Wow, I lost most of a month!
A couple of colds, and all of a sudden I have lost a month. With the colds my energy went, and my ability to concentrate too. Physically I am feeling much better now, but the concentrations is still out of town. Anyone following my “A Guy and His Sewing Machine” blog will have noticed that I now have 3 sewing machines. I pick up the 3rd for the table. Turns out the machine is in pretty good shape too. I have done nothing with the chaincase yet, but do intend to get to that soon. I have to mount a keyboard tray on this desk as soon as I get to thinking a bit better. The apartment is a pig sty right now, and that is very high on my to do list. The class I am taking at the U is in its final days. I turned in a half assed final paper last week and the final exam is Tuesday. I do pick great times to get sick.
Can’t even get up to my minimum 250 word could for this article. Sigh!
Finally a full chaincase for my Dunelt
After looking for one more than a year, I ordered a chaincase for my old bicycle. This will make it look like an even older model. It will also deep the chain, and my clothing, clean. I ordered it Friday from yellowjersey.org in Madison Wisconsin, It arrived today (April 6, 2009). It looks OK, but did not include the straps that mount it ot the frame, so I will have to fabricate something before I can install it. A few photos:
Ouside of chaincase
Above is the outside view of the chaincase.
Inside of chaincase
This one is the frameside view
Disassembled view of chaincase
This is the outside again showing the chain case disassembled.
Disassembled view frameside
The small piece where the chaincase has to fit inside the chainstay is “why didn’t I think of that” clever.
Rear mount, needs strap
The caliper points are at the mounting holes for the back of the chaincase. All it needs is a strap to go around the chainstay with holes on 1-1/4 inch centers.
Front mount, needs strap too.
The front mount point also needs a strap to go around the chainstay lug. Centers are 2-58″.
Those are very simple mountings, why they did not include the straps I do not understand, unless they are brazed to the frame the of the bicycle the chaincase is intended for? The paint appears to be very thin and I should put another coat or two on it before perminently mouthing the chaincase.