Road Cycling Essentials
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anyone know what this bit is for? i "think" it goes where the rear derailer is so that the curved bit goes up and inbetween the lower part of the deralier thats hanging down..
Of course taking chain off is the best option, but i dont want to be doing that, so the next best option ive heard is these park tools chain cleaner as it works by getting inside the chain where it needs to
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Nothing wrong with degreasing it but be careful about getting degreaser on parts other than the cassette. I tend to put a bit on a cloth and wipe it down rather than spraying to be safe.
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http://app.strava.com/activities/26886780
Did the bridges of london ride last night, left a bit after 10, finished around 1, lovely ride, about 35 in total,very nippy but really really fun! and some lovely views you dont get to enjoy when your stuck surrounded by horn honking taxi and bus drivers
Did the bridges of london ride last night, left a bit after 10, finished around 1, lovely ride, about 35 in total,very nippy but really really fun! and some lovely views you dont get to enjoy when your stuck surrounded by horn honking taxi and bus drivers
I'd take it off personally if I was degreasing it. Same with the chain. I find very little actually on the cassette though with me wiping the chain through after every ride.
In other news, I went to rivington today! http://app.strava.com/activities/26916850
[Damien];23100199 said:
I'd need a chain whip and free hub tool for that. I might pick those up in the spring as I'll be getting new wheels sometime then, so I may as well by the gear to change them myself.
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Jolly good! We often stop at the Barn for a brew on the way home on our rides. From the Barn end of the bridge across the reservoir you're right by Angelzarke and Rivington/Belmont itself. I'll get you up there yet!
I've got a chain whip and probably the right freehub tool if you need to borrow it. Just give me a shout.
Definitely. As much as I hate hills with a fiery passion it only lasts until I'm at the top and it doesn't take long to get my breath back.
I need to give my bottom bracket a going over tonight. It's been creaking a fair bit and tightening the crank bolt doesn't help. Poorly greased cartridge bearing I reckon. It's a good job I bought the tools for installing/uninstalling the bearings the other day...
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The obvious thing that springs to mind is knee warmers?
Fluids wise i use Morgan Blue;
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/morgan-blue-chain-cleaner-1000ml-bottle-with-spray-head/
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/morgan-blue-syn-lube-125ml-bottle/
The Syn lube is amazing, sticks to the chain (doesnt drip) and makes the drivetrain very quiet.
Cleaned my bike today after the ride. Used the above cleaner for the chain, the brush for the cassette and it is looking all nice and clean now
You can degrease the cassette but do it carefully as you don't want to get degreaser into your hub. I take the wheel off and place it on the ground, cassette down. Then I use a spray degreaser and spray it on the cassette away from the hub. I leave it for a while then use hot soapy liquid (Fairly liquid, I've never seen any benefit with Muc Off and the like) to wash the cassette using the brush that fits in between the cogs then finish by rinsing it with warm water then spraying on water displacer. Takes no more than a couple of minutes and you end up with a nice shiny cassette.
I don't particularly like chain cleaners either. They tend to be quite messy. If you use a missing link/powerlink, it's easier to take the chain off, put it in a tray with some degreaser, then soap and rinse off. The chain will end up cleaner than using any of these chain cleaner devices.
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I read on bike radar cleaning, and they said dont use a lot of fairy Liquid as it contains salt
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Old wives tale.
One if the chaps in BR Commuting spent a number of years working as an industrial chemist on Fairy Liquid and is happy to assure anyone who will listen that it's complete rubbish.
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Could anyone give me an idea on how one would go about changing a bolt through rear wheel to QR?
Is it a simple enough thing to do or would it make more sense to replace the entire wheel or hub?
Is it a simple enough thing to do or would it make more sense to replace the entire wheel or hub?
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so what tires have you lot got for the winter?specially when it gets below 0.
I've got gator skins, mainly because I really can't be assed with a puncture in freezing temperatures!
Had them for a month now, no punctures so far....and I've been riding some pretty mucky and dirty roads, with newly cut hedges too.
I went with 25s too.
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so what tires have you lot got for the winter?
Slicks are the best tyres you can have on tarmac in all conditions apart from sheet ice. If you are on sheet ice then only studded tyres like Marathon Winters or Nokian A10s will help but they are 32mm+ and won't fit on most road bike.
If you want more grip then go with wider slicks at lower pressure to get a bigger contact patch. I generally commute on 25mm and run 24mm on the weekender. When I get my new cyclocross built up I'm going to be running it on 28mm slicks for the commute, 33mm Kenda Small Block 8s for gravelly laps of Richmond Park and 35mm Marathon Winters for when he'll freezes over.
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