Ultimate Bike Thread....

[David]

Here's the second image of a thread on cassette showing the removal splines:

Most any decent bike shop should have the tools. I probably have them in my tool box.

[URY914]

I'm about 95% sure it's a threaded freewheel, not a cassette. Thanks

[gtc]

Post a photo and we can point you in the right direction. If it's from the '90s, it probably has a freehub/cassette.
If it is a freewheel, you need a tool that matches the brand of freewheel and spline type.
https://www.parktool.com/category/cassette-freewheel

[mepstein]

If it’s a freewheeled, you put the tool in a vice, lay the wheel over the tool and spin off. If it’s a cassette, you do the same but use a chainwhip to spin off the first cog.

[URY914]

Originally Posted by URY914

I'm about 95% sure it's a threaded freewheel, not a cassette. Thanks

I took it to one of the shops that Byron suggested above and I was 100% wrong. It was a cassette. I bought a new cassette, bearings, tire and rebuilt it all. It is smooth as silk.

Thanks everyone. I'm now ready for the HSR Daytona 24 next month.

[tcar]

Originally Posted by mepstein

...., you put the tool in a vice....

Not a felony, hopefully... haha

[arcsine]

Got a mental health ride in yesterday at Galbraith. 2-hours of riding singletrack on my new Transition Scout through gorgeous forests and only saw people in the parking lot. Reminded me why I live here.
FWIW, if I kept on riding in the direction the bike is pointed for another 15 minutes (all but the last 2 minutes would be on trails like this) I'd be home. I guess I'm a lucky man sometimes.

[billybek]

I looked at those as an alternative to the SC 5010.
Ended up with a Bronson CC. Took me a while to warm up to the Bronson but after a summer on it I like it a lot. When pointed downhill it was wonderful and a decent climber.
What do you think about the Scout? You liking it?

[mepstein]

Originally Posted by URY914

I took it to one of the shops that Byron suggested above and I was 100% wrong. It was a cassette. I bought a new cassette, bearings, tire and rebuilt it all. It is smooth as silk.

Thanks everyone. I'm now ready for the HSR Daytona 24 next month.

Paul - Did you replace the chain? Usually cogs and chain wear in together. If will feel smooth on a stand but jump under pressure. Might not but try it out before your event. Sometimes it will need chainrings and rear derailleur pulleys for the same reason.

[arcsine]

Originally Posted by billybek

What do you think about the Scout? You liking it?

Bill
The Scout has been amazing. Does everything better than my Trek Fuel did. Stupid light, climbs great, goes down even better. Not a huge fan of the SRAM brakes (XT's are still my favorites) but love the simple one-clamp per side of the SRAM cockpit. Still coming to grips with the lower bottom bracket height but that seems to be endemic with the longer-lower-slacker geometry that everyone's using.

Got to go down Mohawk yesterday morning in the fog. Surreal experience. Full disclosure; not me in the video but the guy filming and narrating, Mike Stone, runs a bunch of riding courses and a shuttle service here. Great guy.

[CurtEgerer]

[CurtEgerer]

[CurtEgerer]

My 1999 Bianchi. Stored it away for the winter today before heading south.

[vmb]

I got to ride with a legend this weekend at my daughter's NICA race. Tinker Juarez. A pretty cool, chill dude. Still doing 100 mile races! He came out just for the kids. My daughter and friends were inspired.

[IMG]Tinker and kids by madridvb, on Flickr[/IMG]

[billybek]

Was out on the first real trail ride on the fatty.
Was on the bike for the same amount of time as last week and did 7 less miles and I am way more tired!
Fat bikes are fun! Like riding in slow motion.

[rwest]

Originally Posted by tharbert

I don't know if anyone has dealt with thru axle stuff. It seems to be a MTB thing that's slowly invading the road market. So, the skewers listed on the cycling parts sites say thing like "Fits Grasshoppers or RockShock." So, here's what I found about thru axle.

There appear to be three basic configurations: plugs, bolts and simple thru axles. The plugs screw in with a 5mm Allen and have no handle. The bolts have what most closely resembles an old fashion skewer with a nut on one end and a cam handle on the other. The simple thru-axle has a cam or ratchet on one end and threads on the other which thread into the dropout or fork itself. Lynskey employs simple thru axles. You can see the differences on the DT Swiss site, components/RWS. BTW, RWS is DTS’s ratchet system that takes the place of the typical cam lever.

I needed the last spec, simple thru axle:
Rear Thru Axle - 12mm x 142mm x 1.0 Pitch
Front 15mm x 100mm x 1.5 thread pitch

In the end, the ONLY site that had a good description and exact sizes was this odd. They shipped the same day I ordered.

My last cheap wheelset came with the thru axles and adapters to fit standard bikes- I couldn’t figure out how you service or tighten the bearings; any insights?

Rutager

[Geronimo '74]

[arcsine]

Sorry, duplicate post.

[billybek]

Thanks for fixing the Ultimate Bike Thread, mods!
Cheers,

[Racerbvd]