New kh20 squeaking ? strange noise

what's so hard about getting a shifter and tightening the spokes? no
need for paying anyone money to do a monkeys job, and no spesh tools
needed... maybe just a bit more patience when using a shifter. my pos
ebay uni used to make a bad groan groan groan with each revolution and
all it took was a small shifter, some time, my fingers to squeeze each
spoke and test how much give it had and tighten as necessary... then
yes ofcourse spin the wheel and check it's alignment and adjust the
necessary spokes to bring the wheel back to center.

dude just get your uni, flip it over, and squeeze pairs of spokes with
your hand and see if they move. if they clearly do then there's atleast
A problem there, and as a few have said probably THE problem. takes
like 10 seconds to check them all and see if anythings funky or not!

DOO EEET!!!


--
nubcake
------------------------------------------------------------------------
nubcake's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/15954
View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/70264


Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services
----------------------------------------------------------
http://www.usenet.com

what's a shifter?


--
kington99

Dave

- what a thoroughly post-modern subversion of the cycling genre -
------------------------------------------------------------------------
kington99's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/9417
View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/70264


Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services
----------------------------------------------------------
http://www.usenet.com

Noise on KH unicycles can be a problem, *IF *noise worries you. Usually
this is not a problem mechanically. Check that you have some grease on
the splines. Spokes can be properly tensioned but still creak. They
won't break but can annoy you. Just learn to ride and accept weird
noises Check that everything is generally tight (not overdone).


--
onebyone
------------------------------------------------------------------------
onebyone's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/10014
View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/70264


Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services
----------------------------------------------------------
http://www.usenet.com

I'm guessing, but it's USA wrench, UK spanner, and down under a
shifter.

And enough with the "take it to the LBS shop" advice , OK ? Do you
really think we are so stupid that we don't know that we can pay people
at bike shops to fix our wheels ?

Buy a spoke wrench, read a little bit, and figure it out. It's like
rubic's cube, except 100 times easier, and you got to learn to do it,
whereas you can blow off rubics cube, and not be so lame. Get a shifter
!


--
feel the light
------------------------------------------------------------------------
feel the light's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/14551
View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/70264


Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services
----------------------------------------------------------
http://www.usenet.com