With a backpack full o' books and an apple for the teacher? Naaah, don't wanna be reading a "My knee reconstruction" thread.europa wrote:Maybe I should convert her to a fixed gear and be done with it
Richard
Shaun
Postby Mulger bill » Thu Jan 24, 2008 11:37 pm
With a backpack full o' books and an apple for the teacher? Naaah, don't wanna be reading a "My knee reconstruction" thread.europa wrote:Maybe I should convert her to a fixed gear and be done with it
Richard
Postby heavymetal » Thu Jan 24, 2008 11:39 pm
Postby Kid_Carbine » Fri Jan 25, 2008 12:43 pm
Postby europa » Fri Jan 25, 2008 7:02 pm
Postby Hotdog » Fri Jan 25, 2008 7:25 pm
This has reminded me of a parody of a cycling forum technical question thread, but try as I might I just can't find the damn thing to post a link.europa wrote:You lot are dodging the question - is that dr I showed the one I should be ordering? Please.
Postby Bnej » Fri Jan 25, 2008 8:20 pm
Postby europa » Fri Jan 25, 2008 8:32 pm
I tried that, they didn't have the right dr ... as explained earlier.Bnej wrote:Also: This is a cheap part - why not just as your LBS for something that will fit and work? - then if it doesn't, you're not stuck with it!
Postby Kalgrm » Fri Jan 25, 2008 8:49 pm
Postby europa » Fri Jan 25, 2008 8:52 pm
Which is what I suspected ... however.Kalgrm wrote:I think you'll find that the conspicuous silence and the diversionary tactics are highlighting the fact that we don't know the answer to your question!
Postby Kalgrm » Fri Jan 25, 2008 9:09 pm
In a word: Shimano.europa wrote:What the stuff is it with mtb gear? Seriously, it's easier to order a coffee in a yankee coffee shop than it is to buy basic mtb bits. Surely there's no genuine reason for that (marketing isn't a genuine reason).
Postby Mulger bill » Fri Jan 25, 2008 9:44 pm
Methinks it's the one I posted in the Humour thread, third post down...Hotdog wrote:This has reminded me of a parody of a cycling forum technical question thread, but try as I might I just can't find the damn thing to post a link.europa wrote:You lot are dodging the question - is that dr I showed the one I should be ordering? Please.
It's very good, but it won't help you with your derailleur issue either
Postby europa » Fri Jan 25, 2008 10:09 pm
I hope to dispose of that bike complete. Besides, the front dr on that is unbranded Shimano from quite a few years ago.Kalgrm wrote:PS - will the FD from the Sow's Ear fit the Black Beast?
Postby Bnej » Fri Jan 25, 2008 10:10 pm
It's actually easy to get MTB bits for a mountain bike. A modern mountain bike anyway...europa wrote:What the stuff is it with mtb gear? Seriously, it's easier to order a coffee in a yankee coffee shop than it is to buy basic mtb bits. Surely there's no genuine reason for that (marketing isn't a genuine reason).
Postby thomas_cho » Sat Jan 26, 2008 7:43 am
Postby europa » Sat Jan 26, 2008 10:59 am
Postby thomas_cho » Sat Jan 26, 2008 1:24 pm
Okay here is a link to a shimano pdf document. Check out part no.8 ... Also its not something new. When I purchased my colnago master x frame, it came with an octalink (italian thread) BB, and there was a spacer on the drive side.europa wrote:Where would you get the 2mm spacer Thomas and what do you ask for? Talking bb spacers earned me some funny looks in the lbs.
I do all limit screw adjustments with a very very slack cable, just pulling the cable by hand to move the dr across.
The dr needs to be a bottom pull.
Tube diameter is 31.8mm
Large ring is a 48 tooth (which I've discovered is limiting - most mtb drs are 44 tooth)
The shifter is a Deore.
If I buy a new dr, I'll buy a DeoreLX, the current dr is Deore.
Interesting about your chainline issues Thomas. Mines the older style, cartridge bb, not an external bearing. There still shouldn't be these issues.
Seeing the dr is the wrong diam for the tube, I'll buy one to fit properly (although padding it works), then go from there. I'll order the I linked to. Be nice to imagine I won't have any problems with it.
Thanks lads.
Richard
Postby europa » Sat Jan 26, 2008 3:45 pm
Postby Kid_Carbine » Sat Jan 26, 2008 7:21 pm
Well it's time that your LBS got with the program & took a look at page 22 of the 2006/07 Velocity catalogue. Velocity call them "Freewheel Spacers"europa wrote:Where would you get the 2mm spacer Thomas and what do you ask for? Talking bb spacers earned me some funny looks in the lbs.
Thanks lads.
Richard
Postby europa » Mon Jan 28, 2008 3:12 pm
Postby heavymetal » Mon Jan 28, 2008 6:17 pm
As you know I have a dicky right hand on MTBs. A trick I do is to undo the stem bolts slightly and put the steering slightly off centre. As long as you don't look at the handlebars and front wheel you will never notice. I put a handlebar bag on so I couldn't see the wheeleuropa wrote:The biggest disappointment, though not a surprise, was the bar height. 5km into the ride and I'm getting that tingling in the fingers of my right hand. They never got got to full numb but the break in the middle and the bar ends helped there. Sadly though, I got a pain in my shoulder, probably part of where the collarbone was dislocated 15 years ago to start this problem. I've never had that pain before though (yes yes, I'll be getting it looked at, already set that in motion). Interestingly, I didn't have a problem with the left hand which suggests that without the dicky shoulder, the set up is about right.
Postby europa » Mon Jan 28, 2008 6:23 pm
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