Recent content by Offroader

Re: Re: Aye, well the bike's really been put through it's paces the past five years in particular & the gears have been put to severe test so it finally comes as no surprise that replacement parts are required. Thanks for your reply.

7 photo close-ups of the cogset & chain:

Re: Re: Definitely looks like the cogset (there's quite some wear on some of the "teeth") & the chain are the cause of the slipping, thanks to you both for your advice it's saved me unnecessarily taking the bottom bracket to pieces (though I'm not looking forward to tackling that when it...

Thanks for your replies I'll take a close look at the chain etc asap & get back to you both.

Re: Thanks for your reply. The slipping/catching (by which I mean the crank slips before catching itself again on the bracket) mainly occurs in the lowest gears when cycling up hills (the bike cannot be cycled up hills now as the horrible crunching is a consequence of attempting to do so). I...

Hello, 1st time checking a bracket since my old Townsend required use of a ball joint remover & hammer combo to bash off the cranks way back in the early 90's so I want to make sure I'm doing this right without damaging anything. Reason for repair due to crank slipping when cycling up hills (&...