Front wheel very tight!

[davebullet]

Just a wee tip for those fitting forks/wheels/etc to the front.
When all assembled dont tighten axle bolt or pinch bolt with front end suspended............ let bike onto floor and give the front a few real good bounces (to centralise everything) Then do up axle and pinch bolt....... then lift back up and fit calipers.

This is very important. If this isn't done - at best, you'll notice an uneven sound as the brake pads scrape unevenly past the discs. A motorbike shop did this with my last tyre change. A suspension guy fixed it by this simple technique. She's now as even / smooth as glass.

[shanks]

Thanks men! The front tyre is fixed. The brake pads were not fitted properly. When the mechanic took the brake pads out, the disc started moving freely. He got some dust out of the pads and pushed them further apart with a screwdriver to create space for the disc.

Now time for wof!

Im gonna check with cycletreads tomorrow but do you guys know if they pick up bikes for servicing and wof? My bike all of a sudden decided not to start up on Monday when I was about to take it over the shore for wof. Its not the battery this time. Ugh.