Any question answered...

http://www.novatec.com.tw/novatec/english/p_show.php?sid=55

Not an expensive hub...hugely annoying but glad it wasn't any of my other wheels.

Was hoping to sell these wheels but might as well keep them for myself with this damage.

American Classic were renowned for having cheese hub bodies too, so produced these little spacers and clips to spread the load, and also sell some pins that lock the single cogs into a group. Apparently they work really well with other brands soft hubs and should be easy enought to track down at your LBS.

http://www.amclassic.com/documents/help/web10_SpeedUltegra.pdf

replace your chain when necessary and your drivetrain shouldn't need replacing.

for me it's every 1,000 miles, this way I can prevent wear and tear on my drivetrain easily, especially when they're not cheap to replace (white industries).

Really? Every 1,000 miles?! Do you ever actually ride your bike? With that as a replacement threshold I'd be getting a new chain more than once a month in summer =/

Yeah, fuck that. I just use 105 bits on the Kinesis winter bike and run the whole lot into the ground then swap.

How about I just ride my chain till It's worn? Measure for chain wear and replace it?

No way!

did you remember to put the 1mm spacer on the freehub before the cassette?

I definitely remember removing the spacer when I disassembled the cassette yesterday :D

Thanks for all of the answers ladies and chaps.

If that kind of damage is more or less normal I may list the wheels on classifieds anyway.

^that was directed at Ludwig, not you. But I can confirm, just as everybody else has, that your freehub body wear is perfectly normal.

Has anyone use ACF-50 on their bikes?

I have just finished building my new R3 and I'd like to keep it in as good a condition as possible. Somehow though, I seem to be shit at this. I must spend twice the hours cleaning my bike as everyone I know, yet theirs look brand new, mine, even after a clean look like they've been dredged from the seabed. I use Muc-Off and baby wipes mostly atm.

It annoys me cosmetically, but also I'm trying to keep corrosion at bay...nothing worse than rusting fasteners etc.

I remember from my motorbike days that ACF-50 was supposed to be a miracle chemical and thought about getting some to completely spray the R3 with before ever taking it for a rided. I think though that it works by creating a film, but to preserve that film you can't clean/wash the bike or you remove it and defeat the point. I don't really like the idea of spraying it and letting the crud build up only to get a 4-6 monthly clean and reapplication.

Any other suggestions apart from avoid riding in bad weather, on salted/gritted roads?

Wipe it down after every ride?

Does anyone know of a bike insurance that covers a bike that is locked outside overnight?

Really? Every 1,000 miles?! Do you ever actually ride your bike? With that as a replacement threshold I'd be getting a new chain more than once a month in summer =/

My dad's old 70's campag equipped Peugeot still bear the exact same drivetrain, it's excessive but it prevent wear and tears on the drivetrain.

mind you, I do have more than one bike, so my mileage split between two bike, the roadie and the townie.

My dad's old 70's campag equipped Peugeot still bear the exact same drivetrain, it's excessive but it prevent wear and tears on the drivetrain.

mind you, I do have more than one bike, so my mileage split between two bike, the roadie and the townie.

so you swap the chain between the two?

1. Do not wash bikes
   
2. Change chains when fucked
   

I know that the people on an LML forum I read (Indian Vespa copies) love ACF50 for keeping rust at bay. You wouldn't need much for a bike either, so it wouldn't cost too much.

Does anyone know of a bike insurance that covers a bike that is locked outside overnight?

I'm not sure such a thing exists.

Weirdly my home insurance does . In fact it covers every possible combination of bike theft apart from being bikejacked (which I found out to my cost after that BBQ!)

My dad's old 70's campag equipped Peugeot still bear the exact same drivetrain, it's excessive but it prevent wear and tears on the drivetrain.

mind you, I do have more than one bike, so my mileage split between two bike, the roadie and the townie.

Sounds like a good idea for looking after your drivetrain although I'd probably go for 3-4,000 miles myself.

I'm not sure such a thing exists.

Weirdly my home insurance does . In fact it covers every possible combination of bike theft apart from being bikejacked (which I found out to my cost after that BBQ!)

So who provides good bike cover on home insurance? I hear good things of M+S.

...This is not just insurance...

Check the cassette isn't binding on the hub, if this has happened suddenly after taking the old cassette off and putting the new one on you gave probably done something wrong and I reckon you ought to sort that out first
If you have definitely got the reassembly right and have the freehub dragging then strip it and clean it as per the above.

Take the freehub body off, clean the pawls and ratchet ring, replace grease with something fresh and light, reassemble, enjoy.

Instructions, ignore all the stuff about bearing replacement assuming all your bearings are in good nick.

The hub was repaired this morning by my LBS.

Sounds like a good idea for looking after your drivetrain although I'd probably go for 3-4,000 miles myself.

Something like that, a good mudguard like a steel/alu one with channel in both side helped keep the drivetrain cleaner, so while my dad's estimation of 1,000 miles on his roadie, I can increased mine to 2,000 miles after installing mudguard;

I've got SKS chromoplastic there the best I've used to be honest.

I usually liked them, but they don't channel the water away from the drivetrain as effectively unfortunately, thus the water will drip straight to the drivetrain as oppose to channeling down to both end of the mudguard keeping the drivetrain cleaner.

(the channel on both end as you can see in the picture).

Where can I get nevadito in London?

Where can I get Feijoa vodka in London - bar and/or ordered?

Where can I get Feijoa vodka in London - bar and/or ordered?

dunno about bar but 42 below Feijoa is available on a fair few websites in the UK.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/42-Feijoa-Pineapple-Zealand-Bottle/dp/B004KQ8944

http://www.thedrinkshop.com/products/nlpdetail.php?prodid=1409

Ok, in bars then.