Cycling UK Forum

It's amazing I've posted this question on other forums and some people here and there still feel the need to tell me what they put on their chains or how rubbish THEY think my method of chain lubrication is. The question was: Does anyone have any recommendations for rust resistant/free chains? The ...

90W gear oil might work, won't be pretty though but would be hard to wash off and should protect from corrosion.

Maybe you could take the bike to a machine shop and they could drill out and extract the screws without damaging the threads, or if damaged, can redrill, retap and helicoil.

I'd like to try a mirror that is slightly convex, like a right side mirror on a car. The Take-a-Look mirror is flat and I do have to move my head slightly to the left to see behind. I wonder if a convex mirror would be better in this regard?

Brucey, what do you think about this chain? https://bikerumor.com/2021/01/20/taya-onza-evo-light-rollerless-chain-lighter-faster-quieter-longer-wearing-in-11sp-12sp/ I'm skeptical, as roller chains replaced rollerless type chains many many years ago. My first thought was it would increase chainring ...

The Take-a-Look mirror is generally viewed as the best mirror in the US. I do know how difficult they are to get in the UK. They make two sizes (I use the smaller one). Eyeglass mounted. I think they can be mounted on the helmet, but am unsure about that. They work great and I feel unsafe riding wit...

I'm running 10 speed bar end shifters and 8 speed Deore LX derailleurs. Cables are run under the bar tape and the cranks are Deore 9 speed triple cranks. Works great.

I've seen where people put a short leather top tube protector over the dent.

I'd upgrade the brakes because it sounds like the ones you have aren't very good. To put on larger rotors you need to find adapters that fit your old calipers and that's probably not doable.

I've got Hayes Stroker Trail hydraulic brakes and went to 205 rotors on the front and 180 in the back because of a lack of braking power on a 29er. Swiss Stop pads as well. Bigger rotors work. Hydros are better than mechanical. You may want to do both. Because of the wheel size, 29ers need bigger ro...

Therefore i can tell you on a tightly articulated chain roller wear is important. It may not be a standard but they more they wear the more the chain can move and ride up the sprocket teeth. http://pardo.net/bike/pic/fail-006/000.html "Note also that roller/bushing wear does not affect pitch o...

When did roller wear become a "thing"? Old time experts like Jobst Brandt said that roller wear was irrelevant. Now everybody and their brother are jumping on the band wagon concerned about roller wear. Roller clearance is not even a standardized dimension among chain manufacturers as chai...

I wonder how good these pistons and seals are? Probably allow more heat transfer to the brake fluid. What material is in the center of the piston? https://www.ebay.com/itm/Bicycle-Hydrau ... 4453444527

Lezyne Airbleed. The airbleed is for bleeding the pressure from the hose. Screws on easily. Pump to required pressure ......... Mercian rear sits at 120psi and Moulton rear at 100psi. Press the bleed button to release the pressure in the hose only . Unscrew easily. Hardly any friction in screwing o...

OldLimey wrote:

hamish wrote:There's nothing wrong with changing a chain, prematurely, as far as I know, but that's what you get with the Park CC2.

I'm beginning to think that's not so bad, if it saves the cassette and chainrings.