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Post by sprockit on Aug 6, 2014 22:48:17 GMT
It's said to be 'Grim Up North', but I beg to differ. A couple of pictures from a recent ride on the 5-speed Sport:- With the Great Bride Stones in the distance, this milestone is 1400 feet above sea level. The lowest point on the ride is 400 feet, but much of the 1000 foot height gain is pushed rather than pedalled - it is, after all, only a 5-speed bike! On this regular 15-mile ride the pushes total about a mile and gain 600 feet. Once on the upland plateau there's still a bit of uphill, but the 13 miles back home are very rideable. I recently took an afternoon off work to lend a hand on a local farm, and pedalled all the way to this location:- This Ferguson FE35 tractor was built in 1959. More soon . . . Sprockit
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Post by Jem on Aug 7, 2014 6:34:56 GMT
Great pictures! Far from grim. A touch of the Wainwright about your write up - nothing to do with walking up hills just the same kind of material. Not many farms do the bails that you can stack by hand to air before collection. That is proper old fashioned farming. Really great pictures , keep em coming!
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Post by cusqueno on Aug 7, 2014 13:00:37 GMT
I'm interested in your dynamo set-up as I'm thinking of fitting one to a fillet brazed Sport (might have been a Pro) that I'm building up. I have just bought from eBay one of those dynamos that fix to the chain stays just behind the BB and bear squarely on the rear tyre. It's a Sanyo, which I have since found is not thought to be as good as the Soubitez version.
What I'd like to know is about the earth continuity from the dynamo to the lamp(s). Does the dynamo mount have a special screw to bite through the paint on the frame and ensure good contact? and is there adequate contact through the headset to the fork-mounted front lamp, or do you have to fit an additional wire?
Thanks.
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Post by velocipete on Aug 7, 2014 19:05:40 GMT
I always ran twin wires after the first clunker I had,I saw the mess the earth screw makes!It makes sense not to break the paint and indent the frame needlessly. Think I've got a Soubitez in my bit box,I'll have to check. Cheers, Pete.
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Post by sprockit on Aug 7, 2014 21:13:12 GMT
Cusqueno,
The dynamo mount does have a special screw to create a good electrical contact through the frame.
There is no additional wire to complete the circuit, therefore the contact through the headset does give adequate current to power the front lamp, and it throws out a decent number of watts of light.
I'll post some close-up pictures over the weekend.
Regards,
Sprockit
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Post by sprockit on Aug 7, 2014 21:19:46 GMT
A touch of the Wainwright about your write up Must admit, Jem, it is very Wainwrightesque - it just came out that way! Sprockit
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Post by sprockit on Aug 8, 2014 12:55:58 GMT
Cusqueno, The dynamo set-up on my Sport:- Two wires emerge from the bottom of the bottle dynamo, one going to the rear light, the other to the front. The bicycle frame completes the circuit via both the headset bearings and the screw through the clamp by which the dynamo unit is attached to the seat stay. The screw needs to penetrate the paint to make metal-to-metal electrical contact, allowing completion of the circuit in the way you described in your question. Dynamo mount general arrangement: Close-up shot, showing screw through seat stay clamp: I've never removed the dynamo, so can't say how much of a hole the screw makes in the seat stay. I would imagine that the hole needs filling and the paint retouching if the dynamo is taken off. I don't know whether (but do doubt) the dynamo was factory fitted, but I did see exactly the same set-up on a KP Crisps Viscount for sale on eBay a few weeks ago. Hope this is of help. Sprockit
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Post by velocipete on Aug 8, 2014 19:58:03 GMT
I'm interested in your dynamo set-up as I'm thinking of fitting one to a fillet brazed Sport (might have been a Pro) that I'm building up. I have just bought from eBay one of those dynamos that fix to the chain stays just behind the BB and bear squarely on the rear tyre. It's a Sanyo, which I have since found is not thought to be as good as the Soubitez version. What I'd like to know is about the earth continuity from the dynamo to the lamp(s). Does the dynamo mount have a special screw to bite through the paint on the frame and ensure good contact? and is there adequate contact through the headset to the fork-mounted front lamp, or do you have to fit an additional wire? Thanks. I first thought that it was the dynamo so prominently featured on the Massey that you refered to.If the tractor is petrol engined,it shares the same engine as the TR series of sports cars.This was used in Standard Vanguards,Morgans,boats,and various other applications.Nice to see one still in the wild!Thanks for that Sprockit,it made my day. Cheers, Pete.
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Post by sprockit on Aug 9, 2014 20:03:17 GMT
This particular tractor has a diesel engine, but petrol and TVO* engines were also offered.
From 1960 the tractors were badged 'Massey Ferguson', and adopted the flat-topped bonnet and the square styling with the headlights in the radiator grille.
In addition to the thousands built in Coventry, UK, many of this type and also the earlier 'Little Grey Fergie' were also built in the USA.
I'd bet the number still working runs into thousands.
* TVO - tractor vapourising oil, similar to paraffin or kerosene.
Sprockit
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Post by velocipete on Aug 9, 2014 21:12:02 GMT
There certainly is a collecting value to them now.You can't go to any classic vehicle show without seeing a few Fergies, usually the grey ones,not the one with royal connections! As I said,good to see an old tractor still being used,someone's had their moneys worth there. Cheers, Pete.
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Post by Jem on Aug 14, 2014 14:45:16 GMT
I don't know whether (but do doubt) the dynamo was factory fitted, but I did see exactly the same set-up on a KP Crisps Viscount for sale on eBay a few weeks ago. Hope this is of help. Sprockit I have seen 2x KP Crisps with the same set up and another on eBay. Lewisg has that set up, I think? So, that's pretty much 90% surety they came out of the factory like that?
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Post by sprockit on Aug 14, 2014 22:39:11 GMT
I wouldn't like to say one way or the other.
Maybe with the later bikes the notion of 'building a good bike at a reasonable price' had evaporated.
The light is pretty good, especially from the front, but the unit does create a good deal of drag on the rear wheel, so wouldn't be a first choice accessory on a sports bike, and with the company being known to have component supply issues, the addition of a dynamo seems a bit of an anomaly, unless they were trying to increase the appeal of their bikes to a broader spectrum of riders.
As the KP Crisps models and my Sport were produced towards the end, I guess they'd have been pretty much grasping at straws.
Sprockit
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