http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Lego Valve Caps! en Mon, 18 May 2026 03:38:51 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2628#post-28148 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 15:35:14 +0000 Cyclingmollie 28148@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>wingpig: <em>cogs in strange shapes which meshed with other strange-shaped but perfectly-aligned cogs</em> - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYcqJ5HdxA4">here</a>. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2628#post-28147 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 15:25:29 +0000 Min 28147@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I can't imagine stopping would be too much of a problem somehow.. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2628#post-28144 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 15:09:32 +0000 amir 28144@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Fixie then </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2628#post-28143 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 15:08:43 +0000 wingpig 28143@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The brake discs would have to be square too or it'd be cheating, though a disc brake mechanism would be easier to move to and fro up and down the fork. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2628#post-28142 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 15:05:33 +0000 amir 28142@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Disc brakes? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2628#post-28141 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 15:02:42 +0000 wingpig 28141@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There was that YouTube clip thing someone posted somewhere (possibly here, possibly BoingBoing or b3ta) showing a bloke who cut cogs in strange shapes which meshed with other strange-shaped but perfectly-aligned cogs.</p> <p>You'd need elegant cam-work to get the brakes to work on a square wheel, but it'd be interesting to try. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2628#post-28140 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 15:02:25 +0000 Min 28140@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Square wheels-I have to ask why?</p> <p>Valve caps-I love the skull ones on TBC website. Daren't ask for them in the shop though hehe!</p> <p><a href="http://www.thebikechain.co.uk/Brand-X-Skull-Valve-Caps-Gold-201011190302/" rel="nofollow">http://www.thebikechain.co.uk/Brand-X-Skull-Valve-Caps-Gold-201011190302/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2628#post-28139 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 15:00:06 +0000 amir 28139@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Here's a link<br /> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A30334880" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A30334880</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2628#post-28137 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 14:57:49 +0000 amir 28137@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I saw on a BBC science programme that you can cycle with square wheels, just as long as the road surface has an appropriate geometric form. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2628#post-28133 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 14:42:42 +0000 Claggy Cog 28133@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>My research shows that you can actually buy lego wheels. Alternatively four rounded corner bits that could make a circle or wheel. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2628#post-28086 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 09:46:04 +0000 chdot 28086@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Novel valve caps seem to be for schraeder valves only not prestas."</p> <p><em>But</em> if you really wanted to you could add an adaptor -</p> <p><img src="https://clee-cycles.co.uk/cc/cc_images/valve-adapter.jpg"></p> <p>Useful in 'schraeder world'. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2628#post-28076 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 09:28:54 +0000 Claggy Cog 28076@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I have seen some valve caps shaped like bullets, in different colours. My son had dice valve caps on his bike. Novel valve caps seem to be for schraeder valves only not prestas. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2628#post-28074 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 09:26:01 +0000 Claggy Cog 28074@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@gembo, difficult surely riding on lego wheels, are they not a bit square? Or is that me, and lego actually do produce round things? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2628#post-28047 Mon, 28 Mar 2011 19:21:19 +0000 gembo 28047@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@kaputnik - that is what the guy has done isn't it? Lego bikes with lego wheels and lego tyres with lego valve caps. (not suitable for presta valves) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2628#post-28031 Mon, 28 Mar 2011 17:53:01 +0000 Smudge 28031@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Kaputnik, available in yellow..... ;-) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2628#post-27990 Mon, 28 Mar 2011 12:35:26 +0000 kaputnik 27990@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>buy /borrow / steal a few bits of 1x1 lego and just glue it on to an existing valve cap and trim it to size. Job done! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2628#post-27987 Mon, 28 Mar 2011 12:08:57 +0000 wingpig 27987@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Eep. Probably best just to imagine having them for the mere day or so they'd stay in place before falling off, as all valve caps must. Imagine Lego­­® strewn all over the path... probably worse for punctures (wheels) and skidding (wheels and feet) than existing hazards. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2628#post-27986 Mon, 28 Mar 2011 12:05:35 +0000 SRD 27986@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>imagine a wee square black lego block stuck on top of a valve cover (presumably schraeder?). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2628#post-27984 Mon, 28 Mar 2011 12:01:20 +0000 spytefear 27984@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>damn ebay blocked at work - post pic on flickr please? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2628#post-27982 Mon, 28 Mar 2011 11:57:57 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 27982@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Lego-Dust-caps-Back-x-2-push-bicycle-motorbike-/270725237119?pt=UK_Cars_parts_Vehicles_Wheels_tyres_trims_Valve_Caps_ET&amp;hash=item3f087b497f">Want!</a> </p>