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Clark Nova posted:brake cables are thicker/stronger. all cables can snap but what people are talking about above is a design flaw in shimano 11-speed shifters which causes the barrel at the end of the cable to snap off within the shifter And in 10-speed land too. Ugh.
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Yeep posted:poo poo Maybe a stem with a less-tall clamp?
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Mauser posted:Anyone got a good site for buying replacement ball bearings for hubs? A lot of sellers on ebay that list the grade of ball bearing, but no idea how to judge whether that's correct. What country?
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Blackhawk posted:Has anybody had any luck with tubeless tire plugs? I converted my partner's hardtail to tubeless a while ago and recently the rear got a tiny leak that the sealant didn't quite seal up (although it was such a slow leak you'd only have to pump it up every few days really). I had a go at using one of those tubeless plug kits but A) the hole was so small that it took a huge amount of effort to actually shove the tool in, making the hole much larger in the process and B) it didn't seal at all, the plug was in there all kinda mushed up but it was just hosing sealant out anyway. I've had great luck with them. I used a fistful of them to close up a gaping hole next to the bead where I cased a wheel descending rock steps on a mountain on the West Highland Way on a gravel bike. Got me 30km home with about 5 ugly plugs shoved in with a bit of glue. Got home, stitched up that hole with needle and thread, let the sealant do its thing on the stitching, and raced on it for the rest of the year. It was just standard Stans, btw. If it's a super slow and small pinhole leak then the sealant really should fix it by itself; to me it sounds like your sealant isn't good. You could also pop one side of the tyre off and patch it from the inside with a stick on patch from a classic puncture repair kit. I would be concerned for future rides that your current sealant isn't doing its job though. meltie fucked around with this message at 11:29 on Nov 10, 2023 |
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There's one guy in the comments claiming to be a Loctite engineer. He makes a pretty good point about how the blob was applied and the character of the hole changing mid-test - but then he keeps calling it a screw, not a bolt. I think he's cosplaying - unless he means the full technical definition of "machine screw", which, gah.
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SimonSays posted:my non-mechanical friends look at me like I just grew a third fastener
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