The Clevedon seafront is perhaps 200m long and being at the terminal point makes no impact to the rest of the route and issues caused by a handful of nimbys at that point should not impact opening the route. Once the Tutshill crossing is opened there will be a lot of use of the middle section of the route, not so much of the extremes, especially at Clevedon as onward connections require a trip through the town centre until such time that a route is opened through the golf course!
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- 25 Mar 2024, 9:02pm
- Forum: On the road
- Topic: Tutshill sluice Yeo crossing works
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4321
Re: Tutshill sluice Yeo crossing works
- 24 Mar 2024, 8:21pm
- Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
- Topic: XT shadow rd not keeping chain tension
- Replies: 4
- Views: 408
Re: XT shadow rd not keeping chain tension
Its a job for this week, it just about got into double figures in the bike cave today!Brucey wrote: ↑24 Mar 2024, 6:23pm loss of chain tension only has three possible causes;
1) failed spring
2) seized 'p' pivot
3) faulty clutch.
Any mech with a clutch is most likely to suffer with 3) first. I agree with the park tool video except I don't understand why they didn't seem to lubricate or corrosion-proof the roller clutch.
- 17 Mar 2024, 5:46pm
- Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
- Topic: How to Move saddlepack further back
- Replies: 5
- Views: 410
Re: How to Move saddlepack further back
By chance i was watching 'Ride with Roy' on Utube last night and he had a similar issue which he sorted by fitting one of those handlebar accesory bars to the seatpost. This allowed the bag to be held further back and so not contact legs.
here is a link to the vid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHCrWnDrErk which may or may not work!
here is a link to the vid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHCrWnDrErk which may or may not work!
- 16 Mar 2024, 8:17pm
- Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
- Topic: Campag freehub failure
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1127
Re: Campag freehub failure
Went out today, 100+km and i haven't haven't heard the newly bearing'd hub or lubed freehub once - its never been so quiet, leastways not for a long time! Oh the joy of a silent bike.
The only issue now is that i can hear all the other creaks and groans which seem mostly connected to the rear swing arm (its an Airnimal Chameleon).
The only issue now is that i can hear all the other creaks and groans which seem mostly connected to the rear swing arm (its an Airnimal Chameleon).
- 14 Mar 2024, 10:37pm
- Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
- Topic: XT shadow rd not keeping chain tension
- Replies: 4
- Views: 408
- 14 Mar 2024, 8:46pm
- Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
- Topic: XT shadow rd not keeping chain tension
- Replies: 4
- Views: 408
XT shadow rd not keeping chain tension
The mech has been working fine, changes sprockets crisply and quietly until this today when lack of tension caused the chain to do all sorts of weird stuff up to throwing it off the 1 x chainring. Everything seems to be working, its just not holding tension.
Is this terminal or is there a fix, something i can at least try? The mech is XT 11 speed RD-M8000 as per below
I've never had a shadow mech on one of my bikes before, i still run Mod 76 Campag SR on one bike so all this fancy gubbins has passed me by!
Is this terminal or is there a fix, something i can at least try? The mech is XT 11 speed RD-M8000 as per below
I've never had a shadow mech on one of my bikes before, i still run Mod 76 Campag SR on one bike so all this fancy gubbins has passed me by!
- 14 Mar 2024, 8:32pm
- Forum: Does anyone know … ?
- Topic: If anyone does Emotor repair and or refurb?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 296
If anyone does Emotor repair and or refurb?
In the automotive world its common practice to refurbish alternators / starters etc so is anyone doing this for Ebike motors rather than just running a diagnostic and telling you that you need a new motor?
Yes i have a vested interest, an ebike with a motor fault that i'm sure isn't terminal but without even looking at it, the experts say it needs a new unit at £900! What happens to the old units? are they just binned?
Yes i have a vested interest, an ebike with a motor fault that i'm sure isn't terminal but without even looking at it, the experts say it needs a new unit at £900! What happens to the old units? are they just binned?
- 14 Mar 2024, 8:21pm
- Forum: On the road
- Topic: Dangerous mudguards
- Replies: 37
- Views: 3545
Re: Dangerous mudguards
I have had it happen, unknown object flipped up, front guard ended up folded in half and jammed under the fork crown. Luckily that bike had huge clearances so it didn't lock solid straight away so i came to a juddering halt in the middle of a main road. That was before mudguard release systems were available, you can bet your bottom dollar that i was an early adopter when they came on the scene.jimster99 wrote: ↑14 Mar 2024, 3:48pm I've never had a wheel jam with mudguards thankfully but I can easily see how if you were a bit unlucky and the guard ingests the wrong size object that front wheel could lock up suddenly and over the handlebars you would go!
Single point of failure never a good thing...
I have had them pop out but there has usually been a cause, worn clips usually as i tend to leave the fixed end fitted when i take the guards oiff for the summer. Or its been some unseen twig or such. Anyhow, the worst that happens IME is that the stay flaps about a bit , never had one get caught in the spokes but that's just my experience of 30 years use.
- 14 Mar 2024, 8:09pm
- Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
- Topic: Campag freehub failure
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1127
Re: Campag freehub failure
A quick update.
Well i picked up the fresh bearings today then spent longer than expected rebuilding the hub from bare axle up. Close inspection of said axle revealled light scoring of the surface that the freehub sits over clearly caused by whatever swarf had made its way there from the broken bearing.
