Author Topic: What did you do to your bike today? (v2) (Read 2218570 times)

hugh. · « **Reply #240 on:** November 19, 2011, 10:27:53 AM »

New tube , chicago'd bars and tryed to see whats wrong with my hub. Seems to have alot of friction and doesnt rum smoothely.

M@tty · « **Reply #241 on:** November 19, 2011, 10:33:08 AM »

manhandled it out the shed because there is so much shit in there, then changed the tube and fiddled with the wheel abit.

ride to live · « **Reply #242 on:** November 19, 2011, 04:02:57 PM »

went for a little street ride and found a perfect rail for learning crank arm grinds on, almost got them but the front either drops or i slide onto my bb/sprocket, need to work on them some more i think

weedbix · « **Reply #243 on:** November 19, 2011, 04:19:19 PM »

Got my first puncture in almost a year, swapped tire as well as tube because I was in too much of a hurry to check tire for sharps

Admiral Ackbar · « **Reply #244 on:** November 29, 2011, 04:52:19 AM »

took all my pegs off cause my frame is taking beating. feels crazy light now and wallrides and tables are easy as fuck too. i like it.

Rusty · « **Reply #245 on:** November 29, 2011, 09:42:56 AM »

Did a smith before work and the front wheel came loose, when I got home I found out that the axle is stripped. Gotta put my shitty Vandero wheel back on....

Bill. · « **Reply #246 on:** November 29, 2011, 07:38:19 PM »

That happened twice to me on my old front wheel. Male front hubs don't take smiths very nicely.

super_chief · « **Reply #247 on:** November 29, 2011, 07:54:45 PM »

looked at the spokes missing and shrugged it off for another day

blueee · « **Reply #248 on:** November 29, 2011, 10:19:12 PM »

pumped up a slow leak
broke another spoke

today my bike threw me in a tiny hole then punched me in the face. i think i got it on video

skateparkrider · « **Reply #249 on:** November 30, 2011, 04:22:31 PM »

I took the Sunday Forecaster Special complete and swapped the forks out for F-25's and swapped out the back wheel to a freecoaster. Took off the back brakes and got my grind and my backwards on. Such a fun bike set up.

farva · « **Reply #250 on:** November 30, 2011, 06:18:05 PM »

Quote from: Wrecked;3496900

I made an 11t cog/driver for my King hub. The stock lock-ring is designed to work with a 12t cog at the smallest so I had to turn it down. I don't have access to a lathe so... I built a ghetto jig to mount up on my drill press and used a file to take the material down.

you should find an 11t single speed specific cog for that. the lock ring looks sweet!

Admiral Ackbar · « **Reply #251 on:** November 30, 2011, 06:54:41 PM »

rode it and didn't have to adjust my wheel for once

blueee · « **Reply #252 on:** November 30, 2011, 08:53:57 PM »

straightend out my bars and pumped up slow leaks

DonKnotts · « **Reply #253 on:** December 01, 2011, 02:39:41 AM »

Widened to 14mm and deepened my axle slots on my 04 ody flat fork so I could run this brand new 14mm 36 spoke Hoffman wheel I have had laying around for a year. Surprisingly, I didn't notice a weight difference. My front end finally feels solid again. It is amazing what a new front wheel does for the feel of a bike.

Wrecked · « **Reply #254 on:** December 01, 2011, 03:15:00 AM »

Quote from: farva;3502554

you should find an 11t single speed specific cog for that. the lock ring looks sweet!

Thanks man. The lockring was fun. It's the first time I used my drill press as a lathe. I just rounded out the edges by hand after taking material off. It turned out alright.
No one makes an 11t singlespeed cog that I was able to find. 12t is the lowest.
I know I'm running on less material but I'm going to end up running a 3/32" chain on this bike anyway so it should be alright. I'm hoping this 11t cog won't be on there for too long...

Bikeguide.org - Bike maintenance for BMX'ers · « **Reply #254 on:** December 01, 2011, 03:15:00 AM »

Author Topic: What did you do to your bike today? (v2) (Read 2218570 times)

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