dezmtber Posted November 9, 2012 Report Share Posted November 9, 2012 The measurement between two chain rivets is one inch. Once the chain streches that measurment gains millemeters and also widens the gaps in the cassette teeth. When this happens a new half inch pitch chain wont line up on the cassette cogs.and it will skip over the teeth. And if it doesnt skip it will strech sooner and snap sooner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyseemonkeydo Posted November 10, 2012 Report Share Posted November 10, 2012 Thanks for that... Glad the Cytech qualifications are serving the world well. [/sarcasm] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted November 10, 2012 Report Share Posted November 10, 2012 I can't remember if it was here or OTN where I was bitching about this. But I wanted housing for a full sus mountain bike cut to length. It didn't occur to me to measure because I'd have though they could just measure up against a bike there. They flat out refused to because 'all bikes are different' and cut a foot for the front and 6ft for the back. Obviously 6ft was about twice the length it needed to be so i had to take it back and have it re cut, which they messed up and I had to neaten it up when I got home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VAMPIRE V12 Posted November 10, 2012 Report Share Posted November 10, 2012 poundland sell inner tubes? Yeah and cheap ass spray paint, what you think my zoo is sprayed with? £5's worth of poundland on my frame Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bike_dummie Posted November 10, 2012 Report Share Posted November 10, 2012 The Guys down at our local halfrauds have some pretty decent guys but i find its normally when a shop like that employs non riders it goes down hill. Although i have had very good experiences with smaller bikeshops. Went to a cycles Uk to buy a chain tool and the threads stripped which was really my fault for using a cheaper tool on a tank chain when it was meant for mid range mtb chains and the like and i went back to show them the tool as i had to buy new gripsanyway and they re-funded it no questions asked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dezmtber Posted November 10, 2012 Report Share Posted November 10, 2012 Some bike shops just guess when the cassette needs replacing I tend to do the measuring and visual check of the parts before replacing parts when there fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonNicholson95 Posted November 12, 2012 Report Share Posted November 12, 2012 i have seen a few bikes that have been assembled by a halfords store that have their forks on backwards, if they dont know which way forks go on then surely there could be other problems with the bike that could make them potentially dangerous to kids, i thought they safety checked every bike before it left the store? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyseemonkeydo Posted November 12, 2012 Report Share Posted November 12, 2012 i thought they safety checked every bike before it left the store? Come on, give them a break. I'm sure the forks were all tight and secure... just on backwards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonNicholson95 Posted November 12, 2012 Report Share Posted November 12, 2012 Come on, give them a break. I'm sure the forks were all tight and secure... just on backwards. still i would rather build my bikes myself (and my friends bikes if needed) and buy my own tools than take it to a bike shop unless its for stuff like wheel builds then i will take it to a place that is rider owned Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dezmtber Posted November 12, 2012 Report Share Posted November 12, 2012 I know what you mean. I don't think someone with no mechanical knowledge, a good friend to help with maintaining your bike is safe from serious mechanical failures during riding. I quite often have a go on someone else's bike and find myself spending the next ten mins fixing it before riding it properly 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash-Kennard Posted November 13, 2012 Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 i have seen a few bikes that have been assembled by a halfords store that have their forks on backwards, if they dont know which way forks go on then surely there could be other problems with the bike that could make them potentially dangerous to kids, i thought they safety checked every bike before it left the store? ive fixed so many of these. our store is pretty on it with builds and repairs, but some of the bikes brought in by the customers are jokes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AkuskaUK Posted December 4, 2012 Report Share Posted December 4, 2012 Where I live on the Isle Of Wight there are two exceptionally good bike shops, the halfrauds store is terrible though, the smooth of dribble and backwards forks I see from there is blinding! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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