Thread To Tell Everyone What Fettling You've Just Done

1…142143145147148…234

Comments

  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,072
    Just tried again for about the 100th time to get that SRAM shifting without rub in all gears, its clearly a cable tension problem but really I find it hard to believe SRAM setup is so sensitive, like a quarter turn here and there.

    That can't be right?
    Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • keyser__soze
    keyser__soze Posts: 2,067
    itboffin wrote:
    Just tried again for about the 100th time to get that SRAM shifting without rub in all gears, its clearly a cable tension problem but really I find it hard to believe SRAM setup is so sensitive, like a quarter turn here and there

    I've found SRAM (Rival/Force/Red across five or six bikes in our stable, some long departed) much easier to index than Shimano, and as I'm going through a similar issue with Shimano right now (and at the risk of teaching granny how to suck eggs), are you sure your derailleur cage/hanger is straight? Tried taking the shifter off the bars and running with just the last section of outer direct to the derailleur to discount any outer/routing slowness?
    "Mummy Mummy, when will I grow up?"
    "Don't be silly son, you're a bloke, you'll never grow up"
  • dhope
    dhope Posts: 6,699
    edited April 2015
    Put the tractor into race dress for the weekend (okay, sprint tri). By which I mean removed the mudguards and put on 25's rather than 32c Randonneur's. It still doesn't look massively racy :roll:

    Edit: tri bars too now. And I'm commuting on it tomorrow. Oh dear
    Rose Xeon CW Disc
    CAAD12 Disc
    Condor Tempo
  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    Got the Madone onto the bike stand to start prepping it for riding in the sunshine and the quick link is not moving correctly (the chain jumps). Is it easier just to remove and replace or is that wasting money and a remove / clean / lube and refit going to be enough?
    Chunky Cyclists need your love too! :-)
    2009 Specialized Tricross Sport
    2011 Trek Madone 4.5
    2012 Felt F65X
    Proud CX Pervert and quiet roadie. 12 mile commuter
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,900
    Kieran_Burns wrote:
    Got the Madone onto the bike stand to start prepping it for riding in the sunshine and the quick link is not moving correctly (the chain jumps). Is it easier just to remove and replace or is that wasting money and a remove / clean / lube and refit going to be enough?
    Remove, clean, inspect, lube and refit. Alternatively you could ask the expert on quick links and conspiracy theories.
    Kinesis Pro6
    Marin Nail Trail
    Cotic Solaris
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,072
    Keyser__Soze wrote:
    itboffin wrote:
    Just tried again for about the 100th time to get that SRAM shifting without rub in all gears, its clearly a cable tension problem but really I find it hard to believe SRAM setup is so sensitive, like a quarter turn here and there

    I've found SRAM (Rival/Force/Red across five or six bikes in our stable, some long departed) much easier to index than Shimano, and as I'm going through a similar issue with Shimano right now (and at the risk of teaching granny how to suck eggs), are you sure your derailleur cage/hanger is straight? Tried taking the shifter off the bars and running with just the last section of outer direct to the derailleur to discount any outer/routing slowness?

    yep nothing bent out of shape
    Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • rubertoe
    rubertoe Posts: 3,994
    New bikes?

    Shimano is a dream to index. HTH.
    "If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got."

    PX Kaffenback 2 = Work Horse
    B-Twin Alur 700 = Sundays and Hills
  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    Veronese68 wrote:
    Kieran_Burns wrote:
    Got the Madone onto the bike stand to start prepping it for riding in the sunshine and the quick link is not moving correctly (the chain jumps). Is it easier just to remove and replace or is that wasting money and a remove / clean / lube and refit going to be enough?
    Remove, clean, inspect, lube and refit. Alternatively you could ask the expert on quick links and conspiracy theories.

    It is a quicklink not a powerlink. Did he not read the bit on how to fit them? "I can't pull the chain hard enough, without cutting my fingers" Then don't you doink. RTFM and note the bit that says get the direction right and fit them loosely. Then stand on the pedal and listen to the gentle 'click' of the powerlink connecting.
    Chunky Cyclists need your love too! :-)
    2009 Specialized Tricross Sport
    2011 Trek Madone 4.5
    2012 Felt F65X
    Proud CX Pervert and quiet roadie. 12 mile commuter
  • tgotb
    tgotb Posts: 4,714
    Veronese68 wrote:
    Alternatively you could ask the expert on quick links and conspiracy theories.
    Brilliant! How did I manage to miss that?

