Cannondale Lady
Senior Member
- Location
- Sunderland
Just been catching up since I last checked in on this thread. Keep them coming. They are amusing. Need to get mine up and running again!!!!
Things I have learned today.
- Thread starter Smithbat
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gavroche
Getting old but not past it
- Location
- North Wales
If you can't fix it, leave it alone and get a professional to do it. ( referring to derailleur).
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Fixing them - maybe, but adjusting them - no!
There are lots of videos showing you how to do it, but really you just need to sit down and think about how they work. The clever bit (indexing) is done by the shifter. You just need to adjust the endstops to stop the chain falling off either end of the cassette. And adjust the tension in the cable so that the clicks in the shifter put the mech where you want it. It takes a couple of minutes at most.
If making the correct adjustments still doesn't get your gears working properly then you probably have too much friction in the cable. That could be due to cable routeing, worn outers, or dirt getting in.
Wheel building though ... I'd leave THAT to someone who knows what they are doing!
Disagree. If you can’t fix it, get help from someone who can. Not the same thing :-)
“Professional” just means someone who gets paid to fix things. “Professionalism” is all about skill, attitude, ability. They overlap, but are not the same :-)
gavroche
Getting old but not past it
- Location
- North Wales
Thanks for the English lesson.
stoatsngroats
Legendary Member
- Location
- South East
I learned that sometimes a regular clicking sound as you pedal under power is not always the bottom bracket. I know many here have offered guidance about noises when pedalling, and I have previously changed my Hollowtech BB, because it's a used bike, new to me, and I had noticed a regular click on my 4th commute. The replacment BB was an SM-6800 for the oriinal SM6700, and was only £12, so I thought I would give it a go. After the 2nd ride, the click was back, so, to the next attempt at finding the culprit!
I took the pedals off, and left them upstanding, with a few decent sprays of lube, and during todays ride, the first since lubing, there was no Click! I tried with a lot of power, and in a high gear on a hill, and absolutely silent!
So, I'm thinking that my Sm-6700 should remain in the cupboard, as a spare! (what's the best way to store this?)
Woop Woop!! Me learning, gaining tools, and experience, all at age 50
I have to say, that I'm really not a beginner, but you never stop learning!
I took the pedals off, and left them upstanding, with a few decent sprays of lube, and during todays ride, the first since lubing, there was no Click! I tried with a lot of power, and in a high gear on a hill, and absolutely silent!
So, I'm thinking that my Sm-6700 should remain in the cupboard, as a spare! (what's the best way to store this?)
Woop Woop!! Me learning, gaining tools, and experience, all at age 50
I have to say, that I'm really not a beginner, but you never stop learning!
msi64
Active Member
- Location
- Leaden Roding near Chelmsford Essex
Things I learnt this morning.
1 going out early means you see some great things.
2. My fitness is better than I thought.
3. Peugeot 206 is a worrying sight coming round a corner on the wrong side of the road.
4. Cycle groups are very friendly people.
5 25 miles doesn't hurt too much.
1 going out early means you see some great things.
2. My fitness is better than I thought.
3. Peugeot 206 is a worrying sight coming round a corner on the wrong side of the road.
4. Cycle groups are very friendly people.
5 25 miles doesn't hurt too much.
FunkyBassMan
Member
New
Things I learnt in the last 7 days
1. My 20 year old MTB was located in the garage and had not been abducted by aliens after a massive clear out
2. It is possible to ride it even though its only got 7 of the 21 gears it started with and apart from 3-in1ing the chain sometime last milleniumn has had no maintenance since it was purchased !
3. That I might not 'need' the coveted disc brakes on any new machine as I went out this morning for a quick 8 miles before work and hardly ever used any brakes (not counting when a large 'lorry' over took me and immediately pulled in and stopped about ten yards in front of me with out indicating . . . the idiot wouldn't have done it if I was a car .... Grrrrrrrrrrr)
Things I learnt in the last 7 days
1. My 20 year old MTB was located in the garage and had not been abducted by aliens after a massive clear out
2. It is possible to ride it even though its only got 7 of the 21 gears it started with and apart from 3-in1ing the chain sometime last milleniumn has had no maintenance since it was purchased !
3. That I might not 'need' the coveted disc brakes on any new machine as I went out this morning for a quick 8 miles before work and hardly ever used any brakes (not counting when a large 'lorry' over took me and immediately pulled in and stopped about ten yards in front of me with out indicating . . . the idiot wouldn't have done it if I was a car .... Grrrrrrrrrrr)
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Nibor
Bewildered
- Location
- Accrington
Things I learnt this week:-
Cyclists are more friendly on an early Sunday morning ride than an after work on a Wednesday ride
Cyclists are more friendly on an early Sunday morning ride than an after work on a Wednesday ride
mybike
Grumblin at Garmin on the Granny Gear
- Location
- Not 'emel 'empstead
I need to switch out my sus on the new stretch of *tarmac'd* towpath.
gavroche
Getting old but not past it
- Location
- North Wales
No need to apologise, it is all taken in good humour.
