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Title: Today i fitted a gyro......
Post by: Bfellows on June 21, 2015, 10:32 PM: Well i sort of fitted one....... Instructions were predictably shite - any advice on set up?
Title: Re: Today i fitted a gyro......
Post by: oldschoolace on June 21, 2015, 10:34 PM: Dead easy Burt, sling it and get a proper freestyle rotor ;)
Title: Re: Today i fitted a gyro......
Post by: Bfellows on June 21, 2015, 10:43 PM: Quote from: oldschoolace on June 21, 2015, 10:34 PM
Dead easy Burt, sling it and get a proper freestyle rotor ;)

Needs must - old mid school freestyle mashup rider build....... Parts are spanning 1985 - 2002 so far. Don't panic though, got an 85 build ongoing that might be sporting some rotorage ;)
Title: Re: Today i fitted a gyro......
Post by: chubby on June 21, 2015, 10:43 PM: Quote from: oldschoolace on June 21, 2015, 10:34 PM
Dead easy Burt, sling it and get a proper freestyle rotor ;)

Oldschool rotors "nono" :LolLolLolLol:

What you struggling with Bert ???
Title: Re: Today i fitted a gyro......
Post by: Bfellows on June 21, 2015, 10:47 PM: Cable routing - to be honest i ran out of time as i'm half way through decorating a bedroom and only managed to squeeze a cheeky hour of spanner time in.....
Title: Re: Today i fitted a gyro......
Post by: oldschoolace on June 21, 2015, 10:56 PM: Get a pic up Bert, our kid was more of a mid school rider and I watched him strip a fair few spinny things bitd :)
Title: Re: Today i fitted a gyro......
Post by: chubby on June 21, 2015, 11:00 PM: Quote from: Bfellows on June 21, 2015, 10:47 PM
Cable routing - to be honest i ran out of time as i'm half way through decorating a bedroom and only managed to squeeze a cheeky hour of spanner time in.....
Normally have different lenghts on the top cable where it splits into 2, the longer of the 2 goes onto the gyro opposite whatever side you have the rear brake on Bert. Cable to the rear pretty much takes care of itself
Title: Re: Today i fitted a gyro......
Post by: Bfellows on June 21, 2015, 11:05 PM: Best i can do at the moment - everything seams a bit short..........

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Title: Re: Today i fitted a gyro......
Post by: Bfellows on June 21, 2015, 11:06 PM: Why is the world upside down.......
Title: Re: Today i fitted a gyro......
Post by: oldschoolace on June 21, 2015, 11:15 PM: Those bars are probably hot helping Bert, they look pretty tall?
try feeding the lever section of cable through them rather than over them ???
Title: Re: Today i fitted a gyro......
Post by: chubby on June 21, 2015, 11:17 PM: Quote from: Bfellows on June 21, 2015, 11:06 PM
Why is the world upside down.......
Made sense when I turned screen rotation off :teef:
Can get longer uppers Bert. May be worth routing the cables underneath the upper crossbar to lessen the stretch
Title: Re: Today i fitted a gyro......
Post by: chubby on June 21, 2015, 11:18 PM: Quote from: oldschoolace on June 21, 2015, 11:15 PM
Those bars are probably hot helping Bert, they look pretty tall?
try feeding the lever section of cable through them rather than over them ???
Great minds n all that :teef:
Title: Re: Today i fitted a gyro......
Post by: Bfellows on June 21, 2015, 11:21 PM: I'll finish setting it up and post another pic - cables weren't tight, but i'm used to rotors......
Title: Re: Today i fitted a gyro......
Post by: chubby on June 21, 2015, 11:25 PM: Quote from: Bfellows on June 21, 2015, 11:21 PM
I'll finish setting it up and post another pic - cables weren't tight, but i'm used to rotors......

It's easy Bert, remember to set all the cable adjusters to slackest position before connecting to the calipers