I'm a champion bike mechanic...
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Re: I'm a champion bike mechanic...
Postby hannos » Mon Jul 30, 2018 2:13 pm
first commute it shifted like a dog...
So I spent some time sorting it all out and my trusty steed is now like new!
Lesson for today: Don't be lazy!
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Re: I'm a champion bike mechanic...
Postby ValleyForge » Sat Aug 04, 2018 10:45 pm
Turned the office and the kitchen upside down looking for this 5mm diameter neodymium magnet.
Until I checked the front axle and realised the Hexlox wasn't working. Because the second magnet I was looking for was stuck to it.
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Re: I'm a champion bike mechanic...
Postby Marcus T » Sun Aug 05, 2018 4:38 pm
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Re: I'm a champion bike mechanic...
Postby ValleyForge » Sun Aug 05, 2018 8:50 pm
Thanks Marcus. No accounting for not wearing my glasses!Marcus T wrote:If you ever have any problems with your hexlox just email us and we’ll take care of it directly. If it’s a warranty thing I’d course there would be no postage costs but a quick replacement from our side.
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Re: I'm a champion bike mechanic...
Postby bychosis » Fri Sep 28, 2018 6:13 pm
Unfortunately the newly inflated tyre only lasted a couple of hundred metres before returning to deflated form.
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Re: I'm a champion bike mechanic...
Postby Cardy George » Sat Sep 29, 2018 10:27 am
How the hell have I not thought of that before!bychosis wrote:Kinda. Rode to school to pick up the kids this arvo, oldest had a flat tyre. Not so champion, didn’t have anything to repair it. Walked it down to a nearby servo and hey presto, presta valve - couldn’t get the servo car tyre inflator on it. Quick thinking, not sure whether I borrowed the idea, ducked into the servo and borrowed some scissors and cut the tip off the dust cap - instant Schrader adaptor. Inflated, off we rushed.
Unfortunately the newly inflated tyre only lasted a couple of hundred metres before returning to deflated form.
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Re: I'm a champion bike mechanic...
Postby Mububban » Sat Sep 29, 2018 1:26 pm
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Re: I'm a champion bike mechanic...
Postby 10speedsemiracer » Sat Sep 29, 2018 1:40 pm
NiceMububban wrote:Just used a barrel adjuster to fix noisy shifting on my wife's new Aldi special. First time for everything
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Re: I'm a champion bike mechanic...
Postby 10speedsemiracer » Sat Sep 29, 2018 2:12 pm
Ok, bike on stand, open up the BB and it all looks good. Nice blue-green grease, nice smooth bearings, nice smooth cups everything is as it should be.....hold on, wot the ph*k is that? Found a small cable housing offcut in the grease in the drive side cup. Can only imagine it flew off the cable cutters and into the grease tub, and I have then introduced it into the BB.
Who'd have thunk it possible?
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Re: I'm a champion bike mechanic...
Postby uart » Sat Sep 29, 2018 9:04 pm
Hi 10speed. Do you use those flexible plastic boots things on your old style bottom brackets? They stop muck getting into the bearings if there is anything stray there inside the tubes.10speedsemiracer wrote:hold on, wot the ph*k is that? Found a small cable housing offcut in the grease in the drive side cup.
I used to use them, but I don't even know where you can buy them anymore.
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Re: I'm a champion bike mechanic...
Postby 10speedsemiracer » Sat Sep 29, 2018 9:15 pm
I do, if you mean like this :uart wrote:Hi 10speed. Do you use those flexible plastic boots things on your old style bottom brackets? They stop muck getting into the bearings if there is anything stray there inside the tubes.10speedsemiracer wrote:hold on, wot the ph*k is that? Found a small cable housing offcut in the grease in the drive side cup.
I used to use them, but I don't even know where you can buy them anymore.
wouldn't have helped in this case as it was in the grease.
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Re: I'm a champion bike mechanic...
Postby uart » Sat Sep 29, 2018 9:24 pm
Yeah, exactly like that. I'm not sure if you can even buy them anymore. I've got a BB to assemble tomorrow in an old bike and no spare boots to use. I'm seriously considering having a crack at using two Yakult bottles stuffed end to end - if I can't think up anything better in the mean time. ( LOL, that's if they even fit properly. It was just a random thought I had today while I was lamenting the lack of a boot for this job. )10speedsemiracer wrote: I do, if you mean like this :
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Re: I'm a champion bike mechanic...
Postby foo on patrol » Sun Sep 30, 2018 5:32 am
Unlucky I'd say!10speedsemiracer wrote:I redid the SunTour BB on my 80s Malvern Star a while ago, but out and about the other night dodging Maggies and Hiluxes I could feel a slight tick or notchy sort of thing when the drive side crank was forward.
Ok, bike on stand, open up the BB and it all looks good. Nice blue-green grease, nice smooth bearings, nice smooth cups everything is as it should be.....hold on, wot the ph*k is that? Found a small cable housing offcut in the grease in the drive side cup. Can only imagine it flew off the cable cutters and into the grease tub, and I have then introduced it into the BB.
