Bike Maintenance for Beginners

I got mine direct from Enigma and it was expensive. I saw a few other sites but the cost seemed fairly consistent and I wasn’t sure if it was the same.

You could possibly return it if it looks different?

If it’s not broken, just straighten it with the tool, new ones often need straightening anyway

Yes, notoriously easy to get the wrong one, but it’s the same code and looks identical so I’m pretty sure it’s a match. Just wondering how they manage to cover costs at that price. Either massive profit margin from the main suppliers, or the cheaper ones are lower quality, or they’re off the back of a lorry = good, bad, bad!

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Oh, I never knew that.

My tool is a large adjustable wrench but that’s probably not what you have in mind :rofl:

“Derailleur Hangar Alignment Tool” The park tools one is like 80 quid, but all it is is a bit that screws into the derailleur and some measuring bits so I’m sure the cheap ones are just as good, ours is an Ice Tools one which works well.

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I am feeling quite chuffed with myself. I had a slow puncture on my gravel bike, which has tubeless. Been putting it off sorting it out, but yesterday I managed to clean it all up, put new sealant in an re/seat an inflate the tyre. #winning
Clearly all the sealant had long since dried up; now need to do the same for the front.

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Putting a “new” tyre on my commuter fixie.

This should be fine - it was at the bottom of my “bike bits” box

:roll_eyes:

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120PSI?

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We’ll hear the explosion :collision: up here :face_with_spiral_eyes:

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I think that rim might go before the Gatorskin!

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Do you reckon it’ll last another 16 months before I retire?

Probably less than 2000 km of commuting

:roll_eyes::rofl:

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hard to tell from that shot. Does it have any wear markers built into it; some have little dimples in the metal and when they’re worn away you know it’s getting thin. If not it’s a case of getting the tyre off again and measuring the thickness with some calipers.

You said it was a fixie so just use the pedals to stop and avoid the brakes, just don’t hit any pedestrians :wink:

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You deffo need a new bike, or the Boris bikes :face_with_spiral_eyes:

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Di2 dead again for the 1500th time in two years.

shakes fist at Shimano.

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You aren’t leaving the bike resting against something are you with the shifters pressed? The modern ones will usually alert you via your Garmin?

Or a better battery.

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Shifters showing green so it’s the main battery or a loose connection.

I hang it on the wall so no chance of leaning-based incidents.

At least the power pedals were still showing a charge…ha ha.

Anyway I only came here to blame di2. Again.

I ordered some new carbon bars from China back in early July and they’ve finally arrived (Avian Falcon II). They seem well made and pretty bling. Now I’m waiting on tools to trim the steerer and route the hoses and outers thru the bars and do a bleed. More stuff inbound from China. Although I find the little temporary steerer chimney quite cute :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:.

If I disappear from the forum this weekend it’s because the cheap bars snapped and I’ve journeyed to a higher plane.

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To be fair that would be my worry, but they look good (that is the main thing.)

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It was nice knowing you :saluting_face:

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That’s 100% the reason I went for their heavier offering. :folded_hands: for me!

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