Recent content by Moocow

Re: Re: Yeah its a big frame,I am 6ft and the saddle nearly all the way down is just about right for me.

Hi, up for grabs is my mid 80's Muddyfox Courier. I bought it about a year ago, refurbed it have been riding it for the last year. Original thread here - viewtopic.php?t=353367 on how it was when I picked it up. I rebuilt a lot of it, learnt a lot about cycle mechanics, but the gears have...

Oh I hope not :( It looks in fairly good condition to my untrained eye, but will have a play first to see if it improves. May just get it on my trainer so that I can add some load to the wheel in the workshop

Spoke too soon regarding the gears being nice. Been out for a ride up the hill and it is slipping all over the place when exerting force on the pedals. More work required me thinks.

First bits of work done: From this To this: New chain, rebuilt the rear hub bearings, all the gears now setup correctly and changing lovely. Learning a LOT about cycle mechanics which is completely new to me having only owned brand new bikes before this hasn't been massively necessary to...

All sorted. Picked up a new chain on the way home at the local Halfords. The old one had it's day by the looks of things. Popped on the new one using the guide on Sheldon's web page to sort the length and it's now absolutely perfect. Managed to dial the gears in nicely and all looks good now...

Many thanks for the confirmation Xerxes, If I select the gear by accident (I am very unlikely to "need" small/small) then I would end up with a locked back wheel or a snapped chain/derailleur as it is at the minute, which would be a terrible shame when it's the sake of £6 to get it all in the...

Having taken the bike apart at the weekend - stripped off the horrible black stuff that seemed to pass for grease everywhere and rebuilt the rear hub with new bearings - I have found that now that the chain is freed up a cleaned properly it appears to be too long for the bike? When in both front...

New to the forum, but having read a few posts on here I appreciate the help deciding on the bike being right for me from various build threads etc. Wanted to get back to biking but didn't want to spend a fortune on a new ride, and this caught my eye! I know it's old and hasn't got the latest...