Zippy
New Member
- Location
- Camborne, Cornwall
I have several problems with my MTB, Specialised Hot Rock, which I have had for over 30 years:
Alu seat stem is frozen in the CroMo frame. have tried soaking in penetrating oil and twisting the saddle, but not the seat in the vice thing yet.
Caliper brakes rear have lost their plastic lugs which apparently help to increase the return tension of the calipers so brake pads are slow to disengaeg from the rim.
Rear wheel (QR) is dragging out of the frame when pulling off despite changing QR skewers a couple of times. Hopefully new axle cones and skewer should have sorted this one.
But the techy was saying that I may find increasingly less imperial parts as they come to need replacing - headset is one inch, which I understand is becoming rare to find.
Its a shame as this is my first bike I bought for myself and is still in really good condition. Have I got a classic now that is going to need making obsolete?
Re: the seat stem, I was thinking of makingup a caustic soda solution, turning the bike upside down and squirting the solution through the drink bottle lugs to dissolve the stem out rather than trying to chip or saw it out?
Would like to keep the bike going if possible, but is there a point at which sentimentalism is silly against logic where safety and performance are concerned?
Alu seat stem is frozen in the CroMo frame. have tried soaking in penetrating oil and twisting the saddle, but not the seat in the vice thing yet.
Caliper brakes rear have lost their plastic lugs which apparently help to increase the return tension of the calipers so brake pads are slow to disengaeg from the rim.
Rear wheel (QR) is dragging out of the frame when pulling off despite changing QR skewers a couple of times. Hopefully new axle cones and skewer should have sorted this one.
But the techy was saying that I may find increasingly less imperial parts as they come to need replacing - headset is one inch, which I understand is becoming rare to find.
Its a shame as this is my first bike I bought for myself and is still in really good condition. Have I got a classic now that is going to need making obsolete?
Re: the seat stem, I was thinking of makingup a caustic soda solution, turning the bike upside down and squirting the solution through the drink bottle lugs to dissolve the stem out rather than trying to chip or saw it out?
Would like to keep the bike going if possible, but is there a point at which sentimentalism is silly against logic where safety and performance are concerned?