Yep...cheers Fishbulb think the detour saved the day.
bloody horrible conditions (but at least we all had a good crack at it):thumbup:
I'll organized it again once the weather clears up!
Thanks for comming down Ian, shame about the chain tho.
Yep...cheers Fishbulb think the detour saved the day.
bloody horrible conditions (but at least we all had a good crack at it):thumbup:
I'll organized it again once the weather clears up!
Thanks for comming down Ian, shame about the chain tho.
Some pics:
Looks like a mint day.
Questioni for you MTB'ers....
My rear disk brake is making a horrendous noise under braking. Ive had the bike a few months now and ive done maybe only 100 miles.
It used to be the case that it would only make the noice once the bike was wet and muddied up, but its now constant, when ever I squeeze the brakes.
Ive had the back wheel off, used some muc-off degreaser on the disk and the (dont know the technical term - if there is one) pad thingies and given them both a good scrub.
I then wheeled my bike round and round in a circle with the brake squeezed but just about allowing the back wheel to go round, trying to bed it in a little...but the noise is still there?
Any ideas, its literally too embarrasing to take it out anymore?
Tricky to answer Al. Maybe try giving them a bit of a once over with some sandpaper and if that doesn't work bung some new pads in.
Pretty tough tbh Al (I'll organise another once the snows properly cleared.
you might have a stone stuck inside your caliper. have you took your pads out yet?
if you take them out do it in a clean area (sometimes the spring holding the pads in can ping out never to be seen again).
what make are your brakes?
also once my brakes are wet they sqeak like a good un, it takes some hard braking to stop the squeaking (I usually ride down the hill at the bottom of the street with the brakes on) dont think going around in a circle would stop my brakes from sqeaking)
Last edited by SEFTON; 29-12-2010 at 06:07 PM.
Craig, cheers for taking the initiative to organise this. I got to drive to one of those rare parts of Lancashire that I've not visited before, seems a quaint little spot. And as per Fishbulb's post, good to meet a nice bunch of grass-roots people. Definitely not conditions for the 'crosser, the way the slush was clogging around the cantis and turning to ice on the rim! I've had Isla for over 5 years and to have the chain snap the moment I first put pressure on the pedal, just setting off, was mega embarrasing. I had the chain tool with me and managed a repair in about 15 mins, but as soon as I got going I realised that it was the wrong bike for the day. The singlespeeders with discs seem the way forward for a reliable winter offroad bike! Got me thinking? Would be the ideal hack for a "tag along" to take the grand-kids out? Maybe I'd get nominated for the coolest grandad in Lancaster?