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greenamex2

Refitted full length mudguards to my hybrid.

MTB mudguards are useless. You couldn't see the front derailleur...it was just a ball of mud...after ONE COMMUTE!

roger_merriman

Adjusted the pads on the new CX/Adventure/Gravel/what ever term Bike since two, rides thus far, have been wet and gritty sorts. so have worn the pads a touch. It's just an allen key winder, so if you have to ajust the pads there are far more awkward ways of doing it.

prawny

Checked the run of the cable all the way down to the rear mech, cleaned up the jockey wheels with a baby wipe and the shifting appears to be reasonably acceptable at least in the cul de sac. Fingers crossed it will last for a couple of weeks.

milemuncher1

Yet more brake pads this morning. I’m on a 70 mile ride for BC today, and my rim braked winter bike has chewed through another set of pads. At least rim brakes are very simple to sort out. Rim brakes are so much better than disc brakes.

veronese68

Milemuncher1 wrote:

Yet more brake pads this morning. I’m on a 70 mile ride for BC today, and my rim braked winter bike has chewed through another set of pads. At least rim brakes are very simple to sort out. Rim brakes are so much better than disc brakes.

It’s not the fault of the brakes you don’t know how to work with them. :roll:

Man Of Lard

Replaced the rear (Schwalbe Marathon Plus) tyre after 7541 puncture-free kilometres because I can see the "Greenguard" through some cuts... With a Schwalbe Marathon Plus.

Front still has at least ¾ of its tread depth left so not replacing that yet.

roger_merriman

Veronese68 wrote:

Milemuncher1 wrote:

Yet more brake pads this morning. I’m on a 70 mile ride for BC today, and my rim braked winter bike has chewed through another set of pads. At least rim brakes are very simple to sort out. Rim brakes are so much better than disc brakes.

It’s not the fault of the brakes you don’t know how to work with them. :roll:

Indeed bleeding and what not might be a hassle and for myself with a tame local bike shop, I get them to do that, but pads are simple brain free stuff, different to pads, arguably easier. I’m much more familiar with rim pad Maintenance but disks are stupidly easy.

milemuncher1

Veronese68 wrote:

Milemuncher1 wrote:

Yet more brake pads this morning. I’m on a 70 mile ride for BC today, and my rim braked winter bike has chewed through another set of pads. At least rim brakes are very simple to sort out. Rim brakes are so much better than disc brakes.

It’s not the fault of the brakes you don’t know how to work with them. :roll:

Oh FFS, I’ve forgotten More about bikes, and how they work, than you will ever know

milemuncher1

roger merriman wrote:

Veronese68 wrote:

Milemuncher1 wrote:

Yet more brake pads this morning. I’m on a 70 mile ride for BC today, and my rim braked winter bike has chewed through another set of pads. At least rim brakes are very simple to sort out. Rim brakes are so much better than disc brakes.

It’s not the fault of the brakes you don’t know how to work with them. :roll:

Indeed bleeding and what not might be a hassle and for myself with a tame local bike shop, I get them to do that, but pads are simple brain free stuff, different to pads, arguably easier. I’m much more familiar with rim pad Maintenance but disks are stupidly easy.

Quite, bleeding Avid Juicys is a trial straight from hell. I won’t use a bike shop, ever. The brain free stuff, is not the issue.

milemuncher1

Man Of Lard wrote:

Replaced the rear (Schwalbe Marathon Plus) tyre after 7541 puncture-free kilometres because I can see the "Greenguard" through some cuts... With a Schwalbe Marathon Plus.

Front still has at least ¾ of its tread depth left so not replacing that yet.

I’ve got Schwalbe Durano + on one of my bikes, they’ve done over 10000 miles, and the blue protection band is only visible through about 10 holes, but they are still going

roger_merriman

Milemuncher1 wrote:

roger merriman wrote:

Veronese68 wrote:

Milemuncher1 wrote:

Yet more brake pads this morning. I’m on a 70 mile ride for BC today, and my rim braked winter bike has chewed through another set of pads. At least rim brakes are very simple to sort out. Rim brakes are so much better than disc brakes.

It’s not the fault of the brakes you don’t know how to work with them. :roll:

Indeed bleeding and what not might be a hassle and for myself with a tame local bike shop, I get them to do that, but pads are simple brain free stuff, different to pads, arguably easier. I’m much more familiar with rim pad Maintenance but disks are stupidly easy.

Quite, bleeding Avid Juicys is a trial straight from hell. I won’t use a bike shop, ever. The brain free stuff, is not the issue.

if your handy its more than possible (bleeding) and probably no more than a faff than cable replacement, but much less frequently cables on the commute bike I get maybe 6 months out of cables, bleed is far longer until the brakes start to feel spongy and need doing. 1 to 2 years I guess?

prawny

I don’t think I’ve been ever bled a brake as part of routine maintenance, I’ve bled brakes on new bikes, and second hand brakes but once they’re sorted they’re sorted for ages.

veronese68

Milemuncher1 wrote:

Veronese68 wrote:

Milemuncher1 wrote:

Yet more brake pads this morning. I’m on a 70 mile ride for BC today, and my rim braked winter bike has chewed through another set of pads. At least rim brakes are very simple to sort out. Rim brakes are so much better than disc brakes.

