Deus Ex Machina
Last night I fitted some XTR cranks to my Orange Patriot. They are beautiful pieces of engineering, took me all of 20 minutes to fit and weigh not very much at all.
I then thought I’d treat the bike to some new gear cables.
Now fitting new gear inners to X0 shifters is a bit more involved than with the X7s or X9s and requires taking the cover off the shifter, removing the old cable from a plastic spool and then pushing a new cable back through the hole in the spool.
I’ve done it a couple of times with no problems, but last night, and indeed tonight it’s just not happening. The cable wont go through the hole in the spool. I’ve spent about an hour in total trying to change a gear cable. That’s not right is it?
If only they didn’t work so well…
Right, I’m off to poke a cable at a hole, wish me luck.
September 27th, 2007 at 9:06 pm
I find the presence of that hammer very worrying
September 28th, 2007 at 12:32 pm
Nice bike mister. Pat Riot ride soon?
September 29th, 2007 at 1:27 pm
take the adjuster out, makes it a hell of a lot easier!
September 30th, 2007 at 6:52 pm
When are you going to Alpine-ize your Patriot?
It will be 74% radder.
October 14th, 2007 at 7:15 pm
sorted yet? i managed ok with some new x9s if your stuck….
October 15th, 2007 at 11:09 pm
Yup, sorted. I swore louder and that did the trick