probably a lost cause.
Don't jigger your frame up - work with extreme caution.
Clip on mudguards are an option.
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- 23 Jan 2021, 5:55pm
- Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
- Topic: Mudguard screws sheared off and embedded in frame
- Replies: 34
- Views: 944
- 23 Jan 2021, 4:29am
- Forum: On the road
- Topic: bike mirrors?
- Replies: 86
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Re: Rear View Mirror
KTHSullivan wrote:Cyckelgalen wrote:The Selle Italia eyelink is the best mirror for drop bars. A bit pricey though.
Cheers, that was just the type of thing I have been looking for.
Careful … might not be a veersion for for UK/left side driving.
- 22 Jan 2021, 9:09pm
- Forum: On the road
- Topic: bike mirrors?
- Replies: 86
- Views: 16995
Rear View Mirror
I like the idea of them, but do they work?
I most like the idea of a helmet-mounted RVM.
Anyone successfully using one?
Thanks folks.
I most like the idea of a helmet-mounted RVM.
Anyone successfully using one?
Thanks folks.
- 22 Jan 2021, 2:29pm
- Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
- Topic: Inns and outs of skewers - what are the important parameters?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 301
Re: Inns and outs of skewers - what are the important parameters?
Various ways to help reduce chance of getting wheels nicked … One is to put your main lock through both frame and rear wheel, but them to run an ancillary wire loop off the main lock and through the front wheel. Or just remove your front wheel every time you lock your bike and run your main lock thr...
- 15 Jan 2021, 9:23am
- Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
- Topic: Ergotec Futura seatpost. Missed opportunities.
- Replies: 30
- Views: 860
Re: Ergotec Futura seatpost. Missed opportunities.
Design aside, I am failing to see the logic of such a part.
You get saddle setback from a combination of the seatpost and the saddle rails. If from those two things you can't get enough, well then the frame is probably way too small. No?
You get saddle setback from a combination of the seatpost and the saddle rails. If from those two things you can't get enough, well then the frame is probably way too small. No?
- 14 Jan 2021, 9:46am
- Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
- Topic: shabby cranks: painted vs anodised vs polished
- Replies: 47
- Views: 1571
Re: shabby cranks: painted vs anodised vs polished
A lot of rubbing and then you have to do something about it in terms of re-positioning the foot.
But, and as we all known, you get rubbing with even the most well set-up arrangement, especially in the case of heel-in cyclists like myself.
But, and as we all known, you get rubbing with even the most well set-up arrangement, especially in the case of heel-in cyclists like myself.
- 10 Jan 2021, 3:27pm
- Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
- Topic: Saddle choice/strange numbness
- Replies: 15
- Views: 740
Re: Saddle choice/strange numbness
Start a new thread by posting a side-on picture of you on your bike, with hands on hoods, and we will comment on your fit ... but it might make uncomfortable reading.
- 10 Jan 2021, 9:36am
- Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
- Topic: Saddle choice/strange numbness
- Replies: 15
- Views: 740
Re: Saddle choice/strange numbness
Devz wrote:So a common symptom I seem to get when riding my bikes, most often on my XL frame bike,
I think you've answered the question yourself ...
Problems like this are usually attributable to poor bike fit rather than a 'bad' saddle. The bike is possibly too big for you.
- 9 Jan 2021, 4:21pm
- Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
- Topic: Reynolds decal
- Replies: 11
- Views: 558
Re: Reynolds decal
Spoken to Spa, turns out you apply the whole sticker then leave for twenty minutes. When you peel off, the decal remained. Worked pretty well, just needed to give a further press down. In some ways, I think it would have been better applied before the final lacquer at the paintshop. Reynolds decals...
- 7 Jan 2021, 10:21pm
- Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
- Topic: New steel Fork ,wheel sits off center ,what tolerance acceptable?
- Replies: 61
- Views: 2047
Re: New steel Fork ,wheel sits off center ,what tolerance acceptable?
Thanks for the posts, popped off an email to the supplier to see what they think and said they would look into it but it sounds within tolerance. I can realign it by moving axle down a bit in open non threaded dropout and will look into building up the dropout with some jbweld maybe. This is litera...
- 6 Jan 2021, 8:23pm
- Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
- Topic: Bottom bracket for Specialised Sirrus X 5.0
- Replies: 3
- Views: 278
Re: Bottom bracket for Specialised Sirrus X 5.0
State what crankset ...
- 6 Jan 2021, 12:38pm
- Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
- Topic: Cable head jammed inside Shimano shifter
- Replies: 16
- Views: 592
Re: Cable head jammed inside Shimano shifter
I thought I had one jammed once until I realized that the cable end cap on the end of the cable was preventing pull through.
- 5 Jan 2021, 3:56pm
- Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
- Topic: Adjusting fork rake
- Replies: 9
- Views: 388
Re: Adjusting fork rake
Some framebuilders bend fork legs themselves, but only as a tube/unbuilt.
Not sure a built pair of forks could be bent without removing dropouts. |Crown may even foul the process.
Not sure a built pair of forks could be bent without removing dropouts. |Crown may even foul the process.
- 5 Jan 2021, 10:41am
- Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
- Topic: New steel Fork ,wheel sits off center ,what tolerance acceptable?
- Replies: 61
- Views: 2047
Re: New steel Fork ,wheel sits off center ,what tolerance acceptable?
There must be a way of realigning TA dropouts because how did the fork get built in the first place?
- 5 Jan 2021, 5:40am
- Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
- Topic: New steel Fork ,wheel sits off center ,what tolerance acceptable?
- Replies: 61
- Views: 2047
Re: New steel Fork ,wheel sits off center ,what tolerance acceptable?
Just a reminder,we are discussing a sub 2mm out of track fork that is the sort of size of error that needs correction, and that good framebuilders don't let out of their workshop. Dropout alignment gauges can be used to align regular/QR dropouts, but they must also have a way of aligning TA fork/fr...