Recent content by swimmeronwheels

pardon my ignorance but, Where are you? :o jus' curious.

yup what bill said. I rode the 7100 & 7200 and bought the Fisher Tiburon and I love it! :) Enjoy the ride.

This worked for me: Mix up some mild dishsoap and warm water. Lay your bike down so gravity will help you. Take an eyedropper filled w/ the soap & water and slip in between your grip and handlebar. Drip a couple drips at a time in there as far as you can get. Squeeze and twist your grip. Repeat...

shouldn't pee be an option after all the discussion on this board about that??!?!?!?

I'm not having trouble with the chain jumping ... I just don't like the jump. When pedaling even if I would go one gear easier than the 24 tooth cog, jumping all the way to the 34 tooth cog is rather extreme. the gears do the jump smoothly enough. I just don't do alot of sudden inclines here...

I'll just ride alot ... six rear cogs isn't so bad ... just seemed like a waste of space that I was willing to utilize for the price of a cassette. A new wheel is more money ... so I'll go along on my 18 fully functional gears, every once in a while having my legs spin out of control as I jump...

I think I'm sunk. I went to the Park Tools site, Repair Help, Removing and Installing Rear Cogs. My wheel looks just like the one for which they recommend the FR-1 (not a cassette type freewheel at all). Further down Park says there's not much point in threaded freewheel removal as individual...

Yup, I have the FR-5G ... I think there might be a cover. I see a disk with a couple indentations at 3 and 6 o'clock. And I just saw a pin spanner for a freewheel body cover. Is that what I am looking at?

I have a shimano compatible lockring tool which fits like a dream into the new cassette ... but doesn't reach far enough into the hub to engage the lockring on the old cassette. Is it the right tool? What should I do?

The original cassette, a Shimano Mega Range (13-34) says ZH37 on it. Can I replace it with an HG50 (7 speed of course) ... either 12x28 or 14x32? If I can switch, will the rear derailler need adjusting b/c of the different cog sizes? Right now it is like having 6 speeds because the mega range...

Was a lawyer. Now mostly a stay at home Mom, but I work a few hours a week teaching swimming lessons (kids) and lifeguarding at a neighborhood pool. I sneak out to ride during school hours!! Love those forest preserves at 10 a.m. on a weekday.

Boy, you got that nail squarely on the head. I don't know what others are jabbering on and on about god-human debates. Someone needn't be god to be admirable. We all, I hope, as human beings strive for higher and higher moral accomplishments all our lives and we hope to find people to inspire...

I have been very careful to stay off sidewalks and as a motorist I get livid at the bikes that ride full speed into intersections from the sidewalks. No motorist is expecting anything quicker than a pedestrian darting off the sidewalk. Yesterday, though, I discovered a real sidewalk treat...

Does that mean it can't be done or he just needs a new cassette body also? I'm pondering upgrading from my 7 cogs ... and it looks like 8s and 9s are the available options.

gibbsotti repaint redonblack tata (assuming you are fast) ben or, my personal favorite: huffy maybe, LeHuff Good Luck!!!