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The Bike Shop / Re: Too much effort to get my pedals off

« on: October 04, 2016, 01:12:01 PM »

Pedals don't need to be done that tight anyway. Just use some blue loctite on the threads and tighten it a reasonable amount with the 6mm allen. Should be good after that.

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The Bike Shop / Wheel building question

« on: October 04, 2016, 01:07:42 PM »

If a wheel  is strongest when all the spokes have the same tension, how do you know what's the optimal tension and does it vary depending on wheel size or spoke gauge? I'm thinking about getting one of those Park Tool spoke tension measuring tools but I don't know if it'd even work with 20" wheels.

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Bike Gallery / Re: Daily Pictures v2

« on: September 29, 2016, 09:13:51 AM »

That's quite an improvement.

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The Bike Shop / Re: Interbike 2016

« on: September 23, 2016, 08:31:07 PM »

Someone needs to produce some high end tires instead of all these new colors that keep outdoing themselves in terms of how awful they look.

Wraps can be ok when done tastefully like on that white frame or on that Profile hub but fucking stop it with the damn tires.


I'm with big ben, what the fuck happened to Fit?


That blue WTP cruiser looks like it'd be fun to rip around on at the local woods but why the fuck would they give it a 1 inch threaded head tube?

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Bike Gallery / Re: It's TERRIBLE its been 4 years since my last bike check...2013 SFA

« on: September 22, 2016, 09:18:30 PM »

Love the bike. That park looks familiar, where do you live?

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The Bike Shop / Re: Interbike 2016

« on: September 22, 2016, 09:06:15 AM »

Is there anything innovative this year or is it new colors and sizes?

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The Lounge / Re: burningman 2016

« on: September 13, 2016, 05:59:57 PM »

Legend

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The Bike Shop / Re: Road bike help

« on: September 02, 2016, 12:01:49 PM »

Definitely experiment with saddle position. You want to be sitting on your actual sit bones, not on any soft tissue. Lowering and moving your seat backwards might help with hand discomfort as it moves your weight back slightly and takes a bit of pressure off your hands. Rising your bars too.
Give your body time get used to the new position.
Play with tire pressure too.

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The Bike Shop / Re: Tires...?

« on: August 29, 2016, 09:18:41 AM »

I'd bet dropping a few psi would give you more of an increase in contact area than increasing tire diameter.

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The Bike Shop / Re: Tires...?

« on: August 28, 2016, 09:34:44 PM »

One thing BMXers don't seem to understand about tires is that the whole point of larger volume tires is to be able run lower pressure. If you switch to bigger tires but keep running the same psi all you're doing is basically adding some weight.

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Bike Gallery / Re: Daily Pictures v2

« on: August 16, 2016, 06:19:17 PM »

street

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The Bike Shop / Re: S&M Speedballs slippery?

« on: August 15, 2016, 02:58:00 PM »

Same happened to me with a set of Rubens and I took a bad spill that ended in an ER visit and a scar on my chin.New tires are usually covered in a waxy residue from the manufacturing process and until it wears off they can be a bit slippery. It'll wear off after a session or two or you can sand them down a little.

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Bike Gallery / Re: Fixed gear bikes/ Post your big bikes V2

« on: August 15, 2016, 09:44:20 AM »

I like my Giro but really just go to a bike shop and try a few on. Get the one that feels more comfortable on your head.

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The Lounge / Re: The Make China video

« on: August 09, 2016, 05:45:32 PM »

A few good videos have come out this week: first the Make video, then Dig posted the Jeff Kocsis part on the new United video and now I've come across this gem https://youtu.be/Fv1p40DjORs

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The Lounge / Re: The Make China video

« on: August 05, 2016, 08:35:11 PM »

DVX footage fuck yeah! Sick video. They manage to capture the vibe of the places they visited and the riding was great. My kind of film.