June 23, 2008 – nuxx.net

Well, I won’t be riding my bike for a while. In light of the aforementioned bearing problem and the ongoing bent wheel issue I decided to order a new set of wheels, and a front brake to match the Avid BB7 fitted last night.

I ended up ordering this Shimano XT M756 / Mavic XC 717 wheelset which was $239.98, and a 160mm Front version of the 2007 Avid BB7 for $54.98.

So, now I just wait. It’ll probably be a week or so before I get the brake and wheels, and I’ll only have a usable bike after I put all of that together. Unfortunately I’m already antsy to ride more.

Even if I were to put what I have back together the front bearing would require some special wrenches and lots of time to adjust the bearings, and they’d be really questionable.

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Wear in the bearing race on one of the cones on the front wheel of my bike. This explains the poor rolling. I think it's time for new wheels.

I don’t know much about bearings, but I do know that’s not how a bearing race should look.

As I mentioned yesterday, the front wheel on my bike wasn’t turning right, moving slowly and stopping almost as if it was indexed or notched. When I took it off yesterday to look at it I found that one of the lock nuts were very loose, so today after work I pulled the bearings apart and cleaned them up. After cleaning things up I found that one of the cones (the loose one) has this damage to it, which would definitely explain the weird motion.

I’m not sure how this came loose, but it definitely wasn’t a problem before Saturday’s amusing ride. Now to decide if i want to get a new cone nut and try and rebuild the hub on the fairly damaged wheel, or just toss it and finally get a new set.

Right now I’m leaning towards the latter.

Day: June 23, 2008

No Biking For A While

Worn Cone