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uma_taylor47
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5h ago
Rant: a guy at the Indy bike swap told me to torque stems by feel, and I'm still not over it
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nancy_coleman7
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1d ago
PSA: Stop tightening cotter pins with the nut, I wasted 3 years doing it wrong
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the_richard
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5d ago
Warning: I ran brake cables through the frame with zero grease for 2 seasons and just found rust
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violagreen
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5d ago
Warning: I ran housing cables through the fork leg for 2 seasons before a retired builder set me straight
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violagreen
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5d ago
Caught myself setting bearing preload by feel on a Tuesday tune-up, and the wheel was already grinding
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dixon.iris
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7d ago
Hot take: the bike rack at the Kroger on 5th is a wheel bender and it's chewing up people's bikes
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the_diana
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7d ago
Heads up: the co-op on Fremont is selling used chains measured wrong, got a 9 speed spec'd at 6 inches and it wrecked my cassette
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the_sam
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8d ago
A racer at the Boulder velodrome showed me his chain wear gauge trick and it saved me a cassette
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the_william
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10d ago
Went with a chain tool over a quick link on my tour bike, still not sure I picked right
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grace89
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14d ago
Torqued a stem bolt to 6nm on a carbon bar in my Denver shop and heard a crack, what am I missing about the gauge
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the_viola
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14d ago
TIL a $45 bearing press kit from Amazon saved my hub overhaul, but the $19 one before it stripped two axles
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dianaanderson
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15d ago
Why does nobody talk about a $40 bike stand being the best money I ever spent
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matthewmartin
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16d ago
Rant: the $9 chain tool I bought at a swap meet in Denver snapped mid-press and I had to walk my bike 2 miles home
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tylerj22
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16d ago
Spent 4 hours chasing a creak on a carbon frame, turned out to be the saddle rails
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jamie770
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17d ago
Pro tip: don't grease a freehub with the same tub of axle butter you left in a hot van in Phoenix
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