Wolfman
Speeding Up
- Jul 31, 2007
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Well, it's come to this. After dousing everything in oil but the creak continuing, I took the bike to the lbs who took the bb out, tightened the cassette and checked the spokes. The reason for the creak is that the post is stuck in the frame.
After I had a bike fitting a couple of months ago, I forgot to reapply some of that non-bonding stuff so the post is now thoroughly wedged in and won't budge.
Does anyone have any suggestions for something that will loosen this? I have been spraying some Japanese silicon spray stuff on it every day and giving it a pull.
Sheldon Brown suggests ammonia for aluminium posts - anyone know how/where I could get this? That or WD-40 - but can you buy this in Japan? I haven't seen it anywhere.
After I had a bike fitting a couple of months ago, I forgot to reapply some of that non-bonding stuff so the post is now thoroughly wedged in and won't budge.
Does anyone have any suggestions for something that will loosen this? I have been spraying some Japanese silicon spray stuff on it every day and giving it a pull.
Sheldon Brown suggests ammonia for aluminium posts - anyone know how/where I could get this? That or WD-40 - but can you buy this in Japan? I haven't seen it anywhere.