Category: Transmission
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Bike Lessons For Rookies: Chain Tensioners
from Rookie’s keyboard, Hello, friends I decided that this Saturday is as good a time as any to make another technical post. I’m going to present you the basics of chain tensioners – a mysterious component that some people haven’t even heard of…yet. As the name suggests, a chain tensioner…tensions the chain. lol. No surprises…
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Don’t get mad if your derailleur is slapping the largest cassette cog. It’s fixable.
From Rookie’s Keyboard, Hello, friends It’s time for my weekend post (although I am not sure if the entire post will be ready by the end of the weekend). Today, I am going to talk about a somewhat weird but popular issue that cyclists face – contact between the top pulley of the derailleur and…
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How I Fitted A 10-speed Cassette On a Friend’s 8-speed Hub (ezpz)
Yesterday, a friend texted me asking for bike mechanic knowledge and assistance. He’d bought a 10-speed cassette on sale, but the seller had told him that his hub may be incompatible with his new acquisition (what a fancy word). “What was your previous cassette,” I asked him. “An 8-speed Shimano model,” he responded. “Buy me…
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I Replaced My 11-25 Cassette With an 11-28 and Like It (analysis + tips)
from rookie’s keyboard, Hello, friends I hope you’ve had a good weekend. Mine was fine. (I’d use a harsher word, but my anger management therapist a.k.a. me said I should be more positive.) I used the time to replace the old and beaten 11-25 cassette on one of my steel retro road bikes (I own…