Brrrr......Holy Frozen Front Mech, Batman!

[Sheffield_Tiger]

Well, one way of gettign drivers to keep their distance is to unclip the right foot and start kicking your front mech to get it to change down! I'm sure they wnoder what the hell the lunatic in front of them is doing, kicking his bike!

Some lube required on the pivots methinks, the thing was frozen this morning

 

[fossyant]

Oh no...kicking the bike........

Go Fixed, you don't have to worry about frozen freehubs / mechs / cables.....

Frozen freehubs are the most inconvenient. Walk bike to main road (frozen side roads) jump on bike.....oh no freewheels in both directions. Walk home (no option for the 'wee' on it as in public place ) get changed (to drive in) and lo and behold, it's defrosted.

Last winter, when using the MTB in the Ice, I made sure the bike came in the office so it fully defrosted, rather than sit outside in minus 10 all day - also kept the bike indoors overnight, rather than the garage as that can dip to sub zero.

 

[potsy]

Keep your bike in the house like me.If there's no room chuck something out until there is

 

[Hacienda71]

Wee on it!

 

[Black Sheep]

Oh no...kicking the bike........

Go Fixed, you don't have to worry about frozen freehubs / mechs / cables.....

Frozen freehubs are the most inconvenient. Walk bike to main road (frozen side roads) jump on bike.....oh no freewheels in both directions. Walk home (no option for the 'wee' on it as in public place ) get changed (to drive in) and lo and behold, it's defrosted.

Last winter, when using the MTB in the Ice, I made sure the bike came in the office so it fully defrosted, rather than sit outside in minus 10 all day - also kept the bike indoors overnight, rather than the garage as that can dip to sub zero.

One of my MTB freehubs had a similar problem due to water having gotten in during the autumn and then it was freezing in the winter and stopping the bike from freewheeling

it was sorted by pumping oil through it to expel the water.

 

[Sheffield_Tiger]

Okay....don't kick your front mech!

I've done it before with my softer "trainer styl;e" shoes on the MTB if mud has clogged up, unclip and a quick knock with the heel to encourage the cage to move down.

Overdid it with my new more solid shoes and bust the spring so it might not have been just frozen like I thought


Any real advantages of Tiagra over Sora for a general-use triple c/set bike, for the few quid extra?

 

[gbb]

Is that a Sora front mech that siezed ST ?...mine do it every year when its dirty out there. A simple fix but its happened on every Sora shod bike ive had.
Just thought !!! i always free it with WD. Maybe i'll try to get some anti sieze compound in the pivot next time.

 

[400bhp]

Well I think mine seized up yesterday.

2 month old Tiagra.

 

[fossyant]

WD40 is good for mech pivots.

 

[Peter88]

Had a similar problem this morning but with the rear brake freezing and being non operational a bit scary when going downhill ino a 90 degree right turn at 6am.

 

[Jezston]

I'd imagine anything with strong alcohol content would be useful?

I generally keep a bottle of meths around which is also fantastic for removing grease and cleaning disc brakes. Perhaps keep some of that in a hip flask?

 

[Sheffield_Tiger]

I'd imagine anything with strong alcohol content would be useful?

Yes, after a nice bottle of wine I didn't feel so bad about my busted mech

Oh..that's not what you meant?

 

[Black Sheep]

when I had front mechs I always used finishline cross country lube as it's weather proof

 

[Sheffield_Tiger]

How nice of CRC to have Tiagra 31.8 mechs on special offer this week

 

[perplexed]

My bike lives in the garage at home, which houses the boiler too as it happens.

The boiler is a new fangled thingy, which has in built frost protection. This is quite handy because it fires up automatically if the temperature drops below 8 degrees, or thereabouts...

And my steed is indoors at work, so luckily, the only bit that freezes is me, if I get the clothing choice wrong!