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kimbo305 posted:Is the ferrule on the exit side possibly crimped onto the cable housing? Not to worry, got it out with the help of some pliers and wiggling it a bit  just didnt want to break anything.Think it was wedged in there from all the crap over winter. Next step is give a deep clean so I can see what I'm doing...
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Dog Case posted:Allows you to change the wheel base and head tube angle. Forwards=shorter wheelbase, steeper angle, faster handling, back=longer wheelbase, slacker angle, more laid back handling That’s a side effect, but not really the reason they’re there. They’re mostly there so you can remove the wheel (to fix a flat or whatever) and then put it back in straight without having to measure anything. They’re adjustable so that you can run different sizes of cassettes which might require you moving the wheel forward or backwards in the dropouts to get the right orientation with the rear derailleur.
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Isn't it just a built in chain tug?
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Apr 14, 2022 21:47
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Skarsnik posted:Isn't it just a built in chain tug? No, that would only be if it were a) fixed/ss and b) track ends not forward-facing dropouts.
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Sourcing parts question. So, in the last year I’ve stepped up my efforts to maintain my bike, at all, and on my own! So far it’s gone pretty well. Unfortunately unrelated to those errors, i biffed it on my bike and need new brake handles on both sides. My preferred local shop had only one of the two brake levers that I need. It’s nothing too fancy, Shimano Deore BL-T610s. All the bike shops in my area have terrible websites, varying hours, etc. I’d love to give them my support vs online but I’m wondering if I shouldn’t just go through a dedicated bike parts website. This is my first time venturing into TGO and this thread, so i was wondering if there’s a consensus on this sort of thing. Local vs online, and if people have a preferred website. Im in the Twin Cities, if someone would have more local insight. Thank you! Edit! Just remembered a shop in MPLS, The Hub Co-Op, that has a good rep, and the parts I want are available for in-store pick-up, etc. so I’ll go that route. But my question still stands for recommendations as necessary! Boywhiz88 fucked around with this message at 02:35 on Apr 17, 2022 |
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Apr 17, 2022 02:30
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Boywhiz88 posted:Sourcing parts question. So, in the last year I’ve stepped up my efforts to maintain my bike, at all, and on my own! So far it’s gone pretty well. Unfortunately unrelated to those errors, i biffed it on my bike and need new brake handles on both sides. Fyi you can use other levers too. That's where having a good lbs comes in handy, they'll know what works for your particular bike. The T610 is certainly a nice lever, but there's a lot of other v-brake levers that are probably easier to find if you're not married to a specific SKU.
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IMO in person versus buying online kind of comes down to availability and your budget. Buying online from a big retailer like competitive cyclist can be cheaper and they might have stuff in stock that local shops don't, but if all else is equal then it's nice to buy local IMO Just don't go into a shop and ask if they can price match an online retailer
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Apr 17, 2022 23:24
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Levitate posted:IMO in person versus buying online kind of comes down to availability and your budget. Yeah, 3 dollars a foot for cable housing is worth in for the in-person touch.
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Levitate posted:Just don't go into a shop and ask if they can price match an online retailer For small items I agree but for big purchases I don't think you need to donate money to these business owners and it's more than okay to mention that xyz bike is available online for [20% less] and would they consider price matching that to earn your business. I'm sure I'm not the only one here who has worked in a bike shop so I don't want to sound preachy but very commonly the people who own the shop are people who were into bikes 20 years ago and now have pretty much only a fondness for it and care a lot more about (your) money.
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VelociBacon posted:For small items I agree but for big purchases I don't think you need to donate money to these business owners and it's more than okay to mention that xyz bike is available online for [20% less] and would they consider price matching that to earn your business. I’ve talked to and been friends with a lot of bike shop employees that didn’t like it when people tried to get them to price match  Though I’m not sure it’s ever been on a full bike
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Apr 22, 2022 23:13
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Dumb question: is there a way to keep my saddle from sliding backwards? I've got a Brooks C-17 saddle, and it keeps working its way into its most rearward position, which means my pants rub against the saddle clamp bolt. Should I just tighten it more? Edit: looking at it more closely, am I missing part of the clamp? 
