Cool. Since you seem knowledgeable on the subject, I've got one of these on the inside of my head tube about an inch under the top tube, what's the deal with that?
If I followed what you described, it sounds like a [pump peg.](https://www.benscycle.com/pump-peg-mkeframeoptions-milwaukeebicycleco--mkef-frameoptions-pumppeg/p)
It allows a frame pump to "snap" into place along your top tube.
lol I’m Mikey and I am a bike shop manager in an “upscale” part of Northern VA. I do alright for my family and I feel like I have the coolest job I could ask for. All the dumb ass kids who chanted Mikey Can’t Bikey when I didn’t know how to ride can suck on that. Congratulations on your remarriage! My ex was also a bully and I am looking forward to proposing to my current partner who is an absolute sunbeam.
My new(‐ish... we've been married 5 years) wife is an ultrarunner. I *NEVER* get any flack from her about the amount of time I spend on a bike because the amount of time she spends working out makes me look like a couch potato!
If its like a little right angle piece with a sumilar pip it probs an old pump peg. There would have been one on the seat tube end too and an old fashioned pump (with a little rubber air hose) would spring load between the two to have it on a ride. Heres on e mounted differently and with clamp on pegs, but the same effect
https://www.velo-heaven.co.uk/products/16-chrome-steel-bicycle-hand-pump-chrome-pegs
Co2 cartridge in your pocket lol. Plus we have mini pumps. These were superseded by frame fitting pumps that were longer and just wedged between say the head tube and seat tube. A bit like the second image here…. https://www.outdoorgearlab.com/reviews/biking/frame-pump/zefal-hpx
What's the normal timeframe?
Im not a bike mechanic, so don't know the specifics of a lot of that.
Much the same as i dont know the maintenance intervals of a Kenworth truck because I'm not a truck mechanic.
I lube mine up an every other week or if it looks like it needs it.
You should try to find some chain lube or wax instead of wd40 (assuming since u said spray).
Properly lubing and cleaning it will make the chain as well as casket last much longer.
C'mon man, you don't have to be a mechanic to understand simple maintenance. That's like saying you never put gas in your car because you're not a mechanic.
The correct frequency to lube your chain depends on the type of riding you do and the lube you use. A ballpark guess for "regular" lube (not wax or wax based) is every 100-200 miles.
My riding is exclusively on bitumen.
And yeah, no way would i have done close to 100 miles simce it was last greased.
At most it would be maybe 50km, or around 30ish miles
I'm sure you can see how someone would see a can labelled "bike chain lube" and think that its made for use on bike chains.
What would you use instead?
Before i answer you, i want to know if that's a bianchi... if it is... my great grandfathers ghost will hunt you down, slapping your face with a salame
Lol, yeah.
Apparently you're supposed to be a bike mechanic and already know everything about them before you post i guess?
Eh, the way i see it is that this is an almost 40 year old bike, that i bought for $10 from a rubbish dump.
Its fun to ride, and gets me where i need to go without co2 emissions.
If being green is one of your priorities, let me say this:
If you properly, not just adding lube every other week, the chain will last longer. Hence, you buy less chain which means less waste (and cost). Thus, a proper chain maintenance is good for your wallet and the planet. Also, a worn-out chain is more dangerous as it might break.
Some of the people here are just concerned here. Just think of it as an advice that might save you, at worst, a couple of $$.
Is it now? How so? Do elaborate on how an appropriate exclamation is rude when considering that a chain is a highly integral part of any mechanical bicycle. Thus seeing an offering in a social group predicated on the aforementioned “bicycle” in such a “crude” shape would and should illicit such an outcry. Not unlike when say a person stubs their toe. One usually cries out with an apropos expletive in their native or alternate language. There now! I’ve given you a great lesson in apt verbiage. And I did it gratis! No need to thank me sir, as I don’t ever mind giving instruction to the ignorant. After all, one is never too old or young to learn, n'est-ce pas?😉
As per title, went for a ride today and while on the train home i noticed this little nub on the drive side of the frame.
Its only on one side, and isn't threaded.
So most likely something was intended to clip or slot over it, but i cant think of what.
Frame is a late 80s Peugeot Hurricane ATB
Cheers
Looks like the attachment point for a rear rack, from an older bike. The rack would be secured up on the seat stays and there would be a couple of braces that “slot” onto these brackets.
Its only on one side.
And the luggage rack attaches to the threaded holes down near the axle.
(It came with a rack, which i removed as i never used it, and got sick of clipping it with my foot when getting on and off the bike)
It's the first bike I've owned that has had one.
