Comments on: welcome, brother!

By: TJ

TJ — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:17:45 +0000

I think I’ll take it to the shop from which I purchased. The cute, intimidating girl who assembled it can glower at me during the complementary tune-up.

By: ben wolfson

ben wolfson — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:40:58 +0000

Fenders are extremely handy if you live in a place where it ever rains.

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:09:14 +0000

I know, I know. If I just read that big blue book of yours I’ll be mining, smelting and forging ore into my own homemade spokes in no time.
TJ: You may be able to fix that yourself. Try flipping the bike over and watching the gears as you shift through them. Is the chain centered on the cogs? Is there clicking? You can try adjusting its offset by rotating the small barrel that surrounds the cable near where it exits the shifting assembly. That will lengthen or shorten the cable slightly, which might be all you need to get it shifting smoothly again.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:40:54 +0000

You can totally do all those things!

By: TJ

TJ — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 05:32:25 +0000

I recently got a decent bike after a long period of denial. (Had a nice one stolen in college).
Now I love the thing, except the saddle-sore-ness, and except the spontaneous shifting. Needs a tune-up, I guess.