Re: [CR] WTB, WTT Sturmey Archer quick release for timing chain, and Spoke Washers

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Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:26:42 -0700
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Thread-Topic: [CR] WTB, WTT Sturmey Archer quick release for timing chain, and Spoke Washers
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From: "Mark Bulgier" <Mark@bulgier.net>
To: "Barb and Dan Artley" <hydelake@verizon.net>, "Classic Rendezvous" <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: Re: [CR] WTB, WTT Sturmey Archer quick release for timing chain, and Spoke Washers


Dan Artley wrote:
> I'm building up a Sturmey hub recently purchased and the coupling
> rod and chain that attaches to the indicator rod has a quick
> release connection. I don't have the attachment for the quick
> release that connects to the cable for shifting.

That can be a tricky part to find. I wish you luck, but if you can't find one or as an interim solution, you could use a small S hook, from the hardware store or bent out of a piece of spoke, to go between a cannibalized cheap indicator chain, and the existing rectangular hole in the part you have.

Here's a picture: http://bulgier.net/pics/bike/Sturmey-Archer/solution_for_missing_cable-Q R.jpg (Not my bike, just a pic I grabbed off eBay)

Note, if that S hook were the more open kind, like a standard hardware store item, you could unhook it without disturbing the adjustment, preserving the purpose of the quick-release. It has to be a stout enough hook not to straighten out under the maximum tension you can put on the cable. The one in the picture, made from a spoke, could also be a quick-release if the bottom tail, that goes through the rectangular hole, were just cut slightly shorter than the length of the rectangular hole. Dig?

Mark Bulgier
Seattle WA USA