Work list.

Oh my…..so many things to fix, so little time.

Road bike: Spoke snappage on this morning’s pre-breakfast loop. My spares are, of course, either too long or too short.
Cross bike: Bottom bracket totally shagged. Proper ‘shards of metal sticking out the side’ shagged. New BB and cranks bought during the week (as cheap as a new outboard bearing BB and cheaper in the long term) but needing fitted.
Kona: Headset has died after a hard winter, which is fair enough. It was a £7.50 Ebay M-Parts bargain and lasted a year. :-)
Pseudo Crossbike (Kinesis Maxlight): In bits, having been ransacked for….
On-One 456: 95% built (yay!!) but the brakes need bled.
Spot: The RC31′s look out of alignment or even slightly twisted, the front wheel appearing askew. I’ve tried a few wheels and they’re all the same so the fork appears to be the issue. BAWS. Rideable but disconcerting and really needing replaced. :-)
Bike of Death: RIP, kinda.
Project 69er: A mess. Finished the front wheel, stuck it on a bike and immediately saw that the dishing is noticably out. Bear in miind, this was built, trued and dished in a proper jig.

On the bright side, I sorted the brakes on the 29er out so I do have a single working bike………

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3 Responses to “Work list.”

  • mike Says:
    March 7th, 2010 at 8:45 pm

    ain’t it always the way. all mine are like that.
    Spot’s got a slight wibble starting in the b/b.
    Kona’s got both brakes with seized pistons.
    kona Jake also has wibble in b/b and a fooked back wheel.
    Cervelos got mold on its bar tape?
    Surly is ok mind.
    cobblers children…

  • grant Says:
    March 7th, 2010 at 8:57 pm

    On the bright side, the 456 is now done bar tires and a pedal swap plus the Spot has a sticker (to mask a scratch in the paint)

  • Tim Says:
    March 10th, 2010 at 12:12 pm

    [i]Finished the front wheel, stuck it on a bike and immediately saw that the dishing is noticably out. Bear in miind, this was built, trued and dished in a proper jig.[/i]

    I’ve done that before – you need to make sure the jig is centred from the start – even it ifs an auto-centre-ing one :-)

    Whats the Bike of Death?

    I wouldnt feel too confident riding a bike with borked RC31′s forks – i’d have thought that would have pointed to somthing becoming de-bonded! (Crown/leg or leg/dropout interface)

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