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I agree, fitting mudguards can be a right fafffff…..🤨
Here’s a top tip, don’t touch those brake blocks with your fingers or you transfer the oils from your skin onto the block and then it goes onto the pad….
Good job reminding the mechanic that usually, the number like 11-34 rear cog is referring to the number of teeth and not so much the number of speeds or gears on the cassette. He's wrong that people don't often refer to the number of teeth on the gears….they certainly are referring to the number of teeth. He doesn't know you don't "spin" lol. All you need is the 11 on the rear cassette a only the big ring on the front lol.
Great video, Amy and Jimmy. Maybe do a pack your bike to put it on a flight into a bike bag.
After all those milones, what parts have you replaced in the Pinney? Chain, bearings, hoses, saddle? TIA.
Amy change your GoPro to PAL from NTSC – remove that flicker.
Brilliant! What I like about wax is it makes everything much cleaner and the chain wear is less but you need to rewax quite often…I'd rather rewax than clean all the gunk off TBH.
I would stay away from waxed chains and tubeless tires on a road bike. Too much faffing around and what a mess if you have to put in a tube during a ride. P.S also stay away from hookless rims.
While I miss Nige (tell him hello from all of us!) I really like Jimmy. Great information imparted. Would love to see more of these Q&A videos from VB. Thanks Amy! 🙂
Hi Amy, another epic Vlog well done myself I am cytech level 1 and 2 with chain lube I always use wet all through the year and remember a clean Bike is a fast bike. Keep up the great work ❤❤
Wax all the way. I'd never use oils again.
Good vid, had issues with the brakes on my Giant from new,(2021). Not sure if it was me not bedding them in or some other issue. Changed the pads, was alright for a few rides then issues again. Cut a long story short, have now changed the rotors and pads, so far so good.
Dear Amy, Happy to see you broadening your mechanical cycling knowledge, even if the practical aspects of bike maintenance may still allude you. The fact is that you're willing to learn.
Cheers, Pjw
Somewhere Nige is grinning from ear to ear.
Great video and informative. I have tubeless tires on my Mtb and gravel bike. Trying to make up my mind if I should go tubeless on my road bike.
As a commuter I can't have the nightmare of a tubeless failure I also went from 11-34 to 11-28 I still rarely use the 28 unless I can't be bothered and want to go up a hill slow.
Great topic!!!!!! Thank you.
Great vid, would love to see a good tear down on regreasing the bottom bracket, removing the bearings in it, and same for the hub, taking that cassette off, what needs to be greased, and making sure it's all put together properly again. I know it might be a bit full on, but I've just done my 2nd tear down, minus those parts, but after a year of riding, I feel these are the parts that need to be checked. After fixing the creaky bottom braket, and changing oil lube from wet to dry, back to wet again, tightening the headset, checking the brake pads. I could just do with some good guidance, before I break it, and I hate not having a bike for a few days if I take it to the shop.
great video! For my fav bike (a hybrid fitness bike) I use a drip wax recommended by Zero Friction Cycling called Effetto Mariposa Flower Power wax. For my winter bikes I just use melted paraffin wax from candles, I put the melted paraffin wax in a dish soap bottle to apply it, and to use it another time after it solidifies again, I put the bottle on hot water (a la bain-marie) so the paraffin wax liquifies again.
Another good thing about wax lube is that's it's much quicker and easier to clean. You just can use very hot water to clean the wax and that's it.
Not my fault you flog bikes that can’t mount mudguards in a country that ain’t Italy. 🤔🤦♂️
Should really have a winter bike!
Did I miss the bit about how to put on a tyre?
I might have to watch it again.
Great video Amy, stuff I knew, lots I didn't, you're a bit more technical than me (not hard)🤣seeing you take pride in naming bike parts, forks, pedal, you're so down to earth 😍😍😍
When cleaning the chain, NEVER use citrus degreaser. Because of a molecular reaction called hydrogen embrittlement, the acidity of the "orange" degreaser weakens the steel of the chain. Under load, the weakened chain may then snap. Also, chain "stretch" does not occur in the side plates, but it is from wearing down of the chain pins' bearing surface on the internal link bushing. A clean and well lubricated chain will last much longer, as well as shift much better, than a chain that has been neglected. A stretched out chain will quickly wear down the teeth on the chainrings and the sprockets.
Thanks! Just a small tip: if you would like to avoid flickering when filming in artificial light, check that your shutter speed is as close to 50 as possible and preferably set your frame rate to 25. By that your settings will fit most Hz-standards for flourescent lighting in the UK.