Originally Posted by
cyccommute
But not too short. You want enough cable to grab when you need to adjust for cable stretch. 1/2” of cable is too little. 2” to 3” is just about right.
I said
HOUSING.
Originally Posted by
cyccommute
It won’t matter. Oil is fluid and flows under gravity. Let it stand for a little while and the oil will flow out of the chain. Turn the chain over by, for example, moving the chain 180°, and the oil will flow back down into the chain and, eventually, out again. Wiping it off constantly is simple removing the oil from the chain.
I guess in your experience. My chain is perfectly clean AND oiled. And there is no oil on the outside.
Originally Posted by
cyccommute
It’s only a waste of time if you are using the wrong patch kit. There are thousands of wrong patch kits and only a very few (possibly only one) that actually work. If you use a Rema TipTop kit with Rema patches and Rema vulcanizing fluid, patching isn’t a waste of time. It’s also not nearly the waste of money and rubber that constantly replacing a tube is.
Nope. Waste of time.
Originally Posted by
cyccommute
But not all the way. Having a little adjustment in both ways can be helpful.
Um...no. With new cables, all the way in. YMMV.
Originally Posted by
cyccommute
Or just use the shift lever.
Nope. Maybe for amateurs. Manually push it if you want to be sure it won't go into the spokes. It's easy. You should try it sometime at the coop.
Originally Posted by
cyccommute
And, as I stated in another thread, once adjusted leave the damned limit screws alone!!! Any problems with shifting has nothing…not one thing…nada…zip…zilch…to do with the limit screws after they have been adjusted.
Yeah, we get it. Good advice for noobs.