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  • joncomelately
    joncomelately Posts: 660
    Pinno wrote:
    Have you had your hearing tested recently?

    If Tiny Terror number 2 continues her aural assault this evening I think it'll be too late. At least then, maybe a silent commute...
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,640
    Joncomelately wrote:
    Pinno wrote:
    Have you had your hearing tested recently?

    If Tiny Terror number 2 continues her aural assault this evening I think it'll be too late. At least then, maybe a silent commute...

    Oh, it's like that. My two are both at school this year. The silence is deafening. Might even get the house clean.
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  • keef66
    keef66 Posts: 13,123
    At a loose end yesterday while babysitting the plasterers, and having moved the CR1 out of their way I decided to give it a wash and lube. Curiously satisfying; I should do it more than once a year.

    We've been childless for a couple of years now since the little darlings, 25 and 28, moved out. We quite enjoy the peace and quiet. However, the eldest and his girlfriend have conspired to make themselves homeless as they fail to move seamlessly from a rented flat to buying a house. So we'll be lumbered with them, all their furniture and 3 extra bikes for the best part of a month. And that on top of us having all our stuff in the garage / shed / loft to give the plasterers empty rooms to work in.

    September is going to seem like a very long month...
  • smokey_bacon
    smokey_bacon Posts: 1,639
    Wash down and relube weekly ritual last night. Today....wheel swap so casstte and tyres changed over, brakes aligned and gears reindexed.
  • hopkinb
    hopkinb Posts: 7,129
    Smokey Bacon wrote:
    Wash down and relube weekly ritual last night. Today....wheel swap so casstte and tyres changed over, brakes aligned and gears reindexed.

    I though you subcontracted all the oily jobs?!
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,640
    edited August 2017
    Smokey Bacon wrote:
    Wash down and relube weekly...

    'Weekly'?! :oops:
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  • smokey_bacon
    smokey_bacon Posts: 1,639
    hopkinb wrote:
    Smokey Bacon wrote:
    Wash down and relube weekly ritual last night. Today....wheel swap so casstte and tyres changed over, brakes aligned and gears reindexed.

    I though you subcontracted all the oily jobs?!

    Ah yes...well erm....busted! The lbs swapped the cassette for me.

    Yeah make a point of doing a weekly clean. Half the battle imo.
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,072
    Pinno wrote:
    Smokey Bacon wrote:
    Wash down and relube weekly...

    'Weekly'?! :oops:

    yeah! after every ride surely?

    no wait its just me that lives in a cave of mud & farm shite :evil:
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    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.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,640
    itboffin wrote:
    Pinno wrote:
    Smokey Bacon wrote:
    Wash down and relube weekly...

    'Weekly'?! :oops:

    yeah! after every ride surely?

    no wait its just me that lives in a cave of mud & farm shite :evil:

    Obvioiusly not. They haven't invented self clean bikes yet. Bast4rds. It's a conspiracy I tell you.

    In days of old,... we had chrome to polish and wheel rims and exposed aluminium. You could make bikes really shiny and sparkly.
    Now, I just chuck it in a cupboard after my ride and hope the elves have a change of heart. Do they like chocolate or cat food...prawns... chips with curry sauce...?
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  • smokey_bacon
    smokey_bacon Posts: 1,639
    Pinno wrote:
    itboffin wrote:
    Pinno wrote:
    Smokey Bacon wrote:
    Wash down and relube weekly...

    'Weekly'?! :oops:

    yeah! after every ride surely?

    no wait its just me that lives in a cave of mud & farm shite :evil:

    Obvioiusly not. They haven't invented self clean bikes yet. Bast4rds. It's a conspiracy I tell you.

    In days of old,... we had chrome to polish and wheel rims and exposed aluminium. You could make bikes really shiny and sparkly.
    Now, I just chuck it in a cupboard after my ride and hope the elves have a change of heart. Do they like chocolate or cat food...prawns... chips with curry sauce...?