It was a more involved task than i'd thought but at least i know the ins and outs now. i took the opportunity to re=lubricate the pawls with light oil, the bearings got a good dollop of extra grease too - i say extra, they had very little on delivery, maybe my generous addition will keep them running longer? Took the opportunity to straighten the wheel a bit, its back to @ 0.25mm, the first time i've checked it since building @ 2 years ago since when it's done @ 20k km.
Maybe with the mileage i do i should up the maintenance schedule a bit?
Well i picked up the fresh bearings today then spent longer than expected rebuilding the hub from bare axle up. Close inspection of said axle revealled light scoring of the surface that the freehub sits over clearly caused by whatever swarf had made its way there from the broken bearing.
It was a more involved task than i'd thought but at least i know the ins and outs now. i took the opportunity to re=lubricate the pawls with light oil, the bearings got a good dollop of extra grease too - i say extra, they had very little on delivery, maybe my generous addition will keep them running longer? Took the opportunity to straighten the wheel a bit, its back to @ 0.25mm, the first time i've checked it since building @ 2 years ago since when it's done @ 20k km.
Maybe with the mileage i do i should up the maintenance schedule a bit?
- 12 Mar 2024, 7:30pm
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Elbe Radweg
- Replies: 46
- Views: 7011
Re: Elbe Radweg
Depends what you like, the Main was quite nice, the Ostsee very enjoyable (i did a loop along the Danish side too), but i think my favourite was the Bodensee - Konigsee which is hillier than the others as its in the sub alpine region but its never silly hard and includes some great places, Chiemsee, Neuschwanstein, Fussen, Bertchesgaden for example and side trips to the likes of Kempten and Salzburg are easy to incorporate. I went west - east then returned through Austria and Switzerland having flown to/from Zurich.
- 12 Mar 2024, 7:05pm
- Forum: Does anyone know … ?
- Topic: Oldest bike
- Replies: 39
- Views: 2475
Re: Oldest bike
My 1978 Owen Blower race bike is my oldest, one owner from new! It does have a couple of original parts (rear mech, handlebars) although most parts were 'upgraded' at some point. I spent a bunch of money ten years ago returning it to as near as dammit the original set up,
- 8 Mar 2024, 4:05pm
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Elbe Radweg
- Replies: 46
- Views: 7011
Re: Elbe Radweg
I've done 6 of those in their entirety and parts of the others - some inspiration for 2025!
- 8 Mar 2024, 3:56pm
- Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
- Topic: Campag freehub failure
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1127
- 8 Mar 2024, 12:38pm
- Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
- Topic: Campag freehub failure
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1127
Re: Campag freehub failure
Thanks everyone for your replies but it seems we were all wrong!
So this morning i stripped off the Zonda freehub, actually very easily, and turned my attention to the Record hub. The freehub came off with just a little more effort along with a cascade of ball bearings! After some cursing i pulled everything apart to confirm that the issue was/is failure of the drive side main bearing. I checked the freehub as well, as you can see in the pic all is well there unlike the hub bearings, some balls were actually broken / missing! Not sure how it was affecting the freehub like it was, maybe a bit of broken ball was jamming it somehow?
I've sourced a replacement set which i'll hopefully have early next week, so hopefully i'll be back on the road soon (yes i know i could borrow the Zonda bearings but they could be on the way out too.) £20 for 4 races so i'll even have spares and now i know how to get it all apart they might get some better maintenance!
So this morning i stripped off the Zonda freehub, actually very easily, and turned my attention to the Record hub. The freehub came off with just a little more effort along with a cascade of ball bearings! After some cursing i pulled everything apart to confirm that the issue was/is failure of the drive side main bearing. I checked the freehub as well, as you can see in the pic all is well there unlike the hub bearings, some balls were actually broken / missing! Not sure how it was affecting the freehub like it was, maybe a bit of broken ball was jamming it somehow?
I've sourced a replacement set which i'll hopefully have early next week, so hopefully i'll be back on the road soon (yes i know i could borrow the Zonda bearings but they could be on the way out too.) £20 for 4 races so i'll even have spares and now i know how to get it all apart they might get some better maintenance!
- 7 Mar 2024, 1:53pm
- Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
- Topic: Campag freehub failure
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1127
Campag freehub failure
First overnighter of '24 and @ 70km into day one and the rear wheel starts making some noises but only when freewheeling. Get to my overnight and a quick once over can't identify a bearing issue and the free hub seems to spin okay. Day two and heading back home, picked a route without too much proper downhill with options to bail out at several points, no worse so i push on. And then it does get worse with @ 50km to go, the issue is clearly the freehub, fine in drive but sticking when you freewheel with resultant chain slap etc. I got back home by avoiding freewheeling - easier said than done, especially on even the longer downhills.
The hub is 2010 Record which shares parts with many Fulcrum wheels as well as the Campag Zonda i have with a damaged rim. (The bearing races and bearings were replaced in '22 at some expense so i'm quite invested in the wheel.)
So the question is, do i a) buy new bearings and rebuild the original freehub at @ £25 if i can get them, b) buy a complete new freehub @ £60 or c) recycle the Zonda freehub complete for 'free'?
The hub is 2010 Record which shares parts with many Fulcrum wheels as well as the Campag Zonda i have with a damaged rim. (The bearing races and bearings were replaced in '22 at some expense so i'm quite invested in the wheel.)
So the question is, do i a) buy new bearings and rebuild the original freehub at @ £25 if i can get them, b) buy a complete new freehub @ £60 or c) recycle the Zonda freehub complete for 'free'?