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

[biggs682]

Another hour this morning on the brakes which are now cabled up and operating , just need to adjust the gears now i have brakes

 

[Gravity Aided]

Just had an hour on the Ribble cabling up the mechanisms using an Aldi supplied bell cable kit which are around £5 and good quality .

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And fitting the new 8 speed cassette cost £22 and fitting the rear tyre to the set of no's wheels that I am using .

Next step is to fit the new chain £8.99 and adjust the gears and cable up the brakes .
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Not factoring in a cost for the wheels as the one's I removed will be used on a n other bike in the near future.

Pretty good cable, especially with a thin coat of grease on it. I have seen it rust, and it is not as pliable as some other brands, but I often use it for my projects. I like the newer version, which has plastic cable ends. The old ones had metal crimp ends, which are more versatile, but have their drawbacks as well.

 

[biggs682]

First road test after some gear setting up and adjustments. All 16 Claris controlled and Sora activated gears are selectable .

Still a couple of jobs to do but at least it's ready for some testing .

 

[biggs682]

Finished off the Triban this afternoon by wrapping the bars

Total expenditure was £50 in parts and just over 4 hrs labour , and so far I have completed 120 miles on it .

 

[biggs682]

Another hour spent on the Ribble today swapping the front wheel over so now i have matching wheels and also fitted new sram chain and fitted one of my selle smp saddles so already for some miles now .

 

[biggs682]

So a nice 12 miles this morning on the Ribble and something was bugging me all the way around but couldn't put my finger on it .

Once on the patio I could see it straight away , easy fix of in raveling the cables.

 

[Drago]

Watch your footing in Biggs' garage - if you fall over you'll wake up in Narnia!

 

[biggs682]

Well the Ribble is all finished apart from the bar tape .

I need to do the final sums .

But can't decide on what is next to be worked on , so many to choose from

The black Raleigh Sprint should be an easy quick fix

The Mercian needs some careful thought before building from frame

Whilst the R.E.W really needs a refinish

 

[biggs682]

Finally decided that the Raleigh record sprint is next for attention.

So dragged it out of the shed and started work this afternoon by fitting a rear mechanism, chain, gear cable and a different set of wheels .

 

[biggs682]

Did a bit more work on this one today trying to figure out what was going on with the brakes .

I think the main issue was the cables were sticking and the ferrules inside the lever's had split .

So I set about changing the cables including the hidden rear one . I always pull the old inner cable out first .

Then feed the new inner down the old outer before removing the old outer .

And then slide the new outer along the inner cable that is still run through the frame .

As I was doing the cabling I noticed that the bars were slightly out of shape !

 

[biggs682]

Just been adding up total spent on parts for the Ribble was £40.99 of new parts the sti units and wheels came out of my garage stock , the wheels that came with the ribble have gone in to my garage stock as have the brifter units to be used on another project at a later date .

This was handed over last weekend to a new owner who had been looking for a new bike to replace one that had been written off .

So far i have spent out on cables only for the Raleigh Sprint which i am trying to finish off without buying any more parts as hoping to keep this one under the £75 budget

 

[IanSmithCSE]

Good afternoon,

I ran across this by accident;

https://www.argos.co.uk/product/7544648

Argos are selling a bike tool kit for £349, given how much their bikes cost I had to smile.

I do have a bookmark looking for a sale price of £49.99

I had a Record Sprint with the gold and black Sugino chainset and apart from the fact that the frame broke where the down tube joined the head tube it was a great bike.

Bye

Ian
Edit to update link: 6/Sept

 

[biggs682]

Well the sprint has been finished and sold on under the £75 budget to it's new owner .

Apart from cables the rest was all either as arrived or from bit's and bobs around the garage .

Not sure whats next but i will advise once i decide

 

[biggs682]

Starting to amass the parts to re build a Mercian frame i have had for quite a while now , first job was to remove the cranks which came off nice and easily from the donor bike tonight and then work out a shopping list

 

[biggs682]

All the parts turned up either yesterday or today so first job was to try and get the bottom bracket out .

Having the correct tool certainly helped as did the big spanner on the end for a bit more leverage.

Once out wiped it down re greased the threads and screwed it in the Mercian frame .

Whilst I had the grease out I gave the headset bearings some new grease .

Next job was to slide the wheels in and yes there will be matching tyres soon . Thankfully the calipers look to have the right amount of drop as well