Very Quick Wrench Question

ring spanner for the win.
what if you got a puncture?
Can we expect another thread when you get a puncture? ha!

Why do you think I am trying to remove the rear wheel? :)

And there I have been, riding about in earnest with a tube, a pump and some tyre levers not realising my rear wheel is not quick release. :)

I really should have learnt the difference between my arse and eblow in all those years of teenage mountainbiking.

worth it if you can find one cheap - managed to pick one up for $10 last year......

Hubjub do it, but it costs £20. : /

How much is the Campo? I haven't actually managed to find it online at all in the UK.

Do Condor have it?

I know what you mean about tool fetish, though, even the simple act of removing my wheel, for the first time, even with a shit spanner, makes me feel good - it further deepens the satisifaction of self sufficiency you get with a bike - and if you can fix everything on it, that must be magic. Doing it in style, with lovely little bits of enginering and clever tools, is even better I am sure.

Bought mine here.
http://www.campyoldy.co.uk/stocklist.htm
£14.50

What you really want though is one of these....(hmmmmmm)
http://www.businesscycles.com/trtool_makino.htm
Does cogs, lockrings, chaintug nuts, and tracknuts, only $120

I'm still lusting after one of these...
Its a clever alternative to a chain whip.
http://www.thebikebiz.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=TRK%2DACC%2DSTEIN01
$75 (and doesnt do lock rings :( )

I heart tools

Why do you think I am trying to remove the rear wheel? :)

And there I have been, riding about in earnest with a tube, a pump and some tyre levers not realising my rear wheel is not quick release. :)

With some sticky patches or a patch kit, you wouldn't need to take the wheel off at all. (for a puncture).

With some sticky patches or a patch kit, you wouldn't need to take the wheel off at all. (for a puncture).

I know, but I want to get another inner tube in it for good practice, and sort out fixing the other one later. :)

How can a thick person learn if not told the limits of their brain?

How can a thick person learn if told the limits of their brain? ;)

i use a pedal spanner.

i use a pedal spanner.

how dare you

For future reference, Hubjub have Peanut Butters at much cheepness: http://hubjub.co.uk/etc/etc.htm#ps

Only 14mm in stock ATM.

Right, so I've sucessfully put the new inner tube in. Had no idea how much chain tension I needed/wanted when putting the wheel back on so I just pulled it back as far as it can go till it felt really tight.

Now the problem is, and I had this before I took the wheel off (ive only recenyl decieed to look at it) is that it appears the brake lever on the back does not have enough tension. First of all, the side nearest the cable running down (ie the left one as you look from the back of the bike toward the front) sits too closely to the wheel and when you pull the lever, it doesnt come on hard enough, either side. It looks to me that I jsut need less slack up front, but the brakes do not have barrel adjusters, and looking on both part tools and sheldon brown i cannot seem to find the answer.

I really do not want to take it into a bike shop as I want to do everything myself (best way to learn). This is, however, making me want to switch from single speed to fixed totally, but I don't feel quite ready for that yet and also feel I am cheating and just giving up on the brake issue!

Can anyone offer any advice?

For future reference, Hubjub have Peanut Butters at much cheepness: http://hubjub.co.uk/etc/etc.htm#ps

Only 14mm in stock ATM.

They look excellent. Hubjub seem to be an excellent little store!

This should cover it.

http://parktool.com/repair/readhowto.asp?id=21

Bear in mind that when you retension the chain the brake pad alignment will need to be checked.

Right, so I've sucessfully put the new inner tube in. Had no idea how much chain tension I needed/wanted when putting the wheel back on so I just pulled it back as far as it can go till it felt really tight.

Now the problem is, and I had this before I took the wheel off (ive only recenyl decieed to look at it) is that it appears the brake lever on the back does not have enough tension. First of all, the side nearest the cable running down (ie the left one as you look from the back of the bike toward the front) sits too closely to the wheel and when you pull the lever, it doesnt come on hard enough, either side. It looks to me that I jsut need less slack up front, but the brakes do not have barrel adjusters, and looking on both part tools and sheldon brown i cannot seem to find the answer.

I really do not want to take it into a bike shop as I want to do everything myself (best way to learn). This is, however, making me want to switch from single speed to fixed totally, but I don't feel quite ready for that yet and also feel I am cheating and just giving up on the brake issue!

Can anyone offer any advice?

Paul Michel

you always make me jump on a ROFLcopter and fly into a LOLcano I think I love you a little bit

if I was you I would get a 15mm Xbeam spanner. By adding the 90 degree twist to its centre the contact area is reported to be increased by 500 percent. So you can make get them nuts REEAALLL tight. On ebay for slightly more than your conventional ting but worth the money I think.

Paul Michel

you always make me jump on a ROFLcopter and fly into a LOLcano I think I love you a little bit

Paul-Michel is again trying to wrench answers out of people. It's his own personal style of questioning, and it clearly works.

v

I have one of these. They are hippy rated. Accept no substitute. Unless she's 18yo French teacher

I always carry a 6" Bahco adjustable spanner with me. It has slim jaws, opens execively wide for its size, has a replaceble bottom jaw, rubberised handle and isnt too heavy. It will do a 1" headset, designed for plumbers and engineers to get into tight spaces, will cost you about 30 notes though.

This should cover it.

http://parktool.com/repair/readhowto.asp?id=21

Bear in mind that when you retension the chain the brake pad alignment will need to be checked.

I have both 'ordinary' levers and drop down ones, though, and the part tools website does a really shit method of explaining.

you are going to go fixed because you don't know how to adjust your brakes?

this is a joke right?

you are going to go fixed because you don't know how to adjust your brakes?

this is a joke right?

You are obviously as perceptive as a breadbin.

You are obviously as perceptive as a breadbin.

Dough...

You are obviously as perceptive as a breadbin.

pwned!

question: are you going to go brakeless when the same thing happens with your front brake?

I think you should.

pwned!

:)

I am just becoming increasingly charmed by the asthetic simplicity of no cables and wires. I also wouldnt mind getting rid of the drop downs and just getting some dinky little ones that I have seen about.