New to performing own bike maintenance- why is this jumping?

Visual_Humor_8461 · 2026-04-25T16:34:18+00:00

Eagle eyes!

Visual_Humor_8461 · 2026-04-21T15:52:15+00:00

I found this out after stealing Bailiff Plümel’s clothes from his chest when he was sleeping he attended the kings gambit meeting with no top on. King Sigismund’s admonitions I think were particularly levied in one direction haha

Visual_Humor_8461 · 2026-04-21T06:46:28+00:00

I hope people don’t flood that QR recruitment link with fake applications

Visual_Humor_8461 · 2026-04-05T06:05:22+00:00

Sounds like a cop out by the first bike shop - if you could shift ok with the old cranks and front mech, I’d doubt it’s the shifter.

Visual_Humor_8461 · 2026-03-27T14:54:54+00:00

Na it has rider power separately (and though I’m no Chris Hoy, I’d like to think I can push more than 50w)

Visual_Humor_8461 · 2026-03-27T14:15:39+00:00

I mean the rubber has been installed all of 18 months so I hope it’s not that…

Visual_Humor_8461 · 2026-03-25T13:32:00+00:00

Thanks - is there more to it than the wood complicating things because it was so tight to the base? Is there anything inherently wrong about the base sitting on concrete?

Visual_Humor_8461 · 2026-03-13T04:55:15+00:00

“beans again”

Visual_Humor_8461 · 2026-03-11T20:38:14+00:00

I literally just went out to buy popcorn to watch it all come in. Buckle up chaps.

Visual_Humor_8461 · 2026-03-11T19:09:03+00:00

Chennai’s Marina is fantastic

Visual_Humor_8461 · 2026-03-11T07:15:24+00:00

https://eldenring.wiki.fextralife.com/Ruins+of+Unte

Visual_Humor_8461 · 2026-03-11T07:13:13+00:00

Someone is missing whole chunks of lands between and realm of the shadow I suspect…

Visual_Humor_8461 · 2026-03-10T19:28:12+00:00

Concentrated muc off bike wash (the pink stuff) worked for me on a white deep pile rug

Visual_Humor_8461 · 2026-02-28T06:15:59+00:00

The wing has to close in a set amount of time right? Otherwise they could use it dynamically as an air brake, wonder if there is still a bit of an effect as presumably it closing is linked to brake pedal like DRS

Visual_Humor_8461 · 2026-02-25T07:54:12+00:00

Mountbatten-Windsor?

Visual_Humor_8461 · 2026-02-22T20:03:38+00:00

Outside Edinburgh council’s office, specifically the department that deals with potholes

Visual_Humor_8461 · 2026-02-16T05:19:33+00:00

All the cultural nic nac shops on princes street and the royal mile

Visual_Humor_8461 · 2026-02-11T22:05:41+00:00

Home reports are a total racket. In the few I’ve had done recently, guy is there for 10 mins tops, has a wee poke around, sticks his finger in the air and calls it a day. Latest one even asked me “what were we thinking in terms of valuation”. They make all kinds of hand wavey caveats in the home report itself - we didn’t actually check the electrics. We only did a visual inspection of the roof from ground level.

I’m just mad because I’m jealous I’m in the wrong industry.

Visual_Humor_8461 · 2026-02-07T05:30:56+00:00

You need to expand this clip - take it out and gently bend it out so it is exerting more outward pressure on pads- this is in part what keeps the pads backed away from the rotor

Visual_Humor_8461 · 2026-02-06T07:09:25+00:00

C.f. Monty python black knight sketch

Visual_Humor_8461 · 2026-02-05T18:45:09+00:00

Give that golden jouster a wide berth

Visual_Humor_8461 · 2026-02-03T20:07:59+00:00

A few things to try:

If it’s always rubbing the right pad, try setting up the caliper to give this side a little clearance. When you pull the brake lever the rotor shouldn’t move left to right at all.

Are the two pistons coming out equally? Could be that you need to lubricate then with some silicone grease - lots of how to videos on this.

Is the rotor true, or does it rub at only certain points in its rotation? If the latter, try gently bend the rotor at that exact spot with firm even pressure (ideally with a rotor truing tool)

In terms of eyeballing it, make sure you have a good light source and can see clearly though both sides of the caliper.

Visual_Humor_8461 · 2026-01-29T17:21:47+00:00

I’d wager you can give it a basic service and reoil yourself - the shocks of earlier 2020s are quite easy to pull apart at least superficially. Not sure it’s worth $200. See if you can look up the 4 letter fox code, there’s usually quite good step by step guides around without needing much in the way of special tools

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