All uphill
Still rolling along
- Location
- Somerset
I don't know if you are like me; I can get the big stuff done without too much trouble - wheelbuilding, bottom brackets and indexing all seem to be straightforward. It's the little stuff that catches me out.
Maybe it would be of interest and useful to share?
I have just converted my 7 speed tourer to 8 speed. It has bar end shifters and already had an 8 speed hub, so should be a ten minute job to change the cassette. The chain jumped up on the 11 tooth gear wheel. I changed the chain, straightened the hanger, cleaned everything, examined the new cassette carefully before finding I had used the lockring from the 7 speed, which is slightly larger diameter than the 8 speed one .
10 minutes became two hours!
Maybe it would be of interest and useful to share?
I have just converted my 7 speed tourer to 8 speed. It has bar end shifters and already had an 8 speed hub, so should be a ten minute job to change the cassette. The chain jumped up on the 11 tooth gear wheel. I changed the chain, straightened the hanger, cleaned everything, examined the new cassette carefully before finding I had used the lockring from the 7 speed, which is slightly larger diameter than the 8 speed one .
10 minutes became two hours!