DCBassman
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Slightly alarming that the cables are slack - smacks of something bent somewhere...Bars?
What Have You Fettled Today?
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Reynard
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- Cambridgeshire, UK
Hence the intended trip to the LBS. I can't see anything obviously wrong, but a more experienced eye may spot something that I haven't...
Heltor Chasca
Out-riding the Black Dog
Those new brake pads for my TRP Spyres and that new KMC chain are now ‘systems go’.
Reynard
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- Cambridgeshire, UK
DCBassman
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- The lumpy far South West
Definitely worth serious checking, then. Hope it's merely displaced, rather than damaged.Had another look after what you said. Right brifter is definitely squiffy...
They usually get bent out of place when I fall off. A good bash or two with the palm of my hand usually sorts it out.Had another look after what you said. Right brifter is definitely squiffy...
Reynard
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- Cambridgeshire, UK
I'll definitely check it out more thoroughly.
All the levers do work (microshift) but the downshift feels a bit clunky. I can't test them while riding thanks to the crocked knee.
Also need to strip off the bar tape as well as it's beyond redeemable. Although to be fair, it's been beyond redeemable for a while...
All the levers do work (microshift) but the downshift feels a bit clunky. I can't test them while riding thanks to the crocked knee.
Also need to strip off the bar tape as well as it's beyond redeemable. Although to be fair, it's been beyond redeemable for a while...
biggs682
Touch it up and ride it
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- Northamptonshire
Swapped the down tube shifters for another set of more functional ones
raleighnut
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- One of the 'Elite'
Bet mine is worse.I'll definitely check it out more thoroughly.
All the levers do work (microshift) but the downshift feels a bit clunky. I can't test them while riding thanks to the crocked knee.
Also need to strip off the bar tape as well as it's beyond redeemable. Although to be fair, it's been beyond redeemable for a while...
Reynard
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- Cambridgeshire, UK
Spoons47
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Crawley West Sussex
Sore 9 speed, replaced right hand micro shifter with shimano sora shifter, much easier to use. 
Spoons47
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- Location
- Crawley West Sussex
Also it was my first attempt at indexing gears from scratch. Took a couple of go’s but successful in the end.
Had a bad commute home yesterday, chain was skating over the top of the cassette constantly and on top of that the derailleur was skipping side to side as well. Convinced I had a worn chain/cassette so when I got home I checked the chain, not worn at all, but it was totally dry and squeaking when I turned the cranks - it's been wet the last couple of days and I'm still using dry lube. Lubricated the chain, sprayed a ton of WD40 on the rear derailleur and then put it in big/big and re-indexed the gears. Now running perfectly.
Vantage
Carbon fibre... LMAO!!!
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- Behind everyone else, Bolton
Spent half an hour snipping off all the little injection moulding pips from my Landcruisers with nail clippers so they look nicer. OCD? Me?
Elybazza61
Guru
Great fun fitting a Marathon tyre to the rear wheel on a single speed Dutch bike with a coaster brake;for such a 'simple' bike it was a right p.i.a to do.
