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You're talking about putting a tire on? Get a bead jack. Pedro's are good, but it is the wrong tool for seating a stubborn tire. CopperHound fucked around with this message at 17:41 on Feb 10, 2023 |
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CopperHound posted:You're talking about putting a tire on? Get a bead jack. Edit: Dug out the link. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001AYML7K/ Crumps Brother fucked around with this message at 17:48 on Feb 10, 2023 |
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Feb 10, 2023 17:44
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Crumps Brother posted:Seriously, this right here. I posted about one previously and they're basically magic for mounting any tire. i didn't know those existed. If I can find one for anywhere close to that price here in the eurozone imma get one of them. Stupid schwalbe marathon plus hard-rear end tires to mount grumble grump.
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Feb 10, 2023 18:31
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Invalido posted:i didn't know those existed. If I can find one for anywhere close to that price here in the eurozone imma get one of them. Stupid schwalbe marathon plus hard-rear end tires to mount grumble grump. I know Cykelgear has one, but most of the big German shops probably some something comparable in price as well. You could also order from Ali and wait a month for it to show up.
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Feb 11, 2023 02:36
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Yeep posted:Are Pedros tyre leves still the best option for portable levers? I've broken 2 lezyne and all the cheap levers that came with my no-name toolkit (and pinch flatted two tubes) trying to get get tyres on the second hand DT Swiss MTB wheels I bought. Pedro's are still the best levers. They have micro levers as well. They specifically snap around the edges of their own multitool: https://pedros.com/collections/multitools/products/rx-micro-21-multitool I'll confess to never having used a beadjack. Standing over a wheel+tire, grabbing the bead at 4 o'clock and 8 o'clock, pulling out and down has almost always worked enough slack toward the bottom of the tire. The beadjack will of course make things even easier, but just using all the other manual tricks gets the job done most of the time. An exception would be installing foam noodles into a narrow road tire, narrow road rim combo. I had to use some of the bits from Vittoria's Air Liner install kit to finish mounting my GP5Ks + noodles.
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Feb 11, 2023 08:08
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The thought of standing on my wheel to fit a tire makes a little vomit come up ngl
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Feb 11, 2023 08:16
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I don't think that's what THY meant, or am I missing something?
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Feb 11, 2023 08:58
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Lex Neville posted:I don't think that's what THY meant, or am I missing something? I said standing over, not standing on, correct. Like resting the wheel on the tops of my feet or on a rug and bending at the waist. Then I grab the bead at 4-5 and 7-8 and push the slack toward the bottom.
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Feb 11, 2023 09:46
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yeah, I figured as much. I do the same, but I'm intrigued by that tool, as 5K S TRs absolutely ruined my index fingers and thumbs last time
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Feb 11, 2023 11:54
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TobinHatesYou posted:Pedro's are still the best levers. They have micro levers as well. They specifically snap around the edges of their own multitool: https://pedros.com/collections/multitools/products/rx-micro-21-multitool Looks nice, maybe better tolerances than the Topeak Hexus X, whose levers are so so, but certainly useable roadside. I'm switch if one of mine breaks.
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Feb 11, 2023 14:15
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Lex Neville posted:yeah, I figured as much. I do the same, but I'm intrigued by that tool, as 5K S TRs absolutely ruined my index fingers and thumbs last time https://www.futurumshop.nl/bbb-easytire-btl-78-bandenoplegger-zwart.phtml This thing has made all tyre installations (including 5K S TR's) so much easier for me. I can get it done normally but it just makes it a really simple job.
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Feb 11, 2023 14:31
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Cheers!
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Feb 11, 2023 14:50
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Slavvy posted:The thought of standing on my wheel to fit a tire makes a little vomit come up ngl It was a new tire & tubeless rim combo. I just stepped on the side of it to get that last little bit over the edge.
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Feb 11, 2023 16:01
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This may shock some people: your wheels are actually designed and built to bear your weight. You can stand on a properly made wheel.
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Feb 11, 2023 16:10
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SimonSays posted:This may shock some people: your wheels are actually designed and built to bear your weight. You can stand on a properly made wheel.
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Feb 11, 2023 16:12
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mystes posted:I don't think things always have the same strength in all directions No indeed, but I've stood on wheels sideways to make sure I'd made them properly. Party trick may not apply if the wheel is old and busted, or built barely strong enough.
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Feb 11, 2023 16:17
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SimonSays posted:No indeed, but I've stood on wheels sideways to make sure I'd made them properly. Like on the rim and having one end of the hub standing on the ground? Regardless, I don’t think standing vertically on the bare rim is the same as one supported by an inflated tire. I’m sure it’s usually fine, but quite different stresses. kimbo305 fucked around with this message at 16:27 on Feb 11, 2023 |
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Feb 11, 2023 16:25
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All the tire tube patch kits i've used work like poo poo, and the tubes continue to slowly leak air. My inflatable air mattress sprung two leaks in tricky areas over a felt material, and I used some flex tape and it stopped those leaks dead. It is so sticky that I had a hard time getting the scissors off of it after cutting it. I'm guessing the flex tape is too thick to use for road bike tire tubes. Is there tape that's equally as sticky, but thinner?
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Feb 11, 2023 18:38
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kimbo305 posted:Like on the rim and having one end of the hub standing on the ground? Yes, like that. Each spoke is tensioned to about 110kg. Wire wheels are wicked strong for their weight, that's why we've been using them for 130 years on safety bicycles! Wheels are neat, everyone with an interest should read Jobst's book.
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Feb 11, 2023 19:11
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SimonSays posted:Yes, like that. Each spoke is tensioned to about 110kg.
