From Halfords:
1-Clean your bike (Branded frame cleaner)
2-Lube the chain (Branded lube)
3-Replace the chain (Unbranded chain)
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Get your bike back on the road advice...
Get your bike back on the road advice...
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There are two kinds of people in this world: those can extrapolate from incomplete data.
Re: Get your bike back on the road advice...
Hmmm.... maybe new chains suffer from something called "psychic lube memory". They remember that the previous chain had just been oiled, so they run more smoothly.
In case you're wondering, I just made that up...
In case you're wondering, I just made that up...
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Re: Get your bike back on the road advice...
Hi,
Clean the bike.........sometimes
Lube chain..............gear oil
Replace chain........from ex Halfords skip bike........one previous owner ............whirrrrrrr
Clean the bike.........sometimes
Lube chain..............gear oil
Replace chain........from ex Halfords skip bike........one previous owner ............whirrrrrrr
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Re: Get your bike back on the road advice...
Ensure brakes work
Ensure gears work....
Ensure gears work....
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Re: Get your bike back on the road advice...
Pump up tyres with Halfords branded air?
Re: Get your bike back on the road advice...
Best to avoid the problem in the first place...
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Re: Get your bike back on the road advice...
eileithyia wrote:Ensure brakes work
Ensure gears work....
Gears? What are these things called gears?
Make sure bike goes forward
Make sure bike can be slowed down.
Job done.
Re: Get your bike back on the road advice...
The thing I spend most time on is topping up air including full inflations and puncture repairs.
This last year I've been really slack with attention to my daily but honestly it hasn't impinged on its ability to go forward and stop and has cost me precisely £0.10 in semi synthetic diesel oil and a 1/20 of an old sheet.
This last year I've been really slack with attention to my daily but honestly it hasn't impinged on its ability to go forward and stop and has cost me precisely £0.10 in semi synthetic diesel oil and a 1/20 of an old sheet.