Nicely done
Although the width of those is way to narrow for my tastes 
Could try drilling the heads out to try and save the stem, seems a waste to replace it for want of a couple of hex bolts.
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Although the width of those is way to narrow for my tastes Could try drilling the heads out to try and save the stem, seems a waste to replace it for want of a couple of hex bolts.
The_Cycling_Scientist
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May be an option, though I was thinking it Would be the perfect be excuse to get a shorter stem, the one I have now isn't bad but a tad on the long side and I'm not a fan of the top of it as its not got a proper top... They usually have a rubber cap but mine doesn't have one! So it collects water in the rain :/
The_Cycling_Scientist
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Bars I have on at the moment feel like I'm riding with my arms stretched out compared to my roadie drop bars, not a great fan of the MTB bar setup.
Gravity Aided
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Perhaps some silicone bathtub sealer?
Psycolist
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Jeeeeeez, With bars that narrow, your steering is gonna be really twitchy don't you think ?
Racing roadkill
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The left hand (chain ring) shifter, on the Boardman Roady, was not playing ball on Sunday's club ride, so I doused it in some WD40. It still wasn't playing ball, so I hit it with a hammer. It's working now.
Racing roadkill
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I remembered I had a nice clean 105 10 speed (11-25) cassette in the drawer. So I put it on my spare rear wheel. I've no Idea if it will get used, but it's nice to have a ready to go option, if I ever suffer a rear wheel failure.
SSmatty
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I resurrected my old bike as a single speed.
The_Cycling_Scientist
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I think because the mountain bike bars on currently is quite wide it looks smaller than it looks, still wider than my drop bars
SSmatty
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Surely you can scrounge up a top cap, if that's the problem?
(See how I didn't say issue?)
totallyfixed
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Stripped out the wheel bearings on my Mavic open pros rear wheel, ordered new rim for front wheel so have that to build plus new chainring, rear sprocket, headset bottom race bearings and finally touch up the paint work, then I shall have breakfast before I change the tyres 
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DCLane
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Worked on my youngest's Felt 95 Jr race bike after it broke in his race at York last Saturday. New rear derailleur plus new cable. We'd done a quick temporary fix but this was a replacement one. Set up (limited gearing) for his next race on Saturday in Bradford.
I used the now spare gear cable from the temporary fix on the Raleigh Team so it's got 2 new ones.
I used the now spare gear cable from the temporary fix on the Raleigh Team so it's got 2 new ones.
raleighnut
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I suspect he's got a quill stem.
The_Cycling_Scientist
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Will be getting a new stem, it's only a basic MTB stem, when I have a spare 5 I'll be popping to a lbs near the in-laws who should have just the thing for the job
I'll find a pic to show the current one
