Phil (ascentale)Q3. What's something on your bike that's broken and that you haven't bothered to repair because it's too difficult / expensive, or not important enough to you?
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@bikenite A3. My main commuter bike is also kind of a beater bike now in that it doesn't go very fast but I don't have to worry about it too much. As such it has some broken fenders and the brake cables need replacing. There's too much friction when pulling the levers. Also it drops its chain frequently because of some chainline issues and I can't figure out how to put a working chain guard onto it. That's probably the biggest problem right now.
The fenders still function ok, so though I've already purchased a replacement, I haven't installed them yet. That and I made custom rain/mudflaps for it and the new fenders don't have the same mount point for mudflaps.
😀🚲@ascentale #BikeNite A3 lube the chain and it might drop less, if the cause is a sticky link. I've also removed a couple links when the chain was dropping in high gear, not enough tension on it.
Mario Angst@ascentale @bikenite I do not think I have a bike where the fenders are not damaged to some degree 😉. Prove you're riding them hard 😄.
dioramic_lifeA3 I have a #Dahon Speed TR with a broken hinge that I cannot repair because the sole US distributor retired and closed his business many years ago.
cognitively accessible math@dioramic_life @ascentale @bikenite I have a Dahon in the garage and ... I really should get it out and see if anybody wants parts....
BohwaZ@dioramic_life @ascentale @bikenite What is broken exactly? Do you have a photo? Also, the Speed D7 frame is very similar I think.
@dioramic_life @ascentale @bikenite The hinge pin or the frame itself? My Speed TR was damaged by a car this summer, the back half is dead. But the front part is good and I extracted the pin.
@bohwaz @ascentale @bikenite I'll have to get back to you on specifics. It's literally been folded and tucked under a pile of other refuse for years.
Moz@ascentale @bikenite A3: the rear mudguard on my cargo bike is probably the most obvious. It's too small for the wheel, the back end is broken, but it works. I'm not buying a new one just because the free one isn't quite right.
Motto: I'm an athlete not an aesthete :)
@moz @ascentale @bikenite haha love this - hey at least there is no way something will get stuck between the tire and the fender (or if it does, you've got a big problem 😄).
Gemma ⭐️🔰🇺🇸 🇵🇭 🎐@ascentale @bikenite #BikeNite A3. Nothing on my 2 bicycles is broken, because I am a former bike shop mechanic. I've been car-free over 4 yrs; my bikes must work.
I suppose you could maybe say the rear hub on my fitness bike, which is about 33-34 years old. It ran out of grease last year, because the seal isn't as tight as it really should be.
I'm not replacing the hub, even though the races are a little damaged. I cleaned and repacked them, and will monitor and maintain them, as needed.
lopta
cpm@gcvsa
fwiw
i've a rear hub in a wheel I refused to give up on with neglected bearings for so long I damaged the races.
repacked, they felt like indexed shifters :)
one spring, took it apart, cleaned up, & repacked, not with grease, but with valve lapping compound, spun the axle with a drill motor, rinse, repeat, ending on polishing compound.
destroyed a few sets of balls, but ended up with a nicely smooth hub, which I still use.
@cpm @ascentale @bikenite That'll do it! In my case, it was/is an early 1990s Shimano 200GS hub (Second-lowest end groupset? I think there's a 100GS? I have an old catalogue around here somewhere on my hard drive.).
Not anything worth repairing, and the races were only lightly damaged, so I just disassembled everything, cleaned it all thoroughly, repacked with generic lithium grease, and reassembled, noting that the seals...well, didn't so much seal...but the wheel turns smoothly enough.
@cpm @ascentale @bikenite If worse comes to worst, I believe there is a similar vintage bicycle hanging unused in my mother's garage in NJ with the same groupset, and I could always cannibalize it.
Ed W8EMV 
A3. I'm not sure exactly what's wrong just yet pending a look by the bike shop, but my REI Gen E 1.1 e-bike sometimes loses power and I have to reboot the bike computer to reset it. It might be a torque sensor? The power to the lights and the display is fine so I don't think it's a battery glitch.
(This is not the bike with winter tires on it, so if it ends up taking a little while to figure out that's OK by me.)
