Punkawallah
Veteran
About £2000 and two weeks of your life. Unless it’s gone up in the last few years.
I looked into it when I was volunteering for a cycle charity. I decided ‘enlightened self interest’ did not go that far.
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About £2000 and two weeks of your life. Unless it’s gone up in the last few years.
I looked into it when I was volunteering for a cycle charity. I decided ‘enlightened self interest’ did not go that far.
N0bodyOfTheGoat
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"Rocket ship" experiment of front Vel 50 RL (with latex tube and 32mm GP5000) wheel on Bolt ebike abruptly switched back to default wheel and 40mm Supreme before heading out after dinner, after the latex tube suddenly deflated while trying to attach Joe Blow Sport 3 pump.
Need to investigate another time, but guessing it's had a catastrophic join failure of the valve extender to the Vittoria tube. A new experience for me!
Need to investigate another time, but guessing it's had a catastrophic join failure of the valve extender to the Vittoria tube. A new experience for me!
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
After my gear cable snap today I had to replace that. Unfortunately I had to strip the bar tape to access the screw plate on the bottom of the right shifter. On the ride my mate noticed something which has been bothering me for months, the hood was detached from the shifter. It was a split in the rubber hood getting bigger and bigger. So whilst I had the tape off, having a spare right shifter I replaced it for one with a nice tight hood. The left hood which was tight and I was going to leave, split completely when I folded it back to fit the new bar tape. So I fitted a new rubber hood I bought to replace it months ago as it had a hole in it, but it had stayed tight so I hadn't fitted it. That took some effort to get on, there must be a technique I'm missing.
After dinner I deflated the commuter bike's rear, put some sealant in and reseated it. Whilst I was at it I wiped down the chain and applied more drip wax. Its been that dry, I probably last did that in the spring 🥴
After dinner I deflated the commuter bike's rear, put some sealant in and reseated it. Whilst I was at it I wiped down the chain and applied more drip wax. Its been that dry, I probably last did that in the spring 🥴
