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3) the Paul lever is squeaking
Try popping a little drop of oil in the cable end holder and, if it's the older version with the hollow pivot, around the pivot too. Has usually sorted it for me.
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I’m going to try this! Thank you!
@rodhusk this Is sorely tempting,
Do we feel racks make bike less ore more stealable? Answers below please
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In other news
Brexit crust committee beat actual crust to the punch on this one
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slaps one of homers 4000 top tubes
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Yooooooo this worked! Thank you!!
Also fitted a new star nut, but after doing it once more with a big Allen key and a hammer, I’m buying the tool
Every time I have the right tool it’s like “ok this wasn’t so bad”
So I will get this tool for next time
I should also buy a third hand while I’m at it
But honestly so glad I fixed that squeak
Turns out if your bike makes a noise you have other options than simply “buying a new one”?
Who knew
Maj
I have just been doing some aesthetic tweaks to the big pomp after some larger than my usual rides and a month or so of constant riding, maybe 300k?
A lot for me, I work from home, I never actually ride the bike to places, so it’s technically all “ride miles”, off road mainly, few gnarly kerb jumps, single track
1) the rear wheel is out of true, I assume this is eppings doing, a few roots or rocks on the the 35s, I’m hardly the most skilled rider
2) a weird squeak? This is the bb or the rim touching the pad from the out of true wheel
Given the bb was recently serviced and repacked find it hard to be the former, but who knows
3) the Paul lever is squeaking, I assume from excess cable pull / cable stretch but one cannot wind the pads in to account for this due to the wheel
I’m a bit worried as it was the side which fell in the mud last week, and it would be very typical that my Bougie mtb levers get muddy once then break
4) my starnut seems to be self extracting?????? Seems wild, definitely should not be, alas bikes do not surprise me anymore.
I’ve hammered it in for now and there is no play in the headset, not the end of the world will get replaced at some point.
Moral of the story? Don’t ride your bike