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The Bike Shop / Re: is anyone still making 7075 stems?

« on: March 14, 2016, 07:59:35 AM »

yeah just get a challenger or another older stem.

my animal OG topload has crushed my modern sunday forks a bit, hench as fuck

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The Bike Shop / Re: Marmoset hub replacement parts

« on: February 19, 2016, 05:46:35 AM »

they'll probably have some wet wipes for your fanny too while one of their lads knocks it out with a hammer and some scrap metal

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The Bike Shop / Re: Marmoset hub replacement parts

« on: February 18, 2016, 05:53:11 AM »

it's deffo alu on alu, seriously mate just hit it harder with a socket and metal hammer

easy to say just cut it, probably be really awkward unless you had it unlaced

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The Bike Shop / Re: Marmoset hub replacement parts

« on: February 17, 2016, 08:55:39 AM »

Dip the guard in a saturated solution of caustic soda (sodium hydroxide), aluminium guard will be eaten away leaving steel axle completely unharmed and ready to rock.

marmosets have steel axles now?!

an alu guard should be able to come off by force, big socket on the end of the axle (hubguard side) and fucking HIT IT

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The Lounge / Re: you bunce of old *****

« on: February 14, 2016, 09:54:05 AM »

29 next week, fucks sake

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The Bike Shop / Re: Keychain woes?

« on: January 24, 2016, 08:35:24 AM »

chains still noisey as fuck, I've had to use the bmx a lot recently so plenty time to break it in. Oiled it up a few more times. then today one of the threaded pins sheared off in the plate. fuck this

feels like a really strong chain but not being able to fix it now on the spot when I need it is a load of shite

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The Bike Shop / Re: Keychain woes?

« on: December 14, 2015, 07:31:41 AM »

straight chainline, loads of oil

lube made it a bit more quiet but it's near enough the same, can't see how it's gonna get better unless the chain stretches. will it even stretch being so thick? I don't wanna run my chain tight to find out and risk wearing my Q-lite driver out.

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The Bike Shop / Re: Keychain woes?

« on: December 12, 2015, 09:21:13 AM »

anyone sorted their noisey notchy horrible feeling chain?

my bsd halflink was like this, I ground down the inside tips of the chain plates so they didn't touch the driver, problem solved. can't figure out what the problem is with the keychain though as it's loads slimmer and doesn't rub.

to the eye it looks like the chain has a different pitch than the sprocket? I thought about comparing tooth profile but it looks like people with odyssey sprockets are having a problem as well

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The Bike Shop / Re: Keychain woes?

« on: November 14, 2015, 08:57:26 AM »

got a solid version on it's way to me

after reading a few things here I looked at getting a few spare masterlinks, 8 quid each? fuck off I've just spent 35

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The Lounge / Re: what is your profession?

« on: August 12, 2015, 07:41:02 AM »

machinist on paper, feels like I served my time dressing welds and polishing stainless though. every bit of fabrication except the welding

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The Lounge / Re: Anyone heard from couch/Zodiac?

« on: June 18, 2015, 06:55:52 AM »

he's already spelled it out for you, bmx is less than 5% of his business

in other words he doesn't give a shit, that 5% doesn't even equate to answering messages/updating on progress. someone who actually gave a shit would've chipped away at bmx jobs in his spare time, then let everyone know he won't be taking any more work on

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The Bike Shop / Re: Ratchet collars

« on: June 14, 2015, 05:48:37 PM »

sounds like the collar has been squashed a touch, if you filed/sanded the end of the axle down slightly it should stop the wobble, at worst a bearing might've got fucked

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The Lounge / Re: Gamer tags?

« on: May 18, 2015, 06:45:46 PM »

stock_pegs on ps3

just gta, mostly just smoke people in freemode and race, keep getting stuck with idiots on heists

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The Lounge / Re: General election

« on: May 02, 2015, 06:46:55 AM »

that's the tory way!

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The Lounge / Re: General election

« on: May 01, 2015, 05:27:53 AM »

Luketom your bullshit detector seems to be malfunctioning mate

wish we could just leave london to it's own devices, or at least let us have a scouse state of our own. UKs fucked