Perils of buying 2nd hand and goings on in my garage

[biggs682]

What happened to "I don't have the space for any more?"

I don't, luckily I have sold a few over the last few weeks

 

[biggs682]

Why do manufacturers make adding guards so awkward 😔

Finally got the front guard fitted without any rubbing during this morning's garage session.

So had to road test it and I am well pleased how it looks and performs .

 

[biggs682]

This morning the Cannondale Quick has had it's chain links manipulated and lubed to save fitting a new one when not really required , and then given a quick once over to spot any other issues.

Also had a 2 mile evaluation ride which went very well is all 24 gears selecting and a set brakes which performed well especially when the rear pads are shot so I need to replace them , otherwise all ok .

 

[biggs682]

Another session tonight before tea
And the headset has been stripped , cleaned, regressed and re assembled.

Rear pads replaced

 

[Ajax Bay]

Those pads look like they have plenty of life left in them. Why replace? (In the context of the cassette and chain - image above.)

 

[biggs682]

Those pads look like they have plenty of life left in them. Why replace? (In the context of the cassette and chain - image above.)

No they were void of braking material at the rear end and had a lot of embedded foreign matters , whereas the chain and cassette were only lightly worn just a bit of surface rusting which is cleaning up .

 

[biggs682]

Cannondale has been handed over to it's new owner hope they enjoy it

 

[biggs682]

No new projects
The Rock hopper has been getting some miles in that's for sure.

Rather enjoying it

 

[biggs682]

Had a spare 45 minutes tonight so I retrieved a set of 27 x 1 1/8 wheels from the loft and started to fit a set of panaracer pasela tour guards , first one went up to 65psi and the tube blew with a bang taking the tyre right of the rim so started again and again it went bang.

Enough was enough so grabbed a set of 27 x 1 1/4 wheels and re started the process and thankfully both tyres were fitted and inflated with no further issues.

Just a shame as I wanted to use the narrower rims .
If they are still inflated in the morning a short road test will be done .