What did you do with your bike(s) today?
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Postby caneye » Mon Oct 22, 2018 8:21 am
ChainReaction refunded my order of short chainring bolts because apparently they were out of stock (despite listing them as available on their website?).
luckily i had some after-market bolts to play with otherwise i would be stuck.
swopped cassette to an SLX 11-36T.
replaced the chain.
[then found out i had a flat tyre. ack ...]
anyway, rode in this morning and after 16kms, no dramas. wonder why i didn't do this earlier ..
oh .. left my front derailleur on .. just in case i change my mind!?
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Postby Arbuckle23 » Mon Oct 22, 2018 9:11 am
Was way out, a bit of bending and now the chain runs very nicely.
Then did my Carbon Cannondale as well, though it may have been knocked around in my crash. Just slightly out.
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Postby simlin » Wed Oct 24, 2018 3:54 pm
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Postby g-boaf » Sun Oct 28, 2018 11:04 am
I'll put the other cassette and RD back on again if I'm going overseas. This is the first time I've used one of those SRAM cassettes. It seems to be working well.
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Postby Cyclophiliac » Sun Oct 28, 2018 11:13 am
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Postby g-boaf » Sun Oct 28, 2018 11:43 am
No, I ride the bike all days of the week.Cyclophiliac wrote:Do any of you find yourself finishing cleaning of your bike on the weekend, and then wish it was Monday so you could ride it on the commute? I get like that sometimes.
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Re: What did you do with your bike(s) today?
Postby cyclotaur » Sun Oct 28, 2018 1:19 pm
I agree - I usually end up cleaning and servicing my bikes when I’ve had a few days away from riding. It’s usually late arvo when I finish and my first thought is always “I wanna go for a ride !”Cyclophiliac wrote:Do any of you find yourself finishing cleaning of your bike on the weekend, and then wish it was Monday so you could ride it on the commute? I get like that sometimes.
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Re: What did you do with your bike(s) today?
Postby ironhanglider » Sun Oct 28, 2018 10:37 pm
The bike is a Track/SS bike with a flip/flop rear hub. I've detailed the track/road conversion in another thread but basically the rear wheel has a fixed cog on one side and a 6spd cluster on the other, the brakes and derailleurs all have full cable housings so once they are attached the cables are held in place with cable ties. The chain has two joining links to remove the necessary amount of chain to suit single gear mode. The bike now has three sets of bars. Road bars and flat bars both with brakes attached and track bars. It is only the work of a few minutes to convert from one mode to another, but to and from road mode is the hardest. In SS mode the bike has two choices of gear a 40-14 which is the same as his race gear, or a 33-22 to get up the hills on the way to the track.
I also replaced a broken spoke nipple and re-trued the wheel on my commuter bike.
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Postby KristianJ » Sat Nov 03, 2018 8:27 pm
New HG53, as well as new HG400 cassette and some other little odds and ends that were attended to, and I had the time to get the target ticked off.
I also did some GoPro filming...nothing too dramatic - just a few mins of footage on and around the Nepean River walk/cycleway and the new pedestrian bridge that opened last weekend.
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Re: What did you do with your bike(s) today?
Postby Mububban » Mon Nov 12, 2018 11:34 am
Still, a lovely morning to go for a gentle ride.
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Postby 10speedsemiracer » Mon Nov 12, 2018 12:51 pm
Glad to hear you're on the road to recovering Mubz.Mububban wrote:Took my newly acquired beater bike for a gentle spin around the neighbourhood with my young son to play some Pokemon Go. It's the first ride I've done since being hit by a car 6-7 weeks ago. The leg felt okay, but the lingering chest cold combined with no exercise for that length of time gave me a reality check on my breathing!
Still, a lovely morning to go for a gentle ride.
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Re: What did you do with your bike(s) today?
Postby P!N20 » Thu Nov 22, 2018 10:04 am
Installed a spare Centaur crank I had lying around that I bought for the rings. Also had a spare Campy 42T ring. Stoked.
