niconj Posted January 22, 2014 Report Share Posted January 22, 2014 Skf supply hope with the bearing as the company I work for lost the contract to them. They used to be Ina. Then I would like to know why mine died after only 1/2 year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross McArthur Posted January 22, 2014 Report Share Posted January 22, 2014 Buy Inspired, take brakes off, forget about maintenance LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Dale Posted January 22, 2014 Report Share Posted January 22, 2014 Other than when my bars rolled back on a dropgap i havent touched my bike since i built it in August! I find that messing with bikes all the time ends up ruining threads and rounding bolt heads off for no reason! once a bike is built its designed to be ridden and not messed with. The only reason i clean my mountain bike is cos its stored indoors and gets muddy in winter! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freewheel Display Team Posted January 22, 2014 Report Share Posted January 22, 2014 I think your ip address matches the one from a post Brad made around the same time. And so does your email address The Email address used to sign up, was one of Brad's. He told me to sign up to this forum but I didn't get around to doing it, so he kindly made me an account. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isitafox Posted January 22, 2014 Report Share Posted January 22, 2014 Note the red ringed areas 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD™ Posted January 22, 2014 Report Share Posted January 22, 2014 Wait. Brad, lying? It can't be true Dave, you must've photoshopped that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trialsiain Posted January 22, 2014 Report Share Posted January 22, 2014 Bradception 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Nichols Posted January 22, 2014 Report Share Posted January 22, 2014 Such a f**king joke. Anyway, I skimmed through this and someone said they strip their bike every couple of weeks?! Wuuuuuut?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*gentlydoesit Posted January 22, 2014 Report Share Posted January 22, 2014 Note the red ringed areas ip.JPG that would mean brad is organising an indoor event!? Do we all turn up pissed, six weeks late? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradJohnson Posted January 22, 2014 Report Share Posted January 22, 2014 that would mean brad is organising an indoor event!? Do we all turn up pissed, six weeks late? Do you really think I'm capable of organizing an event? As for the above comment Dave, That was me logged onto the Freewheel account, As John said i made the account for him with my personal email. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isitafox Posted January 22, 2014 Report Share Posted January 22, 2014 Can somebody send me his email address so I can change it then thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*gentlydoesit Posted January 22, 2014 Report Share Posted January 22, 2014 Do you really think I'm capable of organizing an event? No. I doubted you were that pretentious so I highlighted the irony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ogre Posted January 22, 2014 Report Share Posted January 22, 2014 Hi, how do you all maintain your bikes? And I have hope pro 2s so I was wondering what I do to maintain them? Cheers. i serviced my pro2 once, but i never really exposed to it anything other than street and fair weather... they're well made so they tend to resist the shite that you throw at them. but you just wanna clean the freehub out and re-oil it every now and then if you must... my maintenance tends to consist of checking my spoke tension every few weeks or before/after a significant ride (if i'm not riding local, or theres a few people comming up, i don't wanna be that guy just sorting my bike...) freewheel usually gets looked at every 3-4 months, usually i'll replce my chain at the same time, it doesn't hurt to actually inspect your chain thoroughly every few weeks too incase links are splaying out or failing... i just bought a cheap torque wrench, so i've added lubing and evenly tensioning bolts to my job list, it's quite nice having a properly tensioned 4 bolt clamp haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bing Posted January 22, 2014 Report Share Posted January 22, 2014 (edited) I find tightening it until its just about to strip, then back it of 1/4 of a turn works for me. But not on my stem with my new carbon bars Ps I don't really do this, it's a poor attempt at humour and sarcasm. Bing does not take responsibility for your thread condition should you use this method of tightening bolts up. I believe that's the legal stuff out of the way now ... Edited January 22, 2014 by bing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aener Posted January 22, 2014 Report Share Posted January 22, 2014 I find tightening it until its just about to strip, then back it of 1/4 of a turn works for me. But not on my stem with my new carbon barsTo any new riders searching for help with maintaining their bikes: DO NOT DO THIS.You will likely misjudge where you think the "too tight" point is and actually strip threads, or damage components from over-tightening them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bing Posted January 22, 2014 Report Share Posted January 22, 2014 Thanks for the education flipp, nice to know there's a trade professional out there to point out the do's and donts of mechanical maintenance. I don't know how you do it for the money lad, I really don't Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aener Posted January 22, 2014 Report Share Posted January 22, 2014 I'm perfectly happy to admit I'm no mechanical genius, but I'd've thought it pretty standard that you shouldn't tighten most bike parts that much.If you want to do it to yours, that's fine - it might well work for you.If - on the other hand - people new to the sport are looking for help, then they follow that advice, they're going to be sorely disappointed when they bend their brake clamps beyond being useable, or snap a lever clamp, or strip the threads in their frame (etc. etc. etc.).As I side note, I don't get paid for mechanical maintenance either, so you needn't worry about that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bing Posted January 22, 2014 Report Share Posted January 22, 2014 I've edited the OP dude, read it again. There is now a disclaimer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aener Posted January 22, 2014 Report Share Posted January 22, 2014 Oh riiiiiight, You see, I thought you meant it. My sarcasm detection skills are pretty poor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamKidney Posted January 23, 2014 Report Share Posted January 23, 2014 Always been quite poor with it. Trials bikes were always decent, but could have been better. My commuter/XC rig is appalling. Chain sees some oil now and then but I really should give it a rebuild at some point. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niconj Posted February 4, 2014 Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 Skf supply hope with the bearing as the company I work for lost the contract to them. They used to be Ina. I just emailed with Johnny from Hope and he assured me that the bearings are still INA but labelled Hope. Also, I will get a set of bearings shipped for free since mine died after only 1/2 year. As a possible reason he told me the following: "It could be that the bearings are just sub-standard and the new ones will be fine. Or, if the hub body is undersize it could be leading to premature failing and if this is the case we would have to have the hub back in the factory for inspection." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave33 Posted February 4, 2014 Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 They could well have gone back to INA but iv not heard any mention of it. Yea they should be slightly compressed by the interference. If you find that when you press them in they are pretty slack you should contact hope, unless you have an accurate way to measure the hub bore ? The bearing bores could have to much axial runout. Basically not Parallel to each other. I would have said you should get 2/3 years use from the bearings, good luck I hope it was just a shity pair of bearings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dezmtber Posted February 5, 2014 Report Share Posted February 5, 2014 I simply check bolts and spokes are tight. oil and wipe down my chain and cogs, checking for damaged links during. give it a good clean and wipe down, good time to check all the usual high stress areas look good and no cracks. check the tyres for damage and check the pressure. my last check a quick ride at home to see how my brakes feel, quite regular for me is rubbing the rotors and pads with wet n dry to take the glaze of my pads after a long ride. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williams Posted February 5, 2014 Report Share Posted February 5, 2014 Since it's standing in my room looking sexy I give it a polish after every ride haha. But I just go around my bike and check that everythings tight. I do this quite often since I'm afraid of parts breaking haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twitch-119 Posted February 5, 2014 Report Share Posted February 5, 2014 (edited) Pick it up about 1 ft. of the floor and let go, if it bounces and has no clanging noise... But on a serious note, pretty much what "dezmtber" says 2 posts back Edited February 5, 2014 by Twitch-119 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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