I’ve had to remove one using this method, the bugger just wouldn’t shift
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I’ve had to remove one using this method, the bugger just wouldn’t shift
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Same here, but didn't have an angle grinder or dremel at the time - took a while with a hack saw.
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New Bottom Bracket, hollowtec 2, fitted to my Eastway tonight, plus replacement secur clips fitted, the mudguard stays on my Eastway don't work well with the clips, I'll have to have a rumage in the shed and see if I can find some better ones.
Richard A Thackeray
Legendary Member
Tomorrow I need to strip down the rear-hub/freewheel
(Mavic Aksyium)
It's slipping, presumably the pawls aren't engaging?
(Mavic Aksyium)
It's slipping, presumably the pawls aren't engaging?
GeekDadZoid
Über Member
No fettling time really for me, been a bit busy, but I need to sort my saddle a it's nose bolt is a little loose after my crash on Friday.
My brother in law is doing the Manchester to Blackpool ride with me in July but finds him Specialized hybrid a bit uncomfortable on longer rides so he looked to change the handlebars. He got some of the OnOne Geoff bars in the latest DFS, I mean Planet X Sale and fitted them the other day. He was struggling however to get into the lowest of his gears on the 1x10 setup.
I popped round tonight to have a look and the L limit screw was set to not allow the bike to shift into he big cog. He has probably only done 200km since he bought the bike and I suspect it was like this from the shop. Anyway all sorted now and properly indexed.
My brother in law is doing the Manchester to Blackpool ride with me in July but finds him Specialized hybrid a bit uncomfortable on longer rides so he looked to change the handlebars. He got some of the OnOne Geoff bars in the latest DFS, I mean Planet X Sale and fitted them the other day. He was struggling however to get into the lowest of his gears on the 1x10 setup.
I popped round tonight to have a look and the L limit screw was set to not allow the bike to shift into he big cog. He has probably only done 200km since he bought the bike and I suspect it was like this from the shop. Anyway all sorted now and properly indexed.
Richard A Thackeray
Legendary Member
Thursday 31st
Over the past few rides, the free-hub has been misbehaving by intermittently not engaging................. invariably at a junction!!
I've stripped the wheel down & left it for some oil to work its way through to the Pawls
I couldn't get the free-hub body off, & can't remember how it went on, so just hoping (at the moment) that the oil leaches through
Sods Law invoked itself, as with the wheel out, I couldn't get it to reproduce the none-engagement
Old/tattered race (running) t-shirts around the hub, to try & prevent any contamination of the disc, as any oil passes through
Over the past few rides, the free-hub has been misbehaving by intermittently not engaging................. invariably at a junction!!
I've stripped the wheel down & left it for some oil to work its way through to the Pawls
I couldn't get the free-hub body off, & can't remember how it went on, so just hoping (at the moment) that the oil leaches through
Sods Law invoked itself, as with the wheel out, I couldn't get it to reproduce the none-engagement
Old/tattered race (running) t-shirts around the hub, to try & prevent any contamination of the disc, as any oil passes through
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
My fettling this week was on a colleagues folding mountain bike (a steel one as I found out). On the way down to his car he described his problems (especially with shifting) and told me a mechanic had looked at it. I bet the mechanic had tried everything I tried with the same result for the front derailleur. Although I hope the mechanic saw the bike prior to the rear shifter cable getting a massive kink, which was the obvious answer for why it wasn't shifting correctly. It also had Revo shifters and he was trying to describe the shifters he had as a kid and preferred (sounded like trigger shifters). He then told me about its weight and it wouldn't fold. I couldn't see anything other locking the frame clamp other than the QR but it was seized solid although the QR was clean 
In fact the whole bike including the tyres was clean, who ever sold him that for £250 saw him coming. Before me even suggesting it, he came out with to get trigger shifters he would be best replacing it. I then dropped a few other things like the fact that he (being a small person would appreciate a lighter frame) and didn't need a folding mechanism if he was never going to use it that way (I get a full size bike in and out of smaller cars easier with a QR front wheel).
In fact the whole bike including the tyres was clean, who ever sold him that for £250 saw him coming. Before me even suggesting it, he came out with to get trigger shifters he would be best replacing it. I then dropped a few other things like the fact that he (being a small person would appreciate a lighter frame) and didn't need a folding mechanism if he was never going to use it that way (I get a full size bike in and out of smaller cars easier with a QR front wheel).
cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
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- Land of confusion
another attempt at the crank , got the other side off but the replacement crank hole for the BB is not the same angle as the old one 
the stripped threads are still stumping me , my mate phil reckons he has something to get it sorted
the stripped threads are still stumping me , my mate phil reckons he has something to get it sorted
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
Fixed a front wheel puncture. Makes a difference as usually the rear…
sort of bike related, stopped the office/computer chair sliding down by fitting 2 jubilee clips (1 was not quite enough) on the stem and screwing as tight as I could! Chair is comfy and doesn`t make my back ache, but gas adjuster is tired. Now I can read CC without fiddling with seat
Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Rottenburg am Neckar
Nothing fettled as such, but I had my first real look at the bike workshop I'm supposed to be taking over from next week...
GeekDadZoid
Über Member
Had a weird issue yesterday pulling away from the lights big noise and the cranks just span, couldn't seen anything obvious changed gear and carried on, closer inspection today revealed this 🤦♂️
Luckily I could raid the Dawes for a wheel so stuck a 28mm tyre on it and ready for the commute tomorrow.
Will investigate a replacement sprocket over the weekend.
Luckily I could raid the Dawes for a wheel so stuck a 28mm tyre on it and ready for the commute tomorrow.
Will investigate a replacement sprocket over the weekend.
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