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Can someone please tell me if the bearings in the pick are facing the right way up or do i need to filp them around ??
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other way up
Yep flip em
Deff. Flip
Worst. New bike pic. Evah.
Thanks guys i will take a pic of my top bearing aswell so you can tell me on them to lol
Ha ha thanks pal ha ha
Top bearings
Flip or stick
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leave the balls should be facing down into the cup to provide smooth rolling 😀
Top is fine
Top is the right way up, but looks like there's something stuck on the bearing? Almost looks like the compression ring is underneath the bearing, but nobody would be that daft surely..?
No mate it was just lifted out to show you guys wiylch way around i had them..
Getting there now though 😉
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Its going to take hours to get the vomit out of my keyboard. Thanks.
You need a shorter stem.
more spacers under the stem i reckon, ohh hang on you have cut the steerer too short for that
Never mind building bikes, you've got weeding to be cracking on with!
Honestly, some people have no shame.
Pebble dash?? 😯
why so many spacers? 😯
I always like to have no more than 2.
pretty steep head-angle there - Hora'll be cross
Definitely more spacers needed. Hopefully you've got some super high rise bars to go on there, don't want back ache 🙂
Saddle is high! How tall are you?
Wow some right ones replying to this thread ??? I im not building a bike for you its for me so.. If you aint got nothing nice to say an all that !!!
Right i do seem to have a tiny bit of play in the front , is this due to the the fact that the top of the steerer is bang flush with the stem ?? What options do i have ? Another spacer ?
bang flush with the stem
You know what to do.
As for the cheeky / "nothing nice to say" comments (none of them mine btw) helpful stuff often comes from when folk make the effort to be humourous to state the obvious.
very likely, yesis this due to the the fact that the top of the steerer is bang flush with the stem ?
Ys - you are allowed to put it above the stem (to protect our outraged friends from apoplexy)Another spacer ?
Addit: you haven't already tightened the stem on to the steerer when tensioning the top cap, have you ?
A 5mm spacer on top should sort it.
Right i do seem to have a tiny bit of play in the front , is this due to the the fact that the top of the steerer is bang flush with the stem ?? What options do i have ? Another spacer ?
Options:
If the bar height is where you want it then cut the steerer approx 3mm below the height of the uppermost spacer.
If the bar height is correct but you really don't want to cut the steerer than add a small spacer above the stem.
If you're not sure about the bar height then add the spacer wherever you like.
Purely from a 'that don't look right' perspective, you do already have too many spacers. Do you have a bad back, or bought too small a frame?
Can I buy you a bike maintenance course for Christmas? 🙂
i'm trying to help, and I really think you should get the steerer tube cut, a local LBS can do it for £5ish, if you don't feel confident getting a clean cut on a hacksaw!
kenz - are there so many spacers just so that the topcap fits or are you keeping it that long for good ?
If the former, put them above the stem or the bike'll feel weird (I keep meaning to cut my steerers but never get round to it
got a couple like this
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Hey i appreciate the genuine help guys , maybe i will just change the stem as the bike geometry doesnt feel quite right and i didnt realise that the stem change would have such an inpact ..
Yes mate you can have my maintenance course for xmas , im pretty good arnt i concidering its my first ever build thanks 😉
And also if your intersted Im pretty good with cars to heres one of mine , a little bit more diffucult than a push iron though ..
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Shoddy job 😉
[*]Scardypants its just were the spacers was with the old stem so i just put them back in the same place lol
Im not quite sure what people are saying looks wrong though ?? Is the handlebars/stem to high ??
Looks about 30mm there - nowt too wrong with that
Had an uncut steerer tube on my Enduro that had 35mm below the stem and a 5mm spacer above. Had no real problems with it so if it feels ok don't worry.
Never mind the bike, lets have more info on the 260Z please !
If you bin one of the 5mm spacers you have on there and stick a 10mm above the stem that should allow you to take up the slack.
only you'll know if they're too high - don't listen to us; we're not riding it
but: Unless you have the seatpost way long too, you're going to have your bars higher than the designer intended (so what ?!)
If your seatpost is really long too, oyu may have a frame that's too small for you (in which case a ded short stem may not be helping you)
In the end though, you get to decide what's right
Im not quite sure what people are saying looks wrong though ?? Is the handlebars/stem to high ?
No just the number of spacers underneath the stem for me! Makes it look unbalanced.Some fork manufacturers recommend no more than 30mm of spacers below the stem as well ,presumably (?)because the greater leverage could cause problems.Stem length is another matter 🙂 to do with your reach.
Just have a look at a few other bike pics to get an idea.
Im not quite sure what people are saying looks wrong though ??
Spacers are generally used to make relatively small adjustments to the handlebar height. 30+mm of spacers is a pretty big adjustment and it look as though you're trying to compensate for too small a frame by extending the head tube with spacers.
There are exceptions which is why I said it looks wrong rather than it is wrong, plenty of people find that a higher front end suits them but don't want to go up a frame size as this would normally result in an increase in the top tube length causing them to be uncomfortably stretched out. Ultimately if it feels OK to you it doesn't matter that it's a aesthetically challenged.
Begining to understand now thanks 😉
I have made a few adjustments .. just need to cut the steerer if im kepping this stem as it still doesnt clamp it properly
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Enough with bike pics already, now about that awsumz Nissan 😉 of yours, where do you want to start?
What do you guys wana know about the zed?? 🙂
Just get started and we'll let you know when we get bored, lots of pics, a blog of the resto would be nice.
Engine shot please!