Stevec047
Über Member
- Location
- Saffron Walden
First things first I can't complain I wanted a bike and with limited funds £85 for a 2 year old carrera was perfect for me.
So its been 5 months and there were things that bugged me about the bike pretty much from the off firstly the frayed and kinked front brake cable and the dirty chain and rear cassette which always felt sticky.
So a day of cleaning yesterday has given me a nice clean drive chain and a less gunky chain that's still black but I think that's what it was like new as I can see a couple of rust spots on the surface that I could never see before.
The biggest issue I have come across is the complete failure of the brakes. I have a full set of replacement pads which I was going to slot straight into the current holders which was fine but having removed them I noticed that they had been fitted backwards which meant the retaining screw had been catching the inner fork. Easy fix. Go to the rear take the pad's and holders off and straight away I can see an issue. One of the holders has a hairline fracture running right the way through it and the other one has had the retaining screw tightened so much that it has near enough punched a screw size hole through the soft metal.
Does anyone know where I can get replacement holders no need for the pad's as I already have these just need the holders for now.
Also does anyone understand how the qr on the calipers work my front one needs rebuilding as it just spins around and has no tension in it which has meant the cable has a kink in it from where it has slipped through the clamp and frayed the end. Easy fixes just need to understand the simple looking qr.
Sorry for the long post.
So its been 5 months and there were things that bugged me about the bike pretty much from the off firstly the frayed and kinked front brake cable and the dirty chain and rear cassette which always felt sticky.
So a day of cleaning yesterday has given me a nice clean drive chain and a less gunky chain that's still black but I think that's what it was like new as I can see a couple of rust spots on the surface that I could never see before.
The biggest issue I have come across is the complete failure of the brakes. I have a full set of replacement pads which I was going to slot straight into the current holders which was fine but having removed them I noticed that they had been fitted backwards which meant the retaining screw had been catching the inner fork. Easy fix. Go to the rear take the pad's and holders off and straight away I can see an issue. One of the holders has a hairline fracture running right the way through it and the other one has had the retaining screw tightened so much that it has near enough punched a screw size hole through the soft metal.
Does anyone know where I can get replacement holders no need for the pad's as I already have these just need the holders for now.
Also does anyone understand how the qr on the calipers work my front one needs rebuilding as it just spins around and has no tension in it which has meant the cable has a kink in it from where it has slipped through the clamp and frayed the end. Easy fixes just need to understand the simple looking qr.
Sorry for the long post.