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  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,072
    biondino wrote:
    Fixed three punctures in the last 4 days. Bloody bikes.


    woohahaha

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    Sorry :lol:
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  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,072
    It's come to this ...

    just fitted panniers to the commuter :cry:
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  • Gussio
    Gussio Posts: 2,452
    Adjusted indexing for silky smooth gear changes last night. At least I thought that I did. Rode like a dog this morning and need to re-fettle tonight :?
  • holybinch
    holybinch Posts: 417
    Built a shed.
    A big, bad shed!
    Tonight I put the anchor, and the chain
    This weekend, it will have a door.
    From then on, my perfecta will have to sleep outside.
    /shivers
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  • davis
    davis Posts: 2,506
    WGWarburton wrote:
    davis wrote:
    WGWarburton wrote:
    trying a higher gear this time (45x16=~74") which I might regret: It was certainly pretty grindy on the (uphill) way in to the station this morning,

    What sort of gradient is that uphill stretch? I'm giving some thought to going fixed/SS but there's a section of 17%., and I think 74 GI might be a bit high...

    It's not steep- maybe averages 3-4% but runs for a couple of miles. It's too far for me to sprint up it (on the way back, there's a short pitch, steeper, but I can just attack and blast up).
    I climb it at 14mph or so on the Winter Hack, which is about 70rpm. With the 74" gear the cadence is just a little slower.. and I can feel the difference. the return trip up Dundas is steeper (not sure how much), though a lot shorter. I'll see how I get on tonight.

    The shape of the hills makes a big difference- if you can build up speed on the approach and power on up, maintaining your speed and cadence then it's cool. If you have a steepening slope which takes your speed and saps your energy on the approach, the subsequent steep section is much tougher.
    I've found that I've got much better at maintaining momentum and pushing on up climbs since I went fixed.

    Cheers,
    W.

    *nod.

    The uphill I'm talking about is only half a mile. I might just decide to MTFU and try it.
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  • biondino
    biondino Posts: 5,990
    itboffin wrote:
    biondino wrote:
    Fixed three punctures in the last 4 days. Bloody bikes.


    woohahaha

    dr-evil.JPG

    Sorry :lol:

    It's quite alright, I have taken the piss often enough to deserve getting it back now that I've had TWO more (unrelated) punctures since my last post! The first one blew a hole in the tyre wall on the way home last night (only doing about 15mph on a side street at the time, thankfully) and it's almost with relief that I'm going to replace the tyre.

    The second one was a slow puncture this morning on the roadie, which has been pressed into service until I get a new tyre on the fixed. I think it might be because I bent the end of the valve as I pumped the tyres up this morning? I guess I'll have to spend lunchtime replacing the tube, again. Man.
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  • MonkeyMonster
    MonkeyMonster Posts: 4,629
    tightened up my stem holding my bars on - had a bit of nasty situation luckily close to work this morning.
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  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,072
    Just stripped the Mercian down to the frame ready for it's new owner :cry:

    Tiz a work of art
    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.
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,881
    itboffin wrote:
    Just stripped the Mercian down to the frame ready for it's new owner :cry:

    Tiz a work of art

    Don't worry I'll take good care of it. Might even let you visit now and then. :wink:
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  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    Took some helicopter tape too the Allez last night, on the headtube where the rear cable rubs and the seatpost where the saddlebag has been rubbing.
    I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.
  • Zachariah
    Zachariah Posts: 782
    I replaced a broken spoke in my rear wheel, without taking it off the frame. Had to take off the tyre and some rim tape, though. Cheap part to replace, the spokey cost eleven times the spoke. I hate putting tyres on rims.
  • spasypaddy
    spasypaddy Posts: 5,180
    major uphaulage today. swapped old ultegra levers out for some nice shiny new dura ace shifters.

    i am not a very good mechanic...
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  • iPete
    iPete Posts: 6,076
    I've started prepping for Autumn and have added these...
    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sekuclip-Bicycl ... B002Q9N3AM

    IMG_0562-PS-1.jpg

    If only they had them in black to avoid that "free from your cereal" look in the daylight!

    and all that money spent on lighter wheels to save a few grams :lol:

    Next up, some viz to blend into the white bits of the frame...
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  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,072
    any tips on how to clean this ...

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    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.
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,072
    defo gonna need a new chain

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    :lol:
    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.
  • MonkeyMonster
    MonkeyMonster Posts: 4,629
    that I can only presume ended up under seawater?

    stiff brush and elbow grease :D after hot soaking..
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  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,072
    MonkeyMonster wrote:
    that I can only presume ended up under seawater?

    stiff brush and elbow grease :D after hot soaking..

    I love it when you talk dirty :P
    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.
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,881
    Half the rear mech is missing too. And that small wheeled blue thong in the background is in even worse nick. Is this where bikes go to die?
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  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    Fitted brake and gear cables to a mates hybrid, on my bike front I've sewn up the stitching that came undone on my shorts.
    I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.
  • asprilla
    asprilla Posts: 8,440
    Booked the bike into the LBS for a full check-up before I take it to France next week. Does that count?
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  • bicyclepirate
    bicyclepirate Posts: 229
    photo.jpg

    I actually couldn't belive this, some one had managed to ride this hunk of rust to Nottingham Station. Not to worry though i'll be taking my chain oil with me all week and if i see it again i'll start to sort it out.
    All hail the FSM and his noodly appendage!
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,072
    Ah anonymous fettling very good I like it :wink:
    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.
  • _Brun_
    _Brun_ Posts: 1,740
    edited August 2010
    Replaced bottom bracket on the fixed, and at the same time got a bit carried away doing a bit of cleaning...

    Edit - twitpic doesn't seem to like direct linking, try this link instead.

    Think I've managed to put it all back together again properly, there were no bits left over anyway. Guess I'll find out sooner or later.
  • Tail end Charlie
    Tail end Charlie Posts: 352
    Tightened up my bottom bracket which had come loose just after I had tightened the chain, which was a bit coincidental.
  • UndercoverElephant
    UndercoverElephant Posts: 5,796
    Had a bit of a nightmare with the Orbea, I was re-indexing the gears when the cable pinged off, leaving the right hand shifter completely stuck in an imaginary gear. Shimano RSX shifters seem to do this, it's an absolute pain. As such I had to open the shifter to release the rocker, took bloody ages to get it all working and back together again, and I'd mashed the cable inner with removing and refitting it so many times.

    Went to Halfords, and they'd run out of gear inners, but they did have a set with the outers and ferrules too. So the Orbea now has new cable inners and outers and rather nice stainless steel ferrules. Seems a decent kit for £9, I was quite surprised.
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  • Aidy
    Aidy Posts: 2,015
    Started setting up the new bike :)
  • Libraio
    Libraio Posts: 181
    Lowered my sadle one centimeter and presto, no more sore knee. Could also be the painkillers of course...
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  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,881
    Stripped the bars, stem and fork off the Mercian frame to confirm ITB's analysis that the headset was pitted. It is.

    Also discovered it is an unusual Tange headset, made specifically for Mercian. Might try and find an exact replacement, as it's rather pretty. BTW, on the evidence of the bar clamp bolt, you do need a torque wrench, ITB :wink:
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    Part of the anti-growth coalition
  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    Put a slightly longer bit of outer on the rear brake and found the cable adjuster on the Ultegra callipers was bent but a pair of jussies sorted it out.
    I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.
  • WesternWay
    WesternWay Posts: 564
    itboffin wrote:
    Ah anonymous fettling very good I like it :wink:

    +1

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