I have these valves & stans too, and periodically have to change the cores. I just bought a supply from amazon and carry a couple with me. Typically I'll go to pump up/check pressures before a ride and notice the core not perfectly aligned, so just change it out. Think its just a tubeless 'feature'
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I have these valves & stans too, and periodically have to change the cores. I just bought a supply from amazon and carry a couple with me. Typically I'll go to pump up/check pressures before a ride and notice the core not perfectly aligned, so just change it out. Think its just a tubeless 'feature'
FrankCrank
Old layabout
What about the Blingpin?
EltonFrog
Legendary Member
Did that last week.
tinywheels
Über Member
- Location
- South of hades
DCLane
Found in the Yorkshire hills ...
- Location
- Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
This morning I stripped the Raleigh SP Race and prepped it for sale - at £10
After cleaning the parts of a load of grime and dirt, which despite good intentions after last winter I've not really had any opportunity to do due to family issues, attention then turned to the Merida frameset I picked up on Friday. Originally it was one of these:
The installed Shimano Tiagra bottom bracket turned out to be both stuck internally and seized externally.
. Ah well, it wasn't named in the eBay listing. So ... bottom bracket out ... eventually ... and the used CeramicSpeed bottom bracket I had on my Dawes Giro turbo bike went in. I also re-aligned the derailleur hanger as it was very wonky .
The cleaned parts from the Raleigh SP Race then mostly went onto the Merida. I had to use a different seatpost (27.2 vs. 34.9 on the Raleigh) and different front derailleur bracket (clamp plus braze-on as the Ultegra 6800's 34.9mm clamp wouldn't fit
) but otherwise everything went on.
I chose to use up some light green cable outer as this was spare plus some Pro bar tape and a new chain. All in and the finished product looks like this - noting that it won't normally have a rear wheel plus the front's an old one in need of a new hub:
It'll be on the turbo tomorrow, where it should simply remain unless emergencies occur.
After cleaning the parts of a load of grime and dirt, which despite good intentions after last winter I've not really had any opportunity to do due to family issues, attention then turned to the Merida frameset I picked up on Friday. Originally it was one of these:
The installed Shimano Tiagra bottom bracket turned out to be both stuck internally and seized externally.
. Ah well, it wasn't named in the eBay listing. So ... bottom bracket out ... eventually ... and the used CeramicSpeed bottom bracket I had on my Dawes Giro turbo bike went in. I also re-aligned the derailleur hanger as it was very wonky .The cleaned parts from the Raleigh SP Race then mostly went onto the Merida. I had to use a different seatpost (27.2 vs. 34.9 on the Raleigh) and different front derailleur bracket (clamp plus braze-on as the Ultegra 6800's 34.9mm clamp wouldn't fit
) but otherwise everything went on.I chose to use up some light green cable outer as this was spare plus some Pro bar tape and a new chain. All in and the finished product looks like this - noting that it won't normally have a rear wheel plus the front's an old one in need of a new hub:
It'll be on the turbo tomorrow, where it should simply remain unless emergencies occur.
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EckyH
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Nottuln, North Rhine-Westphalia
Checked the distance between the chainrings (the outer is a Miche, the inner is a FSA) on the commuter: on the Shimano 6650 crank it's significantly less (roughly 1.5mm) than on the 9speed Sora crank. Probably I'll make some shims.
Then I changed the front light from the original BUMM EyC to a SON Edelux. What a difference - despite the SON is years older than the BUMM.
E.
Then I changed the front light from the original BUMM EyC to a SON Edelux. What a difference - despite the SON is years older than the BUMM.
E.
biggs682
Touch it up and ride it
- Location
- Northamptonshire
Gwylan
Veteran
- Location
- All at sea⛵
Out with management cycling. Thumping rattle as she went over every bump.
Me: What's that noise?
She: Don't know , happens whenever I go over a bump
Me: Don't you worry it might break?
She: Doesn't seem like a breaking noise. Does seem to be getting worse though.
Me: Never mind it'll drop off and then the noise will go away
She: Oh, will it?
We've survived 48 years together. Do wonder how. But I did travel a lot.
Refurbished the battery carrier on management's bike. Surprise, the rattle has gone.
Me: What's that noise?
She: Don't know , happens whenever I go over a bump
Me: Don't you worry it might break?
She: Doesn't seem like a breaking noise. Does seem to be getting worse though.
Me: Never mind it'll drop off and then the noise will go away
She: Oh, will it?
We've survived 48 years together. Do wonder how. But I did travel a lot.
Refurbished the battery carrier on management's bike. Surprise, the rattle has gone.
biggs682
Touch it up and ride it
- Location
- Northamptonshire
Finally got round to fitting the single speed freewheel to my Dunelt winter bike just need to adjust the rear brake now
Gwylan
Veteran
- Location
- All at sea⛵
Well today I let the professionals loose to fettle my Cowboy ebike.
The alleged faulty part was replaced. Then the bike failed the software test. Yes, bloody software.
The technician, who seemed to be about 11, assured me that he knew what he was doing. The bike, in Dulwich, had been tested by the Belgian supplier. The wonders of the internet.
The consensus now is that it's a faulty battery. We have been having this discussion since I've had the bike.
Next, try a replacement batter and then decide what happens next.
For me a whole day, 120 miles round trip and had to buy the management lunch out.
Challenge is what shall I replace it with? Better the devil you know and all that.
The alleged faulty part was replaced. Then the bike failed the software test. Yes, bloody software.
The technician, who seemed to be about 11, assured me that he knew what he was doing. The bike, in Dulwich, had been tested by the Belgian supplier. The wonders of the internet.
The consensus now is that it's a faulty battery. We have been having this discussion since I've had the bike.
Next, try a replacement batter and then decide what happens next.
For me a whole day, 120 miles round trip and had to buy the management lunch out.
Challenge is what shall I replace it with? Better the devil you know and all that.
Salad Dodger
Guru
- Location
- Kent Coast
I was trying out our (towball mounted) bike carrier, to find the best way to carry our new ebikes. Whilst doing so, I inadvertently knocked the chain of Mrs Salad's new steed off the front chainring.
She is a little, shall we say, protective of her bike, and WW3 would have broken out if she saw her bike chain dangling folornly under the bike.
A quick session on the maintenance stand followed by a ride around the block confirmed that all is now well again. Phew!
She is a little, shall we say, protective of her bike, and WW3 would have broken out if she saw her bike chain dangling folornly under the bike.
A quick session on the maintenance stand followed by a ride around the block confirmed that all is now well again. Phew!
Gwylan
Veteran
- Location
- All at sea⛵
Speaking of fettling has anyone else used Fettle?
youngoldbloke
The older I get, the faster I used to be ...
What is it? Link please.
Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Freiburg im Breisgau
Windle
Über Member
- Location
- Burnthouses
I've just Googled it and got 'Fine Fettle, Happy Tummy Charcoal for dogs' 
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