Tales from a Workshop.

unixnerd

You're lucky to have so much space! My local shops are all crammed into much smaller areas. Great to see you posting on here again btw :-)

jay12

unixnerd wrote:

You're lucky to have so much space! My local shops are all crammed into much smaller areas. Great to see you posting on here again btw :-)

totally agree with everything. i can't wait to see some more

nicklouse

bit of a late start today, well I am on Holiday.

made a whole pile of display stand hooks and loaded up the displays. serviced a few bikes.

and now I am on with a full strip down and service of a BB.

nicklouse

well today was a day of finishing up things.

when the leg support is fitted you cant see the bracket.





kept the old rim brakes and fitted it on the other side backwards as it has a nice parking brake ability.

nicklouse

I also discovered this



anyone that has used it will know what I am on about.

The Northern Monkey

:?: :?:

desweller

How does it compare to WD40?

nicklouse

a different world.

and WD40 get nowhere near any bikes anyway.

Anonymous

Conductive lubritcant/water dispersant? I used to use some similar industrial stuff, but I can't remember the brand.

nicklouse

here we have two tales about water.

tale one what happens if you leave your forks with water below the seal for too long.



the Bushes were also in a poor state.

the second tale is about water and storing you bike outside.

Both these stays were the same shape and diameter before winter.

Anonymous

ooooh, the stays filled with water then froze? Nasty, and rather peculiar!
I guess it's one way of doing hydroforming on the cheap though.

unixnerd

Wow! I've never even thought about water freezing inside bike tubes before now.

thepopela

great thread!

simowill

nicklouse,

Where abouts in Sweden are you. I lived out there in Eskistuna for a while back in the early 90's. A really nice country and fantastic people when I was out there.

Simon

quattrojames

Very good thread, I've just subscribed to catch any updates

MrGeebs

none of the pics work for me

Redhog14

Nick, are the Germans so fastidious with their bikes that there is nothing to report??? Missing the insights on here.

nicklouse

Redhog14
Might have to do a walk around of some shops out here.

nicklouse

well things are changing. I will be relocating to Germany so this tale really comes to an end.

I suppose i need to find a new workshop for some tales.

Bike-Rich

Ahh shame things have came to an end. This was a great post,
Was fixing bikes your full-time job, why the move to Germany? Bet you miss it

edit: Just read your earlier post about you doing Cadd full-time.

What kind of bike do you have Nick?

nicklouse

Bike-Rich wrote:

Ahh shame things have came to an end. This was a great post,
Was fixing bikes your full-time job, why the move to Germany? Bet you miss it

edit: Just read your earlier post about you doing Cadd full-time.

What kind of bike do you have Nick?

have a look in the Your rides section. there are a few....

billyballs

nicklouse wrote:

nothing much today, lots of services, drivetrain replacements and a this.



Yes it has brakes and gears!

but how many?

Hey that,s my wifes bike yu cheeky bugger , bought it for her birthday so she could ride the black tracks. nice.

bobs bikes

another quality customer rang yesterday.

a woman on the phone to me......
w- how much is a lever?
m- which lever is it you require?
w- my son needs a lever-
m-ok, which one?
w- my youngest one, kevin.

lasty

nicklouse wrote:

here we have two tales about water.

tale one what happens if you leave your forks with water below the seal for too long.



the Bushes were also in a poor state.

the second tale is about water and storing you bike outside.

Both these stays were the same shape and diameter before winter.

Like the frame pic - it`s oft forgotten than water freezes INSIDE a `container`.
Raced motorcycles for many years and the Irish lads were forever looking for cheaper ways to get the bikes across to compete on this side.
The cheapest way proved very costly for one innocent whose mate was passing close by and offered to bring it across in the back of his wagon , which he forgot to mention was a `fridge unit .....
Cracked barrels on an RS250 ain`t cheap to replace .... :roll:

Rippedabs123

nicklouse wrote:

here we have two tales about water.

tale one what happens if you leave your forks with water below the seal for too long.



the Bushes were also in a poor state.

the second tale is about water and storing you bike outside.

Both these stays were the same shape and diameter before winter.

Owww

dodgy

I used to really enjoy this thread, come on Nick!

Greer_

dodgy wrote:

I used to really enjoy this thread, come on Nick!

And if you read it you'd realise he's moved!!

nicklouse

yep mew county new challenge.

cycleclinic

Well one tale today. Normally lower intergrated headset bearing fall out may be tap out from above. today this did not happen tapping out from above gently caused the inner bearing race and the caged balls to fall out leaving the outer race stuck in the frame. I tried to lever it out using screwdrivers but to no avail. I was getting worried and called Specialised (it's a spez frame) to see if they have ever encountered this problem on a warranty or something, they hadn't/ Then a brain wave. My wife had evitcted my bear making kit so I am storing it at the shop and part of this is a 25 litre water heater so I boiled up the barrel and dipped the headtube in. It warmed a bit and then the outer race did come out when levered by a screwdriver -result.

I never thought a beer mashing and hopping barrel would become a workshop tool.

ride_whenever

My favourite one recently was a customer who had failed to true a wheel that was bent. Turns out the tyre was bulging and he'd tried to true it straight...