Today I did something to my bike thread...

MojoMaker

Hi @Tomred13 If that offer was still alive and we were in proximity, I'd love to avail?

Have knackered OEM rear on my cx which I use for commuting and it's just that awkward 6-bolt QR design!

West Dublin here.

JMcL

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120355462#Comment_120355462

Do you know what type of disk brake you have? Are they cable operated or hydraulic (there's also hybrid cable/hydro like Tektro HyRd though these aren't very common)? Also when you say something doesn't feel right, can you describe it?

If the brakes are cable operated and there's no stopping power, then the cable tension probably needs adjusted, though I believe cable pull discs can be a bit finicky to adjust and do go out as the pads wear.

Hydraulics usually have self adjusting pistons don't have that problem. The may well need bled though in which case the brakes will feel spongy and lacking in stopping power.

Most of these, including bleeding, aren't too difficult to service yourself. That said though, given how important brakes are, if you don't feel confident about it then do go to a shop!

Tomred13

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120356280#Comment_120356280

Hi @MojoMaker

Yup, that offer still stands. Happy for them to go to a good home and be used rather then gathering dust. I'm based around leixlip / lucan. Pm me for details.

Tom

CantGetNoSleep

I gave my winter bike which has been a little neglected new wheels, tires, cassette, rotors and chain.

First time waxing the chain - fairly easy process (especially if you work from home and can get the cleaning steps done during a lunch break etc).

Went with 35mm slick tubeless tires - only went for a quick spin but they feel great so far. They probably won't allow me to fit a rear mudguard but might leave them on and use them for some longer days over the summer.

smacl

Small thing for most here, but managed to remove and put on a new tyre on the bike yesterday without using levers for the first time. Followed a technique on a youtube video where the key points we get the tyre edges well into the rim and finish at the valve.

tonytiger81

Broke the adjuster screw when renovating a carbon frame recently.

Decided to have a go at replacing them so sourced the part in the UK, drilled out the rivets and replaced. Happy enough with the result

nicksnikita

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120442280#Comment_120442280

Tidy!

CantGetNoSleep

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120291326#Comment_120291326

New commuter has evolved and the parts from that Decathlon (which is possibly the best value for money bike you can find right now especially if you get it second hand) are now on a neglected Genesis Tour de Fer that I picked up for 730€. Total cost to me (including the 143 euros I gave to my mechanic due to being too lazy to index cables and size a chain or do up the bar tape) still under 900€ once I sold off the wheelset, frame and Shimano Sora touring groupset from the other bike.

Still need to decide the wheel and tire combination. Fulcrum Racing 6 but I haven't decided if I go for Schwalbe Marathon 35mm, or Panaracer Gravelking Slick 35mm tubeless.

Then I need to find a 150€ pub bike. I'm happy to commute on this and leave it in the office garage or outside the shops for 30 mins on the way home, but there are still places I won't leave it. Will also try a Litelok X1 angle grinder resistant lock!

Idleater

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119972129#Comment_119972129

Today I cut the steering tube albeit with a load of spacers so now all the parts are correctly put together.

Alanbt

Installed headset, cut steerer, had a nightmare with the tyres. Finished up for today wiping blood off the tan walls!

Anyway…

Waiting on bearings for the crankset before doing more.

what_traffic

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120593015#Comment_120593015

Love the pink shed, could ya take a pic of the bike with that grey concrete wall to the left in the background?

That is a beaut - that Colnago frame!

beggars_bush

Bike was left in to be serviced in bike shop this week.

When I went to collect it there was a big gouge in the paint on frame. The shop denied it happened when the bike was with them.

I know it was blemish free beforehand as I washed it and dried it off so it would be clean for them to work on.

cletus

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120621313#Comment_120621313

I think you're pretty much snookered, if the shop remain adamant that it didn't happen there.

Is there any chance that you have recent photos of the bike that would show that there was no damage?

Squidgy Black

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120621313#Comment_120621313

If it was me I’d probably go nuclear and name and shame everywhere, but realistically there’s nothing else you can do unless you took photos before hand of it that could show there was nothing

beggars_bush

I have photos from a few races and sportives..

I'm raging about it and the lad in the shop got very defensive about it

cletus

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120621781#Comment_120621781

Unless the photos are from the day, or maybe the day before, you dropped it in, then all they'll show is that the paint wasn't damaged on the day you took them

Alanbt

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120594903#Comment_120594903

Here you go.

magicbastarder

sorry, porn is not allowed on boards.

cletus

So, to round out this week's fun and games, bleed kit arrived today, and now both of my boys' bikes are operating the way any sane person would want them to.

Obligatory photo of work in progress

gn3dr

After a bit of procrastination made the switch from Dura Ace 7800 10 speed to Ultegra 8000 11 speed.

Before

After

Gear cables under the bar tape cleans up the front end nicely.

Not sure if there is a bit too much black now with the Ultegra stuff.

Haven't ridden it yet.

magicbastarder

severe garage envy going on!

Seth Brundle

Liking the 944 there!

tomasrojo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120445502#Comment_120445502

Litelok X1 getting a lot of good press. It does seem like a major advance in lock security.

magicbastarder

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120775440#Comment_120775440

just spotted, is that an english wheel? custom made mudguards ahoy.

CantGetNoSleep

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120781299#Comment_120781299

I had considered that - actually went to buy it from their site but felt the delivery was quite steep for what is already a fairly expensive item

gn3dr

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120781659#Comment_120781659

Yeah, homemade English wheel. Was my Covid lockdown project. There's a few pics of the build on here https://instagram.com/gn3dr?igshid=MzNlNGNkZWQ4Mg==

few pics on there also of motorbike tank I almost finished 🙄 as part of the first wheel use

magicbastarder

you made your own english wheel? good god.

i only know about them from wheeler dealers and dominic chinea.

tomasrojo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120788977#Comment_120788977

Yeah, I got the Litelok Go-O from them, and the delivery also added a lot on to what is also n expensive lock. Though it is a decent medium-security lock you can wear comfortably as a belt, which I needed for a Brompton as a secondary lock.

tomasrojo

I see that Abus have, as predicted, responded to the Litelok and Hiplok angle grider-resistant locks.

https://bikebiz.com/our-product-highlights-from-eurobike-2023/

https://mobil.abus.com/int/Consumer/Bicycle-locks/Novelties/GRANIT-Super-Extreme-2500-165HB230-bracket-USH2500

Looks as if it's priced like the Hiplok D1000: up in the high two hundred euro. I guess Kryptonite will have something along in the not too distant future.

JMcL

Not so much something I did as something that drove me round the bend and defeated me resulting in a visit to the LBS.

I stuck a 36 tooth cassette on the Croix de Fer recently so my knees would thank me. The derailleur is rated for 34, but I figured with the Shimano reputation for conservatism, I'd get away with it. Capacity wise it seemed fine - not overly stressed when crosschained big-big, and still some tension when on small-small. Try as I might though I couldn't get it indexed. It would either shift fine at the top of the block, or the bottom of the block, but not both.

It turned out to be a few broken strands of cable that had gotten into the shifter. Now I did have the cable snap on me about 4 years ago, but I've had probably 2 cables through it since, so the strands must have been lurking somewhere in the shifter body in the meantime.

Anyway, I took the opportunity while in to get the headset bearings replaced (one of the few things I'm wary of tackling myself) and the bottom bracket (I need to get me the correct sized Hollowtech II tool, not that adapter ring that might as well be made of butter) as both needed it.