Emily Velasco4d ago
I broke another spoke on my bike. I guess after 5,558 miles, these things are bound to happen, but it's still annoying
Show threadSnoopJ4d ago

@MLE_online it's definitely the most groan-inducing regular maintenance issue for me. I think because it is a "I shouldn't ride the bike until I fix it" issue that is simple to fix but involves an aggravating number of steps.

Still beats the hell out of maintaining another sort of vehicle though

Show threadEmily Velasco4d ago
@SnoopJ it should be simple, but getting the freewheel off this bike is a pain
Show threadSnoopJ4d ago
@MLE_online honestly even doing it on my front wheel is more fuss than I like. But on the rear… yea, even more. And if it's on the road bike, that has very slim margins for fender clearance, so *anything* I do with the rear tire means "spend possibly days fucking around to get the alignment just right to avoid rub"
Show threadEmily Velasco
@SnoopJ that sounds annoying. I don't have fenders on this bike, but both of my ebikes have them, and they do rub a bit
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Show threadSnoopJ4d ago

@MLE_online in my case it's because I have 27" wheels, but my fenders are for 700c wheels. That and the fact that axle alignment is apparently more of an art on older bike dropouts (this is a 1983 frame).

It's fairly common that I'll get it just right on the bike stand, but then when I go out to ride it, it'll go out of alignment. I've just accepted that for the next half dozen rides I'll probably end up fucking with it a bit.

I do have a 700c set that I want to convert the bike to, but I haven't sourced new long-reach brake calipers yet.