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Lubricating screw/braze-on threads: Bike lube or polylube?

Years ago, I made the newbie mistake of forcing a rack screw into a steel braze-on. I had to replace that fork. And I've heard this advice many times: When putting a screw into a braze-on, put a ...
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skating on my cassette [closed]

I recently replaced the entire drive train (ie. chain rings, cassette, chain) of my old steel road bike, which has a shimano 105/600 mixed group (14 sp). While I did this work, I also serviced my rear ...
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Possible to repair a pushed in braze-on?

I have a Trek 7200 (Alpha aluminum frame) and it has two water bottle holder mountings, the top braze-on on the seat tube seems to have broken from over-tightening and has sunk into the frame. These ...
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How should I restore braze-on brake cable housing guides?

I own a 1988 Schwinn Le Tour. It's beginning to show its age-- the original paint is chipped in many places and the frame is rusting underneath. The worst areas, by far, are around the rear brake ...
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removing broken mudguard/fender bolt from eyelet

A couple of years ago I tightened the bolt attaching my rear mudguard/fender to the eyelet at the hub and it snapped, leaving a 5mm long section of bolt stuck in the thread. Since then I've tried ...