Mundane News

[postman]

I have cut the lawn,and tied up a multi headed sunflower that was bending in the wind.How mundane is that.

 

[Reynard]

I am not sure a carrot 🥕 under the gear cable is the solution?

Well, the giant red cabbage I bought definitely won't fit under there

 

[Reynard]

Oh s**t it's just suddenly started belting it down. 30 secs ago we had sunshine, and now it's just gone sooooo dark!

 

[Reynard]

Anyways, weather permitting, we may be ready for test ride tomorrow.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Anyways, weather permitting, we may be ready for test ride tomorrow.

🤞

Beer o'clock has broken out in SE London. It's a New England IPA debut.

 

[Reynard]

Well, it's supper o'clock here...

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Well, it's supper o'clock here...

Back to an earlier subject: if the cable and derailleur are moving freely, the hanger's straight, if you get the chain well centred on the smallest cog, the other cogs should follow suit as you change down.

Friction shifters are the best though....

 

[Reynard]

Back to an earlier subject: if the cable and derailleur are moving freely, the hanger's straight, if you get the chain well centred on the smallest cog, the other cogs should follow suit as you change down.

Friction shifters are the best though....

I got it working fine from small cog through to big, but there's one sticky shift on the way back down between sprockets 5 & 6. Mind, the whole drive train is near enough brand harry spankers, so there will probably still be some tweakage required...

For some reason, I've struggled with friction shifters. Maybe it was just the thumb shifters on the Emmelle though, as they never worked particularly well, no matter what I did...

 

[slowmotion]

I witnessed a miracle this afternoon.

The outboard started third pull.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I got it working fine from small cog through to big, but there's one sticky shift on the way back down between sprockets 5 & 6. Mind, the whole drive train is near enough brand harry spankers, so there will probably still be some tweakage required...

For some reason, I've struggled with friction shifters. Maybe it was just the thumb shifters on the Emmelle though, as they never worked particularly well, no matter what I did...

Sticky as in not shifting readily or shifting badly and settling out of whack?

Ah, I've never used thumb shifters, bar end and down tube only.

 

[Reynard]

Sticky as in not shifting readily or shifting badly and settling out of whack?

Ah, I've never used thumb shifters, bar end and down tube only.

Not shifting. But when I select 7 after, it shifts down to 7, i.e. jumps straight from 5 to 7. If I want sprocket 6, I've got to go back the other way.

These are 3 x 8 trigger shifters btw.

 

[Reynard]

It's enough to drive a girl to... chocolate...

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Not shifting. But when I select 7 after, it shifts down to 7, i.e. jumps straight from 5 to 7. If I want sprocket 6, I've got to go back the other way.

These are 3 x 8 trigger shifters btw.

Is this helpful? Or have already seen it?

https://www.parktool.com/blog/repair-help/rear-derailleur-adjustment

 

[tyred]

Had an interesting day off. I had planned route which would have been close to a hundred miles but the wind and the hailstones on the mountains meant I trimmed it short to about fifty miles. In the course of those fifty miles I suffered two punctures (thorn in back tyre, later a bit of glass in the front and to round it off a broken chain. All repaired at the roadside.

Also a bird tried to help itself to my cake at the cafe stop when I was looking at something on my phone...

 

[Reynard]

Is this helpful? Or have already seen it?

https://www.parktool.com/blog/repair-help/rear-derailleur-adjustment

Thanks. I've been using Sheldon mostly, but that's much clearer.