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Thanks! Much appeciated :)

Thanks!

@@ivorpeachey4366 Haha! Definitely! 😀

I’m definitely in that gang now , as I turned 70 last month 😀

@@ivorpeachey4366 I keep getting dropped on hills by many over 70's! The other day I did my first ever club ride ( no video of that one). In the club is an 89 year old guy! Keep going and amaze all your friends and family 😀 !

I didn't fancy the extra time with a hand file. Slipping and catching other paintwork did cross my mind! I'd likely do the same grinding off technique again, perhaps pulling of the masking tape towards the end to get a flusher finish.

Agreed! I could do that in the future, however everything else about the gearing is lovely. I checked it out and it would have been quite a bit more expensive to convert to a 1x11 or 1x12. Maybe if I ever get monetised, then I could use the extra money on cycling, and video stuff!

Good tip thanks. I've done that before on other things, but wanted to keep the repair area size down to hide it completely under the new bracket. For the 2nd coat of etch primer, I placed the tape further in to feather the paint a bit. It seemed to do the job. There was no noticeable edge to the paint, but there was from the old bracket not being completely flush. I could have done with white etch primer too.

Thanks! It's been rather cold lately! I need to wrap up, I have another 200km ride in a week.

Thanks Scott ! 😄 I was fun! I hope you are keeping well.😀

I will likely try it a bit lower next time I work on it. I think you are correct. Another cycling mechanic friend mentioned that it could possibly be better a little lower too. It does change gears really well though, so that's why I've left it as it is for the time being. Thanks for watching and commenting😀

Yes I think so too. On the chips I touched up, which went down to the original white primer, I can't see the chips anymore. Hindsight is great, but often too late!

Thanks Paul! :)

Helicopter tape! I must have been living under a rock. I didn't know about that! Thanks for telling me. I must get some, at least for my cross bar where my snack bag often sits against the paintwork. If I take off my derailleur bracket again, I will look into using it there too. My Dremel is ancient and still going strong. I bought it as part of a kit. The Dremel I use is this: Model 395 F013 0395 85 (Diameter 32mm 10,000 to 33,000 rpm. 230V 125W). There is a link in my description to one that is more uprated compared to mine. There's heaps of cutters and tips available, Dremel and non-Dremel types. The relevant ones for doing something like this repair are in the description too. Have fun with your tools and gadgets! Thanks for your comment :)

Thanks! That means a lot for you to say so. I hope to encourage others to have a go at getting out and doing some challenges. Have a fab day! :)

Thanks David! I have another 200km ride to do next weekend too. I might possibly film that too.

Thanks! I looked at a couple of other rider Strava logs. I'm wondering if mine is reading a bit high for elevation gained? A couple of others recorded about 2,260m

@@AyupStuggy Not all organisers' elevation data are correct ;-)

Go for it Paul. From what I've seen on your rides, you should be able to do it no problem. Most of the battle is in the mind in trying to get round. Eating lots throughout does seem to help too!

Fantastic - Thanks! I'm glad you like it. You do some cool holidays. We are in the process of trying to work out a holiday in France nest year. I've not had a holiday (other than visiting friends and cycling trips) for about 5 years! xx

Thanks! The Action 3 camera has been great. I don't tend to fiddle with it, I just use the same settings and it seems to work for most things. It can do lots of other impressive stuff too, but on a ride I like to keep it simple.

I think so. It does seem more robust than original. Having done it, I'm pleased I did it this way. The main concern I had with welding/brazing a new bracket on, is that the paint fix would have been a bigger area and more noticeable. This way it's covered and to most people, they would have no idea that this repair had been done. The paint was a very good match. I could have done with an extra red coat, or maybe used a white etch primer instead, as the slight darkness of the primer was showing through. The other areas of the bike I touched up are not at all noticeable and it's very hard to spot those touched up areas. Thanks for you comment :)

Me neither. The clamp bracket is brilliant! It's so much sturdier. I'd rather have a sturdy reliable bike for the sake of that tiny bit of added weight.

Thanks! I wasn't that cheerful once I learned what was broken though! I managed to temporary fix my chain, but a few days later found the frame's front derailleur bracket was broken.

Thanks ! I had to try something to keep it going. I've had it just over a year and didn't fancy that major expense all over again.

