RakeshS

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• Slipping cranks, drive chain slip?

  in Mechanics & Fixin' • 10 years, 5 months

  

  Well, it doesn't loom like the chain stay is cracked and the back wheel is spinning true, without and wobbles or rubbing against the brakes.

  I have discovered that the rear wheel nut, on the side of the crank is loose. Should I simply tighten this or do I need to pull the wheel outwards (or push the wheel inwards) before tightening?
  http://i58.tinypic.com/15pqt69.jpg

  Also, there is a smaller bolt, perpendicular to the wheel nut on the other side, which appears to control how far in/out the wheel can be positioned.
  http://i57.tinypic.com/iqhi05.jpg
  Should I do anything with that bolt?

  Thanks.

• Slipping cranks, drive chain slip?

  in Mechanics & Fixin' • 10 years, 5 months

  

  Hehe, dingle speed bike!
  Check for a cracked chainstay?

  My guess would be rear axle! does the BB spin smooth without the chain and is the chain-ring spinning true?

  Both suggestions are logical from yukirin and mule manning but cheapest is, check drive side wheel nut.

  Thanks very much for these suggestions. I'll investigate and let you know how I progress. Appreciate it :)

• Slipping cranks, drive chain slip?

  in Mechanics & Fixin' • 10 years, 5 months

  

  Hi all,
  Hope you can help me with this problem.

  I have a problem with my dingle speed bike.
  The other day, I was cycling over some uneven ground and shortly afterward, peddling became very, very difficult when I applied a lot of pressure. If I start slowly and build up speed, peddling is not so bad and it's not so hard, but from a standing start, if I try to accelerate quickly, peddling is very, very difficult. The chain also skips often when cycling and occasionally slips off.

  The funny thing is, if I turn the bike upside down and rotate the crank with my hand, there's absolutely no stiffness at all. Any idea what the problem is and/or how it could be fixed?

  Thanks.

• Locks that work

  in Bikes & Bits • 11 years, 8 months

  

  Putting the lock through the chainwheel can physically tether that crank but it is often not possible to do that as well as going through the frame and the stand/post, and it is surely more fiddley to do.

  The distance between the inside of my rims and the outside of my seat tube is abut 8.5cm so, depending on the diameter of the stand post, I thick the Fagh should (just) fit if angled correctly. I guess if it doesn't in a particular instance, I could just switch the Fagh to the front wheel and use the Abus for the rear one.

• Locks that work

  in Bikes & Bits • 11 years, 8 months

  

  Thanks for your input GA2G.
  To be honest, 99% of the time, the bike will be indoors at home, work or at friends' places. I'll only need to lock it up outdoors very occasionally, but the last thing I want to happen is it go missing on those few occasions. I also take note of your advise to lock-up in busy, noticeable areas

  You preferred the alarmed disclock to the 'Cable + Krabus' solution any particular reason for this?

  I hate to do this to you Rakesh, but have you thought of securing your crankset? I'm sure its an expensive jobbie. Anyway, it was first done on here by edscoble, and I use that method now also. Its clever, and really discouraging to a thief.

  Hadn't thought about that GA2G. Thanks for the tip.
  The pic above appears to show the Fagh Mini locking the crankset, seattube and back wheel to the bike-post/stand. This is the setup I was planning to use so I presume I won't need to add to my (already extensive) shopping list.

  Thanks so much for yours (and others) input so far! :)

• Locks that work

  in Bikes & Bits • 11 years, 8 months

  

  RakeshS
  This may help. With thanks to HatBeard

  Thanks for that GA2G and HatBeard :)
  GA2G, what do you think about the setup below. Any holes, weaknesses, or things you'd do differently? Cheers.

  Hi all,

  I've recently bought a very expensive (£5k) road bike and need a bit of advice to be able to secure it effectively. So far I've found this thread the best resource with regards to security :)
  The bike will be kept indoors during the night, but I'll need to secure it while being 'out and about.'

  My thoughts were to use the following:

  1) Mini Fagh
  2) Abus Granit X54 (230mm version)
  3) Pitlock skewers, seat bold and headset bolt
  4) a good cable + Krabus XL505 or a Xena XZZ6 disk lock

  Is this overkill? Do you have any further suggestions?

  Thanks,

  Rakesh.

• Locks that work

  in Bikes & Bits • 11 years, 8 months

  

  Only just, if you have low-profile rims and small clearances. Not lamp posts though.

  So the mini is only really good to secure the frame to a post, or front wheel to the frame?

• Locks that work

  in Bikes & Bits • 11 years, 8 months

  

  Or buy a second bike to leave unlocked next to it to draw attention away...

  The greedy bastards will probably try to take them both ;-)

  I would make a point of not taking any locks with me in case I was even tempted to leave it out of my sight.

  I know what you mean. Still, every now and then I'll need to leave it locked up so it's best to be as well prepared as possible.

  @ Rakesh - let me direct you to http://atomic22.com/

  I was looking at that too. What do you think set's this above the Pitlocks?

  are you rakesh roshan?

  Errr... No! Are you? ;-)

  Thanks for the feedback so far.
  Will the Fagh mini be long enough to lock my back wheel, seat tube and an 'average' bike stand post/lamp post? As far as I've learned, it's the toughest lock around so it should (primarily) protect the back of the bike (I presume?)

• Locks that work

  in Bikes & Bits • 11 years, 8 months

  

  Hi all,

  I've recently bought a very expensive (£5k) road bike and need a bit of advice to be able to secure it effectively. So far I've found this thread the best resource with regards to security :)
  The bike will be kept indoors during the night, but I'll need to secure it while being 'out and about.'

  My thoughts were to use the following:

  1) Mini Fagh
  2) Abus Granit X54 (230mm version)
  3) Pitlock skewers, seat bold and headset bolt
  4) a good cable + Krabus XL505 or a Xena XZZ6 disk lock

  Is this overkill? Do you have any further suggestions?

  Thanks,

  Rakesh.