Questions tagged [repair]
Repairing your bike when something is broken. REPAIR is not the same as MAINTENANCE, a separate tag. Repair is what one does only when something is broken. Maintenance is what one does on a regular basis.
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Gates CDN - frequent belt failures
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I ride a belt drive bike fitted with a Gates CDN front sprocket (on the crank), a CDN belt and a CDX rear sprocket. Around the 2200km/1400mi mark, the CDN belt failed and teeth ...
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Broken bottom bracket spindle on spinning bike?
So my spinning bike bottom bracket spindle (axle) broke.
Anyone know where can I find a replacement?
Here is an
image and video of broken part
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Are there limitations to how much you can upgrade a cheap bike?
I’m hoping to buy a used bike for ideally 200 Euros and make it a hobby project to keep investing in the bike piece by piece to make it a nice bike, upgrading one component at a time when I can afford ...
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repairing Meidai Top pump?
I've got a very old MeiDai Top floor pump, like this picture ...
It suddenly stopped working, no resistance whatsoever from the plunger. I'd like to repair it.
So far, I bought this "741" ...
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Structural Stability of Carbon Rim
I recently purchased some carbon rims for my road bike and there appears to be some buldging forming around the rim. I'm no expert in carbon fibre and I was wondering whether the wheel is still safe ...
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Bike back wheel came loose a bearing fell out, safe to wheel to repair shop?
Had my back wheel come loose during a ride, and when I was pushing the bike one of the bearing balls fell out from the axle area I assume. Is it safe to push the bike to repair shop and how much ...
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Cannot put a tire whatever I do
I cannot put a replacement tire on my rear wheel, whatever I do, have spent half a day on this. It just should not be so extremely difficult, I have tools and it is not the first tire I am replacing ...
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Replacing inner tubes & tires - tube seems too large for tire
I inherited an older road bike from my sister that I wanted to fix up for my daughter. The tires and inner tubes needed to be replaced.
The existing inner tubes were old and faded, but I could read a ...
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Has anyone successfully changed the battery in a Knog Blinder Mini Dot?
I have a pair of Knog Blinder Mini Dots which were left with their non-user-replaceable LiPo batteries flat over winter and now won’t take a meaningful charge.
I’m handy with a soldering iron but less ...
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Old Motobecane pedals without bolt on axle - How to remove?
I took off some old pedals from a motobecane frame. I wanted to change the bearings but figured out there is no bolt. I have looked everywhere but can't find the model and how to remove it. I thought ...
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Worth repairing?
I’m a complete noob getting back into cycling after 15 years of not riding. And loving it!
But I bought a bike about 4 years ago and started using it and now it’s got a heap of problems, which I've ...
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My bicycle's rear shock is clicking and making a squishing noise. Do I need a new shock or does it just need to be tuned?
I bought a used bike and on the first day, it made a small clicking noise whenever it came back up fully. It also made some squishing noises whenever I compressed it and whenever it started ...
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I can't find that specific part (Lasco cf-58 d-11 170) , is there any other crankset that would fit my bike?
I am trying to repair an old bike of mine to gift it to a friend.
One of the pedal arms has broken off so I am looking to find a replacement part that I can swap for the old one. The model of the ...
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Vertical mark on chainstay?
I bought a used 1990's steel bike the other day and have disassembled it for repainting. However I came across a small patch of missing paint on the drive-side chainstay, which had apparently been ...
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