Ah, the national treasure that is the B8074?
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Today's most unsatisfactory and wholly rubbish bicycle maintenance
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Posted 4 years ago #
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Yes, and I have never visited it. It was closed yesterday by flooding.
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The B8074 "twists, turns and undulates at will" according to the Roader's Digest.
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That's also a fair description of the river.
I've taken a fair few beatings in there.Posted 4 years ago # -
Soooooooo
Finally fitted everything to the cdf in its new 1x11 configuration. I had to shorten the chain to stop it dropping from the front chainset but now I think it's too short.
Thoughts?
Edit: just noticed there is a 1x specific chain. Starting to think that it is where I've gone wrong.
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@steveo, chain length for hard tail Sram 1x is front to largest rear cog plus 4 links.
Chain line correct? I take it it is a new chain.Posted 4 years ago # -
Thanks d2w I'll try and measure it up this time.
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Yeah, that's way too short.
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Okay, new chain.
On the biggest rear cog and the chain is only just long enough (114 link).
I'd rather not buy another longer chain just now when I've got most a new one here. I'm guessing one can't just splice in a few links as one used to, so if I break 4-5 links out of the very too short chain I'll need a couple of connectors?
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Can still splice chains unless they have those weird hollow pins, though my ancient 5/-speed-chain-sized chain tool is hard to keep lined up well enough to get the pins back in in a way which allows the link to flex properly.
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Had a snapped gear cable on my 29er MTB so found tiny screwdrivers and carefully unscrewed 8 tiny screws of varying sizes to get to the cable end in the shifter. Laid them all out, dropped a few as clumsy, searched for tiny screws with magnet, found them, and removed the casing to see nothing... At that point noticed a handy cut out that allows you to extract the cable easily without removing said tiny screws. Everything back together but definitely tripled the time it should have taken to replace the cable.
Posted 4 years ago # -
Check the manual for the chain, but like @wingpig says unless they're the stupid hollow pins it should work. Shimano now seem to insist on those £2 single-use pins that you snap the end off.
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@Arobcomp, I had a similar experience except I had to take it into Harts after it sprung apart when the last screw was removed. Left feeling about ten after he pointed out that little cut out...
In my defence the cable was kinked and wouldn't have come out any way but still.
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Cheers Wingpig, Iwarts. I've ordered a couple of joining links don't trust modern chains not to turn to cheese when spliced.
Posted 4 years ago # -
stupid hollow pins
Check out D.I.D. motorbike chains that you have to rivet together. The special joining link has two pre-installed rivets on one plate, and you have to press the other plate on and then bell out the hollow ends of the rivets by a very specific amount, like 0.6mm. It take a fancy tool that costs £100 and all of your hand strength with two 12" spanners. X-(
Posted 4 years ago # -
@Arellcat
I found my chain tool in the tool box the other day. Used to pass it round my pals as their chains wore out. Chain tool and micrometer. What a business.
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I was most displeased to discover the source of my rattle was an absence of the end and flap of my mudguard. Fortunately the B&M Seculite was still relatively firmly attached, seeing as it'll be tricky to get replacements for Germany for the next wee while. I think I have a spare rear mudguard somewhere upstairs as I've already had replace the front one this year...
Mudguard located, in the box also containing two spare sets of brake pads I'd forgotten about and a spare tyre and new singlespeed rim and spokes which I hadn't forgotten about but had given up waiting for an opportunity to construct.
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It was dark by the time I finished swapping the mudguard, even leaving the stays in place and re-using the mounting washers and things and not having to unwind the wire for the light from the stays. Brief moment of panic when the light didn't work but it was a loosened connection rather than the previous issue of the tyre rubbing away the insulation and eventually the core of the wire. SKS guards seem slightly different every time I buy them but I only had to drill one hole for the seat stay mounting-hole and the previous model's technique of having the rear reflector mounted through the metal bit of the rearmost stay bracket was again present.
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The photo is perfectly and very crisply focused on the harled wall behind the bike and I like that. Not sure why but I do.
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Rounded tiny bolt on brake pad when replacing the shoe. The shoes do come with replacement bolts. And the summer bike bolt is unscrewed by a star screwdriver rather than tiny hex key. The replacement bolt is smaller than the 2.5mm hex key, the smallest I had available in the garage. I shall rootle for smaller hex key but I do need to remove the old bolt.
Have bodged with whole brake pad from summer bike. Seems to be ok, will test tomorrow once Bella blows over.
Posted 3 years ago # -
Do not bodge brakes? (Says the guy whose caliper is mounted to the fork via next-level bodging.)
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I say bodge but it is perfectly functioning just one block from summer bike and one from winter.
Certain perfectionists would call this a bodge so I am naming.it. The summer brake pad has a flange the winter doesmt.Says the guy who came down red road with brakes full engaged and not slowing (other bike) yesterday morning. Made the people I wished Feliz Navidad on the way up smile as I then shouted upon my return ON YOUR RIGHT
Think was the pink jersey.
I say pink
Bit muddy at back as need to get that mudguard on.
Just had delish leftovers now on Exemplary Xmas Pud called Old Jock from The House of IWRATS.
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Cantilever brakes with pillared brake pads would appear to be the brakes for me. Ok might be some rubbing but appear to have toe-d them in. Found spammer exact size of nut. No bolts to round with had key. Winter bike and gravel bike both in working order and sort of clean.
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Spam spam spam spammer
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Like a spanner but made of spam
Posted 3 years ago # -
I rescind any recommendations I have ever made for VauDe panniers:
I thought they would be sufficiently well-made to not require any laborious and bodgy strengthening (bits of wood on the inside the brace the hook against, re-attaching hooks with longer bolts and very large washers etc.) reducing their adjustability in favour of having them fit very securely in a fixed position on a specific rack but it was not to be. I'm annoyed enough to have started looking for the returns gubbins from the bag they came in, but bought a few extra clips and things to try and make the straps/fastenings less of a faffy nightmare to use so might as well just keep and repair them and just leave annoyed reviews instead.
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“and just leave annoyed reviews instead“
You might email the reviews to the company first to give them a chance to replace the offending items...
Posted 3 years ago # -
@wingpig that looks like several fails?
My brake shoe saga continues.
I hacksawed a groove and ripped the shoe put so I could wd40 the screw.
Still not turning
In better news I found the 2mm hex tool and one of the two wee replacement screws that disappeared over night
Has given the family much amusement.
In even better news the canti brakes did well on the descent of a very icy red road this morning
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For those on tenterhooks, the wee grub screw or whatever it is has been rotated 180 degrees by the mighty Tom using my garage door as a vice. And using Mrs garto’s great grandfather’s very long screwdriver. And also a much smaller standard B and Q screwdriver. Still seized though. so the might Trev is drilling the little Fecker out.
No brakes rubbing in garage but plenty rubbing on the road. Really slowed me down
Went out A70 to Tarbrax turn. Path to Covenanters grave looked pretty in the snow but often that path disappears and you are left schlepping from waypost to waypost. Often these posts disappear and let’s face it the Covenanters grave is virtually at dunsyre and sensibly only a summer walk. Also you need some imagination to spot the Ayrshire hills from the grave. I have spotted them but on a very clear day using a certain bending of the verisimilitude.
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We are sat doing our work when suddenly there is a dramatic hissing sound from somewhere.
What has happened?
Upon investigation it turns out that the front tyre of my road bike, which was sitting minding its own business, has suddenly deflated. For the third time in a couple of months. I am not a happy person.Posted 3 years ago #
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