Today I did something to my bike thread...

joxerjohn · 23-08-2013 4:06pm

Rescued a seized Ceramic GXP Bottom Bracket bearing last night.

I had one of these outragously expensive ceramic GXP BB's, almost €200 on Wiggle, that had siezed up a few months ago after a rainy cycle. I checked out how to remove the seals from the bearing cartridge and I applied a heavy duty degreaser to it. After about an hours soak I was able to get a bit of movement from the bearing I resoaked and kept twiddleing and eventually got it freed up. Rinsed it dried it and then re greased with TF2 Li grease, apparently special ceramic grease not really required and re fitted BB to the bike. Smooth as butter, will get out for a spin this weekend to test it out !

cyclic · 23-08-2013 8:06pm

Holy moly Quozl,

Weren't you posting a month ago about trying to stay upright on a bike. Now you're building a decent road bike from scratch. That's like going from a puff of a cigarette to a serious heroin addiction within a month. Whoa there Tonto!!

cdaly_ · 23-08-2013 11:45pm

cyclic wrote: »

Holy moly Quozl,

Weren't you posting a month ago about trying to stay upright on a bike. Now you're building a decent road bike from scratch. That's like going from a puff of a cigarette to a serious heroin addiction within a month. Whoa there Tonto!!

It's too late, (s)he's already lost...

Seweryn · 21-09-2013 9:20am

I brought all the bits out and started assembling them together. The first couple of photos show the required works ahead, but I would love to make something I can ride on this weekend

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derealbadger · 21-09-2013 12:27pm

Seweryn wrote: »

I brought all the bits out and started assembling them together. The first couple of photos show the required works ahead, but I would love to make something I can ride on this weekend .

Love them Pilo's

Squidgy Black · 21-09-2013 12:40pm

That's a beaut Seweryn, have you looked into getting a replacement set of decals? Then it'd be top notch.

ednwireland · 21-09-2013 1:18pm

stripped a stem bolt last week, whats the point of a torque wrench if it pops anyway. (3t arx-pro)

Seweryn · 21-09-2013 3:18pm

_Tyrrell_ wrote: »

That's a beaut Seweryn, have you looked into getting a replacement set of decals? Then it'd be top notch.

Thanks Tyrrell.

Yeah, I would love a new decals and this will be my next step, but for the moment I had to stop the build. The headset bearings are too rough to put them on. Also, some other bits are needed. I am going to order them and build the bike finally. And then ride it

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whacker00 · 21-09-2013 5:17pm

upgraded the 50/34 Compact to an Ultegra 53/39 looks the business, but when its in the 53/25 the rear mech looks a little over stretched, new chain time for me. also might give me an excuse for a new rear cassette

Planet X · 27-09-2013 5:58pm

.....changed a tube on my daughters Halfords "Classic Real Raleigh" or something.
About an hour ffs!!!.Sturmey Archer 3 speed, chain all encased in a chain guard "suit of Armour" "impossible to get" at system.

Couldn't release the wheel, actually did in the end to squeeze a tube in.
Nightmare.

Something I've been dreading since the day we bought it about 3 years ago.

Seweryn · 28-09-2013 4:06pm

Some bits got cleaned and put onto the frame. One step at a time

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Can't wait to get the wheels repaired and put them on.

slap/dash · 28-09-2013 6:01pm

Seweryn wrote: »

Some bits got cleaned and put onto the frame. One step at a time .

Can't wait to get the wheels repaired and put them on.

jesus thats a nice bike, im here if you ever get tired of it

rollingscone · 01-10-2013 4:05pm

Did a full service (well almost I'm still afraid to touch the wheels after my last disaster) of the Commu-tourer she was even shiny and clean for about 3 minutes before I went outside.

I felt the Marathon on the front stole away some of her elegance so I couldn't resist spicing her up a bit with a new saddle and bartape just to remind the Commu-tourer that she may not be a roadbike but she still has a place in my heart.

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Seweryn · 05-10-2013 9:03pm

Seweryn wrote: »

Some bits got cleaned and put onto the frame. One step at a time .

And more bits on the bike at my next go (we are nearly there

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Final approval by the house PR Manager before the test ride:

On the road:

At the next phase - the stem needs to be changed to a different size, handle bar to be wrapped with tape and a new cassette is badly needed (or possibly a complete rear wheel).

Hmmzis · 05-10-2013 9:38pm

Some new bits went onto the bike today:

105 Shifters
105 Chainset (53/39)
105 Chain
105 Rear derailer
Tiagra Cassette (11-25)
New brake and gear cables
New pedals
New saddle with a cut-out (hopefully will help solve the numbness I tend to get on longer spins)

OldBean · 05-10-2013 11:24pm

Seweryn wrote: »

Final approval by the house PR Manager before the test ride:

There's a postie in Dublin 7 with the exact same frame as you. I keep on giving him a funny look when I see it cycling past. Lovely job.

denbatt · 22-10-2013 1:55pm

Sram garmin front mount arrived this morning,

€21 including post on ebay, wish i had a black garmin now! :rolleyes:

Scrappy600 · 22-10-2013 3:42pm

Put it up for sale with no plans to replace it. ;-(

AaronB · 22-10-2013 3:53pm

denbatt wrote: »

Sram garmin front mount arrived this morning, €21 including post on ebay, wish i had a black garmin now! :rolleyes:

I like the sticker Toecutter

Captain Havoc · 09-11-2013 11:52pm

Finished it this evening, new tiagra groupset.

Scrappy600 · 14-11-2013 5:36pm

Stripped the enduro bike for a good end of season clean and found 14 extremely seized linkage bearings. Bugger. I may have a small lack of mechanical sympathy combined with specialized using pound shop bearings with no grease.

NeedMoreGears · 15-11-2013 9:56am

Changed the chain and replaced the 23mm rubinios with 28mm zaffiros ; much more comfortable on the commute even at the same tyre pressure.

quozl · 15-11-2013 10:15am

NeedMoreGears wrote: »

Changed the chain and replaced the 23mm rubinios with 28mm zaffiros ; much more comfortable on the commute even at the same tyre pressure.

Run them at a lower pressure, unless your Rubinios were really under-inflated. It'll be even more comfortable

route66 · 16-11-2013 10:26pm

Replaced Chain & brake pads. And gave it a wash!

Scrappy600 · 19-11-2013 12:49pm

Full bearing kit into the enduro bike. Surprisingly easier than I thought given the trouble I had doing them on the dh bike!

Scrappy600 · 23-12-2013 4:31pm

Bought it a garmin edge 200 for a serious bargain. Now just have to get off my ass and get some mileage on it!

couerdelion · 28-12-2013 12:23am

Was out and thought my back caliper wasn't working properly - it seemed to be binding. Got off and checked and realised that it wasn't returning properly after being applied. No idea if I could have fixed it so ordered a new pair of black SRAM Apex online and took the white set off my race bike and transferred them onto the winter bike. Neither bike was clean which meant there was dirt all over the kitchen floor - I tidied up but I don't have the same high standards as my wife so she had to redo it. (Years of not doing things right still haven't led to her just doing things without me having to screw them up first...)

I believe that's the right thing to do. I've decided to go from white bar tape to black bar tape and matching brake calipers are important. Having a multibike family means that the winter bike gets the hand me downs.

Cee-Jay-Cee · 28-12-2013 10:07pm

I fitted carbon bottle cages to my F5, and a chain catcher and fitted 3T Ergonova bars and a Prologo Zero saddle to my winter bike.

Planet X · 29-12-2013 7:05pm

Today I did something to my bike thread...

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