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Apr 23, 2022 18:57
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Safety Dance posted:Dumb question: is there a way to keep my saddle from sliding backwards? I've got a Brooks C-17 saddle, and it keeps working its way into its most rearward position, which means my pants rub against the saddle clamp bolt. Should I just tighten it more? Get a nicer seatpost E: not a joke, that type of seat clamp was always awful and yours is deformed and hosed up. A cheap seatpost will be 24$ and a nice-ish one like 60.
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Levitate posted:I’ve talked to and been friends with a lot of bike shop employees that didn’t like it when people tried to get them to price match Nobody likes to price match online because people are always coming in with a page printed out from ccnumber please.notascam.ng/impossiblycheapthing.htm
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SimonSays posted:Get a nicer seatpost ^ this. A modern kalloy post is under 20 bux and perfectly serviceable.
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Apr 23, 2022 19:21
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SimonSays posted:Get a nicer seatpost Fiiiiineeeee. If I'm spending money on it, I might as well spend some more and put a suspension seatpost in there. It's my commuter after all.
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Dog Case posted:Nobody likes to price match online because people are always coming in with a page printed out from ccnumber please.notascam.ng/impossiblycheapthing.htm Also because part of why you go to an LBS is because they (if they don't suck) do some of the leg work for you making sure your stuff is compatible, suggest alternatives to better accomplish what you're doing etc. Also most of the places with cheap parts get them by breaking dealer agreements etc. We aren't going to sell you a part that's below our cost because some place in the EU getting parts at bike builder cost is willing to ship across the pond.
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Safety Dance posted:Fiiiiineeeee. If I'm spending money on it, I might as well spend some more and put a suspension seatpost in there. It's my commuter after all. There's good and bad suspension seat posts. The ones that move linearly with the post are usually cheap and don't work well.
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Safety Dance posted:Fiiiiineeeee. If I'm spending money on it, I might as well spend some more and put a suspension seatpost in there. It's my commuter after all. kimbo305 posted:There's good and bad suspension seat posts. The ones that move linearly with the post are usually cheap and don't work well. This, so much this. I don't think suspension seatposts are all that useful, but if you're going to get one, get one with a parallelogram style of movement, like the Cane Creek Thudbuster. At my co-op, people buy the cheap stick ones and end up hating them and try to swap them for a cheaper solid post. If you're not stoker on a tandem (i.e. you can actually see the road ahead), then I think unweighting the saddle is way more useful than a suspension seatpost.
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EvilJoven posted:Also because part of why you go to an LBS is because they (if they don't suck) do some of the leg work for you making sure your stuff is compatible, suggest alternatives to better accomplish what you're doing etc. Also most of the places with cheap parts get them by breaking dealer agreements etc. We aren't going to sell you a part that's below our cost because some place in the EU getting parts at bike builder cost is willing to ship across the pond.
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HarmB posted:If you're not stoker on a tandem (i.e. you can actually see the road ahead), then I think unweighting the saddle is way more useful than a suspension seatpost. Even better, OP is riding a C17, it's already a well-suspended saddle. A suspension post is pointless unless you want to accordion your lower spine every time you hit a bump.
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Pretty sure it’s also on an ebike with big tires so just get a nice regular post and call it a day
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Apr 23, 2022 23:50
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No, let all the springs work together.
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Apr 24, 2022 00:02
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Don't get a new seatpost get a new frame
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Safety Dance posted:Dumb question: is there a way to keep my saddle from sliding backwards? I've got a Brooks C-17 saddle, and it keeps working its way into its most rearward position, which means my pants rub against the saddle clamp bolt. Should I just tighten it more? 
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CopperHound posted:I can't tell what's going on there but it doesn't look like the pieces are in this order. Yeah I don't know how I lost some parts the last time I had it apart, but I think that's what happened.
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Safety Dance posted:Yeah I don't know how I lost some parts the last time I had it apart, but I think that's what happened. They might exist, but I can't think of any bicycle parts where stamped steel is the appropriate choice of material. Though Schwinn and Raleigh certainly tried.
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SimonSays posted:They might exist, but I can't think of any bicycle parts where stamped steel is the appropriate choice of material.