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Feb 11, 2023 19:17
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kimbo305 posted:You need more info to know how much the bottom side spokes are getting detensioned, right? Like bracing angle and the spoke’s Young’s modulus. Frankly the party trick relies on how overbuilt most bicycle wheels are, with a massive safety margin. Don't try it on a lightweight racing wheel which tries to pare everything down to the minimum strength to get through a racing season
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Feb 11, 2023 19:27
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ChocNitty posted:All the tire tube patch kits i've used work like poo poo, and the tubes continue to slowly leak air.
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Feb 11, 2023 19:48
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ChocNitty posted:All the tire tube patch kits i've used work like poo poo, and the tubes continue to slowly leak air. Are you using glue-on style patches like these? Or glueless ones like these? Because the stick on ones are really just good to get you home. The glue on ones are pretty bulletproof and permenant.
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Feb 11, 2023 21:35
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SimonSays posted:Frankly the party trick relies on how overbuilt most bicycle wheels are, with a massive safety margin. Don't try it on a lightweight racing wheel which tries to pare everything down to the minimum strength to get through a racing season https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZ7dtrRrSTg
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Feb 11, 2023 23:55
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Now THAT's a trick
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Feb 12, 2023 00:06
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Bill Mould! I had a wheel building session with him a few years back. Nice guy, and knows his stuff, certainly the wheels came out really good.
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Feb 13, 2023 05:14
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I'm most of the way through a cheap, second hand upgrade to 1x11 on my old mountain bike but I'm having trouble with the SLX 11 speed shifter. I can't position it on the bars in a way that it doesn't catch on my bar grips when I push the levers. My grips are these (https://www.raceface.com/products/half-nelson-grip?variant=31963013414994) which claim to be low profile. A quick Google says the SLX shifters are just tight like that and to move them closer to the stem until they don't catch but if I do that I won't be able to reach them with my thumbs. Do I just need to give up and find a different shifter?
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Feb 13, 2023 10:29
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Yeep posted:I'm most of the way through a cheap, second hand upgrade to 1x11 on my old mountain bike but I'm having trouble with the SLX 11 speed shifter. I can't position it on the bars in a way that it doesn't catch on my bar grips when I push the levers. My grips are these (https://www.raceface.com/products/half-nelson-grip?variant=31963013414994) which claim to be low profile. A quick Google says the SLX shifters are just tight like that and to move them closer to the stem until they don't catch but if I do that I won't be able to reach them with my thumbs. Do I just need to give up and find a different shifter? Is your handlebar curved or something? Your grips don’t look insanely thick or anything, surely this would’ve come up for more people? Post a photo of your setup please.
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Feb 13, 2023 10:57
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wooger posted:Is your handlebar curved or something? Your grips don’t look insanely thick or anything, surely this would’ve come up for more people? Handlebars aren't very curved. Excuse the messy everything. I know I need to move the dropper lever to the other side but it's not the limiting factor in how far in I can move the shifter.   Video that won't embed for some reason https://imgur.com/7YBMwXn Yeep fucked around with this message at 18:59 on Feb 13, 2023 |
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Feb 13, 2023 18:56
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Either move them toward the stem or use the other side of the paddle where you are pushing toward the brake lever, not into the bars. If you can adjust angle of shifter and brakes independently you may also be able to angle it in a way where movement works both ways in current position.
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Feb 13, 2023 21:42
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You've got a pretty big gap between the brake lever clamp and the grip. It looks like if you moved everything closer to the grip the shifter lever would clear that flared area at the end of the grip Oh that's from a week ago. I hope you figured something out by now! Dog Case fucked around with this message at 22:17 on Feb 21, 2023 |
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Feb 21, 2023 22:04
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Dog Case posted:You've got a pretty big gap between the brake lever clamp and the grip. It looks like if you moved everything closer to the grip the shifter lever would clear that flared area at the end of the grip No, it's very much an ongoing project whenever I have 20 minutes to spare. There was a screw slightly loose on the bottom of the shifter that was causing it to move a bit when pushed. Tightening that helped a little, I could get it so that it was catching on the metal bracket but not getting stuck. I tried moving everything towards the grips but that caused the shifter to hit rubber instead and actually stick rather than hit the metal and slide.
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Feb 21, 2023 22:34
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You need to go toward the stem or use the button the other way (away from the bars).
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I bought a pair of Tektro RL520 brake levers to replace the trashed levers on my bike. The bike has some sidepull caliper brakes. Unfortunately, the RL520s are designed for linear pull brakes. I'm guessing that this is going to work, but I'll be hitting the rim sooner in the lever travel and losing some braking finesse. 1. Is this correct? 2. Is this a big deal? Am I better off trying to exchange these?
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Feb 27, 2023 05:42
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send them back and get the right brake levers, imo
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Feb 27, 2023 05:49
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long pull levers on short pull brakes will make it difficult to apply the brakes strongly which is a bad idea
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Feb 27, 2023 06:40
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Yeah I thought better of it and went back to the store to exchange them. I probably would have ended up hitting the eject button and going over the bars the first time I needed to brake hard.
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Feb 27, 2023 11:36
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it would actually be the opposite if you hit the brakes hard - it wouldn’t apply the brakes as strongly as the proper levers. same force over a wider total range of motion in the brakes. the opposite scenario with short pull levers on long pull brakes would apply them extra strongly, but you would have a terribly short total range of motion in the brakes, which would be hard to set up without rubbing all the time.
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Buck Turgidson posted:Yeah I thought better of it and went back to the store to exchange them. I probably would have ended up hitting the eject button and going over the bars the first time I needed to brake hard. The levers would have hit the bars and you wouldn't have stopped. Don't mix brake pulls folks
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SimonSays posted:The levers would have hit the bars and you wouldn't have stopped. Don't mix brake pulls folks You got it mixed up about travel (but maybe not ultimate effect), per above explanation.
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