Bicycle tech...money for old rope ?
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Puddles
Do I need to get the spray plaster out?
- Location
- Hamble, Southampton
My 8 year old is having a "how to" lesson on maintenance on his bike in the 1/2 term next week, then he can do mine too 
They kind of are standard really. The trouble is that not many people have a cassette lockring tool in their toolbox in the first place. Once it's there, it'll get used again and again though.
Nobody does. Working on bikes is like playing with Lego. Everything just slots together.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Cycles are mechanically very simple. Problem is some folk have no mechanical ability.
Unless the problem is "find the source of the creaking noise/click/squeak"Nobody does. Working on bikes is like playing with Lego. Everything just slots together.
Puddles
Do I need to get the spray plaster out?
- Location
- Hamble, Southampton
Or they are pooping their pants they will do something to it that will cost lots of pennies to fix
Surely that's a kit for grooming your dog?
gbb
Legendary Member
- Location
- Peterborough
As suggested, I don't think its 'bigging up', rather a feeling of self satisfaction that you can, could or did..do it yourself.
Its just the realisation that many people have no desire to try, no experience or no mechanical ability.
Classic example tonight, ive just run round my sons Peugeot scooter, changed the battery, cleaned the filter and checked various bolts etc...non of it rocket science, none of it requiring special tools.
For me....easy as pie, my son thanked me and said...'I couldn't do that, I wouldn't know where to start' He could, but he's just not, and never will be interested in mechanical stuff.
As an assembly, 90% of a bike is dead simple, its the fine tuning that can be a bit fiddly.
> 90% of a bike is dead simple
True, but ... there are still jobs where a bit of foreknowledge (or access to a manual/the internet) will help immeasurably. Bottom bracket replacement, for example: I've done it six or seven times (not all on the same bike) and I til have to stop and look up which side is the left-hand thread. And on older bikes, where you're not clear e.g. if the seatpost is a tight fit or is actually the wrong size, or ... how many sizes of 1" headset do you know of?
It's conceptually simple, sure. but the difference between working it out from scratch and having seen it before is often the difference between a ten minute job and the same task taking three hours...
True, but ... there are still jobs where a bit of foreknowledge (or access to a manual/the internet) will help immeasurably. Bottom bracket replacement, for example: I've done it six or seven times (not all on the same bike) and I til have to stop and look up which side is the left-hand thread. And on older bikes, where you're not clear e.g. if the seatpost is a tight fit or is actually the wrong size, or ... how many sizes of 1" headset do you know of?
It's conceptually simple, sure. but the difference between working it out from scratch and having seen it before is often the difference between a ten minute job and the same task taking three hours...
I like Skol
A Minging Manc...
- Location
- Sunny Ashton-under-Lyne
It's really simple Boris, I have self taught my wheel building abilities and haven't built a bad wheel yet. They have all died of worn out braking surface, despite my best efforts I haven't managed to finish one off by unnatural means (and I have really tried)
You cowboy! I bet you think all cross head screws are just Posidriv don't you, or maybe Phillips? I bet a lot of the screws in a laptop or PC are in reality JIS, but you just butcher them all with your cheap Posidriv screwdriver don't you!
