Bike Mechanics Impart Their Wisdom On Vorb

mitch7 · *by **mitch7** on Thu 2/Jul/09 10:57pm*

yeah you could be right...googled it again...and all i seem to get is SC ...but no BBrackets...

sorry Oli :paranoid:

Thermo · *by **Thermo** on Fri 3/Jul/09 12:47pm*

I store our bikes vertically with the front wheel up the wall in our shed. I have a Manitou Slate and the wife has a Marzocchi MZ Comp. Mine is spring/oil and hers is air/oil. Sometimes, I can hear the oil sloshing around so is storing them this way bad for the forks?

fox · *by **fox** on Fri 3/Jul/09 2:04pm*

Thermo, I can not see any reason why those forks would not be ok to store in the way you have eith most forks you can hear the oil inside.

On another note, do any of the bike shop workers of vorb know who the importers are for alex rims?

Conners · *by **Conners** on Fri 3/Jul/09 2:09pm*

Thermo wrote:I store our bikes vertically with the front wheel up the wall in our shed. I have a Manitou Slate and the wife has a Marzocchi MZ Comp. Mine is spring/oil and hers is air/oil. Sometimes, I can hear the oil sloshing around so is storing them this way bad for the forks?

I used to run a set of Bomber Z3 Longtravels :love:

- any time I left my bike upside down the oil would drain out of the open bath, a couple of pumps on the fork up the right way lead to a <squiiiish squish> sound and all was back to normal. There was no damping initially, and this returned as the oil was pumped back through the internals.

I don't believe you will do any damage, just bear in mind that if you didn't <squish squish> your forks before you rode the first time you hit something your fork would ack like a pogo stick!

Mr_Bob · *by **Mr_Bob** on Fri 3/Jul/09 6:04pm*

fox wrote:On another note, do any of the bike shop workers of vorb know who the importers are for alex rims?

I know that you can get Alex rims in pre-built wheels from Marleens, give them a try :thumbsup:

Chickenman · *by **Chickenman** on Fri 3/Jul/09 6:48pm*

Yup Marleen stock Alex Rims.

fox · *by **fox** on Fri 3/Jul/09 6:56pm*

Ah thanks for the help guys I'm still getting used to this whole importers business. Considering we stock mostly marlenes products I really shoulda known that but got it sorted out. Now have to wait for the customers to get back to me.

Mr_Bob · *by **Mr_Bob** on Sat 4/Jul/09 1:30pm*

Ok, I've got an odd ball repair...,
need some advice.
I've got a customer running one of these Fsa bmx spyder adapters:

and I think that there may be a missing spacer on it. I'm after a stepped washer, something that looks like this:

Measurement on the Bb axle (from a free agent 24" cruiser) is 18mm
and the diameter of the hole in the Fsa spyder is 19mm - which means that the chainring isn't sitting straight, and is shifting under load which is throwing the chain.
Anyone got any advice on where I can get one of these washers?
(Or has anyone got one of these)?
or is it something that I should to talk to someone with a lathe?

JohnnyC · *by **JohnnyC** on Sat 4/Jul/09 1:44pm*

18mm is an odd size for a spindle, is it euro or US? Sealed or looseball?

Spindles are usually 19mm (3/4") and some freestyle spindles are 22mm. Sprockets and spiders are usually either 19mm, 22.2mm (7/8") or 23.4mm (15/16") so most hat washers are designed to suit combinations between those sizes.

JohnnyC · *by **JohnnyC** on Sat 4/Jul/09 1:49pm*

And is it 6 spline/8 spline/48 Spline?

A coke can shim should sort it out.

ratrod · *by **ratrod** on Sat 4/Jul/09 2:08pm*

Would be an expensive washer if you got it cnc turned, or even manually turned which would be more than adequate. Even then you'd be talking about 0.5mm wall thickness which would be a cunzor to turn.
As johnnyc says 18mm spindle is odd. All the adapter washers I have are for 3/4", 7/8" to 15/16".

Mr_Bob · *by **Mr_Bob** on Sat 4/Jul/09 2:09pm*

Yeah that's what I thought when I saw it too - it's not a standard size spindle
It's an 8 sided spline, with what looks to be a sealed bottom bracket (standard 68mm shell, with what looks like a standard threaded cups)
Probably some OEM odd ball crank set, i'm not even sure if it's the original spec crank set.
(It's off a free agent 24" bmx cruiser)
I might give the coke can shim a go, but I think it would still compress and move under force of the stroke which was the original problem, so I'd probably go with a solid steel washer (even if I can find one that's the right diameter without the step in it) if I can find one the right size.