Cycle Repairing and Adjusting
With a Chapter on building a Bicycle from a Set of Parts

OVERHAULING A BICYCLE 25 will do), and rivet over the heads by hammering until they fit tightly in the side-plates. Chain Bolt.—Accidents sometimes occur through the chain bolt becoming disengaged from the chain. The bolt nut should periodically be examined, and tightened if necessary. All nuts and bolts require occasional over- hauling. It does not take many minutes to run a spanner over all the nuts on the machine, and the time will be well spent. The employment of a poor spanner bruises the nuts and spoils the appearance of a machine. Cleaning Chains.—To clean a chain thoroughly it is necessary to remove it from the machine. The chain bolt and nut should be placed in a receptacle where they cannot be easily mislaid. The chain should then be coiled and soaked for about twenty-four hours in a shallow dish or tray containing paraffin ; when the chain is removed, hang it over the dish to drain. To lubricate the chain, it may be placed in a dish containing melted russian tallow, or treated externally with graphite. The former will be found more thorough, as the melted tallow finds its way into every link and rivet. A chain treated thus will not require any further lubrication for a considerable time.