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Bikes For Sale / Re: Thorn Nomad Mk2 in Excellent Condition - Size 565L
« Last post by in4 on Today at 05:49:31 pm »Someone is going to have a great summer riding this beauty.
If normal should I now perform another oil change to replace the lost oil?If you've bought bulk oil and want the reassurance, it'd do no harm and isn't a huge expense. I don't think it necessary, Rohloff say that even if you lost all the oil there would be enough coating the parts to last till your next scheduled oil change. The oil change method I use, similar to that recommended by Andy Blance, only leaves 7ml of lose oil in the hub, I'm pretty sure that's all disappeared before it's due for a change.
I’m building my hub into a new rim. Wish me luck!. On the advice of lots of people I’m using a Ryde Andra 30 rim - 700c / 622.Whose recommendation? It is the go to for rim braked heavy duty touring use, or in 26" where Rohloff specific drilling is available. But it looked from your other posts that that wasn't the sort of bike you are building. For lighter touring use (But still touring) SJS/Thorn usually use the DT Swiss TK 540, which would probably be my choice. It's not a huge deal, the 700c Rohloff on my Mercury is on a heavy Sputnik rim, because the wheel pre-dates the bike, and though it wouldn't be my choice for this bike I'd rather put up with it than disturb the wheel.
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The Stronglight chainset that failed was a cheap steel chainwheel / alloy crank set up riveted together with little bracing in the central area. Nothing like the good quality chainsets that Stronglight (used to?) make.