Re: Even more derailleur fun

On 6/11/2025 2:48 PM, Roger Merriman wrote:

Beej Jorgensen <beej@beej.us> wrote:

In article <91gj4k9nh8iau3u6bppgvdbhf9aaan7t1u@4ax.com>,
Catrike Ryder  <Soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote:

I do an equipment check before every ride before I even top off the
tires. Some of it evn before I unload it from the truck.

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Yeah, I'm not so thorough. :)
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Once a week I fill the tires, which seems to be enough. And I check and
lube the chain every 2-4 weeks. I'll probably add more inspection on
that timeframe.
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The bike doesn't take nearly the same beating as the MTB, but I do ride
it down a bumpy unpaved bit at the end of every commute. Also the
commute is only 5-6 miles per day, so I'm not putting tons of mileage
on. (The hanger bolt fell out after 3 years, for example.)
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But, yes, more attention would have saved me the trouble.
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 My old MTB that I converted into the commute beast, did go though a stage
of old bolts and similar slowly failing aka not staying tight!
 Which with the seat clam could be rather tedious! Which wasn’t a huge
mileage either, but fairly rattling and the bike was 10+ years old and had
been used properly as a MTB I guess.
 New bolts/clamps etc seem to solve it!

For small fasteners - things like fender or rack mounting screws - I'm a fan of blue Loctite. But I never seem to need it for most other fasteners.
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- Frank Krygowski