>>1121536Use a piece of "coat hanger wire", probably smaller than the one in the pic, as a "third hand", then use your fingers to undo the quick link.
>>1122203It feels great.
I gotta have a bell on my bike, mostly because of joggers wearing headphones.
Occasionally, over rough pavement, or if the harmonics were just right, my bell would ring itself. It's the kind with a little springy hammer.
After I put latex tubes in it, I've never had an accidental ring.
I did have one of the tubes, Vredestein, spontaneously fail. I was hanging out with my riding group in a friend's garage, my bike was hanging from a rafter, and psssssssssss..... One of the seams came undone. Still worth it though.
>>1124417>get a chain scrubberJust use two toothbrushes, taped "face to face"/"bristles to bristles"... then use the money you saved to buy a "parts washer", like this one:
http://www.jegs.com/i/JEGS-Performance-Products/555/81526/10002/-1You can run whatever solvent you want in it, from lacquer thinner to Simple Green.
>>1127639I always advise people to hook the nose of their saddle over a tree limb, or low rafter.
>>1128057Still can't fathom how people ever get stains/chainring stamps on their pants or legs, in the normal course of a ride. And no, you don't have to roll up your pants leg like a turd.
>>1128184Car tires a quite different from bike tires. Do us all a favor and go fill your car tires up to 90psi.
>>1129400Dissimilar metals, esp those that are in contact for extended periods, or not removed/adjusted often, need antiseize. Think: seatposts, bottle cage bolts, bottom bracket threads.
Google "Loctite anti seize stick". They're like $6 and last for years.
