What did you do with your bike(s) today?
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Re: What did you do with your bike(s) today?
Postby warthog1 » Mon Jan 15, 2024 2:07 pm
Pretty quickly noticed and annoying intermittent grinding noise that was only present when pedalling.
Stopped a couple of times trying to track it down.
Finally found one of the derailleur hanger screws had wound out and was rubbing on the cassette lock ring.
Back home and off with the wheel. Other one was loose too.
Did them up with some locknut applied to the threads.
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Re: What did you do with your bike(s) today?
Postby grt046 » Tue Jan 16, 2024 5:06 pm
Had a look at videos and all looked simple so off we went ........ plastic sheet down on the shed floor, bike on stand and then first deflate the tyres. had the valve in the bottom position and when starting to deflate was confronted by a fountain of sealant that went everywhere.
Second try went better with the valve on top.
Proceeded to top up 60mm which then went to plan reinserted valves and inflated .... fingers crossed that they remain that way
Cleaned up the mess and when folding up the plastic found it had a hole in it and there was a pool on the concrete.
Now all cleaned up what looked like a 5 minute job was much more than that much to my embarrassment.
Learned a few lessons so that's good I guess
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Re: What did you do with your bike(s) today?
Postby familyguy » Wed Jan 17, 2024 11:37 am
Gave the Avanti a proper clean and a couple of new cables, swept the rust off the discs through a little use, and it's good to go.
Gave the Merida a wipe over and lifted the seat. Maybe need to top up the front brake fluid, but it works well otherwise.
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Re: What did you do with your bike(s) today?
Postby foo on patrol » Fri Jan 19, 2024 9:40 am
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Re: What did you do with your bike(s) today?
Postby g-boaf » Fri Jan 19, 2024 10:15 pm
After that I gave it a proper clean up, cleaned the cassette up since that wasn't done for a while - and the frame got the wax treatment for the shiny parts. Chain didn't need much attention as it's a 12 speed SRAM one and for whatever reason it just never seems to get too dirty.
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Postby foo on patrol » Thu Jan 25, 2024 7:45 am
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Postby warthog1 » Thu Jan 25, 2024 9:09 am
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Re: What did you do with your bike(s) today?
Postby elantra » Thu Jan 25, 2024 1:45 pm
Very strong hot sunshine up this way today.
36 degrees C and high humidity.
Can’t be good for bikes to be exposed to it, especially the one with carbon frame !
And forecast is for even hotter next few days.
Then possibility of truckloads of rain from the tail end of the Cyclone up north.
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Postby am50em » Thu Jan 25, 2024 1:59 pm
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Postby kilroy » Fri Jan 26, 2024 1:28 pm
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Re: What did you do with your bike(s) today?
Postby Retrobyte » Fri Jan 26, 2024 2:44 pm
But I always manage to make a right mess when bleeding brakes - this time everything went to plan except for the syringe hose coming off the bleed nipple while I was squeezing the syringe - of course this meant I shot mineral oil all over my tshirt as if it was a water pistol.
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Re: What did you do with your bike(s) today?
Postby familyguy » Fri Jan 26, 2024 3:37 pm
Mmmmm, dat splay...
I really need to fix the seat post sleeve issue to get this back into higher usage rotation.
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Postby Lenham1988 » Fri Jan 26, 2024 7:21 pm
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Postby g-boaf » Mon Jan 29, 2024 9:29 am
I've got new Dura Ace cranks now as well, my old 9100 power meter cranks have been replaced by Shimano.redsonic wrote: ↑Thu Jan 11, 2024 7:32 pmPulled the cranks off, removed the chainrings, and cleaned them before popping them in to my lbs for the Shimano recall. Apparently, there is a very small de-lamination (one that I didn't see). Getting a new crank, which is kind of a bummer, as I have a spare set of new rings hanging around to put on the original Ultegra one.
While it is up on the stand, I'll give it a service and change the bar tape.
The new ones look totally different to the old ones.
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Postby familyguy » Fri Feb 02, 2024 8:18 pm
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Re: What did you do with your bike(s) today?
Postby Andy01 » Sat Feb 03, 2024 11:29 am
"Reinforcing" the hanger might not be a great idea. The hangers are made from a ductile alloy for a reason - to make it the weakest link so it bends before anything else does. I would rather straighten a hanger (probably a 20 minute job at most) than replace all or part of the RD, or even worse have frame damage.familyguy wrote: ↑Fri Feb 02, 2024 8:18 pmTapped the RD of the Cube flat bar on a pole. I cannot overstate how glancing, gentle and light this tap was. Took a moment to shift down from,2 to 3. Looked down. Bent RD hanger. FFS. Really? I get them being sacrificial, but this was laughably soft. Might machine up a stainless replacement TA hanger.
I do agree that perhaps some seem to bend if they are looked at angrily, which is annoying. I suspect that perhaps it is to cope with the increasingly large/long RD mechs (eg. 12 spd) which are more fragile than the older smaller/shorter ones.
I made myself a hanger straightening tool for about $10 (from memory) by following this video. Easy as, and it works a treat. The hardest part was finding the correct bolt & nut (it is a fine thread which is only available at bolt suppliers).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWdO4dnu18g
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Postby familyguy » Sat Feb 03, 2024 4:17 pm
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Postby g-boaf » Sun Feb 04, 2024 9:59 am
It went bad very quickly. So only 60km instead of the planned 120km.
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Re: What did you do with your bike(s) today?
Postby warthog1 » Sun Feb 04, 2024 8:48 pm
Yes it really stops well, as I found out recently when a knuclehead started doing a right hand turn in front of me on a downhill 50kmh section. Surprised just how well it stopped from the hoods.
Bigger tyres for more grip and comfort too. On it tomorrow before I head off for another block away.
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Re: What did you do with your bike(s) today?
Postby g-boaf » Sun Feb 11, 2024 11:16 am
That bike is still the best I’ve got. Prefer it to my S5.
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Re: What did you do with your bike(s) today?
Postby warthog1 » Sun Feb 11, 2024 2:57 pm
D fuse seat post that flexes a touch over bumps = super comfy and grippy but only a touch slower than the roadie. Disc brakes too. The TCR is now looking like a wall hanging ornament, similar to the S5 (hasn't been ridden in over 12 months) as my old S5 will only fit narrow tyres. It is fast but harsher to ride.
Got some narrower bars arriving next week. 38cm at the hoods and 41 in the drops.
Wider bars being necessary for gravel bikes is a fallacy ime.
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Re: What did you do with your bike(s) today?
Postby foo on patrol » Mon Feb 12, 2024 7:37 am
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Re: What did you do with your bike(s) today?
Postby warthog1 » Mon Feb 12, 2024 1:52 pm
I have dental cover as they are made in China and not a well known brand. Came recommended from the WW forum so we'll see how they go. Seem well made.
Replaces an aluminium goer that was 40cm hoods/45cm drops.
Feels quite good on the short test ride I gave it whilst setting it up.
Torqued it in stages to 4nm.
New bar tape which is BBB race tape. Went on quite well.
Will give it a good test tomorrow on a hunjy ride.
Also changed the rear derailleur cable. Not yet frayed but has done about 10k km. Took a while to get it out of the frame but got there in the end.
A black cable I had in my spares collection. I hope they are not the ones that have a short service life before breaking. The one that came out was silver.
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