SteveTheTech
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@CCrew 3988 wrote:
Just a tip from someone who’s anal about a clean bike. Pledge furniture polish rocks versus car wax.
And beware of Simple Green. Good stuff but it is caustic to aluminum.
-Roger
Now that is priceless info right, there. Kudos to you good sir. I will be trying that.
@JimF22003 3991 wrote:
Instead it just makes a single “click” to tell you it went over the limit. So like a dummy when mine did the “click” I just kept turning. Sort of defeats the purpose
I did the same thing when I purchased my last click style torque wrench with a wheels’ worth of lug nuts. It took me several tries to be able to feel the click. About a dozen or so uses into it the click was a bit more audible…either that or I just gained a little more experience.
You all are great, thanks for the input.
Sheldon Browns’ passion and knowledge will carry on more through his website more than it could have via any method. I
would like to leave a small mark on the world with only a fraction of the usefulness of his site.Tools are something I can really get into, although I am fairly lax about using a torque wrench when making minor adjustments I have spent a decade tightening things with hand tools enough to know where 15 in/lbs should be. If I where to install the Ritchey carbon bars then I’d probably buy that tool as it would be useful, but most of the allen keys I come across are 5mm.
(it’s a pretty neat tool though, http://www.greentirebikes.com/tl3303.html). Beam torque wrenches are not worth relying on as the price of those reflects that. (http://www.greentirebikes.com/torque-wrenches.html -just a reference not a recommendation) and even an entry level basic click wrench from Harbor Freight.
(http://www.harborfreight.com/1-4-quarter-inch-drive-click-stop-torque-wrench-2696.html)
This one’s only $20I might get one of each of that one and a 3/8″ for that price, just to have one at home.
ParkTool has some good specialty tools but I would not get into their hand and regular tools as they are pricier than their quality tends to warrant. But as noted the torque requirements are fairly low. I do not have a bike stand but I made one that fits in my vice at work from an old axle. Harbor Freight ftw.
Pete- I enjoyed reading your cleaning regiment I assumed that was how you clean all of your bikes…I looked over and wondered if mine wanted to go outside and meet the garden hose. lol. I’ve got a half a bottle of window tint film solution still mixed up I think I am going to use for this weeks post ride clean. The tint solution I am currently using only Johnsons Baby shampoo and water. I keep a bunch of microfiber towels around for all types of non marking cleaning and that should work. Maybe a little canuba wax will keep some of the gunk from sticking.
I’ve been going through YouTubes vast cycle repair sections. There are many techniques that seem much less complicated when you watch someone do it. Google has provided hours worth of material to research.
The opinions on tires seem to vary and it really seems like wear is the best judge. My biggest fear still remains blowing one as far from the car as possible. Some people use separate wheels indoors but my wheels to bike ratio must remain 1:1…at least only 1 set per year.
I tend to run on a bit so I was trying to keep it short.
Vienna has a beautiful section of the trail, but there is no way the racers can maintain cruising speed there.
We happened to be there at 9 am and 1 pm. When we where getting started we saw that there was a children’s’ exercise class going on when within feet of the trail a team flew past us heading East at speeds that were dangerous no matter what their skill level.
