Jpez
Down on the left!
Don’t be lame. I did a little pedal in Nice at the end of a month gorging myself silly in Italy and France. Get on your and bike and ride it.
The bike mechanic activity I hate the most.
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Jpez
Down on the left!
Nah. Just a Nice day for a ride. Hur hur.
I wanted to head a further 500m up the mountain to the Col Madone but had to get the bike back to the shop by days end to fly out the next morning.
ForkinGreat
Knows his Brassica oleracea
Nice! Noice!
Seems one thing the mechanic that put my bike together didn't like doing was putting loctite where it should fucking be put.
Just found my small chain ring on the gravel ride was mega-loose with one bolt already missing. Now I have to find out what size it was and where I can source one - I truly have better things to do with my time. Hopefully it's a standard size and dime a dozen.
About the third thing that's come loose on this bike, which truly has very few kms on it, and 95% of which were on bike paths rather than rattley trails.
Just found my small chain ring on the gravel ride was mega-loose with one bolt already missing. Now I have to find out what size it was and where I can source one - I truly have better things to do with my time. Hopefully it's a standard size and dime a dozen.
About the third thing that's come loose on this bike, which truly has very few kms on it, and 95% of which were on bike paths rather than rattley trails.
Flow-Rider
Burner
Can you take it back to where you bought it? They should replace the chainring bolt for free.
I'm going to call up and see if they at least have one that they can offer.
It's a star bolt, not seen them on chain rings before.
oldcorollas
Levin the moment
these ones? https://velo-store.shop/f30051-set-of-4-aluminum-chimney-screws-easton-t25-silver-one-size
Easton Chainring Bolts
Aluminium chainring bolts for Easton Cinch chainrings and Spider. Specifications:Type:Chainring BoltsThreads:M8Drive Size:Torx 25Material:aluminiumManufacturer Number:F30051 Contents:4 x Easton chainring bolts
www.bike-components.de
there will be one on a bike in store no doubt
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As long as it hasn't fallen off.these ones? https://velo-store.shop/f30051-set-of-4-aluminum-chimney-screws-easton-t25-silver-one-size
View attachment 406172Easton Chainring Bolts
Aluminium chainring bolts for Easton Cinch chainrings and Spider. Specifications:Type:Chainring BoltsThreads:M8Drive Size:Torx 25Material:aluminiumManufacturer Number:F30051 Contents:4 x Easton chainring bolts
there will be one on a bike in store no doubt
jrewing
Eats Squid
Just bled my mt5’s with just a chemist small syringe. They are the easiest brakes ive bled. Came up Milhouse.
i actually left a tiny bit of air, because i hate tight rear brakes, especially since the pads i use are grabby. Front i like like a rock and came up that way.
LPG
likes thicc birds
Setting up tyres with inserts! How much time and effort it takes is just too unpredictable.
You spend all the effort you can muster pushing the bead under the insert into the channel to barely manage to get the tyre on. Once the tyre is on you need to somehow pry the bead that is stuck under the insert out because you can't get it to hold enough air to seat the bead. Shifting the bead around with the insert in there is not easy and my hands are already sore.
Of course the first set of wheels I swapped over (the fronts) went pretty smoothly and I decided I could squeeze time to do the rear. On the plus side my bikes look better with the right wheels on them despite being only hub and spoke colour changes between the wheels. Unfortunately I gave up and need to have another go after my hand have some recovery time and my frustration subsides.
You spend all the effort you can muster pushing the bead under the insert into the channel to barely manage to get the tyre on. Once the tyre is on you need to somehow pry the bead that is stuck under the insert out because you can't get it to hold enough air to seat the bead. Shifting the bead around with the insert in there is not easy and my hands are already sore.
Of course the first set of wheels I swapped over (the fronts) went pretty smoothly and I decided I could squeeze time to do the rear. On the plus side my bikes look better with the right wheels on them despite being only hub and spoke colour changes between the wheels. Unfortunately I gave up and need to have another go after my hand have some recovery time and my frustration subsides.
zooks
Likes Dirt
A good compressor is life changing! Wont break a sweat
Jabubu
let you google that for me
I think it's been discussed before but what's the best budget approach to this? Second hand perhaps?
I bought a Supacheap model for $100 about 10 years ago, still going strong.
Looks like there now $174
www.supercheapauto.com.au
Looks like there now $174
Blackridge 2.0HP Low Noise Air Compressor 21L
Blackridge 2.0HP Low Noise Air Compressor 21L
www.supercheapauto.com.au
safreek
*******
I hear ya.
Scotty T
Walks the walk
Don't buy from Aldi if they ever release air tools again, I have a 50 litre compressor that is now scrap metal.
Got an Airshot after the compressor died, highly recommend.
beeb
Dr. Beebenson, PhD HA, ST, Offset (hons)
Hmm... With a schrader valve adapter on the end of that it might actually work pretty well.I bought a compressor from Bunnings and I can confirm it works...
