Stuff you learn(t) the hard way by being your own mechanic

[Chadvdw67]

22 hours ago, Steady Spin said:

A wood clamp will hold your headset in place and give you a spot for your handlebar, stem, and spacers. 

Somebody was watching GMBN

[Vetseun]

n Waterpomp tang in nie n BB tool nie. 

[NotSoBigBen]

1 hour ago, Vetseun said:

n Waterpomp tang in nie n BB tool nie. 

Maar 'n vice is! Moet net die hele raam draai 😎

[Steady Spin]

1 hour ago, Chadvdw67 said:

Somebody was watching GMBN

Also saw it there. Great minds hey. 

[PhilipV]

29 minutes ago, NotSoBigBen said:

Maar 'n vice is! Moet net die hele raam draai 😎

Ek het al 'n BB tool in die bank skroef vas gedraai, die raam ingesit en BB los gedraai. Aluminium rame buig meer as wat mens dink. 

[droo]

21 hours ago, PhilipV said:

Ek het al 'n BB tool in die bank skroef vas gedraai, die raam ingesit en BB los gedraai. Aluminium rame buig meer as wat mens dink. 

We have to do this at least once a month. It's the best way of getting decent leverage and decent stability.

[Dexter-morgan]

I torqued the suspension bushes on my Scott what it says on the bush(15NM - I only torqued to 13) and it Cracked, it going to cost big if I can not find someone to tig the flanges back on, hopefully a Welder at my work can help me out.

 

[droo]

9 minutes ago, Dexter-morgan said:

I torqued the suspension bushes on my Scott what it says on the bush(15NM - I only torqued to 13) and it Cracked, it going to cost big if I can not find someone to tig the flanges back on, hopefully a Welder at my work can help me out.

 

Standard on the older Sparks. A Scott dealer my have spares knocking around, otherwise it's a pivot kit.

[MrJacques]

Bike Mechanic Simulator Game - The Hub - Mountain Biking Forums / Message Boards - Vital MTB

Now you can break a virtual bike

[Nakoota]

Don't try and remove an eagle cassette mounted to hope pro 4 hubs, the hub end cap restricts the cassette tool insert depth and stripping is likely.

[100Tours]

Specialised briefly produced a brand spanking new-and-unique rear hub standard for disks called SCS on the Diverge, Roubaix and the Crux a few years ago. While most gravel/road disk hubs were 135mm wide, SCS was 137.5mm in width. i.e. the extra 2.5mm basically indistinguishable to the naked eye - you didn't even need a different length thru axle. There was no branding on these frames that might give away their engineering brilliance either. The difference in frame clearance off of the disk itself was about 1.5mm. 

Then they sold their bikes with an unremarkable in-house wheelset that begged to be upgraded.

You can just imagine my surprise..

 

[Hairy]

1 hour ago, 100Tours said:

Specialised briefly produced a brand spanking new-and-unique rear hub standard for disks called SCS on the Diverge, Roubaix and the Crux a few years ago. While most gravel/road disk hubs were 135mm wide, SCS was 137.5mm in width. i.e. the extra 2.5mm basically indistinguishable to the naked eye - you didn't even need a different length thru axle. There was no branding on these frames that might give away their engineering brilliance either. The difference in frame clearance off of the disk itself was about 1.5mm. 

Then they sold their bikes with an unremarkable in-house wheelset that begged to be upgraded.

You can just imagine my surprise..

 

so you need 2 x 1.25mm brass or similar shims now to run a std width hub?

[M L]

On 3/12/2022 at 5:16 PM, MrJacques said:

Well, it's off

Without a compressor or maybe a syringe with soapy water it's going to be tricky to get those off.

 

Sticking a piece of hard and thin plastic (like a coffee scoop’s backend) then spraying the inside (between handlebar and grip) with something like windowlene always helps me get mine off. 

[NotSoBigBen]

9 hours ago, 100Tours said:

Specialised briefly produced a brand spanking new-and-unique rear hub standard for disks called SCS on the Diverge, Roubaix and the Crux a few years ago. While most gravel/road disk hubs were 135mm wide, SCS was 137.5mm in width. i.e. the extra 2.5mm basically indistinguishable to the naked eye - you didn't even need a different length thru axle. There was no branding on these frames that might give away their engineering brilliance either. The difference in frame clearance off of the disk itself was about 1.5mm. 

Then they sold their bikes with an unremarkable in-house wheelset that begged to be upgraded.

You can just imagine my surprise..

 

 

7 hours ago, Hairy said:

so you need 2 x 1.25mm brass or similar shims now to run a std width hub?

My Tarmac Disc is one of those 'SCS' frames, stands for 'Short Chain Stay' if I recall ... Mine was one of the very first disc road models. I just run normal QR MTB hubs on mine despite what they say ... A bit tricky though because the chain can occasionally come off if you are in the big chainring and 1st on the cassette.

[Jensie]

On 5/15/2021 at 11:13 AM, ouzo said:

I've been using probikegarage. Gives hours and also gives the ability to set service intervals on each component.

Me too. Helps alot

[madmarc]

On 3/12/2022 at 5:02 PM, Nakoota said:

How not to remove these confounded bloody ESI Chunky grips

Taken off and re-installed these many times - its like a 2 hr gym session. Now I use a home compressor with one of the those trigger air nozzles. If you dont have a compressor then take the bike and grips down to the local garage and use their tyre pump. It now takes 2 min