Recent content by MikeS

I agree with the above comments on the strange backlash you feel with the ALP but you soon get used to it. However since you have taken a squint down there, keep an eye on the 3 (or is it 4) flat head bolts that hold the chainring to whatever it's bolted to. On my Crossfuse two of them backed...

I'm coming to this quite late but would have mentioned that I have sort of converted my Carrera Crossfuse into a sit-up-and-beg bike like your wife's by fitting a fork stem extender, and the Suntour sprung post has worked fine. I don't have an arthritic hip but I'm 71 and it transforms the...

In the end I didn't cut the 300mm tube that came with the forks as I realised I would then have to again use the extender I had previously fitted - Derrrr So everything went back together very well and I thought I would set the pre load as me being over 13 stone it would probably need racking...

Yeah I've got them soaking in paraffin and will take a close look at them in the morning. Also had to buy a star nut, and need to make a tool to get it down the throat of the new stem. Watched a video where a guy used a plastic pipe to seat that inner race on the bottom of the stem. I have...

Yes - that's where I have ordered the forks from here- They have a 1 1/8 stem (that's what the Halfords site says for the Crossfuse too), so if you can point me to the correct bearings, VFR400, I'd much appreciate it. (I had a VFR1000F many years ago, always fancied the 400) Mike

I might as well replace any bearings in there at the same time - are they standard or will I need to strip the old one first and get the dimensions? Mike

The stanchions on my suntour forks on my Crossfuse have rusted and when I pump them rusty fluid comes up past the seals. I have found some apparently identical ones at half price (£45) but the stem is deliberately supplied overly long for cutting down to suit the bike. Do I need a special...

I have often towed the two grandchildren in a buggy trailer with my Crossfuse. The trailer arm has a sort of rubberised clamp thing that I attached to the diagonal strut running down from under the seat. The only thing you have to remember is that the trailer is wider than you on the bike -...

Mystery solved. The 118 link chain is the right length for the Crossfuse, but it comes with a single pin to fasten the ends together. I used a cheapo Halfords tool to remove the last rivet holding the two outer plates, and was then able to use my quicklink (so 117 links plus the quicklink is...

Thanks guys - have ordered the a shimano 118 link chain and a shimano cassette from Bike Discount in Germany for £41. Chain Reaction wanted £46 for a 136 link KMC chain(and cassette). Amato - I think I got the 136 chain last time, and I must have shortened it myself (unless I asked the...

That's what I need to know. I will refit the old one tomorrow. Thanks Mike

I would dearly love to buy a 118 link one, but I just can't find one anywhere. Can you provide a link to where you got yours? Thanks Mike

OK - my 116 link chain has come - and I compared it with the one fitted on the Crossfuse and it's definitely one link shorter. So I have fitted it, and all the gears work but what do people think about this chain path when the bike is bottom gear? Mike

could you use it to blow up airbeds and if it had a reverse (ie deflate) it would be even better. Mike

Andy - many people on here, like me, may have had the very limited experience of one hub motor and one crank motor - in the Carrera bikes from Halfords. Admittedly the hub implementation on the Carrera Crossfire must have been faulty from a design or spec point of view as many many owners have...