Resolution attempt #18, or something close, attempting to fix my squealing Magura MT7/Storm Rotor combo. Fine on the stand, embarrassingly noisy at some point on the ride. Had issues with both sets (but not my boggo standard MT5s on the HT)- tried changing pads, resetting caliper properly pushing pistons back and aligning manually, checked the rotor for shimmy (the front one has a little one but it's not much), swearing at it, etc.
I like the power and modulation of Magura brakes, just not the noise. I've removed the UberBike Race compound pads I've used for years and stuck in a set of superstar. Rear seems to be sorted, front... time will tell.
On my other set, I gave up, it was like the rotor was too thick or the pads. Measured everything, nothing seemed to be out of spec and this is exactly the setup Magura recommend. Risking fire or possibly fire-y death (based on what the internet says) I changed to a couple of almost new Shimano XT rotors. Blissful silence and a really good lever feel with plenty of power.
See how that goes as the pads wear down, but if I can't fix it on the first set, two more XT rotors are the next plan.
Also opened up the new-ish Pike to see if it had the two tokens it was meant to ship with. It had no tokens. Now it has one. Lots of lovely grease tho.
I did this weird thing called "riding" my bike today!
I know, right?!
First proper ride on the Tarmac since getting the bars sorted. It's *very* nice.
Finally got round to retaping the wheels on my giant revolt that I use for commuting (as mentioned in the things you should be doing to your bike thread) and finally the tyres have stayed up. Haven’t been able to ride that bike since 30th March because it was so frustrating that despite being retaped many times they just wouldn’t stay up.
Very pleased that I’ll be able to ride that in tomorrow as it just feels so sluggish on the mtb
This is probably for the other thread, but I have a audible click with haptic feedback through my cranks when I pedal under load in the eeb. Powered in or not.
I need to do some fault finding but I don't know if I can be arsed.
Well I got bothered.
- Checked the motor mount bolts, cleaned, regreased and torqued. Still happening.
- Checked the crank arms, removed (zero lube present) regreased and torqued. Still happening.
Got me thinking it's an issue with motor. Next job is a call to all terrain to check it out. Bloody bikes.
Today I replaced the speed sensor on my Scott Genius ebike. (a big well done to Westbrook Cycles who got the new part to me super quickly). The old one had failed, which I could tell because a big 503 error came up on the display. And because I had to ride back from town (all uphill on big 2.35 tyres) without assist, having chosen the ebike because my legs were knackered after a hard ride the day before.
I was somewhat annoyed that having put it all back together it was now showing a 561 error. The reliably misleading Google AI informed me that this indicated a voltage discrepancy. So I poked around a bit and found nothing, went for a test ride up the road and it changed into a 562 error. However the bike seemed to be fine.
Hang on, what does the display say in small writing above the 562? Trip? What does that mean?
Ah, I now see the display has a number of settings, one of which I seem to have selected. It seems I must have ridden 562 miles since the last reset.
Not work per se, but just ordered some nice Pinned 155mm cranks for the EEB, they'll be going on next week.
Got a product recall email for the carbon cranks (Cube Acid), perfect time to get rid before they explode on me!
Over the weekend I rebuilt the cranks on the Swoop and cleaned the pistons on my brakes using the single piston tool I designed and printed in the week. Worked a treat and now there's no pad drag and the cranks are creak free.
Have been recovering from eye surgery over the last month and a lot of time has been spent in the garage sorting niggles and swapping things.
Also managed to get out for a ride yesterday and conditions were perfect. Some easy runs over Dowies and Shutcastle (FOD) were just what I needed. Bikes are ace.
Dusted off the TT bike for a fettle and spin. A few saddle tweaks but the engine is weak . Also rebuilt a track bike after a frame respray - doesn’t take long!
Decided to add a click of progression to my forks, which requires air cap off so took at least 7 minutes. Back to the setting I always go back to.
Cleaned the tandem
Realised it needs new BB bearings after being hauled through a few rivers at the weekend. They have done about 5000km so I don't mind
Replaced tandem gear inner and outer - so much cable!
Replaced the rotor and tyre on the back wheel of my Tern. Neither is a big job really but once you factor in actually getting the back wheel on/off the thing the whole affair starts to grow legs so I'd been putting it off for a while.
I will say that a friend's advice to use an electric screwdiver to spin the rotor bolts in and out was genius. Get them most of the way in then torque them properly - took about 2 mins rather than the usual 84 years.
Bought a Nukeproof horizon pedal service kit from Ascend components as my sam hills were starting to develop a bit of rattle after 6 years of abuse (that's right DMR, 6 years before developing a rattle, imagine that!). The kit also comes with new pins so replaced all those too. Pedals feel as good as new.
Unfortunately this resulted in me having a hugey in the shed last night as I was checking the sag on my forks wearing my sliders, I went to step off but the new pins weren't letting go so I ended up falling into the wall and sliding down like something out of a cartoon. Grazed elbow and knee and took a couple of the new pins across the bottom of my toes.
Might be time to take up crown green bowls or something.
Everyone prepare for rain for I fitted summer tyres at the weekend. Apologies.
Following on from my ShockWiz session at the weekend I looked into the recommended increased spring ramp and found I needed to buy Fox tokens which seemed to be out of stock everywhere.
Then I remembered I have a spare Bomber Air in the shed and as luck would have it it’s 0.6 compared to the 0.4 I already had in the Float X. Yahtzee!
So after work tonight I did a swap. A right faff trying to refit them without the best light to see where they fit, but I got it done.
