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downfader

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I replace the freewheel cassette, chain and chainset at 3500miles as the teeth on most of the cogs had worn out. and as I wanted more speed, the chainset was a 42t, changed that to a 48t which did made a difference.

This was the old rear cassette (changed at 3500 miles)
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That looks like one of those REALLY dirt cheap aluminium alloy cassettes. They're like butter.
 
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That looks like one of those REALLY dirt cheap aluminium alloy cassettes. They're like butter.
Nope. Steel freewheel. They don't make aluminium cassettes or freewheels.
 

Crankarm

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I couldn't ride an el cheapo crap bike whether in a new or farked condition - heavy and just crap. Awful. But I think I would have noticed when the hub bearings were needing a clean and re-grease quite apart from the cone nuts needing tightening.

Far better spec for my bikes at least Shimano 105/Ultegra or Campag Chorus/Record level with hand built wheels, good frame, giving a really enjoyable riding experience.

Irrespective of quality of components you should still keep your bike in good fettle.
 

KneesUp

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I couldn't ride an el cheapo crap bike whether in a new or farked condition - heavy and just crap. Awful. ... Far better spec for my bikes at least Shimano 105/Ultegra or Campag Chorus/Record level with hand built wheels, good frame, giving a really enjoyable riding experience.
Well done for having more money and/or different priorities to the OP. Do you want us to give you a clap?
 
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I couldn't ride an el cheapo crap bike whether in a new or farked condition - heavy and just crap. Awful. But I think I would have noticed when the hub bearings were needing a clean and re-grease quite apart from the cone nuts needing tightening.

Far better spec for my bikes at least Shimano 105/Ultegra or Campag Chorus/Record level with hand built wheels, good frame, giving a really enjoyable riding experience.

Irrespective of quality of components you should still keep your bike in good fettle.


All well and good if you can afford it,

Yes we would all like a better bike, with better components, I live within my means, and a £99 was all I could afford at the time,
And for your information, the bike was serviced every month with out fail., hubs checked every month,
So don't preach to me about servicing.

Things do break in the real world without notice, weather you spend £10 or a £1000.
 

Crankarm

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All well and good if you can afford it,

Yes we would all like a better bike, with better components, I live within my means, and a £99 was all I could afford at the time,
And for your information, the bike was serviced every month with out fail., hubs checked every month,
So don't preach to me about servicing.

Things do break in the real world without notice, weather you spend £10 or a £1000.

In all my years of cycling I have never ridden a bike with a rear wheel in such poor condition whether a good one or an el cheapo as yours. To say your bike was serviced every month I don't believe. If it was it was very poorly serviced. The moment any of my bike wheels have developed play in the hubs generally the rear and again the cheaper ones, which they have had on very isolated occasions, and I am saying extremely slight play, NOTHING like yours and certainly not a loss of all the ball bearings of the hub, I sort it out and fix it. You can tell when riding a bike that something isn't right, so the fact that you were riding yours when it obviously had a big problem beggars belief imho. I take care of my bikes and other possessions which means they generally they last a long time. Buy cheap buy twice/three/four times rather than buy quality items once and last a long time in my experience.

In a previous job a colleague asked me to take a look at his £99 bike he got from the Daily Express small ads or from WIlcos as the brakes weren't working properly. The metal was so badly finished that it nearly took my fingers off. He earned considerably more than me at the time. Some people are just tight. Then recently another colleague was having problems with his rear wheel on his bike as he said it wouldn't turn. I offered to help but my heart sank when i saw it was an Appollo. The rear axle had snapped causing the wheel to shift in the drop out so the tyre was binding on the chain stay meaning he couldn't ride it. The brakes were awful. The front forks weren't even centred or the wheel wasn't even dished properly so the rim was in the middle of the fork so the front brakes were pants. The bike weighed a tonne as well. A truly awful machine masquerading as a bicycle. I told him to spend no more on it, to bin it and get a cheap Trek or Specialised hybrid bike in the sales last autumn. He didn't follow my advice and spent £80 getting the Appollo repaired and serviced. Face palm moment.
 
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paul04

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Crankarm, I am now going to put you on ignore, you need to open your eyes to the real world, and stop living in your fantasy land, where people go out and spend Money they don't have, and things last forever and never break down or wear out.

Your a joke.
 

Pale Rider

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Crankarm, I am now going to put you on ignore, you need to open your eyes to the real world, and stop living in your fantasy land, where people go out and spend Money they don't have, and things last forever and never break down or wear out.

You're a joke.

I find crankers entertaining, but to coin the old phrase, only his mother could love him.
 
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