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"Spanfeller is a twat" (theaspiringengineer) 05/10/2019 at 18:54 • Filed to: None

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Today my bicycle decided that being a 20 speed was too tedious, and we decided together that it would become a 16 speed for the sake of not fixing the real problem. ... anyway the taller gears are pretty much useless.

Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle > Spanfeller is a twat 05/10/2019 at 21:33

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Bend the derailleur hanger? Need to adjust the cables? Bikes are pretty simple; no need to lose out on 4 gears.

Spanfeller is a twat > Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle 05/10/2019 at 21:39

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I fear that the derraileur itself is a bit bent... the hanger is OK for now . The issue is that it doesn’t seem to work from 1-2 or from 2-3 no matter how I adjust it, so I lost 1 and 2 in the back, in return the lower gears for high speed riding work much better (it would skip between 10 and 9 at high speed and it was very freaky and super dangerous)

Honestly, I don’t want to dump any more money into this bike, I want to get a cheap Specialized or Trek cus finding replacement parts for La Pierre bikes here in Mexico is downright impossible. I might get a new rear rim and new tires   when the thread runs out, but other than that... nothing. 

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Spanfeller is a twat 05/10/2019 at 21:58

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The read derailleur is not brand specific. Any bike shop should be able to get it back up and running. Unless you really just want a new bike. 

Spanfeller is a twat > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 05/10/2019 at 22:03

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I guess I would only need to get a new frame, pretty much the rest can be installed into any bike. 

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > Spanfeller is a twat 05/10/2019 at 23:36

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define cheap?

coz with specialized and trek you’d be looking at about a grand for a good starter

cheaper than that and you will probably run into the same issues you are having now 

Spanfeller is a twat > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 05/10/2019 at 23:49

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The defining issue is that the cheap Specialized or Trek will have plenty of support here, whereas the LaPierre is on its own. So even if I have issues with those, I know it takes three days to fix rather than a couple of months.

I would get something around 600 euros...which is around the same as what this one cost when new. 

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > Spanfeller is a twat 05/10/2019 at 23:55

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i dont get why your current bike is such a pain in the arse.... its all shimano (or something like it)

theres no reason for anything to take that long unless im missing something

Spanfeller is a twat > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 05/11/2019 at 00:04

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Ah, but how do you mount the Shima no parts?

The only thing that has let me down yet is the hanger. It takes around two months to ship a hanger since there’s only one manufacturer that makes them and also delivers them here. I tried to have a shop fabricate one but they fucked it up so bad it wasn’t even funny.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > Spanfeller is a twat 05/11/2019 at 00:14

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umm.. on all bikes ive ever had the mounts for parts were standardized

heres your frame... heres the holes where all the bits go

the only thing i run into issues with is that my fork/frame arent made for the giant brake discs i want

i thought they were all standardized nowadays

Spanfeller is a twat > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 05/11/2019 at 00:18

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Shamefully the hanger my bike uses is specific to the frame.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > Spanfeller is a twat 05/11/2019 at 00:19

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huh... well....thats just plain wierd