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Moan - Constant maintenance
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Posted 7 months ago #
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no_eyed_deer - Member
--------------------ARRRRGGGGGGHHHHH-------------------DON'T DO IT MR Colin!!!!
I tried this approach once, when I was having gremlins. Perhaps looking for a bit of STW sympathy, or shared common experience of woes.
The borderline-Aspergic hordes of STW will not let that happen.
OH NO.
You've had the same experience as me.
Queue a billion people giving 'useless' 'advice', basically trying to tell you how it's done, and have a pop by telling you that you are a TW-@ at the same time.
I feel your pain, dude.. :-/
Well, that was helpful
Posted 7 months ago # -
BB7s +1
Put some on my GFs bike and they are great imo.
Posted 7 months ago # -
Hmm, have some BB7's and they are ok but I much prefer the hydros for modulation and lack of faffage once set up.
Unfortunately the only way to sort out the brakes you have properly is to pop the pistons out and clean 'em up or replace 'em. You know it's the right thing to do.
Change the cables for some cheapies (use a really good pair of cutters though)and run some thin grease on the inners. If this works at sorting the gears you've not lost much in time or money and your peace of mind will be easilly worth it. If it doesn't work just go Singlespeed as suggested elsewhere as you could spend ages and lots of dosh changing part worn components. Cheap to do and it's so much quieter than all those deraillieur laden bikes.
Posted 7 months ago # -
I know what you mean. Funny but when I had a crap £200 bike and wasn't into biking, it never needed anything doing and lasted for years!....
Posted 7 months ago # -
I feel your pain mate.
Posted 7 months ago # -
go ss, ignore brake drag. sorted!
Posted 7 months ago # -
I agree disc brakes are a pain
Posted 7 months ago # -
i use the credit card method of maintenance
Posted 7 months ago # -
Your Bike hates you.
Divorce it and get a younger model.
Posted 7 months ago # -
Get a road bike and stop moaning!
If this fails take up golf!
Posted 7 months ago # -
Is it a full-sus and in need of the pivots/bearings/bushes doing, so 'ghost' shifting?
Also check the hanger.
And the brakes, if not maxle, are the skewers 'slipping'?
Posted 7 months ago # -
Always baffles me this, how people have so many issues with gears.
Setting them up correctly in the first place is pretty straight forwards and after an initial adjustment on new cables there's very little to do on them.
I think that people overestimate just how fine an adjustment is required to get them shifting sweetly, the same also applies to disc brakes. Line them up correctly and so long as your rotors are striaght you should have very few issues.
Personally I find that with gears, XTR cables in SP41 outters is faultless and cheap enough, sling on a KMC X9 and above chain, get them set up correctly and they'll be fine for months on end.
Brakes, it's more than loosen the bolts, pull the lever and re-tighten the bolts. They too require careful alignment and so long as the calipers are in good working order - pistons move in and out tangentially to the caliper body - they'll be fine.
Posted 7 months ago # -
Steve, thanks for the reply. When I fitted the mudlover cables I set them up correctly, as I do everytime. I took cable stretch into account and made some adjustments after the first lot of rides. Then after a couple of settled rides, the problems always arise.
Brakes seemed okay in the heavy rain tonight though!
Posted 7 months ago # -
I briefly had Mudlovers cables; the liner got pulled into the shifter somehow, so until it got really bad and totally gummed up it did all sorts of weird things, feeling fine but pulling and releasing random lengths of cable each change. Get rid, get normal cables and get some decent cutters - then it only takes 15 minutes to change the cable whenever it needs doing.
From one with a clicking drivetrain that I just can't fix, I feel your pain!
Posted 7 months ago # -
A new brake squeak developed on this morning commute!
Posted 7 months ago # -
DONT align you brakes by letting the pistons centre the caliper!
You should align the caliper so that the disc is in the centre of the slot with equal spacing between the disc and caliper on both sides. If you have one piston which moves more than the other it wont be centred properly.Posted 7 months ago # -
Oh, and all Shimano apart from the SRAM cassette.
in my experience, if your using this combo with a shimano chain you will have issues. sram cassette=sram chain. shimano cassette=sram or shimano chain. for what its worth. also check the b tension screw is adjusted correctly.
with regards the front brake, it could be the wheel axle that is moving which is why it doesnt squeal whel you just sppin the wheel when its off the ground.
Posted 7 months ago # -
in my experience, if your using this combo with a shimano chain you will have issues. sram cassette=sram chain. shimano cassette=sram or shimano chain. for what its worth. also check the b tension screw is adjusted correctly.
Not in mine but each to their own
Posted 7 months ago # -
I've had loads that didn't work very well. mostly treks. not claiming its universal by any means. but its something worth checking.
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