    Can we start a new "Thread to tell everyone what manc33 threads you've spotted"?
    Pannier, 120rpm.
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,900
    TGOTB wrote:
    Veronese68 wrote:
    Alternatively you could ask the expert on quick links and conspiracy theories.
    Brilliant! How did I manage to miss that?

    Can we start a new "Thread to tell everyone what manc33 threads you've spotted"?
    The conspiracy thread, now renamed as the Gillian Anderson thread in the Bottom Bracket is really bizarre. The guy is beyond certifiable.
    Kinesis Pro6
    Marin Nail Trail
    Cotic Solaris
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,072
    replaced brake pads and headset on the ribble, first time for both since i built it in 2008, boy did it need it

    ... about 2 years ago :oops:
    Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • keef66
    keef66 Posts: 13,123
    Just retaped the bars on the CR1. Always a strangely satisfying exercise. Then the first test ride with renewed drivetrain and tyres was aborted because of a disturbing pain from the scrotal region. Gutted; the weather's near perfect.

    Closer inspection revealed an unexpected lump. Docs appointment this afternoon :(
  • rubertoe
    rubertoe Posts: 3,994
    Hope that goes well Keef.

    Anyone got any idea how best to straighten a Hanger (although i am not convinced its not the dérailleur) on a steel framed bike, I thought i had done it.

    Should i just chuck it at the LBS?
    "If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got."

    PX Kaffenback 2 = Work Horse
    B-Twin Alur 700 = Sundays and Hills
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,900
    rubertoe wrote:
    Hope that goes well Keef.

    Anyone got any idea how best to straighten a Hanger (although i am not convinced its not the dérailleur) on a steel framed bike, I thought i had done it.

    Should i just chuck it at the LBS?
    One of these:
    493080_1.jpg
    If you can get the bike to Kingston you are more than welcome to use mine.

    Also hope all goes well K66. I wouldn't recommend fettling that yourself.
    Kinesis Pro6
    Marin Nail Trail
    Cotic Solaris
  • rubertoe
    rubertoe Posts: 3,994
    Probably quicker to just let my LBS do it.

    is their any tool that you don't own (other than a truing stand ;) )?
    "If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got."

    PX Kaffenback 2 = Work Horse
    B-Twin Alur 700 = Sundays and Hills
  • keef66
    keef66 Posts: 13,123
    rubertoe wrote:
    Hope that goes well Keef.

    Anyone got any idea how best to straighten a Hanger (although i am not convinced its not the dérailleur) on a steel framed bike, I thought i had done it.

    Should i just chuck it at the LBS?

    Why thank you both!

    I always straightened hangers on steel framed bikes with a very large adjustable spanner and a lot of squinting. The hanger alignment tool suggested by Veronese would be a more precise method. I'm thinking of buying one myself; the mech on the winter bike is tickling the spokes when in the 27 sprocket :shock:
  • tgotb
    tgotb Posts: 4,714
    Agree with the above - hanger alignment tool is a very useful thing to have, especially if you ride any of your bikes off road and fall off them from time to time. Although you can use a big adjustable spanner (or even, in extremis, the mech itself) you really need the proper tool to figure out exactly how far and which way to straighten it. After I got mine, I was surprised how many of my niggling mech adjustment issues had been down to hanger alignment.

