Recent content by Bobzilla

Many thanks to that man. Just WD40'd it now, and its working!!! YAY!

Hi all. After a year or so of sitting in the shed unused, and some very cold weather, I dragged my old (early 2000s) road bike out. And the right hand Sora 8spd sti shifter isn't playing ball. It will shift a little bit, but then it won't go anywhere. My suspicion is the ratchet, and I'll be...

My measurements suggest something in the region of 118 to 12mm. Thanks.

Ah, the one thing I have forgotten. Its the standard Shimano square taper cranks. Actually, they're Suntour, but they use the standard Shimano square taper.

Query - I have an old Kona Lana'i (2001/2002 I think) which used, as standard, a 68mm shell bottom bracket of the non-cartridge kind. A loose bearing cup and cone thing. A standard that I didn't realise even existed up until I had one in my hand. Now, it is deal, and there is no...

How much for the rear hub posted?

Anything considered, just dirt cheap please. Must be cassette type, not screw on. 7 Speed also considered - I need to run a 7 Speed cassette on it anyway. Thanks

A few more details about the wheels please. Assuming they're not disc specific, 8 speed cassette, I would like first dibs please. Where in London?

Don't need the exact weight, that's fine. Thinking about it. Would have to sell a Lana'i frame to keep SWMBO happy, and trying to work out if it is worth it for the use it would get.

Missed the steel bit. Thought I saw 7005. Thought the Lana'i was just specced very basic, but the frame was used a bit higher up the range and well worth upgrading. To something without really really rubbish Suntour forks...

Any ideas how similar they are to the Lana'i frame? How heavy is it? Thanks

I thought it was the depth of the threa rather than the distance between. So for internal threads you can measure the internal hole (including the thread) and then take an educated guess, so if your hole is metric and 8.75mm wide, its going to be an M10x1.25 thread. Useful if you can get a...

That's the one I bought, but I can't get it to work on extracting a pin. I have to remove the screw in thing at the back, and then the chain plate disappears down the hole. What am I missing? How is it supposed to work?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bicycle-Cycle ... 27c9ee877b That was the one I bought. And its really not great.

My trusty old chain tool broke (the pin came loose and stuck in a chain), so I need to replace it. I have tried one of the cheap Ebay jobbies, but the hole at the back is too big - the plate disappears down it partially making removal of the rivet that much harder, and getting the chain off the...