1989 Muddy Fox Pathfinder
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fennec
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Using wiring harness tape to fix the cracks in the wheel discs
Wiring harness tape is very sticky, as it’s meant to adhere to dirty car wiring, and very flexible, far more flexible than electrical tape. It’s more like hockey tape but a finer weave and stickier.
So it keeps great contact around the curves of this. The fiberglass tape I have wasn’t flexible enough. I think just long straight cracks it would be the best choice, but for these stress spots around the valve hole, I needed something more flexible
Wiring harness tape is very sticky, as it’s meant to adhere to dirty car wiring, and very flexible, far more flexible than electrical tape. It’s more like hockey tape but a finer weave and stickier.
So it keeps great contact around the curves of this. The fiberglass tape I have wasn’t flexible enough. I think just long straight cracks it would be the best choice, but for these stress spots around the valve hole, I needed something more flexible
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fennec
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Well that was a waste of 25$
This was definitely taken apart and put together by someone who doesn’t know how to do either of those things. With the top jockey wheel being cracked, the tensioner assembly being on but set to the right with little to no spring tension
But then I actually get to installing it and setting it up and ran into a problem immediately, tell me if you can guess what it is
Yeah you guessed it, where’s the low limit stop?
Guess I’m running modern Shimano Altus on a bike from 1989, screw it
This was definitely taken apart and put together by someone who doesn’t know how to do either of those things. With the top jockey wheel being cracked, the tensioner assembly being on but set to the right with little to no spring tension
But then I actually get to installing it and setting it up and ran into a problem immediately, tell me if you can guess what it is
Yeah you guessed it, where’s the low limit stop?
Guess I’m running modern Shimano Altus on a bike from 1989, screw it
fennec
Retro Guru
Don’t get me wrong, Altus is one of the least offensive designs I think you could put on a really old bike, it looks fine, it isn’t racey, it isn’t super edgy like adventX or anything, but it’s definitely not appropriate for the era
We’re gonna see if I can build a derailleur
We’re gonna see if I can build a derailleur
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fennec
Retro Guru
The derailleur body got lost in the mail, so I’ve ordered yet another M560 deraileur, and I’ll just use my parts from the first one to replace anything on the third one that needs replacement…
Anyway, cranks
These have stripped extractor threads on the non drive side and the extractor threads were tapped to 24mm, so I have to buy a stupid special crank puller if I ever want to remove it in the future but whatever
The taper surfaces are in good shape and the pedal threads are fine and I’m more concerned with those
Gonna go single in the front, ordered a 42t chainring to be in the middle of the 46 and 38
Touched up the paint and polished them lightly
Anyway, cranks
These have stripped extractor threads on the non drive side and the extractor threads were tapped to 24mm, so I have to buy a stupid special crank puller if I ever want to remove it in the future but whatever
The taper surfaces are in good shape and the pedal threads are fine and I’m more concerned with those
Gonna go single in the front, ordered a 42t chainring to be in the middle of the 46 and 38
Touched up the paint and polished them lightly
fennec
Retro Guru
1x7 done
I think I could go with a narrower bb, I used a 113mm one, but this could easily do 108, but it does all 7 fine like this
Shimano deore lx 560 cranks with a 42t origin8 chainring
Ignore that one slightly different chainring bolt, I totally didn’t snap one, definitely not
I think I could go with a narrower bb, I used a 113mm one, but this could easily do 108, but it does all 7 fine like this
Shimano deore lx 560 cranks with a 42t origin8 chainring
Ignore that one slightly different chainring bolt, I totally didn’t snap one, definitely not
fennec
Retro Guru
just as an update to this bike, this thing rips
with a longer chain i fixed a lot of the problems i had with the highest gear clicking, there was just too few links on the old chain
the wheel disc hardware i replaced with license plate screws, its just more plastic nuts and bolts but theyre doable with fingers instead of tools which destroy them
ended up not going with cantis, i like linear pulls, nor did i paint the bars, the carbon weave looks weird but i rarely ride this bike because it doesnt fit me
its a fun ride, its faster than anything else i have, in the future i want to replace the tires with something a little thinner
a lot of people have asked me about it, because as mentioned we dont have these in the US, so i run into other bike people who have no idea what it is but recognize the type of bike it is
with a longer chain i fixed a lot of the problems i had with the highest gear clicking, there was just too few links on the old chain
the wheel disc hardware i replaced with license plate screws, its just more plastic nuts and bolts but theyre doable with fingers instead of tools which destroy them
ended up not going with cantis, i like linear pulls, nor did i paint the bars, the carbon weave looks weird but i rarely ride this bike because it doesnt fit me
its a fun ride, its faster than anything else i have, in the future i want to replace the tires with something a little thinner
a lot of people have asked me about it, because as mentioned we dont have these in the US, so i run into other bike people who have no idea what it is but recognize the type of bike it is