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SimonSays posted:They might exist, but I can't think of any bicycle parts where stamped steel is the appropriate choice of material. Some individual derailleur component parts are stamped afaict. Terrible material for a loving seat clamp, those things drive me crazy.
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Slavvy posted:Some individual derailleur component parts are stamped afaict. Terrible material for a loving seat clamp, those things drive me crazy. Ah, thanks, I knew I was missing something. Stamped FDs are delightful. I've seen stamped and welded stems, they scare me.
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Posting two years later to say I finally got my 2004 Specialized Roubaix back on the road.
Most of these parts came from my wife's donor bike that I stupidly bought without actually checking sizing (bikes direct, you live you learn). I forgot how much I loved road riding as well as MTB. mAlfunkti0n fucked around with this message at 14:45 on Apr 25, 2022 |
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mAlfunkti0n posted:[*] Mindset headset removed (with prejudice) lmao I had to look this one up and apparently it is a race pressed into an integrated headset head tube so that they can used caged balls instead of a cartridge bearing.  I can't imagine they saved more than a couple pennies per bike at any scale so I guess it exists just to increase the total amount of misery in the universe
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Clark Nova posted:lmao I had to look this one up and apparently it is a race pressed into an integrated headset head tube so that they can used caged balls instead of a cartridge bearing. All I can guess is Speialized hated whoever bought these bikes and wanted them to have steering issues down the road. Thankfully the ole whack it with a flat head screwdriver and mallet trick knocked the races out easily enough. I had horrible steering issues that I thought were caused by binding cables. Nope. Just a terrible headset design.
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I'm wanting to upgrade my bike to use intergrated bars like Bontrager Aeolus, are they all $600? I already have the fork and headset for them, and I'm hoping to find something nice in the $200-$400 range. Or am I just old and that is the price for carbon bars these days? I looked at some older intergrated bars, but I'd prefer ones that route my brake hose to the headset.
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Pooper Hero posted:I'm wanting to upgrade my bike to use intergrated bars like Bontrager Aeolus, are they all $600? I already have the fork and headset for them, and I'm hoping to find something nice in the $200-$400 range. Or am I just old and that is the price for carbon bars these days? Nah go ahead and use cheap carbon on the part where if it breaks you die, I'm sure all the most reputable companies want to cut costs there specifically.
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Pooper Hero posted:I'm wanting to upgrade my bike to use intergrated bars like Bontrager Aeolus, are they all $600? I already have the fork and headset for them, and I'm hoping to find something nice in the $200-$400 range. Or am I just old and that is the price for carbon bars these days? I looked at some older intergrated bars, but I'd prefer ones that route my brake hose to the headset. I think Canyon recalled all the cheap ones after every single customer died.
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SimonSays posted:Nah go ahead and use cheap carbon on the part where if it breaks you die, I'm sure all the most reputable companies want to cut costs there specifically. Yeah I definitely wanna avoid ebay China carbon. But I'm not sure why the trek is almost twice the price of the Ritchey intergrated bars? I guess what I'm asking for is the ritchey bars with a channel like the trek ones or even internally routed like the Deda alanera but not for dentists.
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Pooper Hero posted:I'm wanting to upgrade my bike to use intergrated bars like Bontrager Aeolus, are they all $600? I already have the fork and headset for them, and I'm hoping to find something nice in the $200-$400 range. Or am I just old and that is the price for carbon bars these days? I looked at some older intergrated bars, but I'd prefer ones that route my brake hose to the headset. To be clear, are you looking for a "barstem" or just a combination of bars and stem that will let you route the hoses full internal?
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bicievino posted:To be clear, are you looking for a "barstem" or just a combination of bars and stem that will let you route the hoses full internal? A "barstem" that let's me run the hoses internally to my internal routing headset.
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Trying to get rid of the chain guide/retainer on my 1x10 bike. Is it enough to run a narrow-wide chainring or do I need narrow-wide jockey wheels as well? I'm planning to run a current generation zee 10-speed rear mech with a raceface narrow wide chainring. My force 1x11 rear mech on another bike has the narrow-wide jockey wheels which is what got me thinking about it.
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Start with just the n-w ring and see if that takes care of it.
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