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I live for the CABE
Thought Id put this here since I imagine a cyclometer more of a lightweight road bike thing.
So I got one.
The old style that is attached at the front hub and has a striker attached to a spoke.
I've never had one of these before and there are no instructions right off hand.
This Bike/wheel/hub/fork was never intended for one of these, at least not with such a short bracket.
The spokes were too close to the fork for the length of the striker so I shortened it a little to get it to clear the fork. Worked great. Ran the odometer backwards.
The pic is of right side hub attachment with the numbers readable facing up from sitting/standing on the bike.
So to get it to run forwards at this level, attached as it is, the striker must be just above the hub, below the odometer wheel, a place it will not go without more modification AND it must make a difference whether the striker runs the top of the odometer wheel or the bottom. There is an over-all diameter difference there.
The only way to get the wheel to run it forward from the top is to put the whole odometer on the other side facing the opposite direction from the rider.
Or...
Raise the odometer by raising the bracket somehow. (ugly)
But...
Is the odometer wheel intended to be run from above or underneath?
Update.... Found some instructions.
Says to run the odometer wheel on the right side of the bike, from underneath, as close to the hub as is possible.... great.
So I got one.
The old style that is attached at the front hub and has a striker attached to a spoke.
I've never had one of these before and there are no instructions right off hand.
This Bike/wheel/hub/fork was never intended for one of these, at least not with such a short bracket.
The spokes were too close to the fork for the length of the striker so I shortened it a little to get it to clear the fork. Worked great. Ran the odometer backwards.
The pic is of right side hub attachment with the numbers readable facing up from sitting/standing on the bike.
So to get it to run forwards at this level, attached as it is, the striker must be just above the hub, below the odometer wheel, a place it will not go without more modification AND it must make a difference whether the striker runs the top of the odometer wheel or the bottom. There is an over-all diameter difference there.
The only way to get the wheel to run it forward from the top is to put the whole odometer on the other side facing the opposite direction from the rider.
Or...
Raise the odometer by raising the bracket somehow. (ugly)
But...
Is the odometer wheel intended to be run from above or underneath?
Update.... Found some instructions.
Says to run the odometer wheel on the right side of the bike, from underneath, as close to the hub as is possible.... great.
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