Brake Teardown
by STIKINSPOKES,
Mar 21, 2010 11:13 AM
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I just found this site and I like what I see. I ride a 1959 Glider with a 3 speed Sturmey (very popular brand when I was a kid) and I just bought a very ...
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Sachs Torpedo / Komet Super
by bhughes,
May 24, 2009 11:20 PM
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Rode my Hampton today for the first time in ohhh... a year?
The Hampton has a Komet Super (otherwise known as a Sachs Torpedo), one of my favorite single ...
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Coaster Brake Teardown
by bhughes,
Apr 15, 2009 07:16 PM
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Hey, just a quick post to get things going!
This Page is the Shimano "E-type" coaster brake, pretty much every NEW coaster brake bike has this hub in ...
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Get all your internal gear hub questions answered here!
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Sturmey Archer 3 speed bearing adjustment
by heino,
Dec 30, 2011 07:02 AM
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Hi, I have a 1938 Sturmey Archer 3 speed with hub brake, which I was given by an old gentleman at work. I cleaned and regreased the bearings, making sure ...
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broken gear indicator (SA AT3 Elite)
by remco48,
Aug 13, 2011 08:43 AM
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I have a Sturmey Archer AT3 Elite and the gear indicator is broken at the and most of the thread at the end is still inside.
Is it possible to repair?
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Re: Reviews, Few and Far between
by bhughes,
Nov 22, 2010 10:48 AM
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They all have their ups and downs...
Sturmey hubs are finacky no doubt. When they're tuned properly they run great, and the new ones are MILES ...
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Reviews, Few and Far between
by atgoulding,
Oct 25, 2010 10:14 PM
- So, I am searching the internet high and low for reviews about the different internal 3 speed hubs. Which one is best: Shimano Nexus, Sram i-motion 3 or T3, ...
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Re: Sturmey 5-Speed Internal
by bhughes,
Mar 02, 2010 12:49 AM
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I posted up a quick review of my 5-speed!!
Sturmey Archer X-RD5 Review
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Bicycle tech questions OTHER than what's in your rear hub - come here for bottom bracket basics, headset help, cone conundrums and whatever else you can think of!
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Re: Tire size
by bhughes,
Nov 22, 2010 10:39 AM
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Yep, that is a DEFINITE issue... Drums are pretty much the only way to go (my personal favorite route anyhow - WAY better braking)
That said I have ...
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Re: Tire size
by markmandolin,
Nov 18, 2010 02:10 PM
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Problem with changing rims is that brake pads won't align with new rim. Several reputable bike mechanics have told me this. You have to install drum ...
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Re: Tire size
by markmandolin,
Sep 24, 2010 01:09 AM
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my schwinn takes tires 26x1 3/8 to fit Schwinn S5 or S6 rim. So far two cycle shops say they have a tire for it but they don't. They have a tire for an ...
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Re: Tire size
by bhughes,
Mar 03, 2010 01:01 PM
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Just to follow up on this one nearly a year later, the only thing that fits on a Schwinn S7-sized rim is an S7-sized tire! The actual rim diameter is ...
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Re: New Hubs
by bhughes,
Mar 03, 2010 01:13 AM
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I now have two of the 4 laced up!!! :D :D Review of the X-RD5 is in the blogs, the X-FD I think enough of us are running already to be somewhat ...
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New Hubs
by bhughes,
Feb 23, 2010 06:58 PM
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Sitting on my living room floor I have a bounty of bike bits...
Two Sturmey X-FD front drums and one Sturmey X-FDD dyno drum!!
The orange Firestone ...
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Re: Tire size
by bhughes,
Apr 28, 2009 10:14 AM
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Usually it's the frame that's the limiting factor, not the rim... My rims aren't particularly wide and I've got 2.125's on them no problem. As long as it's ...
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Tire size
by tedly3000,
Apr 28, 2009 08:57 AM
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What is the largest, fattest tire size that fits on a Schwinn S7? 1-1 3/8? 1-1 3/4? Or larger?
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