Soldato
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Yep, gone for an Airshot!
You'll notice a massive difference.
I've considered getting a little compressor for the garage, but never quite understood if a standard cheapy portable 'tyre inflator' type one would have enough airflow to mount tyres on rims.
I hope so - just preparing myself to remove cassette for the first time ever and give it all a proper clean before i put it on the new wheels.
I think i have the tools I need, but i don't have any grease for the lock-ring, should i order some now some people say not to bother with it!
My chain is a state, but never had an issue with it performance wise, but now questioning if i should have just got a new one anyway too!
I just fire some of this stuff on the hub - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Park-Tool-PPL-1-Polylube-Grease/dp/B000NORVHI
A little bit of grease on there won't hinder and only help further down the line so no harm for the little it costs.
A chain wear tool is a worthwhile little investment just to keep on top of chains to ensure they're sound. If your chain is a mess and a good degrease and clean up doesn't leave you happy then a new chain definitely be worth the punt as well. I know it's all extra money but get a nice new chain on your lovely new wheels and appreciate how awesome it feels when you get out on the road
Good call, let me know what you think of it and how it works!Yep, gone for an Airshot!
Any grease will really do for a lockring, have to admit I hardly ever grease mine as they generally pick up some lube/oil/grease from the chain/freehub anyway (nor do up to the crazy torque they recommend, just 'man tight'). Although I would recommend greasing the outside of the new freehub before you mount your old cassette. This is quite a good universal and cheap starting grease for that kinda thing. Cheap gun but quite an ok one. Although you can buy similar grease cheaper and then just apply it with a finger.I hope so - just preparing myself to remove cassette for the first time ever and give it all a proper clean before i put it on the new wheels.
I think i have the tools I need, but i don't have any grease for the lock-ring, should i order some now some people say not to bother with it!
My chain is a state, but never had an issue with it performance wise, but now questioning if i should have just got a new one anyway too!
As I thought. Although the fact some of them can pump up a 13" wheel in 60s they must have some good airflow. The ones with tanks seem to be loads bigger. Although Screwfix have a tidy mini/small tank looking one for £100, it's run off 12v not the mains.probably not. Certainly with MTB tyres, it's having a tank to dump a large amount of air "all in one go" that does the job
Haha, Campag wheels not a great track record with you then... But would you buy again?
What kinda mileage for both? Probably the opposite end of the scale to my Khamsin (~10k miles)!
I've replaced the bearings on it once and I expect I had the LBS do it the first time. I don't recall them being expensive, 6903 or similar.
As I thought. Although the fact some of them can pump up a 13" wheel in 60s they must have some good airflow. The ones with tanks seem to be loads bigger. Although Screwfix have a tidy mini/small tank looking one for £100, it's run off 12v not the mains.
I guess I'm just looking for something I can use for other jobs, like car wheels and drying wet bikes not the 1 tubeless wheel per year use...
Dissembling and reassembling a cassette is quite a good exercise to get familiar with, makes them loads easier to clean thoroughly and good 'practice' as they'll only really go back together one way (in theory) and work when back together correctly...
Ouch. What was the slightly erroneous manoeuvre?
2 lane one way road, left to go left, right to go right, I was in the wrong lane, I had momentum so as light went green I just easilly got past him on the left side. I had more than enough space between him and a bus. He was in a New Holland tractor.
Ahh, for some reason with the mileage you clock up I really thought you'd have more on them!Zonda had maybe 10k miles or so. The Sciroccos I've had a little while now about 2 years though not on the bike the whole time. I'd guess maybe 10k miles again too. They were a wiggle ebay return store bargain. I have a set of DT Swiss R24 Spline that I'll probably chuck back on though I need to replace the bearings on those. I've had it in the shed for over a year as I couldn't get the axle off. In the end I held the hub over the hob and with some hard knocks it came out.
I've replaced the freehub bearings with 6903 too. Though one time I bought a freehub and then returned it after 6 months or so as it managed to fail in such a short time. I just don't think they're designed to cope with spray etc very well. I rarely even hose down my bikes so it's not that.
Yeah there's quite a few there but I really don't know good from bad when it comes to something like that. Can see a Stanley, that's about the only brand I recognise. They're all seem very 'same-y' and I was kinda looking for something half the size so I could wall mount it out the way some how... But I guess bargainers can't be choosers!screwfix have a couple of mains powered 24 litre compressors under the magic £100 that i'm sure would do the job pretty well. There's always the ghetto tubeless inflator https://youtu.be/EtmatxJG_zg
Haha I don't think I have, but there was a time I mixed up two 8 speed cassettes and nearly gave the other half 2 of the same size cog. Would have been hilarious (for me to watch) if I'd left it like that!Almost. It's possible to put the 14T higher than the 13T (and probably others).
(I might have done this)
That's assault as he actually grabbed you. But you'd need 2 independent witnesses and probably video of it for the Police to even consider doing anything as there was no actual collision and nobody injured.Got to some traffic lights and he got out and was threatening to break every bone in my body. He grabbed hold of my neck and was going to throw a punch.
I reported it to the police but they won't do anything obviously due to lack of resources. But I just feel if I cycle north of Manchester if I happened to come across him again he might attempt to run me over, and perhaps there areother crazy drivers about that might want to kill me.
Thanks!Love an allez sprint! Looks the business.
Looks nice!!, even if it is the 'imitation' torch edition frame
And the crank should be at the 3 o'clock position when taking photos
Heat adjusting paint job specially introduced for the Olympics, although it stops working after a certain amount of time.Thanks!
You'll have to enlighten me on what exactly the torch edition is.
It's as specialised made it. Original colour way.
The crank is only as it is to prop it up. I'll fix that on the next photo
Heat adjusting paint job specially introduced for the Olympics, although it stops working after a certain amount of time.