Good new & bad news

M Series said:

Spent this afternoon mechanic-ing on my tourer. I can't remember when I last rode it, I can't
remember when I last cleaned it or repacked bearings etc. Could have been before my ride across
America in 1990.

This year I hope to use it for some winter/spring rides then of course LeJOG next year so I
thought it was about time I took it apart and cleaned everything. I have a few new (used) parts to
fit too.

I took the wheel off and to my surprise it had a cassette and not a block.I took the last sprocket
off, it is a pre-lockring one, I thought it is Uniglide like my #2 road bike was (see my thread a
month or two ago about changing the freehub body as per Sheldon Browns instructions), oh well no
problem with that. On closer inspection I noticed that while the cassette is Uniglide the free hub
body is hyperglide so modern cassettes will fit and I think I will be able to squeeze 7 sprockets
on instead of 6 or even the old 8 from a 9 trick to get 8 speed. Much joy. I took the FH body off
and cleaned the wheel properly, as best I could with an dieselly rag. Those wheels have done
several thousand fully laden miles and bar some scratches and marks are in tip top condition. No
spokes are damaged.

The bad news is that my 1988 Deore rear mech is broken, one of the parallelogram pivots has
sheered off so it moves on only three pivots on the inside instead of four. The BB axle is a
little pitted too, not sure if the LBS (which one ? [1]) will be able to remove the fixed cup to
fit a sealed one, it has been on since 1986, so it might have to do. I don't really want to spend
much on this bike, that's not strictly true, if I had the money I'd love to get it refinished and
new parts fitted.

[1] Any readers in York out there ? Can you recommend a LBS, preferably on the University side of
town. I work in York now.

Can you borrow a fixed cup spanner? I have one I never use in these days of cartridge BBs - it used
to be a (big) basic tool, along with the (big) lockring spanner and the (big) pin spanner. Ah - now
I see why they moved to cartridges!

I also have 32mm, 36mm and 40mm headset spanners, because I've had bikes with 1", 1 1/8" and 1 1/4"
headsets - now I can see why they moved to Aheadsets!

Zog The Undeniable said:

Can you borrow a fixed cup spanner? I have one I never use in these days of cartridge BBs - it
used to be a (big) basic tool, along with the (big) lockring spanner and the (big) pin spanner. Ah
- now I see why they moved to cartridges!

I don't know anyone near here, Leeds, with one. I would prefer to do the job myself so if anyone
near me is reading and is prepared to help me do the job, please get in touch. I'd prefer to have a
cartridge like my other bikes.

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I also have 32mm, 36mm and 40mm headset spanners, because I've had bikes

The head set will be take apart next weekend, I fitted it myself in the late 80s so I ought to have
the necessary spanners.

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with 1", 1 1/8" and 1 1/4" headsets - now I can see why they moved to Aheadsets!

Zog The Undeniable said:

M Series wrote:

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The BB axle is a little pitted too, not sure if the LBS (which one ? [1]) will be able to remove
the fixed cup to fit a sealed one, it has been on since 1986, so it might have to do.

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Quoted message said:

Can you borrow a fixed cup spanner? I have one I never use in these days of cartridge BBs - it used
to be a (big) basic tool, along with the (big) lockring spanner and the (big) pin spanner. Ah - now
I see why they moved to cartridges

Top Sheldon Tip. Use a gert big bolt (I think I used M12 or M16), push it though the empty fixed cup
with a couple of washers, put a nut and washer on the other side and do the nut up. Keep on doing
the nut up and the action will grip the fixed cup and unscrew it. You may have to do the bolt up
instead, depending on (1) how I've remembered it and
(2) the threading of the fixed cup.

Tim
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In space no one can eat ice cream

In message <[email hidden]>, M Series <[email hidden]> writes

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Zog The Undeniable said:

Can you borrow a fixed cup spanner? I have one I never use in these days of cartridge BBs - it
used to be a (big) basic tool, along with the (big) lockring spanner and the (big) pin spanner.
Ah - now I see why they moved to cartridges!

I don't know anyone near here, Leeds, with one. I would prefer to do the job myself so if anyone
near me is reading and is prepared to help me do the job, please get in touch. I'd prefer to have a
cartridge like my other bikes.

I should have one, but I did lose one of my spanners and it might have been that one.......
--
Chris French, Leeds

M Series said:

[1] Any readers in York out there ? Can you recommend a LBS, preferably on the University side of
town. I work in York now.

There are two good shops close to the University. The closest is Tony Boswell's on Tang Hall lane.
Great shop, and Tony is always ready to pass on his shed load of cycling anecdotes.

And there's Cycleworks at the end of Lawrence Street, just before Walmgate Bar. They're well
stocked, but can be pricey.

tom.

Tom Jackson said:

M Series said:

[1] Any readers in York out there ? Can you recommend a LBS, preferably on the University side of
town. I work in York now.

There are two good shops close to the University. The closest is Tony Boswell's on Tang Hall lane.
Great shop, and Tony is always ready to pass on his shed load of cycling anecdotes.

And there's Cycleworks at the end of Lawrence Street, just before Walmgate Bar. They're well
stocked, but can be pricey.

tom.

Thanks, I have been to Cycleworks and I didn't find it very enchanting like a good old fashioned LBS
should be. [1] I will walk down to Tony Boswells this lunchtime.

[1]There used to be an old shop in Central Estate Hartlepool called Bill Stotts. It was a tiny shop,
stuffed to the rafters with old bits and pieces. I was a kid at the time and don't know if it was
all junk or not, we used to buy cotter pins, inner tubes and tyres from there. The shop was so
small/full that he used to have to do the repairs in the street.

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