I'm beginning to feel a lot like Jamey

biondino

You guys aren't making me any more confident I can fix this myself...

prawny

I'm reckoning it'll be easy, you just need to get the right tool (less than £10 easy) take the crank arm off on the non-drive side put the doo dad in and screw it a bit 8).

You might need a crank extractor too actually, unless you want to doo the ride until it falls off thing, but that can knacker the crank.

biondino

Or I could take it to the lbs, right? Right? And they'd fix it quickly and easily? At this rate I'm going to be off the bike for weeks

lost_in_thought

Did you try the spacer option?

I'd take it to Brixton Cycles - they're incredibly helpful in there and seem to really know their stuff on FGSS bikes.

Also, every time I look at this thread title, my brain sings it to me to the tune of 'it's beginning to look a lot like christmas'.

Damn you. :P

prawny

biondino wrote:

Or I could take it to the lbs, right? Right? And they'd fix it quickly and easily? At this rate I'm going to be off the bike for weeks

You could, I don't know how much they'd charge though, go in an ask but make out you could do it peice of piss you just haven't got the right tool, they might just screw it in for nowt. worth a shot.

biondino

I didn't try the spacer option, as I have no spacers, don't know how to get the cranks off, and it seems the problem's different anyway! But thanks

And yes, the thread title was inspired by said Xmas ditty. Even though I'm more a "Walking in a Winter Wonderland" man myself.

biondino

Okay guys,

I have borrowed a rear wheel from my triathlete neighbour and intend to commute on it tomorrow. The only issue is the cassette is 9-speed and my bike is 10-speed (I can't change the cassette because - joy of joys - I have the wrong size tool). I've flicked through the gears and it seems fine - worst case scenario I can ride it single speed, right? Reassurance appreciated...

biondino

Well, I was worried that the gears would slip and the chain might not fit, but the 9-speed rear wheel was a dream on the way to work today. The fixie, and the Fulcrum, are both at Holdsworth - they say the fixie needs a new BB as it's simply too narrow at the moment.