Megan Lynch (she/her)@ascentale @bikenite A3. On my Haluzak Horizon (which someone is kindly storing for me), the adapter for the front boom doesn't stick in well. Haluzak has retired and the last one of these adapters sold before I could nab it. But I could probably get someone to fabricate one and I haven't. I owned two Haluzaks and only one adapter so I had a rubber furniture leg thing put over the bare metal of the other one. #BikeNite http://www.sonic.net/~haluzak/accessories/headlightbracket.htm
FeloniousPunk@ascentale @rasterweb @bikenite I have switched out everything on my bike that is SRAM to Deore XT except for the cassette. I need to research if there’s an adapter available or if I’m going to need a new hub.
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@FeloniousPunk
pretty sure deore stuff is pretty happy with sram cassettes, or microshift for that matter, the freehub spines were the same for very many years.
@cpm @ascentale @rasterweb @bikenite Yeah unfortunately the splines are different now. Higher gear ratios make shifts a little sketchy that I can’t seem to tune out. It gets the job done for the most part but not ideal.
@FeloniousPunk
hmmm
dunno about an 'adapter', as such
but a shimano-compatible freehub might be available
is this an eagle?
@cpm @ascentale @rasterweb @bikenite Im not sure what an “eagle” is referring to. This is on an analog Santa Cruz mtn bike.
that 1x12sp sram stuff that's not compatible with anything
fell down the sram/shim 11sp rabbithole,me
12sp is more cut&dry,11sp otoh, has lots of works/doesn't work, mnt:road-isms to it
what hub:freehub are you running?
@cpm @ascentale @rasterweb @bikenite Good question. The hub is a stock Mavic which is on Crossride tubeless. There are no markings on the hub besides the logo.
our good folks at Mavic (writ large), being neither fish, flesh, nor good red herring, , ,
*should* (fsvo) have a freehub for that hub that will accept a shimano cassette
Gosh,
I wish I could be of more help.
But
All the best.
@ascentale @rasterweb @bikenite
AI6YR Ben@ascentale @bikenite #BikeNite A3. For some reason, I can't get the rider on my bicycles to actually put on anything with lycra in it. There must be something wrong with the rider! 🤪 (me)
Jon Roach@lopta @ascentale +1 grrr!
Ryan@ascentale @bikenite A3 my derailer is slightly out of alignment and causes my shifting to jump whenever I'm in top gear, but only when pedal assist is on.
Since I usually cruise in 7th gear, I haven't bothered to fix it.
Puppethead@yantor3d @ascentale @bikenite A3. I also have an issue with gears, my 4th gear (out of 7) is skipping. I found a YouTube video that makes it seem like an easy thing to try and fix on my own, so I figured I'd give it a go and even got a bicycle repair stand. Haven't gotten around to it yet. I figure if I can't fix it or if I make it worse, I can then bring it to a shop.
Here's the video for tuning the derailleur that inspired me.
How to tune your derailleur with basic tools (for beginners)
kimu@ascentale @bikenite A3. More, I haven’t figured out how to fix it yet -the cafe lock on my second bike. My spouse snapped the key off in the lock last summer while we were traveling. It’s due for service anyway, but kind of a hassle (long story). Just need to get the key piece out, as I’ve got a backup key. #BikeNite
edd@ascentale @bikenite A3. Not the current main bike, but my old Novarra Buzz had a 2nd chainring (of 3) that wasn't the weird proprietary Truvativ shit so I had to file two of the bolt tabs down a bit to fit AND it was missing a little bump out so it just barely fit the chain between itself and the big ring. Rode like that for years before I got a new, proper ring.
