sleaterkinney
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I'd like to try CX too. Mud ftw.
The Cycling Chat Thread
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Sigmund Fraud
893 all the way.
'Cross is a Sunday gig - September to Feb. There is usually a cross newbies session at Herne Hil in September...great to learn all the shit about dismounts, portage etc. Most basic thing is you have a bike - any bike - with mud clearance around the tyres and V/Canti/Disc brakes. There are a few races in August in S.London too you can use as prep. As long as you get out of the way of the fast boys and girls there is no problem being slow and learning as you go.
weepiper
I fix the machines that fight climate change
Sigmund Fraud have you tried a threaded rod on the fixed cup? There is a specific shop tool for this job but it's like £100 to buy:
...however you can make one from a length of threaded rod and some big nuts, this kind of size:
- we had one at my last place that the owner had knocked up by having one nut welded onto the thread, you pass the rod through the b/b so that the welded nut is sitting against the inside face of the fixed cup then put on a washer and another nut and tighten it up like fuck with a foot-long adjustable spanner that you can stand on. It tightens itself onto the cup as you're tightening the nut and eventually pulls the cup round and out as you're tightening it. You can get 90% of seized fixed cups out this way
...however you can make one from a length of threaded rod and some big nuts, this kind of size:
- we had one at my last place that the owner had knocked up by having one nut welded onto the thread, you pass the rod through the b/b so that the welded nut is sitting against the inside face of the fixed cup then put on a washer and another nut and tighten it up like fuck with a foot-long adjustable spanner that you can stand on. It tightens itself onto the cup as you're tightening the nut and eventually pulls the cup round and out as you're tightening it. You can get 90% of seized fixed cups out this way
Sigmund Fraud
893 all the way.
Sigmund Fraud have you tried a threaded rod on the fixed cup? There is a specific shop tool for this job but it's like £100 to buy:
...however you can make one from a length of threaded rod and some big nuts, this kind of size:
- we had one at my last place that the owner had knocked up by having one nut welded onto the thread, you pass the rod through the b/b so that the welded nut is sitting against the inside face of the fixed cup then put on a washer and another nut and tighten it up like fuck with a foot-long adjustable spanner that you can stand on. It tightens itself onto the cup as you're tightening the nut and eventually pulls the cup round and out as you're tightening it. You can get 90% of seized fixed cups out this way
Thanks Weeps - esp tried them both. Used the proper tool at my LBS (SE20 cycles) where me and the owner were putting so much force on I thought we were going to bend the frame. Its a RH thread (French) so needed to be budged anticlockwise...then I tried the rod way aka the Sheldon Brown tool - no dice, I am in the 10% it seems
weepiper
I fix the machines that fight climate change
Bummer
I think you might have to kiss goodbye to that paintjob then have you got a tungsten hacksaw blade?
Sigmund Fraud
893 all the way.
Bummer
I might try a 115mm angle grinder to give it some help...but I'm determined not to take any nuclear options.
sleaterkinney
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How often do I have to put oil on my chain?
weepiper
I fix the machines that fight climate change
When you can touch it and not get an oily mark you need to oil it. If it's squeaking you need to oil it. But don't just stick oil on once a week just in case because it builds up and catches dirt and wears everything out faster.
ChrisFilter
Like a boss.
I clean and rewax my chain after every wet or long ride on my good bike.
On my winter bike I do it when I start to feel guilty.
On my winter bike I do it when I start to feel guilty.
sleaterkinney
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weepiper
I fix the machines that fight climate change
Degreaser. If it's got a quicklink in it you can take the chain off and shake it in a big jar with the lid on and an inch of degreaser in the bottom. If not you can get a chain bath that clips onto the chain and you backpedal the chain through the brushes/degreaser bath (I don't like these much though, find them an awful faff and mess still seems to get everywhere). Then rinse and re-lube properly, then wipe it down with a rag at the end.
Sigmund Fraud
893 all the way.
