Name of screw that holds the rear brake cable

On 8/19/2019 3:16 AM, Sir Ridesalot wrote:
On Monday, August 19, 2019 at 2:15:04 AM UTC-4, Chalo wrote:
Jeff Liebermann wrote:

I suspect you can't afford the very best, but you can borrow the list
of tools and buy the equivalent tools online or at your local hardware
store as you need them.

Normally this is very sound advice. But in the case of owning a Huffy, the first and much more important priority is to locate and acquire a real bike that was designed and constructed to be ridden. The Huffy already performed the only job it was ever intended to do when the initial purchaser paid money for it. After that, it's best for it to be recycled immediately into something possibly useful.

Not everyone can afford a more expensive bike at the time of purchase; therefore they get a cheaper bike at first, figure out the kind of riding they want to mostly and also their future wants/needs and then they buy a better bike later when finances allow it.

That's true, and unfortunately applies to lots of activities and
equipment, not just bicycling and bicycles. You may buy cheap stuff
"just to try it out" and find it's no fun at all because the equipment
you bought is so bad. Or you may buy expensive stuff and find out you
don't like the activity anyway.

Luckily, bikes have gotten so much better over the past 30 years that
it's not hard to find something inexpensive that works quite well, at
least for a beginner.

But it probably won't say "Huffy" on the side.


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- Frank Krygowski

On Sunday, August 18, 2019 at 5:35:56 PM UTC-7, AK wrote:
The opening in the hex screw that holds the rear brake cable has become much looser than it used to be. What is the name of the part so I can order another one? (Hopefully they have some made of harder steel.)

https://imgur.com/a/JT76Qog

That is a standard "Internal Wrenching Bolt" and is probably available at your nearest Ace Hardware store in the Metric area.

On 8/19/2019 11:45 AM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
On Sun, 18 Aug 2019 23:15:02 -0700 (PDT), Chalo
wrote:

Jeff Liebermann wrote:

I suspect you can't afford the very best, but you can borrow the list
of tools and buy the equivalent tools online or at your local hardware
store as you need them.

Normally this is very sound advice. But in the case of owning a
Huffy, the first and much more important priority is to locate and
acquire a real bike that was designed and constructed to be ridden.
The Huffy already performed the only job it was ever intended to do
when the initial purchaser paid money for it. After that, it's best
for it to be recycled immediately into something possibly useful.

That's also very sound advice for most situations, but not this
situation. The owner will soon be using the Huffy to possibly learn
bicycle mechanics. Whether it's worth the time or money is not really
relevant. Such experience can best be gained on a low cost, low
quality, low risk, and low performance bicycle.

+1. And in some ways, a better quality machine won't teach you as much!

As a teenager I had a paper route. I saved up enough money to buy a
cheap car - a used Fiat sedan - for college transportation. Being a
Fiat, it soon taught me about brakes needing constant adjustment,
cooling system leaks, replacing water pumps, removing thermostats,
removing cylinder heads, replacing broken piston rings, etc. etc.

The paper route grew and grew as my younger brothers took it over. One
younger brother earned enough to buy a used Toyota. To this day, he says
that super-reliable Toyota is why he doesn't know about car mechanics.

--
- Frank Krygowski

Sir Ridesalot wrote:

Not everyone can afford a more expensive bike at the time of purchase;
therefore they get a cheaper bike at first, figure out the kind
of riding they want to mostly and also their future wants/needs and
then they buy a better bike later when finances allow it.

This is a perfectly valid approach, and I approve of it. The catch is that a Huffy usually isn't a bike, but a superficially convincing likeness of a bike, like a theater prop. A "bike" sold in a physical store that will not service bikes or provide replacement parts, which costs much less than a minimum real bike but is packed with more features, isn't a functional bicycle-- except to those people who want to own a bike but not ride it. It's a thing made exactly as cheaply as physically possible to resemble a bicycle but not really to function as one.

I work on such machines often for folks who've made the mistake of riding them. They are always a self-digesting bottomless pit of problems that would cost much more to set in order than the completely fixed bike would be worth. So I carefully address whatever show-stopping thing caused the owner to bring it in (trying not to set off an avalanche of other problems in the process), and dispense a delicately worded bit of advice about not spending any more to keep the thing running than absolutely necessary.

There's a low-hanging cloud of disappointment that follows bicycle-shaped objects. It waits for anyone who interacts with the thing. And it feels bad.

If there's an exception among big-box store "bikes", it's coaster brake beach cruisers. Those mostly do what any beach cruiser does-- and when they fail, they can be repaired to function satisfactorily for a reasonable and appropriate amount of work and expense.

