Nice to hear from you Marie. I too would prefer to complete many tasks in life by myself, but sometimes it just makes sense to pay someone to do it for you.
Looking forward to hearing more updates.
Looking forward to hearing more updates.
Nice to hear from you Marie. I too would prefer to complete many tasks in life by myself, but sometimes it just makes sense to pay someone to do it for you. Looking forward to hearing more updates.
- - - Oh, and because I'm super smart I pulled away yesterday with my lock on the front wheel, so now I have a bent spoke . From the quick google I did it seems like i'm still good to ride like this? If I tug on the spoke it will rock verrry slightly (compared to when I tug on the one next to it that doesn't rock) - - -
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Straighten the bend using two crescent wrenches tightened onto the spoke and twisting them with a screwdriver or similar item through the holes in their handles ends,
Hi Marie,
the bent spoke moves because the bend gives you leverage to move it. The bend won't affect the bike's handling.
Straighten the bend using two crescent wrenches tightened onto the spoke and twisting them with a screwdriver
or similar item through the holes in their handles ends,
Is a crescent wrench the same we call a shifting spanner in Britain?
Is a crescent wrench the same we call a shifting spanner in Britain?
Until production gets shifted to some slave labour economy offshore and quality plummets.Unlike most bargain basement versions only the genuine Vise-Grip or Mole wrench works properly.
side note on that, I haven’t been able to fill my back tire because I could get the damn gas station air hose around the drum and onto the nipple; will need to try again.
Absolutely essential for most bikes, as the gas station (and even my own air chucks) are useless for straight-on fitting when discs and other bits are in the way.
So here’s an interesting one.
The other week I was riding up hill, shifted onto 5th gear and cranked the throttle. Then, i got a loud grinding sound and the bike started to wobble significantly enough to where i had to try to stabilize it ASAP and I got that stomach jump of: this may be it ladies and gents, brace yourself woman. I switched into fourth gear and all was normal again. I have stayed out of 5th gear since and it’s been fine 1-4 since. I’d like to test it to see what’s up and get a better read on the sound, but that wobble was rough enough it’s quite a gamble. I noticed after the fact that my tires were low, so perhaps that made the wobble worse because of crappier traction…(side note on that, I haven’t been able to fill my back tire because I could get the damn gas station air hose around the drum and onto the nipple; will need to try again.) anyway, I can get it on stand and try to get it in 5th gear and try to get some vid of it soon and post. Any ideas in the meantime are appreciated.
from some cursory research,I saw a post where someone had a similar issue and the source of the problem was the clutch basket (As if I know what that is yet; I have more to look into. Still need to read about how the whole damn machine works (rather than piece by piercing it) so I can start diagnosing and solving!
Also getting a feeling of a clicking like vibration around the steering neck area when I come to a stop
hopefully will have some time this week to get back at it all
Hope everyone is well!
That's what I have and they definitely come in handy at gas stations