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Cook, get a grip
As for the language I'm scottish and a literature grad, grammar and syntax are over rated...
I've had the ball bearings in the stem etc, used to work in a bike shop. Sadly it's several hundred miles away
I hate integrated headsets, no fun anymore.
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Edit, the South Downs are stunning
This thread is one big pile of troll dung right?
Although agree with Juan
We said no swearing words deary... For what it's worth, I don't give a shit about tyre/valve alignment and headset "centering". If it's fit correctly an works it's good for me. It's a bike, it is meant to be ridden, to get rocks hammering it and to kiss the ground from time to time.
And I'm with the guys sayin I would never have let it out my shop like that!
No wonder LBS are struggling, if you have time to do that it means you have not enough bikes to fix.
no wonder LBS are struggling, if you have time to do that it means you have not enough bikes to fix.
Ahahahahahahahahaha, an early contender in my todays favourite idiot contest.
I'd take it back and complain they'd fitted the wrong colour headset to, a mango headset with no other colour on the bike is way more wrong that the lettering not being aligned.
I nearly went and checked my bike to see if my head set is lined up then I realised that it has not effected performance if it isn't. To be honest if you can see the bottom cup is out of line with the top your ridding position is all wrong .
I imagine the mechanic looked at the state of your bike and thought you wouldn't be bothered about the logos being lined up. I know I probably would.
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Bike shop should have lined up the logos - not difficult and shows pride in work - and yes I'd be a tad dissatisfied. State of your bike is irrelevant. If near Reading I'll do it for you.
To all those crowing about performance, I assume your bike (why would you need more than one, after all they all have wheels so who cares? You're all about things working) is appropriate for your 'performance' level.
To all those who aren't bothered, if you weren't then why post about not caring
To all those thinking it didn't matter because the bike is crap, well it may be to you but that's my bike and I love it. It might be unsightly but it's mine, one of the very few things I actually own 🙂
I kind of like it. It says: I don't care about the petty rubbish. I don't care what anal, idiot forum users think, I don't care how my bike looks, I just want to ride.
But of course, that's not what you say... 😉
Even with the anal logo lining up, I do actually really like the look of it and the mango is a good choice. Wish it was bigger and my bike.....
What an odd thread, 60% of comments are slagging the lads bike off and 30% offering support and 10% offering to fix it for free..
IMO from the pics it looks like it used to be a decent enough bike and has been left to rot and now the lads building it back up again..
All good that.
Although I have to say no matter how cheap the pink cables were, they'd not land anywhere near my bike.
bikebuoy +1
i don't understand slagging someones bike off from a picture of the headtube when he said it was a WIP and needs the badge reattaching
Is it because it's not a Soul or Five and the change is scaring people?
I get the impression that most of the 'slagging' is in jest (I know mine was) and some here a just a bit too sensitive ❓
Aah that would do my head in having them lined up like that 🙁 very poor show lbs!! you have no pride man!!??
What an odd thread, 60% of comments are slagging the lads bike off and 30% offering support and 10% offering to fix it for free..
That's why stw will always have a special place in my heart 🙂 I can take most of the jibes but some felt a bit more than banter
not difficult and shows pride in work
This. I'm anal-and-proud, it takes very little effort when installing something to get logos lined up (be it tyres, headset, stem spacers, top cap etc) and shows the installer took the time and thought to do it correctly. If they cant be bothered to line the logos up, how confident are you they are correctly seated?
I imagine the mechanic looked at the state of your bike and thought you wouldn't be bothered about the logos being lined up. I know I probably would.
He's a professional installing one of the most expensive items of its kind into a high end frame. P1ss poor attitude if that's what he thought, if I'd been asked to do the install I'd 1) have done it properly regardless of my own opinion and 2) assumed the headset install was part of an ongoing overhaul/rejuvenation project and that the OP was capable of changing cables etc and paying for the job he doesnt have tools to do.
I always thought the tyre-logo-lining-up thing was massively anal. But headsets are more-or-less a permanent addition to the frame. They should be perfect IMO and that would really bug me. My headset is about 2mm off-centre and I sometimes notice it, let alone way off like that.
Being a bike shop mechanic must be really hard. I bet whoever installed that never even thought headsets needed to be straight and now you're upset about it. At least give the shop the opportunity to make it right before you let it bug you.
I agree superficial so I spoke to then and they did it there and then for me. The result well be posted this evening.