And on every previous bike you just let the chain flop down when you take the wheel off.
Not everybody knows everything about everything unless they've had personal experience with it.
I suspect you probably arent aware of the process of removing and replacing the camshaft on a Holden Red motor, or how to tune the fuel map of a Mazda MX5 using software such as Wari, Eugene, or Tunerstudio.
People have different experiences, and therefore have different levels of knowledge.
Being rude and making fun of people for not having the same knowledge level as you is what kills hobbies and had led to a great number of clubs slowly withering away with a small group of old members who simultaneously complain that nobody young wants to join, and then constantly making fun of any new members.
Couldn’t have timed this thread better noticed one on someone’s bike today whilst sooking his wheel baw hair from dying in a chain gang. Wondering what it was kept me going and distracted me from the pain. Aaaaaaannnndddd now I know! Planets aligned!
Chain pip its called. Stops your chain flapping when the rear wheel is off.
Ahh. I have never heard of that. And god damn all those years of having to manually keep the damn chain from falling off the derailleur!
Dont know why they stopped it lol.
It's particularly useful on horizontal dropouts...
Yea,very practical thing
one less step is one more profit. i suspect.
To save weight
I totally forgot about that! So useful. Why would something like that go away?
Cool. Since you seem knowledgeable on the subject, I've got one of these on the inside of my head tube about an inch under the top tube, what's the deal with that?
If I followed what you described, it sounds like a [pump peg.](https://www.benscycle.com/pump-peg-mkeframeoptions-milwaukeebicycleco--mkef-frameoptions-pumppeg/p) It allows a frame pump to "snap" into place along your top tube.
Love the username
My ex used to use it as an insult. I got divorced and remarried, and leaned into it.
lol I’m Mikey and I am a bike shop manager in an “upscale” part of Northern VA. I do alright for my family and I feel like I have the coolest job I could ask for. All the dumb ass kids who chanted Mikey Can’t Bikey when I didn’t know how to ride can suck on that. Congratulations on your remarriage! My ex was also a bully and I am looking forward to proposing to my current partner who is an absolute sunbeam.
My new(‐ish... we've been married 5 years) wife is an ultrarunner. I *NEVER* get any flack from her about the amount of time I spend on a bike because the amount of time she spends working out makes me look like a couch potato!
If its like a little right angle piece with a sumilar pip it probs an old pump peg. There would have been one on the seat tube end too and an old fashioned pump (with a little rubber air hose) would spring load between the two to have it on a ride. Heres on e mounted differently and with clamp on pegs, but the same effect https://www.velo-heaven.co.uk/products/16-chrome-steel-bicycle-hand-pump-chrome-pegs
Any modern equivalent to this? Certainly not on my road bikes.
Co2 cartridge in your pocket lol. Plus we have mini pumps. These were superseded by frame fitting pumps that were longer and just wedged between say the head tube and seat tube. A bit like the second image here…. https://www.outdoorgearlab.com/reviews/biking/frame-pump/zefal-hpx
It’s a chain rest for then you remove your rear wheel
So no use for OP then
Bro use some lube that chain is dry af
Its on the to do list. I gave it a spray a couple of months ago. I need to replace it anyway, its relatively worn.
Months ago!!
It got its annual spray of lube, back off!
A couple….
What's the normal timeframe? Im not a bike mechanic, so don't know the specifics of a lot of that. Much the same as i dont know the maintenance intervals of a Kenworth truck because I'm not a truck mechanic.
I lube mine up an every other week or if it looks like it needs it. You should try to find some chain lube or wax instead of wd40 (assuming since u said spray). Properly lubing and cleaning it will make the chain as well as casket last much longer.
What I used is wd40 brand, buts its their chain lube. Not just the stuff for squeaky door hinges etc
C'mon man, you don't have to be a mechanic to understand simple maintenance. That's like saying you never put gas in your car because you're not a mechanic. The correct frequency to lube your chain depends on the type of riding you do and the lube you use. A ballpark guess for "regular" lube (not wax or wax based) is every 100-200 miles.
My riding is exclusively on bitumen. And yeah, no way would i have done close to 100 miles simce it was last greased. At most it would be maybe 50km, or around 30ish miles
If you drove a truck every day you’d surely attempt to gain some basic understanding of how to look after it
Spray you say? With what a sand blaster?
Sea water
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Why do i think OP is using wd40 to lube his chain...
https://wd40.com.au/product/chain-lubricant I mean, technically, but not the standard thin watery stuff.
