First ever brand new bike - BeOne hybrid

[soulful dog]

Treated myself to my first ever brand new bike, a BeOne Copper from CRC. Was meant to just be looking with a view to buying in the Spring, but it was on sale and I couldn' resist!

Between work, the weather and spending an age trying to fit the mudguards, I've only taken it for a quick spin round the block so far. After faffing about all of last night with the mudguards & rack, right now I don't think I can face taking the mudguards off again to shorten the stays, but the front one really needs it....... still loving it already though!

 

[xxmimixx]

Nice, dont let enthusiasm slip away, hope you spend many happy and safe times together

 

[NormanD]

You can now park it behind the sofa and bring it out in the summer

 

[MacB]

Very nice

The stays are easier to sort than you may think and you're right the front are more important. As it is you have the stays pushing the back of the front mudguard out and this pivots the front of the mudguard closer to the tyre. Easy way to do it:-

unbolt stays at both ends and remove totally, if they are the new SKS style end caps then those and the little bolts should stay in place.

bolt stay back in place at the hub end only, leave it a little loose

offer up the stay to the mudguard so that it overlaps with the end caps and move the mudguard to desired position. This should show you how much you need to cut. Remember that the stay should only reach the end of the endcap when you have the guard set for minimum clearance required. Cutting the stays to the right length should allow you to have at least 10mm of movement there. This allows you to alter the guards position as you fit smaller/larger tyres. If you only ever run one size of tyre this isn't as important.

Once cut undo hub end of stay and then slot stays into end caps but don't bolt up there yet. The reattach at the hub end and fine tuneposition via endcap bolts. Trying to jam the stays back in without undoing hub end can result in bent stays and messes up your cut lengths.

as for actually cutting the stays, I take them off totally and clamp in a vice close to the cut mark, takes seconds with hacksaw or dremel. I prefer the latter as I can also smooth off the end at the same time.

 

[Chris-H]

Nice looking bike you have there

 

[Peteaud]

sweet

 

[Bicycle]

Muaaa Ha ha Ha... Now we have you and you will be forever under our evil power.

(Not effective unless read aloud in a sort of slightly camp Darth Vader voice).

 

[wh1te]

Hi There,
I am trying to fit sks bluemels - did you find the screw provided fitted the front forks? Also i cant see the bracket show in Fig D for the rear guard. Help Please.................

 

[HLaB]

Hi There,
I am trying to fit sks bluemels - did you find the screw provided fitted the front forks? Also i cant see the bracket show in Fig D for the rear guard. Help Please.................

If its like any of the hybrids I've had, I've had to or the lbs have had to drill a small hole through the rear guard so a bolt could go through it and screw into the small hole on the underside of the brake bridge. I cant remember anything awkward about the front guard.

 

[chugsy]

Cable ties saved the day for me on the rear!

 

[chugsy]

I was a bit lazy with the stays and cut off the ends of the end caps and passed the excess through... not recommended if you have loads left to remove as you might end up stabbing yourself in the kneecaps one day

Before and after on the back guard:

 

[jonathanw]

OUCH

Take a bolt cutter / hacksaw / front teeth to those front stays !!!!!! immediately.

 

[soulful dog]

I am trying to fit sks bluemels - did you find the screw provided fitted the front forks? Also i cant see the bracket show in Fig D for the rear guard. Help Please.................

You mean the screw at the top, the front brake block? If so, nope it didn't fit, but I just got one that did from a hardware store. I didn't have any problem with the bracket for the rear guard, hopefully what HlaB posted makes sense to you?

I had hoped the stays wouldn't need trimmed and I could just fit them myself, but clearly it's not going to work - I so wanted them to look like chugsy's without any of the hassle, but that'd just be too easy! I don't have a vice, and will probably fail miserably at cutting the stays (more than likely they'll just end up bent ), so to play it safe, I'll take it to my local 'bike guy' and get him to fix them properly.... I'll probably wait and do so early Spring, and combine it with the readjusting gears/cables etc.

I've been out on it a couple of times since (though it's now hibernating in the spare bedroom), it certainly feels a lot faster to ride than my Claud Butler Odysessy, however, I'm not sure I like the gears. It's a double chainring with 9 gears at the back, so not a huge difference overall from the 3 x 8 on my current bike (sorry don't know the proper terms, gear ratio etc). The gears seem very bunched up though and there's a lot less easily usable.... it's not something I'd thought about beforehand and if I had, it might have put me off buying the bike. I guess it'll maybe just be something I will get used to once I'm riding it all the time.