Finishing up I managed to jam my finger between the chain and chainring. Ouch, that hurt.
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Postby Lizzy » Fri Nov 23, 2018 2:10 pm
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Postby NASHIE » Fri Nov 23, 2018 5:39 pm
Bet that scared the bejesus out of you, if riding at the time.P!N20 wrote:Broke my crank. Too much power.
Finishing up I managed to jam my finger between the chain and chainring. Ouch, that hurt.
Can sympathise with the finger as i cut the end 1cm clean of my pointer finger as a young fella. I was getting my track bike ready for a race with the pedals off spinning the crank with my finger then next thing blood spitting everywhere. Mum turned to the hospital some time after we arrived holding up the 1cm end she found in a sherry glass .....it was mince meat unfortunatly.
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Re: What did you do with your bike(s) today?
Postby P!N20 » Fri Nov 23, 2018 7:54 pm
You’re not wrong. Took off from the lights then decided to overtake some other cyclists - then BANG! Nothing under my right foot.NASHIE wrote:Bet that scared the bejesus out of you, if riding at the time.
The break suggests there has been a crack developing for some time, just reached a critical mass on that day. I have broken a crank before, but I could feel that one twisting before it broke.
I have read about losing fingers on fixed gear drivetrains, but this was the first time I’ve gone close - mistakes always happen when it’s late and I’m tired.
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Postby foo on patrol » Sat Nov 24, 2018 11:26 am
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Re: What did you do with your bike(s) today?
Postby fat and old » Sat Nov 24, 2018 3:15 pm
I did it with my thumb cleaning the chain. On my m/c, two weeks before HSC exams. Writing hand it hurt a lotNASHIE wrote:Bet that scared the bejesus out of you, if riding at the time.P!N20 wrote:Broke my crank. Too much power.
Finishing up I managed to jam my finger between the chain and chainring. Ouch, that hurt.
Can sympathise with the finger as i cut the end 1cm clean of my pointer finger as a young fella. I was getting my track bike ready for a race with the pedals off spinning the crank with my finger then next thing blood spitting everywhere. Mum turned to the hospital some time after we arrived holding up the 1cm end she found in a sherry glass .....it was mince meat unfortunatly.
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Re: What did you do with your bike(s) today?
Postby Mavic_schnitzel » Fri Nov 30, 2018 7:19 am
Got a similar case of too much power here tooP!N20 wrote:Broke my crank. Too much power.
Installed a spare Centaur crank I had lying around that I bought for the rings. Also had a spare Campy 42T ring. Stoked.
Finishing up I managed to jam my finger between the chain and chainring. Ouch, that hurt.
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Re: What did you do with your bike(s) today?
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Postby Rorschach » Wed Dec 05, 2018 4:44 pm
Also: worked out how to level my saddle on one of those 2-bolt seatposts.
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Re: What did you do with your bike(s) today?
Postby find_bruce » Wed Dec 05, 2018 5:26 pm
Did it involve the use of ink blots?Rorschach wrote:Also: worked out how to level my saddle on one of those 2-bolt seatposts.
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Re: What did you do with your bike(s) today?
Postby Rorschach » Wed Dec 05, 2018 7:10 pm
The mount of loctite on the seatpost would indicate yesfind_bruce wrote:Did it involve the use of ink blots?Rorschach wrote:Also: worked out how to level my saddle on one of those 2-bolt seatposts.
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Postby g-boaf » Mon Dec 24, 2018 7:27 pm
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Re: What did you do with your bike(s) today?
Postby RobertL » Wed Jan 02, 2019 12:28 pm
1. Fixed a creak, easily and with the first thing that I looked at - by tightening the bolts holding the NDS crank on.
2. Fitted new rubber hoods to my shifters. Now that's a fun job!
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Re: What did you do with your bike(s) today?
Postby g-boaf » Wed Jan 02, 2019 5:18 pm
Then put it all back together again, and finally bleed the brakes. Time consuming! I have to redo the bar tape as well, also complicated because I've got some special shift buttons to work around.
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