Sample index post for technical Too Good to Lose
Includes all threads up to 3rd Jan 2014
Bike fit / position
---->Bike positioning help please
---->Link from 531colin's signature section
Brakes
----> Straddle Wire mechanical advantage
----> brake mechanical advantage
----> Tektro CR570 or 720 set up
----> V-brake levers for drops
----> BB7/BB5 disc brake servicing
Framebuilding
----> Brazing
Lighting
----> Make your own LED lights
Maintenance
----> BB thread chasing
----> Campag Ergo stripdown
----> Cleaning your drivetrain
----> Greasing new hubs
----> The right grease
----> Grease: a primer
----> Penrite SF grease for Alfine 8
----> Removing a crank with stripped threads
----> Seized seatposts
----> DH-3N30 dynohub overhaul
----> chain quick-link undoing method
Saddles
----> Which B17?
Tools
----> Lightweight headset spanners
Touring
----> Audax/Light touring groupset
----> Ortlieb panniers
----> Touring Tips
Trailers
----> Trailers
----> Trailers 2
----> Single-wheel trailer experience and modifications
Tyres
----> Fitting Marathon Plus
----> Studded Tyres
Wheels
----> Mudflaps
----> First wheelbuilding experience
----> Wheelbuilding videos
----> Straightening a bent rim
----> Unusal spoking patterns
Transmission
----> Alfine 11; how it works
----> Nexus 7 internals
----> SRAM A2 Automatix; introduction to the internals
----> STI repair links
----> Ultegra - XT compatibility
----> Indexed front shifter trim clicks
----> Cross-brand indexed cable pull data
----> Left crank coming loose
----> UN52 BB axle stickout measurements
----> Shimergo 2020 update
Miscellaneous
----> Bike carriers for Cars
----> Bicycle steering
----> SPD Pedal Compendium
----> non-SPD Pedals
These links could go direct to good posts, rather than to whole threads
Feel free to reply with suggestions for additions
See also CTC technical pages from old website.
Index post for Technical Too Good to Lose
Index post for Technical Too Good to Lose
Last edited by andrew_s on 30 Mar 2021, 1:01am, edited 18 times in total.
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Anyone Use a Trailer? bobyak look alike experiences and mods
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add to under "touring"
Thedaveb's "Singlewheel trailers - experiences and modifications" thread on the yakalike ( cheapo bobyak look alike one wheel trailer) mods and experiences. it is too important to lose as it has many practical experiences and mods to make them reliable
here is the thread I think that should be added as a 3rd item in trailers
http://forum.ctc.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=77175&hilit=trailer&start=90
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add to under "touring"
Thedaveb's "Singlewheel trailers - experiences and modifications" thread on the yakalike ( cheapo bobyak look alike one wheel trailer) mods and experiences. it is too important to lose as it has many practical experiences and mods to make them reliable
here is the thread I think that should be added as a 3rd item in trailers
http://forum.ctc.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=77175&hilit=trailer&start=90
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index updated
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maybe add the thread on quality pedals here as nothing on standard pedals and the ones recommended, MKS , not in my sight at all ( though I had a pair from long ago in my junk box)
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=93150
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=93150
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Thanks for the request.
Now represented in Technical - Too good to lose.
Now represented in Technical - Too good to lose.
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viewtopic.php?p=542120#p542120 contains the mechanical advantages for brake levers and arms - worth adding to the Too Good To Lose?
MJR, mostly pedalling 3-speed roadsters. KL+West Norfolk BUG incl social easy rides http://www.klwnbug.co.uk
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I would also like to nominate:
Left crank coming loose
Penrite SF Grease for Alfine 8? (IMO applicable to many other hubs except the Sturmey-Archer 3s)
Left crank coming loose
Penrite SF Grease for Alfine 8? (IMO applicable to many other hubs except the Sturmey-Archer 3s)
MJR, mostly pedalling 3-speed roadsters. KL+West Norfolk BUG incl social easy rides http://www.klwnbug.co.uk
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All three of the above now included in "Too good to lose . . . " .
The dilemma as always is that there is so much good stuff and I don't want to overwhelm that section.
The dilemma as always is that there is so much good stuff and I don't want to overwhelm that section.
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Graham wrote:All three of the above now included in "Best of " .
What's that?
The dilemma as always is that there is so much good stuff and I don't want to overwhelm the "Best of" section.
Aye, but I thought the latest two worthwhile because loose left cranks and hub gear lubrication seem to arise fairly often.
MJR, mostly pedalling 3-speed roadsters. KL+West Norfolk BUG incl social easy rides http://www.klwnbug.co.uk
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viewtopic.php?t=96335&sid=3abd84a9f4b72 ... 753d62b58f
Useful info about cleaning IGHs and precautions to take while disassembling.
Useful info about cleaning IGHs and precautions to take while disassembling.