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Just busy finishing up my disc hubbed front wheel.
Edit: Done - now no more excuses not to try to find my cross bike under the heap of mud I brought home on Sunday.
David
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Whilst waiting for the train I've fitted my new dlock to the frame of the SS now I might go on a little dlock rampage at the station rrrraarrrr!
Er how do you fit these so your legs don't catch it?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.
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itboffin wrote:
Er how do you fit these so your legs don't catch it?
You tighten up the screws on the bracket properly or not have such fat thighs
I replaced the Swisstop brakeblocks with some el cheapo fibrax on the rear. I'm going Swisstops like they're made of cheese
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Just fitted my chain, with the help of my (nearly) three year-old son and now the slowest singlespeed conversion on earthtm has drive! The Halfords (rebranded Cyclo) chain tool did the job perfectly well and the Sigma link was easy enough to use. Luckily enough I was able to get the chain the right length to have some rearward adjustability and have it well within the dropouts.0
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Since I stacked the commuter last year (went down on the drive side) the RD has never shifted great, it over shifted, under shifted, double shifted and didn't shift. I tweaked around with it last year, fitted a new RD hanger, replaced the cable...no good.
I decided last week to replace bits one by one until I fixed the problem, if I was left with everything replaced and it still wasn't good I was going to treat myself to a new Kinesis frame.
Well I'm off work today and I fitted a new RD (went low end - Xenon) and pucker Campag inner and outer cables..... and it sorted it!!!!!! Can't believe I put up with crap shifting so much, now it's as sharp as a knife through all 10 cogs.
Was kinda looking forward to a new frame though
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Put a longer stem on the Allez. One day I'll actually be happy and stop fiddling with it.
New stem might be *slightly* too long though...0 -
New brake blocks on the CX. Made me realise my rear wheel is badly out of true but no time to sort it today.
Fiddled with the gears a bit as it wasn't shifting well, seems reasonably ok now.0 -
stripped and binned chainset, rear mech, cassette, chain & rear brake from commuter bike.
Fit new rear mech, cassette, chain and rear brake to commuter bike.
Need to take to LBS to remove BB (don't have the tool) and fit shiny new chainset.
Bike was filthy.0 -
I just stood and watched a mate try to de-warp my rear Ambrosio wheel after an off about four weeks ago (when I think another rider rode over or into it). A very slight warp remains, which means I can use it on the crosser because there's enough clearance if it goes, but not on the Scott because there's not enough clearance.
Got to fit rim tape and tyres to the new commuting wheels of a front Open Sport and an Open Pro rear.FCN 2-4.
"What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
"It stays down, Daddy."
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upgraded my veloce front mech to a nice shiny record one.... even managed to work out what one of the screws does Purveyor of sonic doom
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Finally got round to fitting the new cassette on the wheel I bought...which was when I found that you need a spacer if you want tofit a 7-speed cassette on a 9-speed hub. Ah."If I had all the money I've spent on drink, I'd spend it on drink."0
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It was about time to replace some durables on my bike. No major work, but it was all a new to me.
The original campy chain was replaced by a KMC alternative (eventually, after a put it on outside the guides in the pulleys the first time)
Both tyres were changed from the factory-supplied Wilier's to some Rubino Pro's, along with some Vittoria inner tubes. I'm curious to see if I'll notice much of a difference.
Then, after some helpful advice from UndercoverElephant, I swapped the original Mirage all-in-one brake blocks for some holders and Koolstop salmon pads. That also meant a slight change in the brake cable to let them fit. When they went on first they held the wheels tight without the levers being pressed, which was a little bit worrying at first.
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Four new brake blocks after hearing the horrible scrape of metal on metal on the last ride from the rear brake. Weird how one pad was completely worn away whiile the other was only half worn (hadn't been rubbing the wheel, either). Clean the frame, drive train and the frame once more to get rid of some horrible tarry bits picked up in Richmond park (curse those roadworks).0
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cleaned the chain up with finish line speed degreaser - still not perfect. baby wiped the whole bike, lovely now. Disc cleaner on both front and back.
No 5. Chain-L High Mileage Oil applied for tomorrow out on the roads again. first time use. seems super sticky compared to ceramic lube which is my regular use stuff.
meddled with eccentric bottom bracket to increase chain tension. hate that its not a precise design. rubbish really. internet browsed to see other winter bike options (Decade Kenesis interesting)Cannondale BadBoy Rohloff
Cannondale SuperSix / 11sp Chorus
Ridley Excalibur / 10sp Centaur
Steel Marin Bear Valley SE
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Put some handlebar tape on. Matches the bike colour now.
Every time I do this, I seem to do it a different way!0 -
Gave the bike a good clean, degreased the running gear and lubed up, took the mudguards off (god it feels better without them). Then popped out on it for a couple of hours _________________________________________________
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For some reason, the rear hub on my CXP33 which was knackered after rides in the snow - you could turn the cassette both ways - now only turns the way it should. And I've done nothing to it in the interim. Eh? The effect of the ice defrosting?
