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I've used a chain wrench with some success when chemical means were not feasible. Expect to wreck the seatpost though.

Air compressor. Use a blower nozzle with a skinny tip, or better yet a sports ball inflator. Get the grip started on the bar, put the nozzle under the leading edge, and the cushion of air will allow you to slide the grip on easily. It's noisy but fast, and it will be locked on tight until you...

Thanks y'all. I sold it last night for $152.50!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Pre-War-Delta-Electric-Company-Silver-Ray-Bicycle-Headlight-/221377666991?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item338b231faf I've put it up for sale!

Where are you? I have access to piles of BB cups from Wally bikes in Athens GA. Edit: Sorry, did you say the BB shell threads in the frame are not compatible with new cups? If that's the case then a cartridge won't work. But that would be weird. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yeah, that's definitely it. Now I need to decide whether to sell it instead. I have other suitable headlights that I don't mind hacking.

Holy cow! That's why I asked BEFORE I started drilling holes and stuff. Thanks!

https://www.dropbox.com/s/2632l4i8a0dg1c4/2014-02-15%2011.07.48.jpg https://www.dropbox.com/s/0rohnu2ozzmfeju/2014-02-15%2011.07.53.jpg This was in the crawl space when we moved into our house. I'm just curious if anyone can provide more info about its history. I'm planning to install an LED...

Had a few unexpected days off so I got to work on my first 'real' ratrod. New grease everywhere, and pulled from two other parts bikes to get this one rolling. Need to get a layback post, but the seat is more comfortable than it looks. Amazingly the tubes and tires still hold up...

FWIW, a paper towel soaked in vegetable oil will often remove adhesive in cases where WD40 or similar will not. Just wrap it on the affected area, wrap again with plastic, wait some time, and clean it off.

Oh, and if it's a Maillard freewheel with a large splined tool interface, your LBS should have the remover for it. Hopefully it's not a Helicomatic. If it is, hand it to a Francophile and walk away. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I have no idea what this is, but it's for sale: https://www.dropbox.com/s/axxvicejq0ev109/2014-01-12%2014.20.36.jpg

Me, circa 1977. I would give anything to have that bike back. https://www.dropbox.com/s/5adxi3uc58q9hx8/2014-01-24%2018.34.16.jpg Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yeah, I went back and re-read Sheldon, it was right there in front of me the whole time.

Wow! I honestly had no idea that rim size went back that far. Color me a reformed Anglophile.

Are those original rims on Trusty Rusty? My broader question is, do you typically need to replace your rims if you want to use ISO 559 tires? I always assumed that these older bikes (like British 3-speeds, which I'm more accustomed to) used 26 x 1-3/8 (EA3 or S-6) which are definitely not...

Just for the sake of comparison, I think I paid $63 wholesale for my most recent box of 72 DT Swiss Competition (Black) butted spokes with alloy nipples. I'm not one to slam the LBS but that's quite a markup. Before I knew how to build my own, I paid a local wheelbuilder $350 for a custom 700c...

Spoke prep (the gunk you put on the spoke threads to aid tensioning and prevent corrosion) is also important. There's a lot of wild information thrown about out there, but on my last build I took my friend's advice and dipped my spoke ends in Sno Seal (beeswax boot waterproofing). It worked great.

I've used others but I really like this one from DT Swiss: http://spokes-calculator.dtswiss.com/Calculator.aspx This one is also quite good: http://www.kstoerz.com/freespoke/ Lacing wheels is easy, it's all about getting the first two or three spokes started correctly, then it's just...

I'll try to bring a load from the BikeAthens Bike Recycling Program. Here is an incomplete list of what we need to get out of our storage, so maybe folks can give me an idea of what you're interested in so I can make good choices when loading up. (All bikes will be in fixer-upper condition.)...