Now I'm paranoid. My ribbing was in jest and I hope that came across. All my king headsets are aligned. But then I fit my own.
But if I posted a pic with pink/green cables and a mango headset, I wouldn't expect to get away with it.
It was taken as jest, I would never expect to get away with it either 😉
I like to line mine up and get it as centred as possible.
Having fitted many many kings...
...most of them were yours actually Fontmoss, it certainly didn't need to be specified that it should be aligned. Taking a bit of pride in your work. Yes they can spin a bit when you press them but you should know that before you start. Personally i'd be pissed off that i'd paid for it.
As for some of the moronic comments, (patriotpro, cookeaa looking at you here) this determination to be the hardest manliest most gnarly cyclist is pretty pathetic, it's like listening to two kids trying to one up in the playground.
It's also pretty laughable for all those who actually know fontmoss, as his cycling CV would, if we were to play this game of top trumps, most likely shit all over yours. Especially if you ride a patriot, god!
Honestly no wonder all the actual cyclists leave STW to the punters.
should have told them you wanted it aligned before they fitted it. should have said something when you collected it.
don't use a LBS in future to avoid these issues.
It's only a road bike, who cares? 😈
It's only a road bike, who cares?
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ah the joy of trying to get a dry sense of humour across on a forum 🙂
i was 50/50 jest (hence the barb about souls/fives), but surprised that some of the comments looked to be having a proper pop at someones work in progress
personally i'm not a fan of the headset colour ATM but a few choice components here and there could tie it all together. But for the love of god please don't use coloured cable housings as i've not seen it pulled off successfully once yet
The thread has prompted me to buy some black cables but I see they are still more expensive than the ridiculous colours. Going for [url= http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=59214 ]these[/url] unless the stw fashionistas have something nicer/cheaper?
That's still misaligned though. If anything the reducedness of the misalignment makes it worse. You need to get your teeth around the lower cup and move it gently anti-clockwise until the centre of the N lines up with the badge mount screw-hole.
You'd have been better off leaving it as is - it looked rebellious before, now it just looks incompetent 😉
fontmoss - MemberThe thread has prompted me to buy some black cables but I see they are still more expensive than the ridiculous colours. Going for these unless the stw fashionistas have something nicer/cheaper?
There was a chap in 'Cycling Plus' a couple of years ago who had the logos [i][b]on the cables[/b][/i] of his custom build alligned. 🙂
Sometimes, you can take things too far.
Has your pump fallen to bits yet btw?
i'm thinking lasers should be utilised somewhere in this process to make sure it's aligned properly
Licence plate says "BERK". Brilliant 😉
Bike shop should have lined up the logos - not difficult and shows pride in work - and yes I'd be a tad dissatisfied. State of your bike is irrelevant.
Indeed.
As a cyclist I'm about 50% rider and 50% mechanic and I seriously would never ever let a bike leave my workshop with a headset fitted like that. It takes maybe 10-20 seconds extra to line it up. If a jobs worth doing, it's worth doing properly. 🙂
Mate had the same issue on a £3k gios he bought - he grumbled.
Another guy bought a similar bike,and i pointed out the rear road brake hole was drilled off centre. Always something to spot when you spend big money..
Yeah, way it's worse now. Originally looked like they'd simply been put on. All fine, they're functional components that happen to have big logos. Now it looks like a failed attempt at aligning them. Which serves you right, really. 😆
Bencooper, actually it says 6erk 😉
On a sidenote if you get a private plate* make sure it actually says something rather than vaguely resembles your dog's name when squint at the 3 etc
*that is not a private plate but as pp points out:
If a jobs worth doing, it's worth doing properly.
I apply this to everything not just my headset.
To all those that think it's worse, I agree 🙁 but I wasn't about to ask the guy to redo it. Again.
I'll rectify it when get hold of a press. Until then the real issue is do I keep the terrible colours and pretend it's post modernist irony?
EDIT: Rusty, no but then hardly use it, I've been lucky with punctures tbh. Have you had a different experience?
Jesus Christ.
No, he can't fit headsets.
Contradiction surely... Tyre logos not lined up looks crap.
Codswallop - a bit of non conformity works wonders in life
can i just say i have worked in many an lbs workshop and it would have gone in with the logos down the centre.
so no.
but i can see that you would feel a nob moaning about it.
to be fair though anyone can have an off day.