This is my top tip for getting tubeless to seat. Might not work on a road tyre - never tried - but I’ve always got gravel/MTB tyres to seat just with a cheap track pump by doing this. There’s a bit of a knack to it and it’s easy to have the bead come off behind your thumb, but if you do it right it is almost like pumping up a tyre with a tube in. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tE3h4nmDdOo
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I always take out the valve core & put the sealant in there with a 100ml syringe & tube. I hate to imagine the mess I’d make pouring it into an unseated tyre.
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I need to remember to look at my bike if I want to get out this weekend, I think the cable has just come loose at the rear mech as I couldn’t feel much movement when I was moving the shifter.
Otherwise I’m stuck on the 11 tooth 
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Do co2 canisters “expire”?
I got a big batch years and years ago but rarely need them. Tried one the other day and nothing came out. A second one worked. Both looked sealed before use.
I mean they’re sealed units with gas so they should last!
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I thought my bottom bracket/chainring/chain was giving me a creak that I could feel through the pedals on my commute.
Turns out it was the pedals themselves 
. Replaced by a pair I had in the garage & all is smooth again 
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What they should look like 
What mine looked like….Shimano erased completely & the front worn a bit as well 
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All that power 
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Fork me. Internal cable routing can get in the sea. I’ve manifest the hell out of it. Still no luck.
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Right. Stuck aluminium post in a knackered carbon frame.
- leave it and buy a new post
- I have tried mallets, vice grip and twist, penetrating oil, heat gun.
Ammonia?
Drain cleaner?
Vinegar?
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Also interested to see if there’s any recommendations……
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I’ve given up and stolen one from another bike for now.
Also, given up on internal cable routing and removing YET ANOTHER bottom bracket standard 
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Give up sounds like the best idea, I had one years ago and eventually got it loose, I think just repeated goes off brute force and WD40 I bought some paste after that!
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It’s still in the frame!
Tried gently heating the seat tube?
Hairdryer?
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I tried ungently heating it. And NOSing it, due to the lack of dry ice.
Frame was a write off anyhow. BB shell had disintegrated and the rear brake mount is cracked. That’s what the creaking was, which I couldn’t resolve 
Going to get a hacksaw blade vertically on the tube. As I don’t own a Dremel…
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Lidl have some bike maintenance things including a torque wrench, pumps, cleaning stuff if people are interested.
There’s also a cordless compressed air pump, but I think it’s limited to 4 inflation settings 
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I bought one of the pumps this morning, seems to work well, but it’s a heavy lump, not something you would ever take with you on a ride.
Not bad for £12
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The track pump or compressed air pump?
Electric one.
the four settings are for different uses, car, bike etc.
You can set the needed pressure and it stops when reached. I checked the numbers against my Topeak digital gauge, it was pretty accurate.
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Team, welcome your opinion.
Putting the feelers out to possibly sell my Canyon plodder.
Aluminum Endurance 7 (think @fruit_thief has the same bike). Bought in 2021 (or maybe 2022?), doneless than 250 miles, doesn’t have a scratch.
What do you think I could reasonably get for it?
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