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  1. Sturmey

    Chain cleaning day.

    The first of April is traditional chain cleaning day. Just follow Sheldon Brown's instructions below and your chain should last many years. https://www.sheldonbrown.com/chainclean.html
  2. Sturmey

    Battery cells wont balance.

    Hi. A family member has 7ah cyclotricity battery which is starting to perform poorly lately. It range has decreased and whereas before, it use to take about 3 hours to charge, now it charges in a little over 2 hours. He tried to balance battery by leaving charger on overnight but did not improve...
  3. Sturmey

    Z bend spoke repair

    Hi all. I broke a spoke today on a relatively new hub (950 km). I went looking through my box of bike spares and had much longer 13g spokes, so decided to try a traditional z bend repair that seems to work and is strong and only took a few minutes. Anyhow, time will tell!
  4. Sturmey

    Getting a mxus xf07 to fit an older bike

    Is it OK to dispense with the axle (spacer?) nut as shown in photo below. The reason I ask is because I am thinking of fitting a mxus xf07 front hub to an older bike with steel forks but it is a tight squeeze. The bike has V brakes and it would be a more comfortable fit (no need to spring...