Going to test it tomorrow morning before I head off to work. It's making a bit of a racket when the wheels turns, though.FCN 2-4.
"What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
"It stays down, Daddy."
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cjcp wrote:For some reason, the rear hub on my CXP33 which was knackered after rides in the snow - you could turn the cassette both ways - now only turns the way it should. And I've done nothing to it in the interim. Eh? The effect of the ice defrosting?
Going to test it tomorrow morning before I head off to work. It's making a bit of a racket when the wheels turns, though.
I've heard of this happening before - although I've never experienced it.
I think the theory is that the grease in the freehub gets much more viscous in the cold, and so the pawls don't lock properly.
I could see how water intake and freezing would cause the same effect, though.
If you can get the freehub off and give it a bit of a clean, it's probably worth it.0 -
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The saga of cleaning my cross bike continues:
Saturday I demudded it by attacking it with the hose pipe. Amazingly the mud came off really easily, and it was just the mud grass composite around the derailleurs and BB area that was difficult to shift. Then I attacked the bike with a sponge and shampoo (car shampoo, I prefer it because it is less harsh than some other detergents), then scrubbed the mud out of the tyres with a brush.
After that ordeal I looked at The Pig, sorry and filthy beast, contemplated cleaning it too, but decided to leave that for another day.
Then last night I started the strip and re-lube of the crosser. Loads of mucky goo came out with the lower headset bearing (I hate integrated headsets), but everything else was sweet. I haven't bothered putting it all together again, because I expect my new frame to arrive this week - and this bike will initially be raided for parts. David
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Roastie wrote:Saturday I demudded it by attacking it with the hose pipe. Amazingly the mud came off really easily, and it was just the mud grass composite around the derailleurs and BB area that was difficult to shift.
Know what you mean. Easy to see why they used to build houses out of a similar material.
Last time I clean the mud of my cross bike there was nearly a 1inch layer of that built up below the bottom bracket area and going up the down tube :shock: . I was amazed the gear cables still moved.
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The cannon is soon to be put in the bath and showered down and then bath area cleaned again before flatmate comes home...
She will never know Le Cannon [98 Cannondale M400] [FCN: 8]
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Mudcovered:
Good point about mud huts - many people still live in these!
Dude, I once did this very thing. I was in the biggest amount of trouble it is possible to be in with a woman who isn't a) SWMBO or b) your mother.MonkeyMonster wrote:The cannon is soon to be put in the bath and showered down and then bath area cleaned again before flatmate comes home...
She will never knowDavid
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Roastie wrote:What Aidy said.
It's crunching a bit this morning - it really doesn't like it when I stand on the pedals. I think the cassette is toast.
As for the hub, yeah, it needs a clean. Never done this before, so will have to read into a bit. Expect questions... FCN 2-4.
"What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
"It stays down, Daddy."
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Yet more lights - new Cateye EL135 fitted to front and Blackburn Mars 4 to back, plus cheapie Aldi effort to be fitted under saddle (possibly when this too is replaced)
And a new lock - Kryptonite D Lock
Locks and lights, all I seem to spend money on...
It's just a hill. Get over it.0 -
Well, mine was a simple full strip down, clean and rebuild. I'm a bike shop mechanic which helps. I found out what had been dogging my front shifter, which now works like a dream. I also re-taped the bars starting with black, then red tape. It is lovely now....
FCN 3 or 4 on road depending on clothingjedster wrote:Just off to contemplate my own mortality and inevitable descent into decrepedness.
FCN 8 off road because I'm too old to go racing around.0 -
Okay, fettling dilemma here; shall I put an old front brake onto my singlespeed project, just so I can ride it or shall I wait until I've saved enough to buy a full set of (new) brakes and have a proper first ride?0
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Roastie wrote:Dude, I once did this very thing. I was in the biggest amount of trouble it is possible to be in with a woman who isn't a) SWMBO or b) your mother.
The bathroom is now spankingly clean and my gears and drivetrain are spangly in their cleanliness. I do hope I've got rid of that click. Absolutely no idea how many of those little stones end up in and around my bike bits, crazy number from just my rear cassette...
Lubing in few after its dried off.Le Cannon [98 Cannondale M400] [FCN: 8]
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I have finally gotten round to finding/fitting a rigid fork to the commuter, just need to fit a proper fender now that I have the eylets (picture updated in sig) 0
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marchant wrote:Okay, fettling dilemma here; shall I put an old front brake onto my singlespeed project, just so I can ride it or shall I wait until I've saved enough to buy a full set of (new) brakes and have a proper first ride?
Interested in buying some Miche Performance calipers? Took them off my bike when I got it so never been used, Miche are down with the fixie / single speed kids aren't they?! :P0
