Hi all,
Thanks for all your replies to my earlier queries. As with everything, i have a few more -
1. Are bottom brackets standard sizes? If there is very slight movement in the cranks should this be addressed by changing the BB? (very, very slight)
2. It i wanted to change my cranks, would the BB have to be changed too?
3. After 29 years should a headset bearings be renewed? There appears to be nothing wrong with the current ones though.
4. Why do some bikes have different dropouts to others? My old bike (the Raleigh) has a long dropout at the rear with an adjuster, my new bike has a dropout which faces downwards and has no adjustment.
5. I imagine the above queries are easy to answer to most of the posters here, are there any books which would help me with my simplistic queries?
Thanks (in anticipation)
Thanks for all your replies to my earlier queries. As with everything, i have a few more -
1. Are bottom brackets standard sizes? If there is very slight movement in the cranks should this be addressed by changing the BB? (very, very slight)
2. It i wanted to change my cranks, would the BB have to be changed too?
3. After 29 years should a headset bearings be renewed? There appears to be nothing wrong with the current ones though.
4. Why do some bikes have different dropouts to others? My old bike (the Raleigh) has a long dropout at the rear with an adjuster, my new bike has a dropout which faces downwards and has no adjustment.
5. I imagine the above queries are easy to answer to most of the posters here, are there any books which would help me with my simplistic queries?
Thanks (in anticipation)