I like the looks of that. Twice this year i've managed to pull valve cores with the screw-on head of the floor pump.
The lever head on the small on-bike hand pump is never an issue.
Been a bad year with five flats on the road this year.
Anyone here a cyclist?
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The lever head on the small on-bike hand pump is never an issue.
Been a bad year with five flats on the road this year.
It just should not be that fiddly to put some air in a rubber tube and keep it there. The Clik valves look like they are a neat solution. High flow and positive connection to the adapter. They also sell a pump head that you can put on your old pump permanently and the company also sells pressure gauges but they are sold out right now. The items on Amazon are cheaper than buying from ClikValve in the US.
You can poke me as well, I am in Etobicoke... happy to help if DIY fails.
Sometimes when derailleur adjustment just does not seem to work it is a bent hanger...
What is the condition of the chain?My derailleur was a tad out of adjustment so I took it into a shop for a tune up. They made it worse.
YouTube and DIY here I come.
I just changed mine and couldn't believe how smooth and quiet things became.
I bought a new drivetrain for my bicycle years ago as my current one is theoretically worn out. The old one has been behaving though so I haven't put the new one on. One gear is unhappy so I need to inspect to figure out why. Given that it is only one, I suspect I will find physical damage to that one and that may trigger the replacement of everything.
Usually the gear you use the most gets worn out and chain starts to skip it (gear may be wrecked because of worn chain too). Then you use the next gear and it will start to happen there. You should change the drivetrain, you'd be surprised how well the bike will work after that. I kept putting mine off a few years ago, as in "it ain't too broke why fix it". You make a few errors curse then eventually you figure it out and wonder why you put it off. Tough to do as you don't want to miss too many riding days. I use the kid's bike as back up (rim brakes suck).
edit: don't forget to change the rear shift cable, they break when you least expect it
It worked reasonably well until the cycle shop "Fixed" it. It's the lowest gear, the one you need most when going uphill and dodging a rock while trying to keep up momentum.
I wonder if you need to adjust the Low limiting screw to make sure the chain stays up there without dropping into the spokes or struggling to climb out of the 2nd last cog.
edit: or they played around with the barrel adjustment at the shift lever
There's a good YouTube video that starts with the bracket and runs through the multiple steps. It's tedious but makes sense. There's a pleasant comfortable sound to a well-adjusted derailleur.
That is a beautiful sound indeed. Once it reaches that great moment is slowly decays and you don't notice until the chain doesn't fit like before and you start changing components and the "cycle" goes on. YouTube has been such a great source for this. Like you, I trusted the local bike shop until they just didn't fix stuff like before and the hassle to put bike in the car to drop off and pick up. Now I use the local bike shop to order parts. I want to support them that way but not for service.
Back the upper limit screw out half to a full turn and try it.
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Nailed it.
The barrel adjuster on mine is at the derailleur and a turn out solved 95% of the problem. With that encouragement I went for a really enjoyable ride.
Thank you and the others for their suggestions.
I've never looked at derailleurs closely but today, noticed a cam on the sides of the cassette gears that must push the chain up onto the desired sprocket. It's only logical that if the cams wear, they don't shift the chain.
My next project is a repair / cleaning station for the bike.
Most people set it to the theoretical limit with it static. You need to adjust it just past that to allow the cage to overshift the chain slightly.
These e-bike pedal assisted motors take some getting used to. I've been having a blast this morning on the thing but should turn the motor assist down as there are 10 other lower gears I'm not using but this is on the flat, I need to find some nice hills. It's serious fun and very smooth. Not much of a power jerk, it's very very smooth.
Princess Auto had a bike repair stand on sale dropped from $69.99 to $49.99 so I bought one. I took it home and tried it but took it back. It was a get what you paid for deal. Clamping was weak and major components plastic. It was a good idea done poorly.
The bikehand folding stand on Amazon is decent. Not as good as park but also much cheaper.
I found the same. Bought a Park Tool stand and it's solid enough for a 50lb e-bike and the clamping system is great. If you hunt around Park Tools go on sale every now and then.
I put on about two hours today mostly on trails going up to the airport. I also made a wooden stand that lets me invert the bike without mauling the brake and shifter levers. I found the rear wheel slightly misaligned and with that corrected and on top of the derailleur adjustment the bike is shifting A-1. On the way back I bought a wireless speedo / odometer / calories thing. The trip home from the shop burnt off the equivalent of a third of a Timbit.
