Today I have just spent 5 hours

[ianrauk]

cleaning 2 of my bikes

Bike 1 Kona Dew (Commuter)

Pedals, cranks, crankset all off and clean.
Remove chain, clean & relube
Remove old bottom bracket and insert new one
Off with rear derallieur and clean
Take off cassette from rear wheel and clean
Take of Freehub body from wheel, clean & re-lube
Strip rear wheel removing axle and bearings clean, regrease and replace.
Index the gears & fettle the brakes
Give bike and wheels thorough wash down, dry and give nice sparkly clean with Mr Sheen

Bike 2 (Specialized Globe Comp)
Remove chain, rear deraillieur & cassette for thorough clean and relube.
Index the gears and fettle the brakes
Thorough wash down, dry and a nice sparkly clean with Mr Sheen.

AAAAGGGGGHHHHH... SO SATISFYING.

 

[Auntie Helen]

D'you want to come round and clean my trike? It could do with a bit of loving care and attention and it's not going to get that from me!

 

[Aperitif]

cleaning 2 of my bikes

Bike 1 Kona Dew (Commuter)

Pedals, cranks, crankset all off and clean.
Remove chain, clean & relube
Remove old bottom bracket and insert new one
Off with rear derallieur and clean
Take off cassette from rear wheel and clean
Take of Freehub body from wheel, clean & re-lube
Strip rear wheel removing axle and bearings clean, regrease and replace.
Index the gears & fettle the brakes
Give bike and wheels thorough wash down, dry and give nice sparkly clean with Mr Sheen

Bike 2 (Specialized Globe Comp)
Remove chain, rear deraillieur & cassette for thorough clean and relube.
Index the gears and fettle the brakes
Thorough wash down, dry and a nice sparkly clean with Mr Sheen.
Connect front wheel to electric drill and allow to run for a couple of hours - should see me ahead of Auntie Helen on Cyclelogs...

AAAAGGGGGHHHHH... SO SATISFYING.

How could you Ian?!

 

[ianrauk]

How could you Ian?!

Oooh quite easy mate...

 

[Auntie Helen]

...except that he uses his Garmin stats for Cyclogs and they won't be confused by an electric drill.

P'raps we could ask the Yanks to fiddle about with the satellites so we can all jump ahead of Aran20.

 

[Sittingduck]

...except that he uses his Garmin stats for Cyclogs and they won't be confused by an electric drill.

P'raps we could ask the Yanks to fiddle about with the satellites so we can all jump ahead of Aran20.

I have connections at the Pentagon, Auntie H. Need me to call in some favours?

 

[ianrauk]

I have 2 odo's on each of my bikes, The Garmin and a wired.. just in case like...

...except that he uses his Garmin stats for Cyclogs and they won't be confused by an electric drill.

P'raps we could ask the Yanks to fiddle about with the satellites so we can all jump ahead of Aran20.

 

[Dayvo]

Sounds like a very pleasing way to spend five hours!

I REALLY wish I had a workshop/shed/garage and tools to play in/with!

 

[Young Un]

Sounds like a very pleasing way to spend five hours!

I REALLY wish I had a workshop/shed/garage and tools to play in/with!

polus one, I'd love to have the room to just tinker

 

[fossyant]

Good work....!!!

 

[Auntie Helen]

Well I've just spent only 5 minutes getting my new Marathon Plus tyre onto the rim. People had warned me that these things are evil, but armed with my trusty fairy liquid and my bicep of steel I managed it The tyre had been in the airing cupboard for an hour or two beforehand which may have helped but I'm hoping this is a sign that if the worst does happen that I might be able to get the tyre on and off myself. Who knows.

Uncle James got the other tyre on more quickly and with less of a buckle (I'll sort the buckle out tomorrow when I've got more energy) but overall the experience wasn't as bad as I'd feared.

 

[ianrauk]

Really was enjoyable.
And even though I do have a shed I could do this. Seeing as the weather here in the South East was soooo nice... I did it all in the garden.

And I have been slowly but surely building up my collection of bike tools..

Sounds like a very pleasing way to spend five hours!

I REALLY wish I had a workshop/shed/garage and tools to play in/with!

 

[4F]

And I have been slowly but surely building up my collection of bike tools..

Nice. I added a pair of cable cutters to my collection just recently and now got a seperate tool box just for my bike tools

 

[ianrauk]

That's next on my list along with a cable puller.

My favourite tool at the moment is a crank extractor.. marvellous little tool

Nice. I added a pair of cable cutters to my collection just recently and now got a seperate tool box just for my bike tools

 

[4F]

That's next on my list along with a cable puller.

My favourite tool at the moment is a crank extractor.. marvellous little tool

Yes that is good tool. Mine will be out on Saturday as I am replacing the crankset and bottom bracket on my recent fixed conversion. BTW 3 toolboxes for £ 5.00 at B&Q at the moment