Tom Kunich wrote:

https://imgur.com/a/JT76Qog

That is a standard "Internal Wrenching Bolt"

This made me laugh. It says so much with so few words. It even hints at an explanation (not to say excuse) for your politics.

A perhaps more widely understood technical term would be "M6 x 1.0 x 12 socket head cap screw".

On 8/19/2019 11:28 AM, Chalo wrote:
Tom Kunich wrote:

https://imgur.com/a/JT76Qog

That is a standard "Internal Wrenching Bolt"

This made me laugh. It says so much with so few words. It even hints at an explanation (not to say excuse) for your politics.

A perhaps more widely understood technical term would be "M6 x 1.0 x 12 socket head cap screw".


or even "DIN 912".

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Andrew Muzi
www.yellowjersey.org/
Open every day since 1 April, 1971

On 8/19/2019 11:54 AM, Tom Kunich wrote:
On Sunday, August 18, 2019 at 5:35:56 PM UTC-7, AK wrote:
The opening in the hex screw that holds the rear brake cable has become much looser than it used to be. What is the name of the part so I can order another one? (Hopefully they have some made of harder steel.)

https://imgur.com/a/JT76Qog

That is a standard "Internal Wrenching Bolt" and is probably available at your nearest Ace Hardware store in the Metric area.

Tom should go into a specialty fastener store (or just a good hardware
store) and ask for an "Internal Wrenching Bolt."

Please report back on the look on the proprietor's face.

--
- Frank Krygowski

On Monday, August 19, 2019 at 2:16:45 AM UTC-5, Sir Ridesalot wrote:
On Monday, August 19, 2019 at 2:15:04 AM UTC-4, Chalo wrote:
Jeff Liebermann wrote:

I suspect you can't afford the very best, but you can borrow the list
of tools and buy the equivalent tools online or at your local hardware
store as you need them.

Normally this is very sound advice. But in the case of owning a Huffy, the first and much more important priority is to locate and acquire a real bike that was designed and constructed to be ridden. The Huffy already performed the only job it was ever intended to do when the initial purchaser paid money for it. After that, it's best for it to be recycled immediately into something possibly useful.

Not everyone can afford a more expensive bike at the time of purchase; therefore they get a cheaper bike at first, figure out the kind of riding they want to mostly and also their future wants/needs and then they buy a better bike later when finances allow it.

Cheers

I have started saving up for a more durable bike.

I hope to find one for around $300 - $500.

I would like both front and rear brakes to be disc.

Andy

On Mon, 19 Aug 2019 22:06:04 -0400, Frank Krygowski
wrote:

On 8/19/2019 11:54 AM, Tom Kunich wrote:
On Sunday, August 18, 2019 at 5:35:56 PM UTC-7, AK wrote:
The opening in the hex screw that holds the rear brake cable has become much looser than it used to be. What is the name of the part so I can order another one? (Hopefully they have some made of harder steel.)

https://imgur.com/a/JT76Qog

That is a standard "Internal Wrenching Bolt" and is probably available at your nearest Ace Hardware store in the Metric area.

Tom should go into a specialty fastener store (or just a good hardware
store) and ask for an "Internal Wrenching Bolt."

Please report back on the look on the proprietor's face.

The proper terminology is "one of them there thangs" :-)

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Cheers,

John B.

On Tuesday, 20 August 2019 04:14:45 UTC-4, John B. Slocomb wrote:
On Mon, 19 Aug 2019 22:06:04 -0400, Frank Krygowski
wrote:

On 8/19/2019 11:54 AM, Tom Kunich wrote:
On Sunday, August 18, 2019 at 5:35:56 PM UTC-7, AK wrote:
The opening in the hex screw that holds the rear brake cable has become much looser than it used to be. What is the name of the part so I can order another one? (Hopefully they have some made of harder steel.)

https://imgur.com/a/JT76Qog

That is a standard "Internal Wrenching Bolt" and is probably available at your nearest Ace Hardware store in the Metric area.

Tom should go into a specialty fastener store (or just a good hardware
store) and ask for an "Internal Wrenching Bolt."

Please report back on the look on the proprietor's face.

The proper terminology is "one of them there thangs" :-)

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Cheers,

John B.

I worked at a mine and one day a guy came into the tool crib and asked for a part. His description of the part. "The whatcamacallit that fits on the doohickey that goes on the thingamajig." I was amazed that the guy in the tool crib handed him the part he needed. Apparently that part broke frequently.

A lot of times, not knowing the terminology of bicycle things makes it very difficult for those who'd like to help a person with the questions.

Cheers