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  #11  
Old January 12th 07, 07:44 PM posted to alt.mountain-bike
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Default gear cables and sub-zero temps

GeeDubb wrote:

"cc" wrote in message
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GeeDubb wrote:

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Scott Gordo wrote:
Skeleton Man wrote:
Hi all,

I live in Canada and still like to enjoy my MTB in the winter..
but when it
gets below freezing the gear cables must contract or something
because the
rear derailler goes out of alignment.. usually resulting in difficult
shifting to lower gears (1, and 2 mainly).. but when it warms up
a little
everything is fine..

Is there anything I can do to prevent this ?

Regards,
Chris

Wow. If the cable contraction due to cold is enough to pull your rear
der out of wack, that's some serious shrinkage!

I've had shifting suffer in the cold, but always chalked it up to the
shifter mechanisms and or the mung inside the cables stiffening up.

/s


mung?

dirt-lube combination. wasn't really that difficult to figure out.


I know. Just wanted to hear the official definition; I already got it
in a sentence.

Ever hear of santorum?


No and now I wish I never had....eeewww



yeah dude. i remember when the
Stranger articles came out
with that originally. that is
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columns I've ever read.
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  #12  
Old January 14th 07, 06:04 AM posted to alt.mountain-bike
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Default gear cables and sub-zero temps

I should point out this bike is brand new and only ridden a handful of times
since xmas.. so wear and muck, etc are unlikely..

Chris


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Old January 15th 07, 08:23 AM posted to alt.mountain-bike
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Default gear cables and sub-zero temps


Skeleton Man Wrote:
I should point out this bike is brand new and only ridden a handful of
times...


Well, oils and greases still generally gets thicker as it gets colder
regardless of their age. If you have too much lube in shifters or cable
housings the cold will affect the bike even if you ride it straight off
the showroom floor. Likewise if you've managed to get water in the
cable housings, that can also kill shifting as soon as it has happened.


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dabac

  #14  
Old January 15th 07, 11:12 PM posted to alt.mountain-bike
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Default gear cables and sub-zero temps

Scott Gordo wrote:
Skeleton Man wrote:

Hi all,

I live in Canada and still like to enjoy my MTB in the winter.. but when it
gets below freezing the gear cables must contract or something because the
rear derailler goes out of alignment.. usually resulting in difficult
shifting to lower gears (1, and 2 mainly).. but when it warms up a little
everything is fine..

Is there anything I can do to prevent this ?

Regards,
Chris



Wow. If the cable contraction due to cold is enough to pull your rear
der out of wack, that's some serious shrinkage!

I've had shifting suffer in the cold, but always chalked it up to the
shifter mechanisms and or the mung inside the cables stiffening up.

/s


Ha! My family have been using the term mung for generic goo or
contamination for forever. I figured it was an Aussie term (anyone know?).

Long live mung! (the word anyway)

Matt (single speed in the cold, or ski)
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Old January 16th 07, 02:56 AM posted to alt.mountain-bike
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Default gear cables and sub-zero temps


Skeleton Man wrote:
Hi all,

I live in Canada and still like to enjoy my MTB in the winter.. but when it
gets below freezing the gear cables must contract or something because the
rear derailler goes out of alignment.. usually resulting in difficult
shifting to lower gears (1, and 2 mainly).. but when it warms up a little
everything is fine..

Is there anything I can do to prevent this ?



Ride a singlespeed.

JD

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Old January 16th 07, 08:06 AM posted to alt.mountain-bike
cc
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Default gear cables and sub-zero temps

MattB wrote:
Scott Gordo wrote:
Skeleton Man wrote:

Hi all,

I live in Canada and still like to enjoy my MTB in the winter.. but
when it
gets below freezing the gear cables must contract or something
because the
rear derailler goes out of alignment.. usually resulting in difficult
shifting to lower gears (1, and 2 mainly).. but when it warms up a
little
everything is fine..

Is there anything I can do to prevent this ?

Regards,
Chris



Wow. If the cable contraction due to cold is enough to pull your rear
der out of wack, that's some serious shrinkage!

I've had shifting suffer in the cold, but always chalked it up to the
shifter mechanisms and or the mung inside the cables stiffening up.

/s


Ha! My family have been using the term mung for generic goo or
contamination for forever. I figured it was an Aussie term (anyone know?).

Long live mung! (the word anyway)

Matt (single speed in the cold, or ski)


I only know it as a bean, but
wiki's got some great stuff,
including the military def of
a "combination of axle grease,
mud, and dead things that were
crushed under the equipment".
Yum.

cc
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Old January 17th 07, 03:59 PM posted to alt.mountain-bike
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Default gear cables and sub-zero temps


cc wrote:
MattB wrote:
Scott Gordo wrote:
Skeleton Man wrote:

Hi all,

I live in Canada and still like to enjoy my MTB in the winter.. but
when it
gets below freezing the gear cables must contract or something
because the
rear derailler goes out of alignment.. usually resulting in difficult
shifting to lower gears (1, and 2 mainly).. but when it warms up a
little
everything is fine..

Is there anything I can do to prevent this ?

Regards,
Chris


Wow. If the cable contraction due to cold is enough to pull your rear
der out of wack, that's some serious shrinkage!

I've had shifting suffer in the cold, but always chalked it up to the
shifter mechanisms and or the mung inside the cables stiffening up.

/s


Ha! My family have been using the term mung for generic goo or
contamination for forever. I figured it was an Aussie term (anyone know?).

Long live mung! (the word anyway)

Matt (single speed in the cold, or ski)


I only know it as a bean, but
wiki's got some great stuff,
including the military def of
a "combination of axle grease,
mud, and dead things that were
crushed under the equipment".
Yum.

cc


Zappa also uses it as a term in his autobiography: "low-end mung". I
always figured it was some type of voluminous bass distortion.

/s

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Old January 17th 07, 05:53 PM posted to alt.mountain-bike
MattB
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Default gear cables and sub-zero temps

Scott Gordo wrote:
cc wrote:

MattB wrote:

Scott Gordo wrote:

Skeleton Man wrote:


Hi all,

I live in Canada and still like to enjoy my MTB in the winter.. but
when it
gets below freezing the gear cables must contract or something
because the
rear derailler goes out of alignment.. usually resulting in difficult
shifting to lower gears (1, and 2 mainly).. but when it warms up a
little
everything is fine..

Is there anything I can do to prevent this ?

Regards,
Chris


Wow. If the cable contraction due to cold is enough to pull your rear
der out of wack, that's some serious shrinkage!

I've had shifting suffer in the cold, but always chalked it up to the
shifter mechanisms and or the mung inside the cables stiffening up.

/s


Ha! My family have been using the term mung for generic goo or
contamination for forever. I figured it was an Aussie term (anyone know?).

Long live mung! (the word anyway)

Matt (single speed in the cold, or ski)


I only know it as a bean, but
wiki's got some great stuff,
including the military def of
a "combination of axle grease,
mud, and dead things that were
crushed under the equipment".
Yum.

cc



Zappa also uses it as a term in his autobiography: "low-end mung". I
always figured it was some type of voluminous bass distortion.

/s


It's a versatile word. Great googly moogly!

Matt
 




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