non-fixie
Senior Retro Guru
Excellent work!
I generally use WD40 and a (tooth) brush for removing old grease and oil residue. Works really well.
Your chain is a bit too long, IMO. My rule of thumb is that the derailleur's jockey wheels need to be aligned vertically when the chain is on the small cog / big chainring combination.
Setting up brakes with safety levers requires more than a bit of attention. Position of the levers on the bars, as well as the shape of the bars need to be correct, or you'll end up with the problem @jim haseltine described above.
I spent a full day trying different combinations of bars and levers, before settling on these for mrs non-fixie's Méral. They now are testament to the fact that they can work very well:
The Méral itself, BTW, is also proof that a bike with lesser tubing can still be awesome.
I generally use WD40 and a (tooth) brush for removing old grease and oil residue. Works really well.
Your chain is a bit too long, IMO. My rule of thumb is that the derailleur's jockey wheels need to be aligned vertically when the chain is on the small cog / big chainring combination.
Setting up brakes with safety levers requires more than a bit of attention. Position of the levers on the bars, as well as the shape of the bars need to be correct, or you'll end up with the problem @jim haseltine described above.
I spent a full day trying different combinations of bars and levers, before settling on these for mrs non-fixie's Méral. They now are testament to the fact that they can work very well:
The Méral itself, BTW, is also proof that a bike with lesser tubing can still be awesome.