Who works on your bike?

allthegearnoidea

TBC, wheel truing isnt that difficult! i use two cable ties cut so they touch the rim off the seat stay and you can get them pretty much bob on from that!

VWsurfbum

i dont get why people dont fot their own head sets and BB's?
i have never had to ask a LBS to do something as simple as that??
I have mind asked them to true and replace spokes before, but that only down to the fact i havent got a sopke key and the last spoke i broke was on mavic crossmax and they have stupid blade spokes and they took a month to get here from some mountain village in the french alps where there made by santas elves who are flown in once a month via santas sleigh being pulled by reteired raindear

The Big Cheese

VWSurfbum wrote:

mavic crossmax and they have stupid blade spokes and they took a month to get here from some mountain village in the french alps where there made by santas elves who are flown in once a month via santas sleigh being pulled by reteired raindear

Ha ha - one of the main problems with Crossmax/Mavic in the eternal debate. Heard about 7 stories just on this forum over the last 3 or so years......

stubs

Do everything myself apart from BB facing. Even built a frame once Aluminium frames were just coming out and a mate had access to ally tubing that fell off the back of the stores department where he worked. Made ourselves a frame jig from scaffold pole and got Tig welding. We manged to make two pieces of wobbly shit and realised it wasnt quite as easy as we thought

bails87

VWSurfbum wrote:

i dont get why people dont fot their own head sets and BB's?
i have never had to ask a LBS to do something as simple as that??

I'd fit a BB, in fact I've removed and refitted my current one several times. But if I was building up a new frame, I wouldn't buy the £300 tool for face the BB shell.

As for headsets, personally I've never had to do it, so I'm not entirely sure what it involves. But if it needs an expensive press, which I don't have, then I'll just take it to the LBS. Whereas I've bought a kit with most tools in because I use them fairly often, but I'd have to face dozens of frames or fit loads of headsets to make those tools worthwhile.

The Big Cheese

bails87 wrote:

VWSurfbum wrote:

i dont get why people dont fot their own head sets and BB's?
i have never had to ask a LBS to do something as simple as that??

I'd fit a BB, in fact I've removed and refitted my current one several times. But if I was building up a new frame, I wouldn't buy the £300 tool for face the BB shell.

As for headsets, personally I've never had to do it, so I'm not entirely sure what it involves. But if it needs an expensive press, which I don't have, then I'll just take it to the LBS. Whereas I've bought a kit with most tools in because I use them fairly often, but I'd have to face dozens of frames or fit loads of headsets to make those tools worthwhile.

I paid about £55 for my headset press, and it's intuitive, very well made (better than the really basic parktools version which is a tenner more) and works/b]. A trained monkey could use it. after 2 headset fittings it has pretty much paid for itself. And I shall probably have it for years.

Someone will probably reply to this saying you need X and Y for £200/300 but the cold hard fact here is that you don't. Mine is not going to break, is simple and effective and again works.

It's this one:
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... elID=10225

mrfmilo

bails87 wrote:

VWSurfbum wrote:

i dont get why people dont fot their own head sets and BB's?
i have never had to ask a LBS to do something as simple as that??

I'd fit a BB, in fact I've removed and refitted my current one several times. But if I was building up a new frame, I wouldn't buy the £300 tool for face the BB shell.

As for headsets, personally I've never had to do it, so I'm not entirely sure what it involves. But if it needs an expensive press, which I don't have, then I'll just take it to the LBS. Whereas I've bought a kit with most tools in because I use them fairly often, but I'd have to face dozens of frames or fit loads of headsets to make those tools worthwhile.

What do people think is so hard about fitting a BB? Or is it only external bearing ones that are easy....?

bails87

I'd assumed people meant the facing, not the actual fitting of the BB, as that's pretty simple. RTFM to see how many spacers you need, fit them, and then screw it in.

Cheese: Cheers, again, if I ever need to fit a headset I'll consider buying it. I like to do everything else myself, but right now I don't see myself ever using it.

Anonymous

The Big Cheese wrote:

It's this one:
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... elID=10225

thats the same model as mine, i bought it about 3 yrs ago, it cost me 35 quid and i have used it a dozen times i reckon. proper good bit of kit.

The Big Cheese

sheepsteeth wrote:

The Big Cheese wrote:

It's this one:
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... elID=10225

thats the same model as mine, i bought it about 3 yrs ago, it cost me 35 quid and i have used it a dozen times i reckon. proper good bit of kit.

Aye, it's solid as you like, just shows you how things have gone up and not just shimano!!!

Anonymous

even for the current price it is an absolute essential i reckon, esp if you have paid good money for a good headset, the idea of knocking a headset in wth a block and mallet makes my blood run cold!

bails87

Why have you fitted so many headsets? You're not breaking them every 3 months are you? :?

nomadicbry

use Carl of BikeLove in Glasgow a nicer more knowledgable bloke you'll never meet. Almost don't want to learn how to maintain my bike to give him the business. I would recommend anyone in glasgow to pop into his shop on Queen Margaret Drive

el loco pollo

You don't see Steve Peat wrenching teh spanners on his own bike. Similarly my LBS takes care of my bike for me.

grandad3

I fix my own punctures