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Message from discussion New front chain rings - not able to use small one
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From: N...@wodger.demon.co.uk (Roger Merriman)
Newsgroups: uk.rec.cycling
Subject: Re: New front chain rings - not able to use small one
Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 19:53:58 +0000
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Rob Morley <nos...@ntlworld.com> wrote:

> In article <bcf16e8e-c2d4-4e76-ad1e-
> 8abff5e18...@q77g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>, naked_draughtsman 
> googlea...@petereverett.co.uk says...
> > On Dec 23 2007, 2:35 pm, Rob Morley <nos...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> > > They should have road tested it anyway - there's no way you can tell if
> > > brakes or gears will work under load without trying them.
> > 
> > If I've been working on my gears/brakes they always work perfectly in
> > the 'shop' but needs lots of adjustment after riding around on it.
> > Unfortunately I don't think I've *ever* found a bike shop who seem to
> > do this (on one occasion they actually made the problem worse) - hence
> > I prefer to do this sort of work myself.
> > 
> When I was a full-time mechanic[[1] I'd never knowingly return a bike to
> a paying customer (or consider a PDI complete) without a road test.  
> It's easier if you have a good hill near the shop, but even without a
> hill you can still check performance under load by pedalling and braking
> at the same time.
> 
> [1]  Except at one shop where I worked for a while, where they thought I
> was strange for wearing lycra and riding club events, and the stock 
> consisted of brands like Emmelle and Free Spirit, but I prefer to forget
> that episode.

yup the local shop to me does that, commented on the noise that the mud
tires made.

roger
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