Recent content by richardg

  1. R

    rear mechs, winter durability, solution

    Being slightly lazy about cleaning my bikes after every ride, I've found that each winter the rear mech pivot points of the main parallelogram become 'sticky' to the point where I have to replace the mechs each winter. This is true on my commuting bike and winter training bike (both use Campag...
  2. R

    Internal cable routing - stickiness

    The Gore ride-on cables did the trick, fitted them a few months ago and the shift is still good. The fitting instructions supplied with the cables were really poor, but found some clear instructions on their web-site.
  3. R

    Internal cable routing - stickiness

    Thanks James, I'll try the Gore cables.
  4. R

    Internal cable routing - stickiness

    I ride a De Rosa King 3 which, like a lot of top-end bikes has internal cable routing. I have repeated problems with the cable for the rear deraileur dragging in the downtube internal routing, especially after a few wet rides when road gunk must somehow be entering the cable channel. I can...
  5. R

    Spares for Campag wheels ?

    Could someone give me contact details for a UK supplier of replacement spokes for Campag Eurus wheels ? I'm all for factory wheels, until trying to source spares when some numpty puts their front wheel skewer into your back wheel. The last place I used, was based in Derby, seems to have gone to...