    Ah yes, the good old days of yore! Tell us another grandad :wink::lol:

    Elves want what everyone else wants........instagram likes.
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,072
    what the fark is instaganny? sounds NSFW
    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.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,640
    Smokey Bacon wrote:
    Ah yes, the good old days of yore! Tell us another grandad :wink::lol:

    [In thick Yorkshire accent] Right... listen up son... T'was a lovely day in Ilkley. There wur , 237 of us in't chain gang going like clappers when the No. 17 bus cum roun' corner. It were carnage it wur. Never in my lifetime 'ave I seen a bus so wrecked, it wur unrecognisable but no bugger wus 'ert - apart from bus drivers pride. He'd lovingly washed bus that morning 'imself. Should a seen look on his face. You see, that's 'cos bikes wur made proper strong - to last through the generations, passed from father to son...

    cont. p94
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  • smokey_bacon
    smokey_bacon Posts: 1,639
    Pinno wrote:
    Smokey Bacon wrote:
    Ah yes, the good old days of yore! Tell us another grandad :wink::lol:

    [In thick Yorkshire accent] Right... listen up son... T'was a lovely day in Ilkley. There wur , 237 of us in't chain gang going like clappers when the No. 17 bus cum roun' corner. It were carnage it wur. Never in my lifetime 'ave I seen a bus so wrecked, it wur unrecognisable but no bugger wus 'ert - apart from bus drivers pride. He'd lovingly washed bus that morning 'imself. Should a seen look on his face. You see, that's 'cos bikes wur made proper strong - to last through the generations, passed from father to son...

    cont. p94

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  • elbowloh
    elbowloh Posts: 7,078
    Do you remember that Yellow Pages ad "it's got a saddle like a razor blade..."
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,640
    elbowloh wrote:
    Do you remember that Yellow Pages ad "it's got a saddle like a razor blade..."

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBtLTCRDGhM
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  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,072
    does the CAAD12 fork have an integrated headset because I can't bash the crown race on to it

    edit: and the answer would be yes but dont do what i did an whack down the race tool so hard you bend the dropout lugs, which i've just carefully bent out again :roll:

    now then BB30 installation ... buy the proper tool or use my own homemade press?

    :?
    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.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,640
    itboffin wrote:
    does the CAAD12 fork have an integrated headset because I can't bash the crown race on to it

    edit: and the answer would be yes but dont do what i did an whack down the race tool so hard you bend the dropout lugs, which i've just carefully bent out again :roll:

    now then BB30 installation ... buy the proper tool or use my own homemade press?

    :?

    Nah. refer to method 1 which involves 'bash' and add lots super glue in the equation. Then, think of England as you wield the bashing instrument.

    No matter what method you use, you'll be back here in no time moaning about your squeaky BB.
    Get yourself a Praxis.

    https://www.merlincycles.com/praxis-bb3 ... gIk2vD_BwE
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  • gabriel959
    gabriel959 Posts: 4,227
    The squeaky BB30 stories again. I have now, have had it for 5 years. Not a peep.
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,640
    gabriel959 wrote:
    The squeaky BB30 stories again. I have now, have had it for 5 years. Not a peep.

    You're another one needing a hearing test.

    Hearing deficiencies in cyclists are now reaching epidemic levels, it seems.
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  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,072
    I looked inside the bb shell and can see daylight where the internal cabling guides come through, so basically water will be filling that space and destroying the bearings, awesome design NOT
    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.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,640
    Stuff the gaps full of sealant.

    Wynn's Gasket maker is good stuff. Water and oil resistant.

    https://www.misupplies.co.uk/tools-equi ... gJ76_D_BwE
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  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    After having a squeaky chain on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday I finally got round to adding a few drops of chain lube to the chain just in time for three days off work.
    I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,640
    redvee wrote:
    After having a squeaky chain on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday I finally got round to adding a few drops of chain lube to the chain just in time for three days off work.

    You put some oil on a chain that was squeaky?! redvee; you da man.
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  • j_mcd
    j_mcd Posts: 473
    So, people who have fettled...

    Has anyone converted a 105 setup to using bar shifters. I've now got a spare group set that would go nicely on my flatbar bike but I don't know what shifters to use (if indeed any are possible what with ratios and such)
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  • milemuncher1
    milemuncher1 Posts: 1,472
    J_MCD wrote:
    So, people who have fettled...

