BIKE THREAD

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Sep 2008
11:32am, 4 Sep 2008
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is the qr moving freely in the spindle? it could be seized on one side so you are not tightening up properly.
GregP
GregP
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11:33am, 4 Sep 2008
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Right - that's one thing to check tonight - thaks, PL.
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11:34am, 4 Sep 2008
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will be a hammer job and wd40 to loosen it.
Slowboy
Slowboy
Sep 2008
11:41am, 4 Sep 2008
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Expensive QR skewers on properly machined and aligned dropouts should close firmly but without undue pressure and will stay rock solid.

Cheaper ones, with more slop in the mechanism, and dropouts that are maybe not completely parallel, can take a bit more...persuasion. You shouldn't end up using any kind of tool on the level though, but it might need a bit more hand pressure.

Check it's all moving freely and try doing it up a bit tighter - if that still doesn't help, might be worth trying replacing the skewers. They can follow a pattern....they keep coming loose, user keeps ightening them, gets annoyed, tightens them RIGHT up, forces the lever closed, and in doing so causes the cheap steel skewer to stretch, and hence they loosen again (or break)

If you aren't bothered about the paint finish on the dropouts, you could put a thin lock-washer (one of the little spiky ones) on the skewer at each end, so that it sits between the outside of the dropout and the face of the skewer that tightens on to it - that'll give it a lot more grip, but won't do either the finish on the skewer or the frame much good. Depends on whether it's a good quality bike and you just want it to work right, or if it's a bit more bargain basement and you're willing to accept a bodge.
GregP
GregP
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11:49am, 4 Sep 2008
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Bodge is good. Its from c. 1997. Stand by, over.
GregP
GregP
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11:51am, 4 Sep 2008
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One of these, except over a decade old and used for approx 5 mile round trip to the station every working day regardless of whether throughout:

amazon.co.uk
GregP
GregP
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11:51am, 4 Sep 2008
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'Weather', not 'whether'. Sorry.
Slowboy
Slowboy
Sep 2008
12:22pm, 4 Sep 2008
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Good chance that the skewer is stuck in the axle, then. Free it up, clean everything up, check how sloppy the cam is in the QR etc.

Then do it up bloody tight and see if that helps. :)

Or you could always buy the missus a new bike.....
GregP
GregP
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12:26pm, 4 Sep 2008
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That just caused a genuine lol. Thanks for that. I've been wanting to buy her a new bike for yonks. Somethin g like the one discussed on 'How was', in fact - although tbh I think she'd get on really well with a Gazelle.
Slowboy
Slowboy
Sep 2008
12:30pm, 4 Sep 2008
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Thoughts for fixies:

cgi.ebay.co.uk
cgi.ebay.co.uk
cgi.ebay.co.uk

These guys are in the states though, so the shipping charges they are quoting are prohibitive, but I'm thinking of Emailing them to see if they can do any slow-but-cheap shipping....I want a fixie for winter, so I don't mind waiting 6 weeks for delivery....

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