Wow, topics fly through on here.

Anyone?

mike_p, the hubs as sent have been assembled by some unskilled worker on minimum pay, they couldn’t care less about correct freeplay. They aren’t ‘out to get anyone’, they just couldn’t care less. Shimano couldn’t care less either, because so few get returned under warranty.

When you get a new mechanical item, unless you know its been assembled by a skilled individual to your specifications it is best to disassemble, lube correctly, and then assemble to correct specs.

Still laughable?

PeterPoddy, ‘best mechanic in the world’ (according to your profile), still waiting your justification?

Thanks guys.

I don’t recall seeing 12-32s at my usual sources, and in any case I’d probably miss the 11 (bad enough not having the 42 on my do everything mount!).

PeterPoddy and mike_p, are you going to enlighten the forum as to why you both disagree?

OK quick Google:

Park Tools probably need telling they are wrong: http://www.parktool.com/blog/repair-help/hub-overhaul-adjustable-type :wink:

Ditto the late great Sheldon Brown: http://www.sheldonbrown.com/cone-adjustment.html

‘I’ve no idea why people say you should have play to be taken up by the QR. Utter twaddle. If the locknuts are properly tight, there is no way the QR can compress the cones onto the bearing.’

If you tried it, you’d see that blatantly is untrue, the AXLE gets compressed forcing the cones closer together (a tiny amount, but with bearing adjustment we are working to tiny amounts).

If you guys live anywhere near King’s Lynn I’d be happy to show you.

‘The suggestion that there should be a little residual play when using QRs is laughable!’

How so? Its sound engineering physics. The way a QR works (on 9mm at least, no experience of larger axle types) adds preload to the bearings.

Anyone can test this to prove it. You tighten the cones to be perfect (i.e. play just removed), and tighten the QR properly, you will have over tight bearings. The trick is to have play just removed when QR is tightened correctly.

Sorry, but I don’t agree a woman can fake an orgasm, well other than to be obviously completely fake. It’s not about noises afterall. But then I don’t (and never have) sleep with women I don’t know

And this isn’t a ‘hey, I ALWAYS satisfy the ladies’ post, sometimes you do, sometimes you don’t, but it’s sad life if they have to pretend they did and they didn’t…speaks volumes about the whole relationship. Swings and roundabouts, sometimes I’ll not feel like it but just make sure the young lady (affectionate term, deoesn’t have to be ‘young’) has some fun.

As for prostitutes, maybe I’m off a different planet, but I never really got the point. That’s just physical surely, and it it’s just physical someone wants, well DIY isn’t it?

If you suspect there is (or ever has been) anything at all on the HDD that you wouldn’t want someone to access (phone numbers, bank details, names, addresses, etc etc) then the only safe disposal method is to destroy the HDD discs completely (melt, shred, or otherwise completely mutilate). One could argue the same for any RAM. Then eBay as per previous poster, or give the laptop away to a charity of offer if on one of those free give away sites that most locales have.

I haven’t, but was going to have some powder coated…in which case I had this place highly recommended to me: http://www.windridge.co.uk/content.php/410

The only concerns I had were with the lowers being magnesium alloy with regards to striping.

..and of course on QR wheels the bearings should have some slight freeplay which is only removed by doing up the QR to the correct tension (i.e. start getting stiff 90 degrees out from fork leg/frame).

‘Chains do not stretch (perceivably) they wear.’

It’s just a matter of terminology, a worn chain is of course longer, longer = stretched in most peoples minds. I don’t think anyone is actually trying to say (or even though about) each link being stretched.

As has been said, multiple chains make cleaning SO much easier, and therefore one might be less likely to put off drive train cleaning. Slap some cleaning agent on chain and gear, work in, leave, rinse, remove dirty chain, detail clean cassette, crankset, and mechs…install pre cleaned lubed and wiped chain. Work on other chain at your leisure.

The worst thing about Shimano hubs is keeping the cones from self adjusting. I now always take apart new hubs, thoroughly clean, then strong threadlock the drive side cones and locknut together at the correct place on the axle so they never ever come undone..then adjust other side as usual.

Mind you, I can’t leave without mentioning that it beggars belief that a pastime that often suffers due to the intolerance of others, could have supporters who stoop to the same low levels of narrow minded intolerance themselves. Incomprehensible.

Back OT, I’d go with a ’96 on Honda XR250R, leccy start kit if you must. Lightweight (unlike the DR350, very important when you just binned it in the sticky UK mud), super reliable, no fuss 4-stroke.

PLOPS (Particularly Loud and Obnoxious Phonetic Spellers)? Shoddy work? Surely not! Wasn’t the highest ranking US military person to die in combat during WWII killed by his own side?

An outlaw country (after refusing to recognise the UN’s World Court), professing to be civilised yet still executing people and mutilating the genitals of children, the sooner we make a clean break from them the better.

Best you spell it correctly too, not like the PLOPS (Particularly Loud and Obnoxious Phonetic Spellers):boke ;)

A ‘normal’ lens is traditionally the diagonal length of the film/sensor, (or thereabouts), so you’d want a 28mm prime lens. No zooming, you have feet for that, but larger aperture and generally far better optical quality than a zoom.

Or maybe a better quality smaller range zoom?

Check out the lens tests here: http://www.photozone.de/

When I looked into this for my sons bike a while ago, even Avid BB5s got some poor reviews. He got BB7s and loves them.

Not only can you keep your damp snot ridden finest cotton hanky warm in your pocket, you can then use it to wipe babies mouths clean, clean your dipstick when checking oil levels, clean your other dipstick after checking the young ladies oil level, and finally for surrendering to her well built husband.

I think the whole God/Gods debate will end when the inevitable happens; mankind will become extinct (the earth will not be able to support our form of life due to climate) but the Earth and many other animals will continue to thrive. I expect this will happen sooner rather than later, in fact I’d be surprised if mankind lasts another 1000 years.

Is it just me, or does anyone else think that anyone that follows a belief religion should be prevented from carrying out Jury Service? I mean, if they belief something based on absolutely zero concrete provable evidence, what hope does the Court have they can be trusted to judge the case solely on the evidence presented (or lack thereof)?

Check this website for security apps reviews: http://www.anti-malware-test.com/

Notwithstanding, I use MSE, AVG, AdAware, Spybot Search & Destroy, and finally Spyware Blaster. All free.

Another FYI, compression can increase with engine age due to better cylinder ring sealing (after break in) but more importantly due to carbon build up on the cylinder head combustion chamber.

IMHO, and FYI:

HP: mathematically calculated engine output using such variables as coefficients of friction, calorific value of fuel, etc etc.

BHP: engine crankshaft output measured on engine Brake (Dynamometer)

Then of course there is the output measured by rolling roads (Chassis Dynamometers), more accurate than a guess, but only just. Don’t believe it? take a car to as many rolling roads as you want, test in all different gears, wonder why no two results are the same? QED.

I guess the answer to the OPs question depends on many variables: quality of original engine (design and materials), expected service life, servicing, usage, etc.