new craptabulous repair technique!
"You managed to make a bike?" One of the termite scientists asked me.
"Yup." I had to combine the parts of five different bikes to make it work.
"You're good."
"Check it," I pointed at the axle of the front wheel, "I made a temporary nut."
"What?" He looked closer at it, "that can't possibly work."
A temporary nut is made using a washer and soft iron wire, coiling the wire around the washer like an electromagnet. Copper wire is too soft and too tempting for a tweaker to grab. The number of coiling is important, too much and the nut won't go on- too little and the nut will slip off. This entry in the book of craptabulous repairs goes right next to the temporary tire patch, which is made of glossy paper.
"Yup." I had to combine the parts of five different bikes to make it work.
"You're good."
"Check it," I pointed at the axle of the front wheel, "I made a temporary nut."
"What?" He looked closer at it, "that can't possibly work."
A temporary nut is made using a washer and soft iron wire, coiling the wire around the washer like an electromagnet. Copper wire is too soft and too tempting for a tweaker to grab. The number of coiling is important, too much and the nut won't go on- too little and the nut will slip off. This entry in the book of craptabulous repairs goes right next to the temporary tire patch, which is made of glossy paper.