The Velotard Thread.

[lemonjelly]

Fucking livid.

Tuesday - buy replacement inner tube (will repair the other at the weekend).
Tuesday evening - replace inner tube.
Wednesday - horrendous weather. Decide not to use bike.
Thursday - get on bike. Halfway to work, tyre flat as a pancake again!
Can only assume there is a thorn or similar stuck in the tyre or summat. Not best pleased.

 

[Keef]

Ooh,schoolboy error for not running your hand around the inside of the tyre to check if any things come through the tread

 

[machin05]

Yeah, check whatever has punctured your inner tube isn't still lurking inside your tyre. Also might be worth checking your rim tape is still in place properly and not damaged. Also, might be worth checking that there isn't a hole in your tyre as it will let more grit and nasties come into contact with your inner tube. It can be repairable with superglue depending on how bad it is.

Also, stock pile your inner tubes. Have at least 2 with you on every ride and another couple at home.

 

[Wombat del combate]

What Machin said. And what I advised Re: extras also.

 

[lemonjelly]

After posting, had a look at the tyre lunchtime and found a very small tack in it.
As advised, schoolboy error by me!

This weekend will be spent fixing the punctures, cleaning the chain and cassette, and listening to our match on the radio.

 

[Wombat del combate]

40 miles at 17.5mph average yesterday. Nice.

 

[machin05]

40 miles at 18.7mph for me...

https://www.strava.com/activities/1380033883

 

[Wombat del combate]

You had hills to go down though. :coffee1:

 

[machin05]

And up???!

 

[Wombat del combate]

Strava says you finished at a lower altitude than you started at, so you got free speed courtesy of gravity.

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[machin05]

Yeah, I pretty much free-wheeled the entire way

 

[Wombat del combate]

Exactly.

 

[lemonjelly]

I a vain attempt to curry favour with my fellow velotardees, and also to try to prevent wombat reminding me what a spunking jizzbangle I am, I spent this weekend cleaning my bike, chain and cassette with muc-off received from wiggle.
So, I have a nice shiny bike.
Onto a question I never intended to ask on an internet forum, exactly how much lube should I fnaar (I mean use)?

 

[machin05]

There are two ways. You can drop a single drip on each link as you slowly make your way around the entire chain. Or, the other way is to just rest the nozzle and slowly squirt the lube out whilst turning the pedals fairly quickly to get a fairly steady stream of oil for good few rotations of the chain. I tend to do the second way.

You don't want too much lube otherwise it will actually pick up more dirt and gunk as you cycle (it will stick to the chain more). You only really need lube inside the chain links. So once you've lubed run the chain through all of your gears a couple of times, give it a minute to rest and soak in then get an old rag and wipe the excess off the outer of the chain.

So much fnaar.

 

[machin05]

Congrats on the clean bike though. Probably the biggest cause of bike issues going is dirty (and therefore rusty) components.

I cleaned my bikes for the first time in ages over the weekend - a rare bit of sun on Sunday morning gave me no excuse not to. Desperately overdue!

Very satisfying once all done and I immediately wanted to go out for a ride!

 

[lemonjelly]

Thanks Machin. Yes, twas long overdue, and definitely needed. And I am sure the weather played a part in not taking care of it.

I was cautious to avoid over-lubing for the reasons you mentioned. Fairly sure I'll need to give the bike an even more thorough clean when the weather is nice, but it looks good for now - there was quite a layer of mud in places! I had tings to do, so didn't immediatly want to hop on. However I did stand back and appreciate it for a little while, until I realised how dirty my hands were.

I also used your 2nd method, so pleased to see some of my thinking turns out to be correct for once!

I also got the wet lube and the dry lube from wiggle. Am using the wet lube currently.

Good intentions will start here. However, I still need to get around to repairing those inner tubes with punctures... However, I have created a box of cycle cleaning and maintaining stuff!

And I can imagine some posters having a field day with the fnaar here today.

 

[machin05]

Never used dry lube, tbh. Not really sure when I'd use it.

 

[Wombat del combate]

Summer, mate. You do get summer in the west midlands, don't you? Also when it might be ever so slightly damp, wet lube is for monsoon/horrendous conditions.

 

[machin05]

Summer, mate. You do get summer in the west midlands, don't you? Also when it might be ever so slightly damp, wet lube is for monsoon/horrendous conditions.

From what I've read, you might as well use wet lube as long as you regularly clean, degrease and relube (which I try and do, especially when I'm riding regularly). Dry lube gets washed away if you so much a sneeze on your chain...

Maybe i'll have another think about it this summer.

 

[SLA]

Thanks Machin. Yes, twas long overdue, and definitely needed. And I am sure the weather played a part in not taking care of it.

I was cautious to avoid over-lubing for the reasons you mentioned. Fairly sure I'll need to give the bike an even more thorough clean when the weather is nice, but it looks good for now - there was quite a layer of mud in places! I had tings to do, so didn't immediatly want to hop on. However I did stand back and appreciate it for a little while, until I realised how dirty my hands were.

I also used your 2nd method, so pleased to see some of my thinking turns out to be correct for once!

I also got the wet lube and the dry lube from wiggle. Am using the wet lube currently.

Good intentions will start here. However, I still need to get around to repairing those inner tubes with punctures... However, I have created a box of cycle cleaning and maintaining stuff!

And I can imagine some posters having a field day with the fnaar here today.

You need some of those disposable surgical gloves. Which, I've discovered, also work surprisingly well as glove liners on particularly cold and wet days on the bike.