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soup
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You may remember I asked in here if EBC was rated then I posted a
piccy of my sons bike well after three weeks he has managed to break it
he bent the derrailleur and the gear hangar (just hope he hasn't bent
the frame) bought a new derrailleur and a new hanger, fitted them no
problem but trying to thread the gear cable back through managed to fray
the cable and just my luck the frayed "wires" are inside the outer. As
the spring tries to pull the gears back into line it hasn't got enough
power to fight the "sticktion" so the gears stick in "low" and the cable
goes slack, then further on the cable "slips" allowing the gears to
change "up" uncommanded and possibly at the wrong time.
Bike has to get its free six week service (they tighten bolts take
out cable stretch etc) so decided to have the cable supplied fitted and
have the indexing adjusted at the same time this is going to cost me £5.
Could probably fit and adjust the cable myself but a job that might
take me an hour would take a bike mechanic ten mins to do and if he
frays the cable he (they?) will have to use another one.
They are also going to check out everything as son's story changes
from "I was just going along and it happened" to "I smashed into a tree
whilst trying to do something I had seen someone else do" via everything
in between so can not rely on his version of events so have no idea if
the frame got knocked too.
Haven't got a car with a bike rack so I will have to cycle it there
eight miles (not a great distance) but with a bike that is basically
stuck in one gear and being in Edinburgh (built on seven hills)it's far
enough.
Thoughts :- Maybe I could get someone who is used to a fixie to ride it
--
www.cheesesoup.myby.co.uk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nileh1ZPGq4
piccy of my sons bike well after three weeks he has managed to break it
he bent the derrailleur and the gear hangar (just hope he hasn't bent
the frame) bought a new derrailleur and a new hanger, fitted them no
problem but trying to thread the gear cable back through managed to fray
the cable and just my luck the frayed "wires" are inside the outer. As
the spring tries to pull the gears back into line it hasn't got enough
power to fight the "sticktion" so the gears stick in "low" and the cable
goes slack, then further on the cable "slips" allowing the gears to
change "up" uncommanded and possibly at the wrong time.
Bike has to get its free six week service (they tighten bolts take
out cable stretch etc) so decided to have the cable supplied fitted and
have the indexing adjusted at the same time this is going to cost me £5.
Could probably fit and adjust the cable myself but a job that might
take me an hour would take a bike mechanic ten mins to do and if he
frays the cable he (they?) will have to use another one.
They are also going to check out everything as son's story changes
from "I was just going along and it happened" to "I smashed into a tree
whilst trying to do something I had seen someone else do" via everything
in between so can not rely on his version of events so have no idea if
the frame got knocked too.
Haven't got a car with a bike rack so I will have to cycle it there
eight miles (not a great distance) but with a bike that is basically
stuck in one gear and being in Edinburgh (built on seven hills)it's far
enough.
Thoughts :- Maybe I could get someone who is used to a fixie to ride it
--
www.cheesesoup.myby.co.uk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nileh1ZPGq4