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Post by bikesqueaks on Aug 27, 2015 10:55:30 GMT
hi can anybody advise me as to where I could buy a decent mk2 , other than ebay ?
many thanks , k
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Post by theginger1 on Aug 29, 2015 8:49:42 GMT
Here.. Welcome on board.
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Post by purplemk2 on Aug 29, 2015 11:07:35 GMT
Not many choices apart from ebay or maybe here. They can sometimes be found at autojumbles.
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Post by bikesqueaks on Sept 2, 2015 10:05:47 GMT
I now have a really nice mk2 1976, and got it almost running perfectly
the chainring is bent though, does anybody have a heron chainring/crank to sell or have any good tips on straightening them?
many thanks, k
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Post by purplemk2 on Sept 2, 2015 10:12:51 GMT
You could take it off & try straightening it in a vice, putting it back on the b/b & spinning it to check regularly until you get it bang on. Where did you manage to pick one up from in the end?
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Post by bikesqueaks on Sept 2, 2015 14:57:04 GMT
hi
I had asked a lot of people and made enquires all over, luckily I found a mk2 which was re- painted and re-chromed 95% all done but not assembled. Anyway I have it all together now, but its chainset is the weak link, very clean but a little scratched and quite out of true so the chain is not running sweetly and will drop off if back pedalling. I will spend a quiet night trying to improve it but I think it will take a lot of patience and a certain knack
regards kathy
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Post by purplemk2 on Sept 2, 2015 15:07:51 GMT
It should straighten out satisfactorily with a little patience. If not there's usually some for sale second hand, just be careful not to buy a shopper/rsw crank by mistake (unless you want the longer cranks).
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Post by stefb78 on Sept 2, 2015 15:17:47 GMT
Is the bottom bracket in the correct way ?
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Post by bikesqueaks on Sept 2, 2015 15:27:07 GMT
I think so Steph, but I will swap it round later and check, it is an odd bb, doesn't look to have quite the same end caps as others I've seen
thanks for the tip
k
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Post by stefb78 on Sept 2, 2015 15:28:55 GMT
That's ok just make sure the longer end is on the crank side
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Post by bikesqueaks on Sept 2, 2015 15:29:32 GMT
the longer cranks could be a good idea.... my legs are a lot longer now than they were when I was 9yrs old !!
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Post by bikesqueaks on Sept 2, 2015 15:32:06 GMT
yeah the longer end is on the drive side Steph
thanks again
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Post by stefb78 on Sept 2, 2015 15:33:18 GMT
Oh ok that's annoying!!
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Post by bikesqueaks on Sept 7, 2015 12:44:46 GMT
as it turns out, it was a faulty chain giving me the problems, although it was new it had stiff links, changed it and all is good
thanks Kathy
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Post by stefb78 on Sept 7, 2015 12:52:06 GMT
Oh that's good at least you resolved the problem:)
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