I've done my whole house now, well worth it.Patent that before I install them throughout the house and don't pay you a cent!!!
That's a mint idea!
Errrm... or you could just get the ones that are designed to do exactly that.Hate that 'Raaaaaaaaaaatcch' noise when you operate your roller blinds?
Well live in peace and tranquil quiet my friends with Dr Beebenson's patent-pending EzySpin Chainrollerᵀᴹ chain guides!
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Truth be told I just chopped up the existing plastic lower guide, turned it upside down and added a sliding door roller. If you're going to give it a shot (and please do, the silence is frankly blissful!), please note I've actually 'faked' this shot to make the chain look a bit tighter around the pulley wheel and more logical for the picture. Make it that tight in reality and you'll be dragging your knuckles (no, not like that...) up the window frame.
That's one less OCD twitch left to bug me at home!
Quiet you! It's a novel innovation I tell you!Errrm... or you could just get the ones that are designed to do exactly that.
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I do like what you've done there tho. Take it to the next level by adding a guide on one side and a sprung tensioner roller on the other! Better yet, go full send with some 3D printed rollers in a derailleur and screw that to the wall!
Que?Time to post that Nucleon pic again?
Nicolai might have some innovations for your blind pulleys is what I’m thinkingQue?
Gearboxes are where it’s at now.Better yet, go full send with some 3D printed rollers in a derailleur and screw that to the wall!
Have they finished arguing over 'standards' while all sorts of brackets are made to make motor 'Y' work with frame 'X'?Gearboxes are where it’s at now.
I think they do it on purpose, just to be unique and corner the market.I would be torn between surprise and total disbelief if the MTB bike industry agreed to a common standard there.
I don't think they have it in them.
Agreed, it is all about a bit of planned incompatibility / competitive advantage.I think they do it on purpose, just to be unique and corner the market.
Sram Dub bb/spindle ? 29mm... why not 30mm like everyone else.
It's kind of surprising that the bike industry hadn't done this (More?) decades ago. The Auto industry has been doing it to the consumer for ever, it seems - locking them into a brand, model, and even model iteration/year.Agreed, it is all about a bit of planned incompatibility / competitive advantage.
Just so you can't mix and match and ultimately have to pledge alligence to one camp or another.
Saw this in my travels, the whole purpose of making a BB axle 0.2mm thinner can only be to keep the other guy out. There would be no other good reason. It has been going on for ages.
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I agree. The bike industry may have a lot of standards and incompatibilities but if you look at almost every other product in the market, there is no compatibility between manufacturers.It's kind of surprising that the bike industry hadn't done this (More?) decades ago. The Auto industry has been doing it to the consumer for ever, it seems - locking them into a brand, model, and even model iteration/year.
One of the more crappier things companies do to consumers for no other good reason than commercial advantage. It had always been difficult to mix and match and doesn't seem like it will ever improve. Please buy our shiny shit, please................I agree. The bike industry may have a lot of standards and incompatibilities but if you look at almost every other product in the market, there is no compatibility between manufacturers.
FSA's 24.07mm crank spindle size, just that much larger that it won't fit in Shimano / Raceface / Hope bearings....I think they do it on purpose, just to be unique and corner the market.
Sram Dub bb/spindle ? 29mm... why not 30mm like everyone else.
They probably did that so customers were stuck with their shit quality bottom brackets.... (It's been said that FSA stands for Faulty Stuff Attached.....)FSA's 24.07mm crank spindle size, just that much larger that it won't fit in Shimano / Raceface / Hope bearings....
Surely an angle grinder or belt sander can fix that?FSA's 24.07mm crank spindle size, just that much larger that it won't fit in Shimano / Raceface / Hope bearings....