Bottom bracket removal tips
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It's not a drain hole as it looks like the mount hole for the cable guide.
Looks like a Marin ?
Stick bolts in the bottle/pulley holes*, take seatpost out every now and again.
As somehow it can still get in (headset/stay holes)
*I'm very guilty of this, tend never to bother and causes me all sorts of problems. I now have plastic bungs (bic pen style) or 3d printed threaded 'bolts'
Looks like a Marin ?
Stick bolts in the bottle/pulley holes*, take seatpost out every now and again.
As somehow it can still get in (headset/stay holes)
*I'm very guilty of this, tend never to bother and causes me all sorts of problems. I now have plastic bungs (bic pen style) or 3d printed threaded 'bolts'
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Oh yes, forgot about cable guides. Almost all the cables on my bikes are top routed. Duh.
I agree about water getting in whatever. It's a weird chemical which we take as granted, but behaves in very many naughty ways...
I just assume it's going to get into a steel frame and make sure it's got a way of getting out, and spray the inside of frames with silicon spray.
I agree about water getting in whatever. It's a weird chemical which we take as granted, but behaves in very many naughty ways...
I just assume it's going to get into a steel frame and make sure it's got a way of getting out, and spray the inside of frames with silicon spray.
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It might seem like molesting the frame but putting in a drain hole while you have everything apart might be a good idea.
It might seem like molesting the frame but putting in a drain hole while you have everything apart might be a good idea.
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A hollow bolt might be better?, it allows airflow from moisture but makes it harder for water to enter too.
or the posh valve thing I have on one of my bikes, fitted as standard ;-)
Or this will have a rear facing seatbinder ? stick a bit of old innertube to cover slit top stop water spray seeping in if not using a rear mudguard.
Don't clean the bike without the holes being covered...
or the posh valve thing I have on one of my bikes, fitted as standard ;-)
Or this will have a rear facing seatbinder ? stick a bit of old innertube to cover slit top stop water spray seeping in if not using a rear mudguard.
Don't clean the bike without the holes being covered...
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