Hi Martin. Sorry to hear that, it must be very tough at times for you. I think for me, it's when I do the bursts of intense excercise that it really helps me. There's other stuff I did that really helped me too, which I initially had in the video but edited out for the sake of the RUclips algorithm and keeping the video focused on one topic.... Many years ago my health was pretty awful. After a desperate prayer as to what to do, I radically changed my diet and ate nothing but giant salads and heaps of fruit for 6 months straight. The depression and fatigue vanished, as did spondylitis and IBS. Now if I sense symptoms returning, I know I've gone too far back into unhealthy foods. For me that's bread, buns, biscuits, cakes and high fat processed food. Drinking plenty of water helped too, as did supplements like B12, and D3. I hope and pray that you will understand the causes and that you get your health where you want it to be. Take care. Best regards, Stuart

Thanks Scooby ! :)

Thanks! It was ok once I got into it, but a bit concerning beforehand.

The roads are empty around here (northeast England), and in most of the hills and countryside riding I do. I avoid towns and city road riding as far as possible.

The chain that snapped was Shimano CN-HG54 10 speed (HG-X) chain. I have a spare but dare not use it! Instead I'm now using a KMC 10 speed chain. I may eventually use my spare HG54 chain, but I will change it at 0.5mm stretch, rather than wait until 0.75mm stretch.

@@AyupStuggy Keep in mind fake Shimano chains exist. But if you got it from a legit shop that's not it. But on Amazon and alike you might find sellers sell. CN-HG54 is one of the faked chains. But any chain can fail if it gets jammed up, twisted. Fake chains usually have more side to side play. So they feel like worn out when new.

@@AyupStuggy On 11 speed 0.4 is recommended, but I rotate between 3 chains, at change way before that, this keeps wear down and improves performance. I swap until I can't then I run the last remaining chain out. But keep in mind the pin wear closest to the quick links. And chain wear can vary trough the chain. At least it does with mine with oval chain ring, I don't remember if it did before I used oval.

@@mtbboy1993 Thanks for your tips. You confirmed my thoughts of 'I need to change my chain sooner'

@@AyupStuggy I don't know, I've never had issues running a chain a bit past reccomend. But my point was I rotate between 3 chains, the less worn chain will fit snugger and shift smoother, as it less worn than the cassette,but not so much it's a mismatch causing issues. So Irotatr between chains in less than half of the reccomend wear limit, and keep going until last chain is done. Then it's new cassette and chainring time usually. But I will see how the cassette I use now performs, it's not Shimano as I'm used to. It's Garbaruk. But so far it performs well, but initially not as smooth as Shimano's new design, but after it worn in it got a silky smooth too. I run Kmc x11 SL chain. I've ran x10 SL in the past.

Good question! It sometimes it happens. It's the first chain break for me, but I've heard of others with a chain break too. My chain was coming up due for a renewal, and I even bought a spare one to replace it. I was riding really hard up some very steep hills. See my follow on video (with the Mood Boost thumbnail), this was the same ride but I made the two videos. After riding up an easy hill, I was then coasting down a gravel track. I was just gently turning over my legs with hardly any force, then my chain jammed. I coasted to the next road, and the chain fell apart as I stopped. One side of the chain was separated and caught in the derailleur bending it forward and down. I thought I'd bent my derailleur, but I actually bent the bracket which is part of my frame. My next video is me trying to fix it. I highly recommend watching that.

Thanks! It's a much nicer solution :)

Thanks! I did think I could do these repairs for them. They must have quite a few, as it's a definite weak spot on the frame.

@@AyupStuggy "a definite weak spot on the frame"! A design failure waiting to happen, which you fixed with easy!!

@@powernab8457 Thanks! I stressed over it for a couple of weeks. I'm pleased how it turned out. Stuart (aka Stuggy :)

I recon they must get a lot of these issues. Hopefully what I did will help some other people out.

Thanks! I think that would look nice. It's good to have your feedback on doing the contrast paint job. It did cross my mind to do something like that, especially if I ended up messing up the surrounding area, which I didn't thankfully. Another thought I had was to stick on a decal in that area. I might do your ideas on my other very old cheap bikes! Thanks for your ideas and for commenting :)

Not at the time. I think though, this was the least risky way to prevent inadvertent catching and chips to other paintwork. Given another chance, I may give it a go, but I'm hoping I don't need to do it ever again! Thanks for commenting :)

Thanks for emphasising the use of etch primer and the tip about Zeinser. If I have an aluminium paint job to do again, I will look out for it. For now, I have enough etch primer to do another 100 bikes!

@@AyupStuggy could be a sideline 😀

Haha! I did think of that. It could be a bit stressful doing this on someone else's bike though! I guess if it's do this, or it's the scrapheap, then I could help someone.

