Bike services

[Turboman]

I service my own bikes, somehow they end up ligheter after each service,,, guess it must be those extra parts I have left over.

[scotty]

 

Probably the best shop I have used as far as servicing gos is TDF cycles in Boksburg' date=' I have taken my bike there a few times now and they have so far always done a sterling job, often checking / changing things like wheel bearings which I would never have thought of.  

 

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Vote with you there Widget. My MTB has an annoying habit of changing automatically, changed the chain and cluster but still persisted. Took it to TDF yesterday and they spent a lot of time testing everything and it turns out the derailer was guilty. They replaced all the cable housing and new gear cable free and for that i ordered a new derailier through them, even though i could probably get it cheaper elsewhere.

[lowracer]

I have pdf's of barnetts bicycle repair manual that you could download free from their website and specialized a few years ago (one chapter a month) If there is anywhere where I can upload it, then everyone can have a copy.

 

that said, I take my bikes in for a serviceevery now and then, less hassles. but if I need to, I can work on it. i just prefer not to

[NotSoBigBen]

Servicing your own bike is probably the best thing to do' date=' but your the one to blame when it all goes wrong!! So, having worked in a bike shop myself for 5 years in the 90's, I now endeavour to entrust my bike to a shop every time!! I find that Justin @ JustCycles in Alberton is fantastic. It used to be Carter Cycles?! It may be a small shop, but he gets the job done perfectly... [/quote']

 

 

I may be slightly biased but must agree that Justin does a great job. Have had my bikes at many shops over the years but never had the attention to detail I got there! Myself and Byron do most of our own maintenance and building but when pressed for time I'll take it in and get it sorted by him.

 

I have over the years got most of the necessary tools and bits lying around and a decent workstand (also some help from BigH, he knows what!) so can manage almost everything myself. Will get some tricky things sorted by a proper mechanic though, a recent shortening of a carbon steerer tube and the fitting of the special 'not' star nut comes to mind. Didn't want to mess that up!

 

Have also had great service from Anton at Summit cycles, doubt there is anyone else around that is as good with shocks and forks! Just a bit out of my way these days since I am now based in Centurion.

 

 

[lowracer]

btw, barnetts can be found at

http://www.bbinstitute.com/manual.htm

 

at the bottom there are some pdf manuals to download

[shanejvv]

Are you sure that you are tightening the bb enough? I have found that certain Campag bb's require 70Nm of torque. Thats a lot and most bike shops won't have the equipment necessary to make the correct measurements. We do.....

 

If the BB isn't tight enough, it will click.

[noembus]

You riders do not answer the dude, shame, he ask who is the best, not everyone o how to service a bike, and pls, dont go to Cajees, I had have friends that used to work that side and I now what they do to bikes, pls go to Linden Cycles, they not so busy for nothing, and if you worried about you bike you can go check how they work on it at the back. You need a service atleast once a year, mostly before your bi race, the more the better, good luck

[champ]

you dont know what you talking about ,thats the reason they got rid of old staff members.

 

 

 

theyve up they service,im proof

 

 

 

    

[Mr MacPhisto]

I have been to a few places and often they come back just having been washed or actually in worse shape than before.

 

So now only 1 of 2 people will touch the bike

Bill Horn in Edenvale (works from his house)

Or

George at Mean Machine Cycles in Germiston

 

Both do a really proper job!!!

and you know exactly who has worked on your bike

[Johan Bornman]

Don't want to hijack but I do my own bike building/servicing but I have an annoying problem that I can't solve so am about to give up and take it to the LBS.

 

On both my previous Bianchi frame and the current one I am getting a clicking noise on every revolution of the cranks. I have stripped and rebuilt the BB (with grease)' date=' stripped and retightened the left crank arm and tightened the chainwheel bolts, sometimes it goes away for a few days and then comes back to haunt me. Any ideas?

 

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I'll guess that this bike is aluminium? Alu is a bitch to silence.  Clicking noises from the BB area (its hard to pintpoint noises as the frame amplifies and displaces sound better than a ventriloquist) can sometimes be cured by taking care of the BB/BB shell interface. That interface is not perfectly rigid and the BB moves slightly in its threads with each pedalstroke. We know this is true because threads eventually wear out if you can put enough mileage in.

 

I have reasonable success with plumbers teflon tape. Wrap it around the BB threads and re-install the BB. It seems to dampen the sound if not arresting the movement.

 

JB

[dirtrider]

Cajees are still useless !!!

[Icycling]

assuming you have greased the pedals and BB - now make sure all the chainring studs are tight and greased and most important if their are bolts holding the frame together are the rear dropout make sure the are tight!