A handy maintenance video for Mavic wheel owners, including myself! The RougeMechanic has published a video on servicing Mavic Freehubs. A handy resource for sure.
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Froggie, my Look 555 today received his second service for 2010 at 12,534 km, approximately 1,100 km since the last service. I try to do regular services at 500 km intervals (winter-spring) and 1,000 km services during the summer-autumn period. Anyway, this service consists of:
No other issues where noted. Tyre wear is okay and brake pad wear is okay.
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Chains and cassettes being both important parts of a bicycle drive train and wearing parts of same, discussion of wear rates is common. Hence this posting is to record my experiences with my chains and cassettes.
Chain Wear Summary
I endeavour to regular service my chains by degreasing them and re-lubing them with Rock and Roll Gold chain lube. Service intervals are approximately 500 km in winter/spring and 1,000 km intervals in summer and autumn.
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Chain Brand and Model |
Fitted to: |
Number Used |
Average Mileage before replacement |
Other Comments |
| Shimano CN-6600 10 speed |
1 |
9,606 km |
Mainly dry weather riding conditions | |
| Wipperman Connex 10s0 10 speed |
Look 555 |
1 |
In use |
Mainly dry weather riding conditions |
| Shimano CN-5600 10 speed |
1 |
1,874 km |
All weather commuter bike | |
| KMC X10 10 speed |
Giant CRX 1 |
1 |
In use |
All weather commuter bike |
| SRAM PC971 9 Speed |
1 |
In use |
All weather commuter and touring bike | |
| Shimano HG73 9 Speed |
1 |
In use |
Mountain biking and off-road touring. |
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Sir Lancelot, my Surly Long Haul Trucker received a service today at 5,721 km. It has been 1,449 km since the last service which is a lot more than ideal. A full service history can be found here.
This service consisted of:
All looks good and I will give Sir Lancelot another work over before going on tour in April, 2010.
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This post reflects life on the road with my Froggie, my Look 555. The bike itself and its build, specification, modification along with links to other resources is discussed here.
The purpose of this post is to summarise the maintenance and repair history of Froggie. It will be updated as time in the saddle warrants.
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Date |
Kilometres |
Summary |
| February 26, 2010 | 12,534 km | Life Time - Cost per kilometre – 0.42 cents (includes capital cost) 2010 - Cost per kilometre – 0.06 cents (repairs and maintenance only so far in 2010) |
| February 26, 2010 | 12,534 km | Regular service, #2 for 2010. Details here. |
| February 6, 2010 | 11,846 km | Broke a spoke on the non-drive side on the rear Mavic Ksyrium Equipe on this morning’s Freo Wheelers group ride. |
| January 22, 2010 | 11,390 km | Regular maintenance service |
| January 15, 2010 | 11,089 km | Wembley Cycles replaced the shifter cables for me today at a cost of$36.00. I really planned to replace these at 10,000 km but still got it done before they broke, which is handy I guess  . |
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January 5, 2010 |
10,586 km |
After my morning ride, a very noisy one, I find the rear cluster was “loose.” Upon closer inspection I found the lock ring had come free. I removed, checked over and refitted the cluster and re-tensioned the lock ring. To get an idea on how to do this, this video at the BicycleTutor.com is helpful. |
| November 20, 2009 | 9,606 km | Replaced the Shimano CN-6600 chain with a Wipperman Connex 10s0 10 speed chain. |
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October 23, 2008 |
9,481 km |
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July 31, 2008 |
8,864 km |
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May 29, 2008 |
7,593 km |
“1,000” km autumn service |
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April 10, 2008 |
6,535 km |
“1,000” km autumn service |
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March 1, 2008 |
5,020 km |
“1,000” km summer service |
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January 19, 2008 |
4,682 km |
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January 16, 2008 |
3,681 km |
“1,000” km summer service |
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November 22, 2008 |
2,578 km |
500 km service |
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October 17, 2008 |
2,044 km |
500 km service and bike fit. The bike fit involved:
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September 19, 2008 |
1,1704 km |
Replaced the saddle (Fi’zi:k Nisene Sport w/magnesium rail and before that a SR Viper) on Froggie with a Selle Italia Maxflite Gel Flow 2008 Black – Vanox Rails. Initial impressions are positive. |
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September 7, 2008 |
1,546 km |
500 km service |
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August 29, 2008 |
1,128 km |
Froggie went into TBE Osborne Park today to have the steerer tube cut to the correct length. Whilst there TBE Osborne completed Froggie’s first free service. |
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August 22, 2008 |
933 km |
500 km service |
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August 8, 2008 |
483 km |
500 km service |
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