    Best wishes to Keef, hope all goes well!
    Pannier, 120rpm.
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,900
    rubertoe wrote:
    is their any tool that you don't own (other than a truing stand ;) )?
    :oops: Having the right tool for the job makes it so much easier. There are a few I don't have, usually ones where something else can be made to do the job just as well.
    Agree about using a large adjustable spanner, just the right tool is easier. Try it by eye and if it doesn't help go to the LBS. Also true that niggling adjustment issues are often down to alignment. That's why I bought my magnificent tool.
    Kinesis Pro6
    Marin Nail Trail
    Cotic Solaris
  • rower63
    rower63 Posts: 1,991
    TGOTB wrote:
    ...or even, in extremis, the mech itself...
    If you do use the mech as a lever be prepared to buy a new mech very shortly afterwards. Bent mech = permanently b*ggered shifting. I did this myself about 18 months ago (less extremis more ignorance) after a fall on ice in RP in Feb last year.
    Dolan Titanium ADX 2016
    Ridley Noah FAST 2013
    Bottecchia/Campagnolo 1990
    Carrera Parva Hybrid 2016
    Hoy Sa Calobra 002 2014 [off duty]
    Storck Absolutist 2011 [off duty]
    http://www.slidingseat.net/cycling/cycling.html
  • rower63
    rower63 Posts: 1,991
    TGOTB wrote:
    ...or even, in extremis, the mech itself...
    If you do use the mech as a lever be prepared to buy a new mech very shortly afterwards. Bent mech = permanently b*ggered shifting. I did this myself about 18 months ago (less extremis more ignorance) after a fall on ice in RP in Feb last year.
    Dolan Titanium ADX 2016
    Ridley Noah FAST 2013
    Bottecchia/Campagnolo 1990
    Carrera Parva Hybrid 2016
    Hoy Sa Calobra 002 2014 [off duty]
    Storck Absolutist 2011 [off duty]
    http://www.slidingseat.net/cycling/cycling.html
  • rubertoe
    rubertoe Posts: 3,994
    I fear its the mech....

    although i replaced the mech that was on there with one i had in the spares box. it just looks out even after my attempted straighten.

    meh.
    "If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got."

    PX Kaffenback 2 = Work Horse
    B-Twin Alur 700 = Sundays and Hills
  • tgotb
    tgotb Posts: 4,714
    rower63 wrote:
    TGOTB wrote:
    ...or even, in extremis, the mech itself...
    If you do use the mech as a lever be prepared to buy a new mech very shortly afterwards. Bent mech = permanently b*ggered shifting. I did this myself about 18 months ago (less extremis more ignorance) after a fall on ice in RP in Feb last year.
    By "in extremis" I really meant "mid race" - should have made that clearer. As R63 illustrates, it's a high risk strategy.
    Pannier, 120rpm.
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,072
    Post hell bike cleaning, not to bad thankfully it was dry on Sunday
    Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    After having a rattle coming from the rear end for the last few days and checking the pannier/mudguard fixings I think I've cured it. One of the chain tugs was 1 turn loose, tomorrow will tell.
    I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.
  • bendertherobot
    bendertherobot Posts: 11,684
    Put an entire bike together. The works.

    And, managed to get a SRAM yaw front mech working perfectly first time.
    My blog: http://www.roubaixcycling.cc (kit reviews and other musings)
    https://twitter.com/roubaixcc
    Facebook? No. Just say no.
  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    redvee wrote:
    After having a rattle coming from the rear end for the last few days and checking the pannier/mudguard fixings I think I've cured it. One of the chain tugs was 1 turn loose, tomorrow will tell.

    Tomorrow came and went silently :D I like a silent bike apart from the White Industries freewheel.
    I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.
  • gbsahne001
    gbsahne001 Posts: 1,974
    Swapped this

    4kvfht.png

    For this

    28sggp.jpg

    What a difference......it's like having a new bike
    Winter Hack
    Everyday Commuter
  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,336
    Yep, forks are the only useful implementation of carbon fibre composites in cycling... but they knew that in the early 90s already
    left the forum March 2023
  • meanredspider
    meanredspider Posts: 12,337
    ugo.santalucia wrote:
    Yep, forks are the only useful implementation of carbon fibre composites in cycling... but they knew that in the early 90s already

    Yeah - it'll never catch on for other bits of the bike... :wink:
    ROAD < Scott Foil HMX Di2, Volagi Liscio Di2, Jamis Renegade Elite Di2, Cube Reaction Race > ROUGH
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,072
    The shifting on my steel bike is rubbish I think I need a Supersix evo with SRAM red instead.
    Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.

Categories