It’s not the fault of the brakes you don’t know how to work with them. :roll:

Oh FFS, I’ve forgotten More about bikes, and how they work, than you will ever know

Says the bloke that couldn’t get the wheel back into a disc brakes road bike without making a pigs ear out of it and claimed it’s because tolerances are tighter on road discs than on CX, MTB or hybrids. Said you couldn’t sort it until you got back and used the right tools as I recall. You may well have forgotten more than I know because I still know it.

mrfpb

Just changed the brake pads on my CdF - my first time changing disc brake pads. Rear wheel only, as the front has a lot less wear. I'm probably doing something wrong for them to be like that. Way easier then when I used to change v-brake pads on my hybrid. Cable discs btw, not hydraulics.

prawny

No my rear pads always wear faster than the fronts, I think it’s because they’re under less load they don’t work as efficiently or something like that. If you get them good and hot when you first put them in they last longer and it’s easier to do with the fronts becuase they don’t lock up as easily.

milemuncher1

Veronese68 wrote:

Milemuncher1 wrote:

Veronese68 wrote:

Milemuncher1 wrote:

Yet more brake pads this morning. I’m on a 70 mile ride for BC today, and my rim braked winter bike has chewed through another set of pads. At least rim brakes are very simple to sort out. Rim brakes are so much better than disc brakes.

It’s not the fault of the brakes you don’t know how to work with them. :roll:

Oh FFS, I’ve forgotten More about bikes, and how they work, than you will ever know

Says the bloke that couldn’t get the wheel back into a disc brakes road bike without making a pigs ear out of it and claimed it’s because tolerances are tighter on road discs than on CX, MTB or hybrids. Said you couldn’t sort it until you got back and used the right tools as I recall. You may well have forgotten more than I know because I still know it.

Try having to do a ‘hot swap’ when it’s dark and pissing down with rain. You make do and mend, there’s none of that with a rim braked bike.

hopkinb

Milemuncher1 wrote:

Try having to do a ‘hot swap’ when it’s dark and pissing down with rain. You make do and mend, there’s none of that with a rim braked bike.

Jesus, you talk shyyte. What is a hot swap?

I had a rear puncture the other Friday with my disc brake wheels. It was dark and cold, with a bit of sleet in the air. I undid the qr, removed the wheel, did a quick check for obvious cause, removed massive hunk of glass from tyre, took out old tube, stuck in pocket, put in new tube, reseated tyre, inflated tube, replaced wheel, tightened qr. It took 10 minutes.

No make do and mend, no hassle, no fuss. I am a cack handed mutant.

veronese68

Milemuncher1 wrote:

Try having to do a ‘hot swap’ when it’s dark and pissing down with rain. You make do and mend, there’s none of that with a rim braked bike.

Been there, done that. But I'd say it was cold rather than hot. I didn't screw it up either so everything worked as well afterwards as it did before. The mechanically inept can screw anything up as you proved.

rhodrich

Replaced the radiator on my car, following my wife's prang last week. Air conditioning condenser is also dead, but I can't be bothered to replace that, as it's never worked anyway. Replacement bumper is on its way from a scrapyard in Aberdeenshire, via eBay.

As far as bike stuff is concerned, re-taped handlebars on the Pete Luxton Track/Path bike that I'm currently re-commissioning. Very satisfying. Need to put a saddle on this evening, and then it should be ready for the road.

jstrang

Fitted a new chain and swapped front disk brake pads. Rear ones had been replaced earlier and are still ok. Also aligned the calipers so bike running lovely and quiet!

triggersbroom

Swapped the 110mm stem on my road bike over for the 90mm off of my mountain bike as I was feeling a bit stretched out. Tried out this morning on the way in and it was a revelation. Way more comfortable and better handling.

redvee

Fitted the new TRP Hy:rd callipers to the Zesty London Road and the original pair that went onto the silver one when I built it up back on as they were replaced by a set of R1s that I've lost confidence in. The rear calliper wouldn't release despite a bleed and new pads etc a few weeks back and the front felt like it was going the same way.

slowbike

Got some Raceblade Longs 2 as a present - fitted the rear to my (2011) Allez to replace the old and knackered crud road racer - it fits!
It'll make changing a tube harder though - may look at a different mounting system....

rhodrich

Finished re-commissioning of Pete Luxton track/path bike that's been languishing as just the frame in the garage for the past year or two. Might take it on its maiden commute tomorrow, if there's no rain forecast....

veronese68

Very nice Rhodrich.

roger_merriman

Veronese68 wrote:

Very nice Rhodrich.

agreed rather lovely!

rhodrich

Thanks guys. Rode it in this morning, and all went according to plan, although I'll need a new cog to replace the very worn one that it's currently fitted with.

itboffin

flipped stem and in the process took two nice chunks of paint off the top tube in the most visible spot grrrrr

rhodrich

Fitted studded tyres to my Dawes winter beater, to try and ensure that it won't be snowy and icy this week.....

N0bodyOfTheGoat

Increased pressures in the 38mm studded tyres to ~45/70PSI, after reducing them to ~40/60PSI before yesterday's commutes, the lower pressure made everywhere feel like I was riding through treacle in a headwind!

Yesterday's commute, despite being approx -3C at 0600, was ice free... I've now guaranteed black ice where those higher pressures don't give enough grip.