mrandmrspoves
Middle aged bald git.
- Location
- Narfuk
Useful tip........When you clean your bike don't turn it upside down while you do so...
I spent the best part of the evening on Wednesday sorting out a friends bicycle. She had started to have trouble with the gears and had gone on to YouTube for some tips and made things worse. I soon sorted the front derailleur, but the rear derailleur was just not playing ball and the gear change (Shimano Brifters) felt horrid. I decided to strip the cable and also look more closely at the shifter so I took the cover off to find it was full of sand like grit. It took ages with a syringe and a paintbrush to cleanse the shifter re grease it with silicone grease and change the cable inner and outers and re tune the gears. When I asked whether she had been on a beach and got some in her changer, she said not......and then she realised how all the grit had got into the shifter! SO when your bicycle is filthy and needs a good clean don't turn it upside down while you hose it off. ☺
Can this grow into a useful maintenance tips thread?
What is your most useful cycling tip?
I spent the best part of the evening on Wednesday sorting out a friends bicycle. She had started to have trouble with the gears and had gone on to YouTube for some tips and made things worse. I soon sorted the front derailleur, but the rear derailleur was just not playing ball and the gear change (Shimano Brifters) felt horrid. I decided to strip the cable and also look more closely at the shifter so I took the cover off to find it was full of sand like grit. It took ages with a syringe and a paintbrush to cleanse the shifter re grease it with silicone grease and change the cable inner and outers and re tune the gears. When I asked whether she had been on a beach and got some in her changer, she said not......and then she realised how all the grit had got into the shifter! SO when your bicycle is filthy and needs a good clean don't turn it upside down while you hose it off. ☺
Can this grow into a useful maintenance tips thread?
What is your most useful cycling tip?