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KOG · Kogswell Owners Group

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  • Members: 650
  • Category: Road Cycling
  • Founded: Oct 9, 2004
  • Language: English
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14195 Kogswell Cycles
kogswellreader Offline Send Email
Jun 1, 2007
11:04 am
... damn thanks for sharing -Matthew...
14196 Andy Marchant-Shapiro
marchantshapiro Offline Send Email
Jun 1, 2007
12:36 pm
Not to be difficult, but why do cyclist who mount a light to the side seem to prefer the right side of the bike for mounting? In theory, I guess that lets you...
14197 esaner81 Offline Send Email Jun 1, 2007
1:11 pm
It is hard to choose. In general I like them all, but want to try and avoid the comparison to the mopar logo: http://www.geocities.com/mopar1cjh/star.gif I...
14198 Nathan Franzen
ntfrnzn Offline Send Email
Jun 1, 2007
1:16 pm
Like you I'm puzzled. Last fall I bought a Berthoud front rack from Peter White, http://www.peterwhitecycles.com/images/products/Racks/BER31P34.jpg which...
14199 Andy Marchant-Shapiro
marchantshapiro Offline Send Email
Jun 1, 2007
1:31 pm
Maybe a lot of riders are anglophiles; and since the British put the light on the right-hand side...?To: KOG@...: nfranzen@...: Fri,...
14200 joel metz
magpiesf Offline Send Email
Jun 1, 2007
1:43 pm
right side is typically british, historically - puts the light out to the street side of the frame, putting it more in the eyes of potentially opposing...
14201 darren
berrydarren Offline Send Email
Jun 1, 2007
2:33 pm
Dang that thing is HIP!!! They did a nice job. Looks sturdy as hell too!...
14202 shaycameron Offline Send Email Jun 1, 2007
2:39 pm
I mounted mine on the right because that is where my dyno leads are located. Although it would require just a little more wiring to put it on the left, I...
14203 Joe Bunik
joe_bunik Offline Send Email
Jun 1, 2007
4:14 pm
Okay, in a similar vain... Is there a logic to the handed-ness of bottle generators? Left (non-driveside) seems to prevail, though alternate right-hand models ...
14204 nate armbrust
natearm6 Offline Send Email
Jun 1, 2007
4:35 pm
Right side mounting might have something to do with the wire length. I liked my lamp a lot when I had it mounted at the drive side front axle, but I simply...
14205 Greg Achtem
gachtem Offline Send Email
Jun 1, 2007
4:39 pm
Here's what I thought of. Although not following it up I heard that in the US most car bike incidents at dusk or in the dark was from cars entering the roadway...
14206 Alistair Spence
barcodeboy67 Offline Send Email
Jun 1, 2007
4:51 pm
Andy, I guess centrally located would be ideal. I mostly run a light either side on my porteur but if I'm just running one then it's on the right. I feel more...
14207 Alistair Spence
barcodeboy67 Offline Send Email
Jun 1, 2007
4:56 pm
The utility rack builders of the world have now officially been put on notice. Portland has thrown down the gauntlet, again. Great work by the Ahearne crew. I...
14208 Michael Wise
mishaweis Offline Send Email
Jun 1, 2007
5:07 pm
I run mine on the left. My expectation is that vehicles entering the roadway are looking for cars, not bicycles, and are looking at a place where the car's...
14209 Doug Van Cleve
dvancleve Offline Send Email
Jun 1, 2007
5:10 pm
Very stylish for sure. Why was it built to be collapsible? Seems like that would compromise strength, although it is still probably pretty sturdy. Doug...
14210 Philip Williamson
philip.willi... Offline Send Email
Jun 1, 2007
5:13 pm
... Hmm... one could make an argument that by splitting it up side-to-side that only HALF your gear will get thrashed in a crash, instead of all of it. Do you...
14211 Ryan Watson
rswatson42 Offline Send Email
Jun 1, 2007
5:16 pm
... Are Dynohubs directional? Would it not work if you flipped it around or rode backwards? Just curious since I've never used one. I like lights and bells on...
14212 Steve Palincsar
palincss Offline Send Email
Jun 1, 2007
5:21 pm
... Actually, "handedness" of generators doesn't refer to the side of the...
14213 Adam Alpern
adam_alpern Offline Send Email
Jun 1, 2007
5:21 pm
... Oh, I can see a demountable porteur rack being VERY useful. For travelling or for storage, primarily. I've yet to actually remove my porteur rack, but if I...
14214 Justin Miller
nitsujkrellim Offline Send Email
Jun 1, 2007
5:28 pm
... "I run mine on the left. My expectation is that vehicles entering the roadway are looking for cars, not bicycles, and are looking at a place where the...
14215 Philip Williamson
philip.willi... Offline Send Email
Jun 1, 2007
5:50 pm
... I recall a thread on the iBOB list about running Schmidt hubs backwards: PJW said not to, because it shortens the lifespan and makes things bad, and...
14216 Strap
gilstrap72207 Offline Send Email
Jun 1, 2007
5:54 pm
... I believe that the generator side is threaded in and that you run the risk ... Keith Gilstrap...
14217 Doug Van Cleve
dvancleve Offline Send Email
Jun 1, 2007
6:07 pm
Okay, I guess I didn't really consider that while the P/R will fit in a bike box, a normal porteur rack will not. I suppose this Ahearne will... Doug...
14218 Nathan Franzen
ntfrnzn Offline Send Email
Jun 1, 2007
6:08 pm
I have a Schmidt hub and I never saw any instructions on mounting direction, or any indication that there was a difference. I can't locate any instructions on...
14219 Strap
gilstrap72207 Offline Send Email
Jun 1, 2007
6:17 pm
... I just remember it because PJW got onto somebody on the BOB list once for saying that he had run his SON with the connectors on the left for a long time...
14220 Strap
gilstrap72207 Offline Send Email
Jun 1, 2007
6:24 pm
... Ok, I found it. Here's what it says on PJW's SON page: "While you can mount the old hub with the connectors on either side of the bicycle, the current...
14221 Adam Alpern
adam_alpern Offline Send Email
Jun 1, 2007
7:54 pm
... As was mentioned earlier in quoting PJW's site, it was OK on older SON hubs, but not with the current production hubs. So the person who said they've been...
14222 Nathan Franzen
ntfrnzn Offline Send Email
Jun 1, 2007
8:03 pm
Sigh. I am not a mechanic. Guess I'll detach those leads and flip the wheel around before I ride home....
14223 Tom Hubbard
fox_dog Offline Send Email
Jun 1, 2007
8:38 pm
Ahearne - http://www.ahearnecycles.com/racks.htmr. Much $$$, but absolutely loverly. (Thanks to my wife for the Xmas present.) Rgds, th ... -- Tom Hubbard ...
14224 Joe Bunik
joe_bunik Offline Send Email
Jun 1, 2007
8:43 pm
... Ha, yes good point. I do try and make a point to alternate my left- and right- side wipeouts. I was actually thinking more along the lines of the side I...
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