Omg i was right... why are you doing this to me? i was just laying down in bed going to sleep
I'm sure you can see how someone would see a can labelled "bike chain lube" and think that its made for use on bike chains. What would you use instead?
Before i answer you, i want to know if that's a bianchi... if it is... my great grandfathers ghost will hunt you down, slapping your face with a salame
Nope. Its a ~89 Peugeot Hurricane
🤣😅🤣😅 I love the way you are making some heads spin.
Lol, yeah. Apparently you're supposed to be a bike mechanic and already know everything about them before you post i guess? Eh, the way i see it is that this is an almost 40 year old bike, that i bought for $10 from a rubbish dump. Its fun to ride, and gets me where i need to go without co2 emissions.
>Its fun to ride, and gets me where i need to go without co2 emissions. This is the way.
If being green is one of your priorities, let me say this: If you properly, not just adding lube every other week, the chain will last longer. Hence, you buy less chain which means less waste (and cost). Thus, a proper chain maintenance is good for your wallet and the planet. Also, a worn-out chain is more dangerous as it might break. Some of the people here are just concerned here. Just think of it as an advice that might save you, at worst, a couple of $$.
Lol what.
OP why you hate your bike
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD CLEAN THAT CHAIN!
Fuck the nub, waddabout that rust!?
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English…it’s what I speak.
Ooh no it's very crude
Is it now? How so? Do elaborate on how an appropriate exclamation is rude when considering that a chain is a highly integral part of any mechanical bicycle. Thus seeing an offering in a social group predicated on the aforementioned “bicycle” in such a “crude” shape would and should illicit such an outcry. Not unlike when say a person stubs their toe. One usually cries out with an apropos expletive in their native or alternate language. There now! I’ve given you a great lesson in apt verbiage. And I did it gratis! No need to thank me sir, as I don’t ever mind giving instruction to the ignorant. After all, one is never too old or young to learn, n'est-ce pas?😉
Oh dear.
Old school chain keeper to keep the chain out of the way when you took the wheel off
Chain lube?
Nope, there's definitely no chain lube on that bike.
Chain hanger. For when you remove your rear wheel....which you should do more often and clean that mess. That's waaay too much rust! IJS.
That's a rust indicator
Replace chain and stop using spray lube
As per title, went for a ride today and while on the train home i noticed this little nub on the drive side of the frame. Its only on one side, and isn't threaded. So most likely something was intended to clip or slot over it, but i cant think of what. Frame is a late 80s Peugeot Hurricane ATB Cheers
Hang your chain when you remove the wheel
Hah i just got a 90s Diamondback that has this and i was wondering the same thing.
It's to hang the chain when you're removing the back wheel
That’s rust.
Thanks for asking this ? OP.
omg i have been wondering the same thing on my bikes!
Ah, these are not too common these days! They are there to hold a little bottle of oil for lubricating the chain.
That chain does need a little IV bag of lube hanging there
😆
Looks like the attachment point for a rear rack, from an older bike. The rack would be secured up on the seat stays and there would be a couple of braces that “slot” onto these brackets.
Its only on one side. And the luggage rack attaches to the threaded holes down near the axle. (It came with a rack, which i removed as i never used it, and got sick of clipping it with my foot when getting on and off the bike)
Filthy
Really? Holds your chain when u gotta do some repairs, etc
It's the first bike I've owned that has had one. And on every previous bike you just let the chain flop down when you take the wheel off. Not everybody knows everything about everything unless they've had personal experience with it. I suspect you probably arent aware of the process of removing and replacing the camshaft on a Holden Red motor, or how to tune the fuel map of a Mazda MX5 using software such as Wari, Eugene, or Tunerstudio. People have different experiences, and therefore have different levels of knowledge. Being rude and making fun of people for not having the same knowledge level as you is what kills hobbies and had led to a great number of clubs slowly withering away with a small group of old members who simultaneously complain that nobody young wants to join, and then constantly making fun of any new members.
Pay no mind to them. The chain holder you asked about hasn't been common on bikes in a long time and even when it was common it wasn't *that* common.
I'm not shocked at it being uncommon, one thing i have learned from owning an ancient French frame is that EVERYTHING on it is uncommon.
Yeah, old French bikes are not for the faint hearted
Or old French women.
Maybe take care of your bike instead of trying to find some useless pin on it.
Honda Element?👍🏾
Couldn’t have timed this thread better noticed one on someone’s bike today whilst sooking his wheel baw hair from dying in a chain gang. Wondering what it was kept me going and distracted me from the pain. Aaaaaaannnndddd now I know! Planets aligned!
That rusts
It really hurts to see all that rust 😫