TECH:re-using bicycle parts for your project.

ok,so tech week is over,but I still wanted to share this idea with you,so here it goes:ever needed a tapered/bent tube for say a shifter?brakepedal?headlightstand?emergencybrake?tailight stand?alternator bracket?the use for this is almost endless.for reinforcing,fender brackets,you name it,this piece does it all.
take the fork of an old bicycle,and cut of the leg,and use as much of the leg as you need.se blurry pic´s )




feel free to use i any automotive way.

 

Cool idea, thanks for posting it.

 

I find lots of useful stuff at the bicycle shop....Of course I own a bike shop...

 

I used some brake cable for throttle cable a while back.

 

Worked at a bicycle shop all through H.S. Cone wrenches are pretty strong, considering they are less than 1/8" thick. Can prove very useful in various tight situations:

http://www.parktool.com/products/detail.asp?cat=18&item=DCW%2D3

Never seen them in english sizes, but enough of the metric range to run the common 1/2, 9/16, etc.

 

I just ordered some shifter/brake cable to use for the actuators in my doors.

 

i took an old fog light i found in a junk yard, and mounted it for a headlight on one of my cruisers (bicycle)

 

Used old visorstyled bicyckle headlight for my parkinglights ,welded together at ends of a 54 chevy grille (double toothed & shortned)

 

Spoke nipples work great for preventing frayed ends on clamped cables.

 

I grabbed a bunch of those political yard signs because they have big lengths of 1/4" round steel rod in them. I want to make a grille insert out of all free yard sign stakes. Make that campaign financing work for me.

 

I have always used bike cables for shaved doors and trunks. it works great with some of those obsoltete cantilever cable hangers as a pull tab.

I also have a bent Colnago fork with a Campy dropout that I have had forever (since I got hit by a car while riding it) and i now know why I have been saving it... FOR A SHIFTER!

 

Dude this thread is right up your alley....anyone posting a marketing thread soon?......FoMoCo_MoFo will be on that one too.

 

I use bicycle brake cables for more than I should... Also old sprockets are what is going to power my bead roller.

 

If it works use it!

 

If you ever need a throttle cable or trunk cable with CRAZY bends for some reason there is a bicycle brake housing called NOKAN that does wonders..Its expensive.

 

NOKON is pretty cool

http://www.competitivecyclist.com/review-cables/nokon-road-brake-cable-kit_414.html

 

Good idea.

 

I have a couple of old motorcycle frames laying around for that very reason, they have alot of different bends and sizes plus most of the tubing is thick wall.

 

I've use an old bicycle mirror for an inside rear view in my roadster.

 

Find the bicycle part in this picture:

 

I see a wheel axle el scotto... that right?

 

And the gas pedal looks like it might have been a kickstand??

 

good use for an old front hub

 

That's a factory Ford gas pedal, 30s-40s.

 

That is crazy smart!

 

is that hub Schwinn Approved?

 

Your gas pedal is mounted to a wheel hub! Wow, that´s a great idea! I bet it works extremly smooth , right?

 

some high tech bmx bike l got for parts from a friend who has a scrap business has found its way into my 33 dodge the goose neck works perfect for my coloulm drop. the brackets are nicer than l could make so they are great for mirror brackets and holding my console in place.

l am sure l will use more bike parts, he has a pile out back l'm still searching thru.

Later

 

Well then maybe someone could make a kick stand out of an old gas pedal??