    Has anyone converted a 105 setup to using bar shifters. I've now got a spare group set that would go nicely on my flatbar bike but I don't know what shifters to use (if indeed any are possible what with ratios and such)

    Until they invent trigger shifters with the same pull / click ratios as 105 Brifters, I'd say it's do able, but a massive faff, involving some sort of Heath Robinson, home fabricated adaptor, that fits between the cable and the shifter, or possibly a split shifter drum with a grub screw adjustable spring ensemble, which varies the diameter of the shifter drum to achieve the necessary pull / click as required.
  • j_mcd
    j_mcd Posts: 473
    Milemuncher1 wrote:
    J_MCD wrote:
    So, people who have fettled...

    Has anyone converted a 105 setup to using bar shifters. I've now got a spare group set that would go nicely on my flatbar bike but I don't know what shifters to use (if indeed any are possible what with ratios and such)

    Until they invent trigger shifters with the same pull / click ratios as 105 Brifters, I'd say it's do able, but a massive faff, involving some sort of Heath Robinson, home fabricated adaptor, that fits between the cable and the shifter, or possibly a split shifter drum with a grub screw adjustable spring ensemble, which varies the diameter of the shifter drum to achieve the necessary pull / click as required.

    I think I might park that idea for a while as mechanical engineering isn't really my thing!
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  • davis
    davis Posts: 2,506
    Milemuncher1 wrote:
    J_MCD wrote:
    So, people who have fettled...

    Has anyone converted a 105 setup to using bar shifters. I've now got a spare group set that would go nicely on my flatbar bike but I don't know what shifters to use (if indeed any are possible what with ratios and such)

    Until they invent trigger shifters with the same pull / click ratios as 105 Brifters, I'd say it's do able, but a massive faff, involving some sort of Heath Robinson, home fabricated adaptor, that fits between the cable and the shifter, or possibly a split shifter drum with a grub screw adjustable spring ensemble, which varies the diameter of the shifter drum to achieve the necessary pull / click as required.

    Ummm I had a Sirrus hybrid (I said "had", ok?) which had 105 groupset and MTB-style shifters. I'm not sure the pull ratios are different... Or at least they were the same on a 9 speed, IIRC...
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  • milemuncher1
    milemuncher1 Posts: 1,472
    davis wrote:
    Milemuncher1 wrote:
    J_MCD wrote:
    So, people who have fettled...

    Has anyone converted a 105 setup to using bar shifters. I've now got a spare group set that would go nicely on my flatbar bike but I don't know what shifters to use (if indeed any are possible what with ratios and such)

    Until they invent trigger shifters with the same pull / click ratios as 105 Brifters, I'd say it's do able, but a massive faff, involving some sort of Heath Robinson, home fabricated adaptor, that fits between the cable and the shifter, or possibly a split shifter drum with a grub screw adjustable spring ensemble, which varies the diameter of the shifter drum to achieve the necessary pull / click as required.

    Ummm I had a Sirrus hybrid (I said "had", ok?) which had 105 groupset and MTB-style shifters. I'm not sure the pull ratios are different... Or at least they were the same on a 9 speed, IIRC...

    I wasn't aware of that particular set up, it might be worth seeing how they did it, and trying to extrapolate it to a 5700 / 5800 group set.
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,900
    Milemuncher1 wrote:
    J_MCD wrote:
    So, people who have fettled...

    Has anyone converted a 105 setup to using bar shifters. I've now got a spare group set that would go nicely on my flatbar bike but I don't know what shifters to use (if indeed any are possible what with ratios and such)

    Until they invent trigger shifters with the same pull / click ratios as 105 Brifters, I'd say it's do able, but a massive faff...
    Like these for 10 speed or these for 11 speed or even these which are Ultegra spec 10 speed.
    Yes, it's easily done if you buy flat bar road shifters. No need for any faffing or lashing up.
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  • mudcovered
    mudcovered Posts: 725
    Veronese68 wrote:
    Like these for 10 speed or these for 11 speed or even these which are Ultegra spec 10 speed.
    Yes, it's easily done if you buy flat bar road shifters. No need for any faffing or lashing up.
    I seem to recall tiagra 10spd uses a different cable pull somewhere(not sure if its front or rear) to the 105/ultegra 10spd setup so that's something to watch out for but it doesn't invalidate your main point that there are flat bar shifters for road groups. :)

    Mike

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