The Cycling Thread

[mattSV]

Have you checked the headset is all tightened correctly?

[Creaky]

Hi MattSV
Yes, headset is tightened correctly. Play seems to be within the fork leg itself.
Cheers

[maviczap]

Those forks are very basic jobbies, no adjustment on them, it'll probably be just a coil spring and a bit of oil, although stuff from that era also used elastomer rubbers, which was even cheaper than coil springs.

My guess is that its a plastic bush that's failed inside the fork, so when you brake, the forks slide down, and the clunk you feel is the fork slider moving backwards in the leg.

Because they're the threaded type, it shows how old they are So probably impossible to find any spares for, or replacements as the steer tube is 1 inch dia. If its 1 1/8 then happy days, then you could just replace the forks and headset with the now standard 1 1/8 inch aheadset system.

Local bike shop might be able to check them out

[garynortheast]

I replaced a similar pair of forks (Shockwave) on my old Apollo bike last year. Not expensive and easy enough to fit. The ones I fitted were Suntour forks, got them from my local bike shop.

[maviczap]

Here http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Suspension...AAAOSwcLxYKJ16

You'd need to change the headset bearing & handlebar stem as well, to aheadset type, but cheap as chips really.

[Creaky]

Thanks for the input maviczap and garynortheast.

[carelesschucca]

OK guys got another Chimpboy episode.

Put a new chain and cassette on the Triban and today it felt as if the bike is trying to jump gears... Well it turns out that there is a tight link (dunno how I managed it, it's a simple job) now can I remove the pin and replace it and hope it frees up the tight link or do I bin the chain and start again?

[maviczap]

You could wiggle the tight spot free, it usually works, or use a quick connector instead. Is the pin one of them shimano jobbies or just the standard pin?

I only use quick connectors these days

[carelesschucca]

It's one of the Shimano ones the you push in with the tool till it clicks then snap the other end off. It's weird and annoying it's a job you shouldn't be able to fail when you use the Topeak tool. Yet Chimpboy appears and does his best...

[maviczap]

As you've discovered they are not idot proof

I've known shops fail on joining chains properly using this method, hence why i dont bother with them.

I dont have Chris Hoy thigh muscles, so i have faith in quick links, and you can carry a spare in your seat pack, should the worst happen.

Decathlon ones are dirt cheap to buy several at once. Just make sure you buy the appropriate one for the number of sprockets on the cassette, although a 10 speed one is said to work on 11 speed chains, and is easier to fit to an 11 speed chain, because it is minutely wider.