It was more the stress and not being sure of the way forward that made it difficult. If I did it again, it would be much less stressful and yes, not difficult. I couldn't find anyone else who was demonstrating this, so I was hoping it would be ok. Thankfully it turned out better than I expected. Thanks for commenting :)

I agree! I didn't think of the option I now have for different size chain rings. Good comment :)

Hi Karl. It was great to see you too. I was last! I got round ok but was slow in that very stiff headwind going up Alston Moor and also up Yad Moss. I eventually arrived back at 8:10pm, 40 minutes before cut off. For me I think that was ok, especially as I'd not done any long distance training in 5 weeks due to my bike issue. It performed beautifully on this ride, I just need to improve my fitness further!

@@AyupStuggy Chapeau for finishing - it was definitely a day of hardcore Type Two Fun up until Allenheads. After that I was on amazing form though - there was definitely no tailwind! The other advantage of coming in last is that I hope you got an extra helping of Green Soup along with a very Paul Hollywood Handshake from Andy.

@@KarlOnSea Thanks. On my way back, I was thinking that 'I'm sick of snacks, I hope there is soup'... and there was! The soup was delicious!

Thanks Peter ! :) It's not a video I want to have to make too often. I have a saying... There's nothing like a good disaster to make a good RUclips video!

@@AyupStuggy I have a similar one when deciding whether to do the smart thing or the questionable thing... 'Think of the content!' 🤣

What's your 'questionable thing' video called?

Hi Scott. It was great to finally meet you. I'm seriously impressed at your strength in cycling and running! I was toast on that hill where you finally breezed up it. That climb up Aston Moor in the headwind was tough, as was the first half of Yad Moss. I was ok once I got some more snacks in me and eased off the pace a little. I arrived back at 8:10pm, 40 minutes before cut off, I was last! No surprises there after my lack of training in the past five weeks due to my bike unavailability. Hopefully I will do better at the next couple of 200km rides. Thanks for your welcome to the club. I'm not sure what happens. I guess I just wait for email prompts to tell me more and see when meet ups occur? I've never used google groups, it looks like a messaging page for everyone to refer back to. See you soon :)

If there is a next time, you can sand between coats to get a smoother finish :)

Now that would have been a sad day. It has a new lease of life now and is better than new!

I think I could have taken off slightly more of the old bracket, and touched up any imperfections with body filler, then painted, sanded, painted. Also, if I'd used a white etch primer, then that would have provided a better base coat for this colour. The colour match was great, but on drying fully, there was still a hint of the base coat, hence the very slightly darker area where the repair is. I hope there is never a next time, but if there is I will have a better idea as to what to do! Thanks for your comments :)

It's been a long time since I last used my Dremel. It was absolutely perfect for this job - once I chose the correct cut off wheel and sanding drum!

At the last few seconds of the video, I gave a cost breakdown. The paint was more expensive than the replacement part! I still can't understand why a critical part, that can so easily break, was made a 'permanent' part of the bike. Your Dahon front derailleur sounds like the best option.

My bike has been pretty good overall. I have had some issues with my back wheel popping spokes, so I got that rebuilt. It's fine now. This derailleur bracket issue was so stressful though. I think it is a weak spot on the frame - a design flaw! Now I've fixed it, I'd rather have it the way it is, rather than as it was out of the factory. Yesterday I did a 200km ride on it, and the bike performed beautifully, better than when I bought it. I half expected the warranty claim to be rejected, I recon they must get a few of these issues. It's a lovely bike to ride. Thanks for commenting.

@@konradc12 think they state in terms and conditions that bracket is not covered

I couldn't find anything on the bracket in the warranty. Although it does say that defects in materials or manufacture are covered. Since this was caused by me (with me barely pedaling as I was coasting downhill!), then they won't cover it. I have a better bike now it's fixed though! Thanks for your comment :)

Thanks! I think the using the straight edge to find high spots really helped me, maybe it could help for you too? If I did it again, I'd likely take off the masking tape near to the finish, and use the straight edge to get a more flush finish - without the tape. The 'etch primer' was recommended by the guy in the paint shop. It prepared the bare aluminum really well.

Thanks. Yes I could feel the pain as I was grinding away!

Thanks! It was a relief once I finished it!

Thanks :) After doing it, I thought of a few ways to improve on it. As my old boss used to say, "perfection is the enemy of good enough" :)

Thanks. I like the sound of that!