The "hanging bolt" or "pivot bolt" assembly which held the rear derailleur to the frame of my son's old mountain bike disassembled while he was riding it and vanished. Is it possible to find generic replacement parts or does it need a whole new derailleur (it's an old Suntour Accushift \alpha-2000)? What's the cheapest way to get this bike running at this point?
posted by ennui.bz
on May 7, 2012 -
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when my friend tries to pedal his bicycle, there is a total lack of tension in the pedals and they just seem to 'slip' and fail completely. we're at a loss.
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posted by austere
on Jun 7, 2011 -
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I just bought a mountain bike on the cheap and want to make some changes, namely adjust the shifters (or perhaps change them altogether), and replace the handlebars. Is this a rookie-doable project or should I take it to a shop?
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posted by zardoz
on Oct 6, 2009 -
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Should I take my cheap bike in for a professional tune up, or try to do it myself?
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posted by sarahj
on Aug 16, 2009 -
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Hit a big pot hole with my new (to me) Raleigh 3-speed. Cleared the front wheel okay, but the rear rim has a dent from the impact. Still seems ride-able. How worried do I need to be?
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posted by SirNovember
on Jul 9, 2009 -
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I've bought a frankenstein bicycle and want to fix it up. Need help with identification and suggestions.
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posted by monocultured
on Jul 6, 2009 -
9 answers
My new-to-me Schwinn Frontier mountain bike's indexed shifter for the rear gears is unwell. Help me nurse it back to health.
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posted by Alterscape
on Jul 12, 2007 -
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After riding today, a couple things started going wrong with my bike, and I'd like to fix the problems myself, if possible.
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posted by god particle
on Jun 7, 2007 -
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What's wrong with my bike- the chain or the gears? Or me? My three-year-old bike has always had, to one degree or another, a problem with slippage, in which the chain momentarily loses the gear teeth when I'm pushing especially hard on the pedals. Finally, this Sunday, the chain broke, after acting up especially bad and frequently going very slack when I was coasting. The question is, do I just need a nice new chain to fix my slippage problem, or is the problem with my gears? Do I need to replace them? Or am I just riding it too rough?
posted by paul_smatatoes
on Oct 11, 2006 -
20 answers
Gots me a bike, and now I gots me some questions(Repair cost estimates and what kind of freakin' bike it is, to be precise).
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posted by Alvy Ampersand
on Apr 20, 2006 -
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LongshotFilter: Anyone know anything about removal and replacement of the old-style, press-fit sealed-bearing bottom brackets installed in the Wicked and Yo Eddy Fat Chance mountain bike frames by Fat City Cycles in the late 1980s-mid 1990s?
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posted by RockyChrysler
on Apr 4, 2005 -
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Mysterious bicycle problem: When I'm on my road bike it sounds like the rear brakes are rubbing, but if I get off the bike and spin the wheel, I can see there is plenty of clearance, the wheel is true, and there's no sound. What is going on?
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posted by teg
on Jul 22, 2004 -
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