For degreaser just buy paraffin - its the core ingredient of all degreasers on sale. And clean your jockey wheels and rear mech cage, thats where the shit builds up!
weepiper
I fix the machines that fight climate change
yes, but make sure you keep it in a sealed container and use in a well ventilated area etc - we use paraffin/kerosene in the parts washer at work and if you're not rigid at keeping the lid down on it when not in use it gives you headaches/nausea and all sorts of other Bad Shit.
Sigmund Fraud
893 all the way.
what are you like? The smell is part of the buzz, its like a bonus!
You want to try acetone if you really want a buzz mind
You want to try acetone if you really want a buzz mind
Sigmund Fraud
893 all the way.
I only use it in the garden, so I'm not worried. I'm a child of the 70s, we used to be given neat Kerosene to drink before we went to school every morning and meths at lunctime.
ChrisFilter
Like a boss.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00...X110_SY165&dpPl=1&dpID=41-C9WpI5WL&ref=plSrch
This stuff is kind of a cleaner and lube in one. Or there's another one that weepiper recommended me years ago. Proglide Gold or something like that.
Tbh, at this time of year it's too cold to use wax. It hardens when you apply it, so I'm currently using Muc-off wet lube because it's cheap.
weepiper
I fix the machines that fight climate change
T & P
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Apols for the derail, but I never understood the logic of not inducing vomiting if someone has just swallowed a toxic substance. Surely a couple of minutes in the stomach and a swift exit cant't be worse than the substance continuing to be absorbed in to the body for an untold number of minutes until medical help arrives?Telling you. Bad shit.
weepiper
I fix the machines that fight climate change
I believe it's to reduce the risk of it getting into your lungs which can be fatal. Better to have it in your stomach and then have it pumped in hospital rather than puking it up
DownwardDog
Riding a Brompton with a power meter.
Park ChainBrite is the best degreaser in my experience. Although once you degrease a chain you remove the factory lubricant (between the rollers and pins) that was installed before the chain was assembled so the whole thing is on borrowed time after the first degrease.
Lemon Eddy
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It's really encouraging to hear I'm not the only person who has issues with the chaincleaner tools. I go through a fuckton of degreaser with them, and always end up with a vaguely oily chain that's not much cleaner than when I started.
Quicklink and a widenecked bottle works best.
Sigmund Fraud
893 all the way.
To be fair you're probably the only one of a few persons on here who might be degreasing indoors.
Dogsauce
I’ve got Skol but I’m not a Scholar
Steve Abraham, going for the world annual distance record, has made it past 5000 miles now:
https://www.strava.com/athletes/1419435
https://www.strava.com/athletes/1419435
ChrisFilter
Like a boss.
That's the one I use. You need to connect to a PC/laptop or an iPhone/iPad. To do so you need an ant+ adapter. This is a USB thing for a computer or either a Wahoo fitness key or Wahoo fitness case for an idevice. I use the latter with my wife's old iPhone.
It's worth pointing out that the Wahoo fitness case is c. £75 on UK amazon and £22 with postage from US amazon. It only took ten days to arrive as well.
It's also worth pointing out that you'll need ant+ speed/cadence/heart rate sensors as well. If you have a Garmin Edge of some description, you probably have these already.
Total outlay from scratch is fairly high unless you've got most of the kit anyway, it must be said. I had everything but the Wahoo case so it wasn't too much of a stretch for me.
Even with the outlay it's still a fuck load less than a Wattbike and a personal trainer.
It's worth pointing out that the Wahoo fitness case is c. £75 on UK amazon and £22 with postage from US amazon. It only took ten days to arrive as well.
It's also worth pointing out that you'll need ant+ speed/cadence/heart rate sensors as well. If you have a Garmin Edge of some description, you probably have these already.
Total outlay from scratch is fairly high unless you've got most of the kit anyway, it must be said. I had everything but the Wahoo case so it wasn't too much of a stretch for me.
Even with the outlay it's still a fuck load less than a Wattbike and a personal trainer.
ChrisFilter
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The case I refer to: http://www.amazon.com/Wahoo-Fitness-Bike-Case-iPhone/dp/B004OR164E
ChrisFilter
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