Pedal fixings!

poopot · December 2017

morning peeps.

I have to put together two identical pedal boards for someone. On my own board I have used the little “bike chain link” type things (see pic).

Been googling my backside off trying to find these again as it appears the original shop no longer exists.

any ideas who is selling them? Other than stewmac in the states that is.

http://a67.tinypic.com/33jpbgl.jpg

poopot · December 2017

Ignore this. Problem solved...

https://www.toolstation.com/shop/Electrical/d190/Cable+Management/sd2460/All+Purpose+Fixing+Band/p24536

UnclePsychosis · December 2017

The clue is kind of in the name - just buy some bike chain links! :-D

poopot · December 2017

UnclePsychosis said:

The clue is kind of in the name - just buy some bike chain links! :-D

Was considering that... but... really can’t be arsed with buying a chain and cracking all the links off... messy and time consuming...

clarkefan · December 2017

Cool er link, thanks, I'd no idea such a thing exists

downbytheriver · December 2017

If you have a chain cracker most bike shops have old chains for free - dead easy

thermionic · December 2017

Plenty of cyclists on here, just ask! I don’t have a dead one at the moment though.

poopot · December 2017

All sorted with the stuff from toolstation... easy to cut with snips (which I have)... 80 of the little feckers cut in a very short time... still have about 8meters left!. It will also be useful for making up a couple of brackets to hold power supply’s under the two boards!...

http://a66.tinypic.com/2m3fred.jpg

rico · December 2017

Why not Velcro?

Johnnyseven · December 2017

I have loads, let me know how many you need and you can have them for the cost of postage.

poopot · December 2017

Johnnyseven said:

I have loads, let me know how many you need and you can have them for the cost of postage.

Hi, cheers... but I need 80!... I think I’m sorted with the stuff from toolstation but... if I get stuck I’ll let you know!... thanks again!...

see, this is why this site is so good!

poopot · December 2017

rico said:

Why not Velcro?

Velcro is not strong enough tbh... the two boards are going to get a lot of use and they’re not going to be changed often. Better to have everything nailed down on these!.

rico · December 2017

poopot said:

rico said:

Why not Velcro?

Velcro is not strong enough tbh... the two boards are going to get a lot of use and they’re not going to be changed often. Better to have everything nailed down on these!.

Fair enough, it was a genuine question!

poopot · December 2017

rico said:

poopot said:

rico said:

Why not Velcro?

Velcro is not strong enough tbh... the two boards are going to get a lot of use and they’re not going to be changed often. Better to have everything nailed down on these!.

Fair enough, it was a genuine question!

Totally... I have booted a pedal off the pedal board on more than one occasion when they were Velcro’d down!...

also I like to use the solderless cables and whilst they are excellent (short runs, low capacitance etc) they are also unreliable if the pedals have any movement to them. Bolting the pedals down solves this!...

the flip side side is that it is a pain if you want to swop stuff out regularly but like I said the two boards won’t be changed, one main board and a backup!...

will post pics once they are done, just waiting on delivery’s of all the toys

rico · December 2017

I agree with solderless cables, makes a noticeable difference and is much neater although I am two plugs short of a complete board

poopot · December 2017

rico said:

I agree with solderless cables, makes a noticeable difference and is much neater although I am two plugs short of a complete board

Just ordered 44 George l’s plugs and 4m of cable today

rico · December 2017

poopot said:

rico said:

I agree with solderless cables, makes a noticeable difference and is much neater although I am two plugs short of a complete board

Just ordered 44 George l’s plugs and 4m of cable today

Feel free to make me one

poopot · December 2017

I would... but then I’d have to get two more plugs

Slimbert · December 2017

rico said:

I agree with solderless cables, makes a noticeable difference and is much neater although I am two plugs short of a complete board

I must have a couple of spare plugs kicking about.

If you're genuinely stuck then PM me your address and I'll send you a couple of George L's or similar.

Not sure what I have in terms of cable...how long do you need it?

crunchman · December 2017

poopot said:

rico said:

I agree with solderless cables, makes a noticeable difference and is much neater although I am two plugs short of a complete board

Just ordered 44 George l’s plugs and 4m of cable today

If my experience with George Ls is anything to go by, you'll be ordering a job lot of soldered cables in a few years time when you get fed up with failure after failure.

If anyone wants an old bike chain I'll have one in a week or two when I can be bothered to get round to sorting out my road bike.

smigeon · December 2017

crunchman said:

If my experience with George Ls is anything to go by, you'll be ordering a job lot of soldered cables in a few years time when you get fed up with failure after failure.

FWIW that’s been my experience too. I perceived them as high quality - perhaps because they were so expensive :-). But despite quite a bit of perseverance and re-doing, they were just flaky, and I’ve now replaced them all. I even replaced some with real cheapo soldered ones which, ironically, have never let me down.

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