Thursday, June 9, 2011

Cluster swap

When force doesn't work...

Use more force.

3 comments:

skiffrun said...

Or, perhaps, don't use quite so much force when you put the cluster on in the first place?

:-)

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I have to admit, though, that your phrase certainly is "more catching".

And ... what do I know about changing clusters / cassettes?

Answer: Nothing.

sag said...

I should have mentioned this is an old thread-on freewheel, which means that the incredibly mammoth force I apply with my legs while pedaling tightens it beyond reason.

Ha...

skiffrun said...

^

That is more-or-less, exactly what my mechanic and occassional cycling partner said upon seeing that photo. (I wrote that I knew nothing about changing clusters / cassettes.)

Neither my mechanic nor I knew about "the incredibly mammoth force your legs apply while pedaling"; I always figured that your legs applied a normal amount of pedaling force. Now that I know about the "mammoth force" ... WOW!!