Bleriot Tune Up
I had the Bleriot that had not been ridden in 10 years except for 3 rides last week to the bike shop, a local shop, all kids, never used this shop before. I was told when I brought it in the rear derailleur was bent, but I asked them to check the hanger as advised by Rivendell. The bike had been having a rough not smooth feeling when pedaling in many gears, almost all. I thought the rear wheel was out of true, etc. So I pick the bike up today and I was told it is great, rear Derailleur and hanger are fine. So I take it for a ride and the same rough feeling after shifting. They took one link out of the chain and said that it was too loose but nothing really changed. When I came back and talked to them I had a few things to ask them 1. The rear brake was rubbing on the rim, I was told it was because of my rack and the rack had to come off, when I got home I loosened the quick release on the wheel and moved the rim over and it is fine now as far as the brake is not rubbing. I was very surprised this your kid who was not low level, not a wrench but he should have known. 2. For the rough pedaling feeling I was told the following and I will put in quotes as best as I can remember. Now I have a TA Zephyr crank, they said I need a whole new drive train, I told them there was no way I was not going to use the TA, and that I need a new FW (I have 2 at home that look as new or as close as possible), and I need a new chain (this one I buy more than the first two) So here is what I was told. “the chain needs to be replaced and the cassette (he did not know it was a FW) needs replacing and the crank needs to be replaced as it is worn”. “We know this because of this little tool we have that measure then chain” Maybe it is but the bike was used for 2 or so years, and it was not my main bike as my Custom was before the car accident the sidelined riding for me. It sat for 10 years with a bit of use on rollers with a fork mount, very little use due to my back and knees. So I raided my parts bin when I got home. I found my TA BB tool (not sure if they will need that (not this shop but another that I will now have to hunt for but I can do that). Here are all of the parts I found 2 13x26 FW’s in almost if not new condition. I use the TA crank w/ 48/38/24 Now I did find one new TA 38 in the basement, all the rest are no brand If anyone has any TA 110 front rings please let me know I found d 38, 36, 28, 26, 24 I did not find a 48. OK I need advise on what your thought are. I really want the bike to ride smooth again when pedaling, I was told if I had them put a new chain on “it would make everything worse”. Also they thought the Deore rear I brought would not work as it is a 9 speed, I had to explain to this nice kid it did not matter as I friction shift. Bonus, I also found a NOS suntour rear Derailleur in the basement but think I will keep the Deore as well as it was not expensive at REI. Please help I am near Springfield MA if anyone knows of a good bike shop in the Hartford, Springfield, Nothampton area. I am cross posting to iBob as well. Joel -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/c39903a9-41b9-437c-899d-db2bc12b07aao%40googlegroups.com.