Who'd have thunk it possible?
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Re: I'm a champion bike mechanic...
Postby tallywhacker » Mon Oct 01, 2018 9:44 am
I've made one up using reticulation parts and hot glue. Needed it to be a small diameter to allow for internal cablinguart wrote:Yeah, exactly like that. I'm not sure if you can even buy them anymore. I've got a BB to assemble tomorrow in an old bike and no spare boots to use. I'm seriously considering having a crack at using two Yakult bottles stuffed end to end - if I can't think up anything better in the mean time. ( LOL, that's if they even fit properly. It was just a random thought I had today while I was lamenting the lack of a boot for this job. )10speedsemiracer wrote: I do, if you mean like this :
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Re: I'm a champion bike mechanic...
Postby g-boaf » Sun Nov 25, 2018 9:26 pm
Hopefully the dodgy lever can be repaired.
Should be a fun job.
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Re: I'm a champion bike mechanic...
Postby ValleyForge » Sun Nov 25, 2018 10:48 pm
Big fan of the Jagwire multi-adapter bleed kits. I've narrowed our range of hydros at home to only Shimano and Hope - one kit for each.g-boaf wrote:..now to get the bleed kit....
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Re: I'm a champion bike mechanic...
Postby g-boaf » Mon Nov 26, 2018 5:50 am
I had that one, then returned it. It looked like it wasn't going to be compatible. So I'm going the original Magura kit.ValleyForge wrote:Big fan of the Jagwire multi-adapter bleed kits. I've narrowed our range of hydros at home to only Shimano and Hope - one kit for each.g-boaf wrote:..now to get the bleed kit....
Cable operated brakes are so much easier! I'm hoping the rest is fairly simple - it looks to be.
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Re: I'm a champion bike mechanic...
Postby WyvernRH » Thu Dec 13, 2018 11:08 am
Back in the mists of time these tubes used to be made of greased cardboard. I have found the cardboard tube in loo rolls (or similar) cut to length an adequate substitute when nothing else was around.uart wrote:Yeah, exactly like that. I'm not sure if you can even buy them anymore. I've got a BB to assemble tomorrow in an old bike and no spare boots to use. I'm seriously considering having a crack at using two Yakult bottles stuffed end to end - if I can't think up anything better in the mean time. ( LOL, that's if they even fit properly. It was just a random thought I had today while I was lamenting the lack of a boot for this job. )10speedsemiracer wrote: I do, if you mean like this :
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Re: I'm a champion bike mechanic...
Postby skyblot » Thu Dec 13, 2018 7:26 pm
I didn't think it would be possible. Exit one crankset....
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Re: I'm a champion bike mechanic...
Postby open roader » Thu Dec 13, 2018 10:13 pm
Have been riding my NOS recent build 2008 Trance around home the past few weeks. Pity though - it was making a clanging noise when I was light on the cranks. I figured I had somehow wrecked the Hollowtech BB - spent a few hours frigging about removing the cups re-installing, checking the spacer on the non drive side correct torques on the bolt because I am a Champion Bike Mechanic.............
Turns out the cassette was loose on the freehub body because I was too lazy to pull my torque wrench out when I initially built the frame - just relied upon a guesstimate 40Nm tweak using the lock ring spanner ................. woefully inadequate
Silver lining is I've learned my lesson and it rides like a dream now!
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Re: I'm a champion bike mechanic...
Postby Mulger bill » Tue Jan 29, 2019 7:17 pm
Put the wheels back in and had a Say What moment when everything looked totally wrong
Mounted the adaptors on the wrong ends didn't I?
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Re: I'm a champion bike mechanic...
Postby RobertL » Tue Mar 19, 2019 12:05 pm
I fixed a sticky right hand Shimano shifter using the approved method of drenching it with WD-40. Very easy.
I know that there is dissent about what sort of lube to use after that, but I applied a small amount of white grease with a cotton bud to get it as far into the mechanism as possible. I'll will see how it goes.
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Re: I'm a champion bike mechanic...
Postby Ross » Sun Mar 24, 2019 8:30 pm
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Re: I'm a champion bike mechanic...
Postby uart » Mon Mar 25, 2019 10:49 am
Hi Ross, usually that means the slot (for the axle to slide into) in the hanger is not aligning properly with the matching slot in the dropout.Ross wrote:Pulled my rear derailleur off and changed the hanger and now I can't get the derailleur back on. To clarify the derailleur does go on I just can't seem to get the rear wheel to go back on
Have a close look and see how much the two slots are misaligned by. If it's a lot then you probably have the wrong hanger installed. If it's a tiny bit then you can fix it with a file. File the hanger (removed), not the dropout obviously.
If it's out by just a real tiny bit then try slightly loosening the hanger attachment screw/screws and then try wiggling the wheel in. If that works but the wheel again gets blocked out when you re-tighten the hanger screws then do a little bit of file work on the hanger.
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Re: I'm a champion bike mechanic...
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