Education We Like to Ride Bicycles

Bit of Cyclocross fun last night, with this 28.2mph

 

My lad (6) taking on some climbs and descents at Swinley Forest.

 

Glad the Lycra perverts are shut in for mountain-bikers to enjoy the weather.

 

We're still about: there's no such thing as the wrong weather, only the wrong gear.

 

Exactly, I prefer riding in the cold, an the wet doesn't phase me either on road or mountain bik

 

Replaced the bars as they were doing my head in, cable channels were cracking an its just where you put your hands, my own fault for doing cable runs too short. Also gone slightly more narrow on the bars after having my ICS measured. Decided on some fun bar tape as well.

 

Anyone know if Giant bikes are any good? i acquired https://www.giant-bicycles.com/gb/talon-3-2010 yesterday and know nothing about bikes.

 

Giant are the largest bicycle manufacturer on the planet by quite a margin. They're basically the Toyota of bicycles, nothing exciting (God forbid!) but they'll roll around and around unexcitingly forever.

 

Unless your name is Danny Hart


Have a 2010 Devinci Hectik that has recently recieved a brand new powdercoat job, new decals, all new bearings and hardware, freshly installed BB, new (but old) shock and TFTuned mounting kit... Shame I'm not gonna build it up into a full bike, its certainly been a project!

 

Getting there... Even though the powder coater masked off the brake mounts he didn't do them all the way so I have to scrape with a blade. Very time consuming and a PITA.

 

I would argue Danny STAY ON YOUR BIKE Hart is the exciting part of the equation, given his performance on Mondraker lately maybe the Glory was somehow making him less exciting, an excitement vampire if you will.

 

Restoration of the Devinci is almost complete.

It's been stripped down, sand blasted, given a lovely semi-gloss powder coating, had all new roller needle bearings fitted, freshly serviced Monarch, new shock hardware, new XT BB, new pivot bolts, custom decals. Almost as fresh as the day it rolled out the hand-made Canadian factory.



Shame i'm never going to be able to ride it

 

Put a new chain on the giant and now no matter how much i play with the L/H screws it doesn’t want to behave :/

 

It is best to replace the chain and sprockets together. The new chain won't mesh properly with the old sprockets, especially if they are well used (they don't have to look very worn).

 

Very much this, chances are the teeth are sharktoothed, I noticed this when I put a new chain on, it was slipping an mis shifting every gear, new cassette, worked like a dream.
Did you do the chain the same number of links? An also check some (not many) chains are directional.

 

My new ride. Well obviously not "new", but newer than the older one

The Ice Spikers are brutal. I had no idea there could ever be so much traction on ice.

 

Next stop a new cassette then!

Counted the links and made sure they matched , didn't know about chains being directional so will confirm that.

 

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Nevermind

 

You could get a 7 speed cassette with a single ring up front, keeps the wheel options more open that way as its a normal cassette not a freehub. Or, to keep the ten speed idea just go wit ha 1X10 can be on a road cassette with 11-28T or go insane with a sunrace cassette an get a 11-42T with a something between 32T and 36T up front

Frame wise what type of wheels you looking at? an any preference on material? Framesets are easy enough to get hold of itll be more colours and geometry

Brake wise id err toward hydro if you can, more power, reliable an need little work once setup