Cainmark Does Not Comply 🚲A3. Nothing now, but took me almost a year to get my fenders replaced after they were torn up by my new studded tires.
rand ❌👑@ascentale @bikenite A3. The cones in both wheels of my old bike. I just need to pull the wheels off so I find out what replacements I need, but I keep putting it off. I mean the bike does work, so what’s the problem with a few pits. lol #BikeNite
Bob Downie@rand @ascentale @bikenite Good luck with finding the right cones. If the hub is a common branded one (eg Shimano) you are in with a shout but otherwise they can be hard to source. Weirdly, sometimes it's almost as cheap to buy a complete replacement hub & take the cones from it. That gives you replacement bearings & freehub too! But as you say, what's the big deal about pitting? It will ride. #bikenite
@geomannie @ascentale @bikenite The follow on project is to replace the wheels, but… stick with 26” rims? Switch drive train to be compatible with my collection of 11 speed chains from my other bike? Build them myself? So many questions that lead to more questions! #BikeNite
@rand
we now call 26"
either of the following:
TwentySixer
or
Two-Sixer
so that the 'I must have N+1 NewStuff! All the time!'
folks will rediscover the utterly masterful ideal-for-all-time 90% perfect wheelsize again.
ajft [SEC=continvoucly morged]@ascentale @bikenite #BikeNite A3 my #fixie has a split and rusting outer brake cable that was always too short, it catches on a headset bolt on very tight turns, but never enough to get a #roundtuit and replace it
Brownian_motion@ascentale @bikenite Need to go through the complete alignment and check for my Pinion C.12 on the Priority after this last season. Guess I really should move it into the basement so I' don't freeze trying to get it done. #MNastodon #bikenite
dr2chase@ascentale @bikenite A3 #BikeNite. The paint job on my pink cargo bike has too many dings on it, it's hard to color match, (can't get it into the Benjamin Moore matching machine, wrong shape), I'm wondering if someday I should just strip the frame and have it powder coated. But then, what color? Should it match my shed's door?
Luis Villa@dr2chase @ascentale @bikenite I keep wondering what it would take to vinyl wrap our cargo bike with something more vibrant.
Matthew Newell@luis_in_brief @dr2chase @ascentale @bikenite
It's not impossible but it is difficult and takes a lot of time and even more planning.
The below is a black cross bike wrapped in 3M automotive vinyl.
@ascentale @bikenite Ah, also, I need to get new spokes for the rear wheel on the larger, older cargo bike (a Big Dummy). So many miles that the spokes have worn little dents in each other, and with a heavy load on the rear the wheel makes the weird unsettling frinkling sort of a noise as the spokes shift on those spots.
A3 #BikeNite
@dr2chase
oh!
that's too perfect!
I don't think you could lock the contrast with the shed better if you tried!
Keep that colour!
🏁⚡Omar Two Tone⚡🏁
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A3. Nothing, because in a minimum issue, I've always tried to fix it, from pedals, cables or the bell to the derailleur, the tires or whatever is broken...
A3. Nothing, because in a minimum issue, I've always tried to fix it, from pedals, cables or the bell to the derailleur, the tires or whatever is broken...
a high doom
Bob Jonkman#BikeNite A3: The indexed shifters are mis-aligned. Shifting up, nothing happens between 4 and 5, then 6 thumps and skips before it catches. Shifting down I have to click the index, then apply light pressure past the index point for the chain to actually move gears. Also, the little windows that show the gear numbers are cracked and brittle from the sun, so I can't tell what gear I'm in anyway.
But I'm used to it, so it all works for me.
Oh, and my bike seat is held together with layers of gaffer tape. I have a spare saddle in my box of bike parts, but the tape has held up remarkably well and isn't uncomfortable to ride on either. Probably won't get around to replacing the seat until next year.
#BikeNite A3 x2
@ascentale A3 #BikeNight the spring on my right brake lever on the bbs02 edgerunner has been broken for years but it's only a hassle for the #eBike control switch, you have to hold the lever out or the motor will stop when you hit a bump. I unplugged the switch, so I have to rely on the left brake to control the motor or turn it down and use the throttle in tight places where I would typically use level 1 assist and modulate it with the brake switch.
JF 
@ascentale
A3: I keep all my bikes in perfect running order. I use one of those apps that count the mileage of each component (chain, break pads ...) so a can check them on regular intervals.
I prefer checking early rather than using them beyond point where more needs changing
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Mark ChickI've not seen those apps. Sounds interesting. Can you share what you use please? #BikeNite
David S@jfparis @DurableAce @ascentale @bikenite
I'd make an honourable mention for J-K Bike on android (via F-droid).
I'd make an honourable mention for J-K Bike on android (via F-droid).