This weather.
Got absolutely drenched last night and couldn't get my kit all dry for today
What are you trying to dry? Most of my stuff easily dries in ~9 hours (at work) or overnight at home. I try to hang in doorways at home so air movement maximises their drying ability. At work I tend to separate things as much as possible and hang them on the back of a 'desk partition'. Only things which don't always totally dry are my overshoes or my winter gloves.
For shoes it's best to stop them getting totally sodden in the first place, overshoes are best for this although some moisture obviously gets through most neoprene types. One 'trick' for shoes is to remove the insoles, open them up as wide as possible and pack a load of newspaper into them. You could go further and use things like packet rice or silica gel if you wanted to - both absorbing more moisture than newspaper. Waterproof socks are another option, I bought my other half some
Sealskinz (as she rides in normal trainers/converse) and she really rates them. They've never been my size in a good sale for me to grab a pair of my own to try out!
The argument is that by the time you see the wear it's already too late... But then equally older folk would regard 0.75% as premature so who knows.
That's exactly it, admittedly I've used some 'expensive' £25-30 chains along with some cheap £15-20, but I'm still yet to see any significant wear on my cassette. Chainrings are another matter but that is mostly due to them being FSA who are quite well known as using cheaper quality alloys which wear more than say, Shimano. I'm running 5800 so my cassettes are
not exactly 'expensive'. Equally I'd rather be buying a chain every 6 months rather than a cassette.
This could also be my justification for not changing my chain as regularly in future as while it is an easy job it's one I'm not particularly fond of (too messy
)
Should be no more messy than a complete clean of it (where you remove it)! Even quicker time wise as you don't need to clean the thing!
Anyone with any pointers on how you remove these?:
The 'cap' over top of the bearing. It has some teeth on it but I think that's just for gripping the fork. Both sides rotate independently of each other and have no dents for spanners/tools to unscrew. Bits I've seen online hint they just 'pop' off with a little leverage but didn't have much luck...
