First "real" ride for 6 weeks,
Splottboy
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Due to a groin strain.
Had to use the - Gulp! - road bike, but whatthehell.
Cracking ride...Late afternoon warmth, views to Mid Wales one way, Llyn Peninsular the other. Route I use has barely any traffic.
Played "Dodgems" with a bloody hugh Hare! Loads of hills, twisty, technical, fast.
2hr 25 mins total time, feeling it now.
Now the best bit: Bowl of Carte Dior Icecream Strawberry Cheesecake flavour, chopped banana, sprinkle of Pecan and Nut cereal, topped off with a drizzle of Alpen.
BLOODY EARNED IT TOO !!!
Had to use the - Gulp! - road bike, but whatthehell.
Cracking ride...Late afternoon warmth, views to Mid Wales one way, Llyn Peninsular the other. Route I use has barely any traffic.
Played "Dodgems" with a bloody hugh Hare! Loads of hills, twisty, technical, fast.
2hr 25 mins total time, feeling it now.
Now the best bit: Bowl of Carte Dior Icecream Strawberry Cheesecake flavour, chopped banana, sprinkle of Pecan and Nut cereal, topped off with a drizzle of Alpen.
BLOODY EARNED IT TOO !!!
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Had my first ride in 3 odd weeks in a very wet Cannock Chase after work.
Was awesome, Cannock is so very different once it's rained. Much more grip
Ironically I fitted a new chain on Monday night and now the indexing is out on gearts 4,5 & 6 on the rear mech.
I hope Swinnerton's can do a quick indexing job for me on Friday afternoon0 -
Turn the bike upside down
Middle ring on the front.
Small on the back.
Pedal the pedals...click your shifter once. Gear should move up.
If not, turn the rear barrel adjuster 1/4 turn, if it still stays put, do another 1/4 turn.
Chain "should" move up after loudish chattering sound.
Do the same thing for the next 2 gears and it "SHOULD" be sorted.
SIMPLES!!!0 -
Splottboy wrote:Turn the bike upside down
Middle ring on the front.
Small on the back.
Pedal the pedals...click your shifter once. Gear should move up.
If not, turn the rear barrel adjuster 1/4 turn, if it still stays put, do another 1/4 turn.
Chain "should" move up after loudish chattering sound.
Do the same thing for the next 2 gears and it "SHOULD" be sorted.
SIMPLES!!!
this is easy, until you forget which way you turned it0 -
You turn it "out", anti-clockwise, putting more tension on the cable, so it becomes taught.
There is also a barrel adjuster on the shifter, but I'm assuming you're using Shimano.
NO REAR ADJUSTMENT ON SRAM!
Cable, when taught, means that 1 shift on the shifter makes 1 shift on the rear D.
That's what the Indexing is etc.0 -
I'm with Splotboy on this one. Indexing is so painfully easy, it makes my brain bleed whenever I hear someone say they've been struggling with it.0
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I have SRAM X9 on the bike
The indexing is great on 1,2,3,7,8,9 it seems to be the middle 3 gears giving me the cruds, they're slipping when I pedal. This came a bout from fitting a new chain :shock:
Indexing is a dark art I don't understand, best left to the professionals.. money well spent in my opinion as I couldn't get it right if you held a gun to my head0 -
AH! bingo.Raymondavalon wrote:I have SRAM X9 on the bike
The indexing is great on 1,2,3,7,8,9 it seems to be the middle 3 gears giving me the cruds, they're slipping when I pedal. This came a bout from fitting a new chain :shock:
Sounds like the middle teeth on the cassette are worn then. This is quite common, since they're the most used ranges.
New chain + old cassette can cause problems.0 -
yeehaamcgee wrote:
AH! bingo.Raymondavalon wrote:I have SRAM X9 on the bike
The indexing is great on 1,2,3,7,8,9 it seems to be the middle 3 gears giving me the cruds, they're slipping when I pedal. This came a bout from fitting a new chain :shock:
Sounds like the middle teeth on the cassette are worn then. This is quite common, since they're the most used ranges.
New chain + old cassette can cause problems.
Yep, happened to me. somehow i needed a new cassette and middle ring when i replaced my chain!
But I'm with yeehaa, once you know how it works, it's easy to do. IMO
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Yep, new chain = new cassette, may new chainrings too.
Otherwise, you might be joing the "Only Boy's Allowed" choir, if the chain slips !!!
Additionally, you'll need a New Excuse to the Parents/Guardians/ Mrs/Girlfriend/Other.
This ranges from, "It was REALLY cheap" to, "Joey passed away last week, and his Parents/Guardian/Mrs/Girlfriend/Other... wanted his drivetrain to go to a caring home."
I make a small charge for "witnessing" your Alien Abductions/New Drivetrain mirculously fitted whilst he was away...0 -
yeehaamcgee wrote:AH! bingo.
Sounds like the middle teeth on the cassette are worn then. This is quite common, since they're the most used ranges.
New chain + old cassette can cause problems.
Sometimes I can be so very dim I make nighttime look as bright as the midday sun in the desert!
The quick fix is to refit the old chain which I still have.. so I'll be doing that shortly.
Next thing to do is to order a new cassette and some chainrings. This could be an ideal time to experiment with a dual chainring setup..
Any recommendations on 3rd party (i.e. not Shimano/SRAM/RaceFace etc.) chainrings?0 -
yeah, middleburn.
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Middleburn, eh?
Dem's well good bits!
Was hoping for my first " Real" ride on my new hardtail this weekend, but olives for brakes still in the post.
So, may be on Monday, my day off.
( After the best Spring/Summer for years, hasn't stopped raining for a few days.
Oh well...)0
