My not so common bike. Fnhon 1402 ant leg bike. 14 inch mod to 16 inch wheel, 3 speeder. My commuting bike. Weighted roughly 8kg. About the brake lever, I swapped left right already. Pretty easy.

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Actually, nothing much can go wrong with any bicycle.

hey guys,

i'm looking where to buy tern kanga rack, rodalink, kimbell jaya and bb&s have no stock. anyone got lubang where to buy them?

if not, got recommended alternative for kanga rack also nice

happy holiday everyone!

need to source from overseas, rodalink stop bringing in all tern accessories.

Sorry for the delay. My line is out for the past few days. Easy to swap the cables, no need to take out the levers too. Just compress the two sides of the calipers and then take out the noodle (no need to loosen the cable clamp) . Once this is done, there will be freeplay of the cables and then you can take out the cables aligning the slot and then change sides and reverse back the procedure to put back the cables. Easy, assuming if yours is V-brakes , off course.

I described the painting job step by step on my previous comment. Just scroll back. I am suprised that no one here actually replied this question about reversing the brake levers side. Come lah, be a helpful community.

Hey guys. Any recommended shops in Penang to change inner tube? Cause when I bought my Polygon Urbano 3.0 back in 2011 I rmb the uncle told me not many shops have the tubes for it?

Just swap your brake lever...

That's another way but you have to take off the shifters and then take off the brake levers to shift sides. This is easy but if you have those bar grips which are not lock on grips, meaning those that need to be screwed tight, it is a pain to get them off the handle bars without an air compressor. For me , easier to loosen the brake calipers and switch the cables.

Back in 2011, folding bikes are not popular but it is a different story now. It's available anywhere. Funny though, what your LBS fella says, those 'ah chim' bicycles are also 20 inch bikes and as far as I remember, the 20 inch inner tubes are available since my schooling days in Penang and that's 40 years ago. Although brands like Schwalbes or Maxxis or Panaracers might not be common but common ones are aplenty.

It is also very certain that Penang LBS are selling inner tubes at a very expensive price. It's averaging about RM15 and sometimes RM12 can be had for a Kenda inner tube on the mainland but I have heard of Penang LBS selling at RM25 on the island. You should learn to change the tubes on your own as you will need that knowledge when you are riding. It's not hard, watch Youtube.

This fella in Trengganu Road sells at RM17.50.
https://bicyclebuysell.com/item/278204/kend...5-sv-valve-type

Not all tires are made the same. You need to know what tire size you are using. It is printed/moulded on the tire side wall.
Come back with your tire size and we'll see how to fix it.
#ps, tire size denotation is very confusing, for example 1.0 and 1 are not the same thing and 1.5 is not 1-1/2. You need to be very precise with the numbers.

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i belong to the 90s generation of 20" wheel (mini) bike, we would soup it up and ride in gang of 50 plus around town.
i guess we are nuisance to public at that time.

Hi sifu etigge, I managed to swap it, using the same method as you said. Yes, is v brake. I also surprised by how easy it is. Maybe too easy so people don't bother to reply.. my fault for not looking at internet first. ,

Hi. Its 20 x 1.50 . So any recommendation on shops in Penang? Or reasonable price range

20x1.50" is very common. You sure your friendly neighborhood bicycle shop doesn't carry stock?
Can always buy online.
Ask a few more. Maybe you were unlucky the 1st time round.

I don't think there's any around my neighborhood. I live in northern part of Pg. As I'm new to bike stuffs, I'm afraid I got overcharged.

hi all, i have a Raleigh Ugo with 20 inch wheels n Shimano 7 rear Derailleur (no front Derailleur, front is 52T Alloy Crank). initially i was always using 4th to 5th gears for my normal flat road cycling. Thank god , after few months i have build some muscles and im always using the 7th gear now.
Problem is, i cant seem to go any faster now with my gears. i was thinking to modify my front to have a 3 gear Derailleur. or change the front crank to a bigger size. any advice?

dear god, it was you who made me leave the country.

3 things you can do to increase your speed
1) increase your cadance by spinning faster.
(free of charge)
2) change your rear cog set to one with 11 teeth. (what is your rear cog set teeth? I presume it's 14-28t)
will cost you money
3) increase your front chain ring to anything bigger than 52T.
will cost you money too

as you can see, using a 3 chain ring Crankset wasn't in the list. (unless one of the chainring is bigger than 52T.)

number of speed doesn't make your bike faster…

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Can't help you with that. let's see anyone in your neighborhood will drop a line here.
I not familiar with Penang.
*ps, BMX tire also use this tire size

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