Soldato
the chain is clearly too short and there's something up with the derailleur without a doubt.. are you sure it has any tension ?
edit - puf.
edit - puf.
The whole deraileur is moving as one, the bottom half isn't springing, it's all static. J273, what do you mean by spun around?
I think for once I'm glad that I don't commute by bike. Speaking of which, do any of you guys commute to central London from the south? I could do with some advice on a route that doesn't involve Elephant and Castle. I was thinking of something like this route but I've no experience of cycling up there. I plan to give it a go at the weekend to see what it's like, but if any of you have experience in cycling in that area I'd appreciate your wisdom.weather is looking better and better..
...then I thought it had stretched so I removed a link...
you should try to find out if there is something like this near youHad a horrible horrible day of bike maintenance. Rear hub was sounding funky and it's done 2500 miles without a servicing so thought I'd try my hand at it. It's a 105 hub and I followed the advice on Park Tools and Sheldon Brown. Opened it up fine, cleaned it out, greased the race, stuck the bearings in, packed with grease, did everything I was told to do, and got to the point of adjusting the cones. I ended up spending five hours (with little breaks to watch the football) adjusting the cones, readjusting the cones, tearing my hair out, crying my eyes out, and swearing at my cone spanners. I simply cannot get the wheel to a position where it doesn't have any play from side-to-side and still spins once the QR is attached. I've tried what almost seemed like every single possible combinations of tightness. It's going to the bike shop in the morning, I'm going to explain my torture, and throw myself at their mercy. I they don't say the hub is trashed, more money going the way of the bike.
****ing bikes.
Wait..seriously?
Yeah, I guess they don't stretch enough to force me to remove a whole link?
Yeah, I guess they don't stretch enough to force me to remove a whole link?
Bike is used every week, if it is seized then it just suddenly happened.