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Raleigh AT20 series bottom bracket affects derailleur Does the BB have adjustable cups on both sides, or just one? If there are adjustable cups on both sides you may have gotten them misadjusted. Also, if this a loose-bearing BB or a cartridge with two adjustable cups you may have installed the axle backwards. Or it may be that you simply do not have the BB cartridge fully seated into the recesses of the cups. |
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Chain Lube Compatibility? Any decent chain oil should do. You don't need to clean between different oils unless you're switching between a purely synthetic oil (eg, Teflon with no petroleum "vehicle") and a petroleum-based oil. (At your rate of use you should clean your chain every month or so, more often in wet weather or dusty conditions.) |
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Vibrations in frame when pedaling This is front wheel "shimmy". Basically a resonance is established in the bike -- like ringing a chime -- and due to a combo of the flexibility of the frame and the load on it. Most likely to occur when a poorly-secured load is attached to the bike, but can occur on some bikes with no load (other than the rider). It's worthwhile checking your wheel bearings and headset for bearing play, however. |
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awarded | frames |
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Rear derailleur and front shifter are not indexing “together”? Here is an extensive article on cables, probably more than you wanted to know, and another article on derailer adjustment, probably a better fit for your immediate needs. |
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Rear derailleur and front shifter are not indexing “together”? Replacing a cable is not rocket science, but it requires some mechanical skill and intuition. It's hard to tell what you did to it (did you physically disconnect the cable?) but anytime the cable is disconnected (or somehow loosened such that it's tension changes) then it needs to be re-adjusted. Small adjustments can be performed with the "barrel adjusters" usually found inline in the cables or where the cable exits the shifter. Larger adjustments require loosening the cable clamp and moving the cable in/out. |
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Vegetable oil to oil a bike? I think it's OK as an "emergency" chain oil. You should probably remove as much as possible and replace with something else as soon as you can, but it would be OK for a week or two (though maybe not the optimum lubricant). |
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Can a chain-lock be better against cutting than a U-lock? (In fact, they could make it really "interesting" by enclosing the chain in a gel which would foul a cutoff blade.) |
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Can a chain-lock be better against cutting than a U-lock? From a practical standpoint you'd need to cut all the way through one side of the link and at least halfway through the other. Cutting only one side would be sufficient if you had something to pry apart the chain, but doing so would be more tedious/time-consuming than cutting the other side (and would risk more damage to the bike). They could make things even more "interesting" by criss-crossing the fabric sleeve with steel wires which would tend to foul the cutting tool, but I'm guessing they didn't do that. |
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FC-M330 replacement That's a square taper, so you might consider going with a 3rd-party supplier. Unless you plan to replace the entire crankset, in which case it doesn't matter so much. |
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Does frame size inside a particular model affect the ride characteristics of the bike? @zenbike - Not sure what you mean by that term, but the point is that if the SAME design is used up and down the scale then things will not be right on the ends. And often there are things on the "ends" that can never be fixed -- for the tall guy no wheel significantly larger than the 700c is available, eg (though 24 and 26" wheels are available for shorter people). |
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Cycling Shorts and underwear You should clarify where the current "burn" is occurring. If it is the inside of the thighs then your saddle may be too wide, or the height may be wrong. If it's the butt proper or places forward of that then you can either wait to "toughen up" or shave the sensitive area to eliminate the hairs that contribute to the problem. |
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answered | Does frame size inside a particular model affect the ride characteristics of the bike? |
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Cycling Shorts and underwear Use butt butter -- and don't scrimp on it. And no underwear. |
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How to calculate bike stand-over height using frameset geometry and wheel radius? @Kibbee - I think the actual height of the middle of the top tube above can be calculated from the above if you're also given the dimension between top tube and the top of the seat tube, and between top tube and the top of the headset |
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How to calculate bike stand-over height using frameset geometry and wheel radius? Are you looking for the actual standover height, or the conceptual standover height, were it a conventional frame? |
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Evaluate hill gradient It's some sort of mildly viscous fluid, similar to the stuff in carpenter levels. Survives freezing weather just fine. |
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May 17 |
answered | Good locks seem awfully heavy |
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Evaluate hill gradient added 210 characters in body |
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Evaluate hill gradient Mine works fairly well. Not on rough pavement, as I said, but otherwise OK. |
