lostinthought
Well-Known Member
Bike looks great! I've always hated that matchy-matchy saddle/bar tape thing that some are so fussy about. They can be whatever colours you like..!
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Bike looks great! I've always hated that matchy-matchy saddle/bar tape thing that some are so fussy about. They can be whatever colours you like..!
Marchrider
Über Member
getting down to its last few threads
as they say a rivet in time save saves nine
that should get me to the end of the winter (may be next as well)
as they say a rivet in time save saves nine
that should get me to the end of the winter (may be next as well)
Clearly the bracket is a casting and castings do not cope with longitudinal stress at all well which is evident.
lostinthought
Well-Known Member
What's the red bike I spy? That era Dura Ace chainset is beautiful
lostinthought
Well-Known Member
Ah I've seen that beauty elsewhere on the site, didn't recognise it. Lovely! 😍
It’s in hibernation waiting for spring
cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
- Location
- Land of confusion
Busy weekend catching up on stuff i should have kept on top of.
installed new FD and cables on the commuter
took the sticky brakes off the winter bike and doused them in wd 40 and chain lube which seemed to loosen them up
fixed the sticky FD on the winter bike too by again liberal wd 40 and then reindexed the shifting from scratch
put the clip on mudgaurds onto the giant in prep for a club ride .
installed new FD and cables on the commuter
took the sticky brakes off the winter bike and doused them in wd 40 and chain lube which seemed to loosen them up
fixed the sticky FD on the winter bike too by again liberal wd 40 and then reindexed the shifting from scratch
put the clip on mudgaurds onto the giant in prep for a club ride .
Bristolian
Über Member
- Location
- Bristol, UK
Not today but yesterday, I decided the bike had suffered enough this winter and gave it a clean (well a lick and a promise) and serviced the drivetrain. Boy, did it need it 
I had fitted new tyres and serviced the brakes a few days ago so they didn't need any attention.
Chain, cassette and chainrings all went into the ultrasonic cleaner followed by a scrub with a wire brush. Front and rear derailleurs were cleaned on the bike before I removed the bottom bracket and cleaned the frame and forks. After reassembly I wet-lubed the chain and derailleur pivots, checked the gears over, making a small adjustment to the rear indexing, and all was well with the world again
Of course, it got dirty again today when I went out for a ride but hey-ho you can't have everything in life
Oh yeah, I learned a trick from a mechanic on YouTube that some of you might find useful. If you put the individual bike bits into plastic bags with a small amount of cleaning fluid in each bag and then put them into the cleaner with the usual amount of cleaning fluid in the bottom (and the open end of the bags clear of the fluid level) you end up with nice clean parts but the fluid in the cleaner tank stays clean so you use less fluid
I had fitted new tyres and serviced the brakes a few days ago so they didn't need any attention.Chain, cassette and chainrings all went into the ultrasonic cleaner followed by a scrub with a wire brush. Front and rear derailleurs were cleaned on the bike before I removed the bottom bracket and cleaned the frame and forks. After reassembly I wet-lubed the chain and derailleur pivots, checked the gears over, making a small adjustment to the rear indexing, and all was well with the world again
Of course, it got dirty again today when I went out for a ride but hey-ho you can't have everything in life
Oh yeah, I learned a trick from a mechanic on YouTube that some of you might find useful. If you put the individual bike bits into plastic bags with a small amount of cleaning fluid in each bag and then put them into the cleaner with the usual amount of cleaning fluid in the bottom (and the open end of the bags clear of the fluid level) you end up with nice clean parts but the fluid in the cleaner tank stays clean so you use less fluid
It is a good idea. I read somewhere that Lance Armstrong used this method to lose weight in some competitions.
Of course, they replaced the left shifter with the normal aero shifter.
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Jameshow
Veteran
Vibration is alu worst enemy!
Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Rottenburg am Neckar
Finally put up a light in the dining room: it only took about 2 months of procrastination, several false starts and the discovery of some wall plugs in Lidl this morning...
