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The Bike Shop / Re: What did you do to your bike today? (v2)
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The Lounge / Re: Audio Book Player
« on: February 13, 2015, 02:28:48 AM »
it might be your sync settings on itunes. Plenty of coupons for a free audiobook download from audible hardcore history has one. Hardcore History are really well done if you want to listen to a good podcast.
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The Lounge / Re: hella new school geo makes our tricks look dumb.
« on: February 10, 2015, 01:48:20 AM »
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The Bike Shop / Re: Steerer Tube Threading/Compression Bolt Size and Fork Failure
« on: February 10, 2015, 01:18:14 AM »also they have a great warrenty, and always have. thats the real clincher
their forks break, ive broken some, ive seen plenty of other people break them too, but theyre still deffos one of the stronger forks out there and yeah if you break em you should be able to get the replaced for free
Not only does it make people assume a fork should last forever, it kills shops.
Not true. Not even a shred of truth. Do you even work at a shop?
The cost of sending a set of forks back to a distributor is negligible and some distros will have a rep come pick them up, so that's not really a stress on the shop. The only stress would be the customer's experience in the shop. If the company doesn't take care of the customer it puts the shop in a bad place and gives the customer a bad experience. If the customer is well taken care of by the company and shop it is about as positive as the situation can be. Whatever the case, in terms of customer experience it comes down to the service.
I have seen some odyssey forks sent back but they've been very old and usually developed a small crack rather than actually failing - so no one gets hurt. I can't say that of all forks.
Director forks weren't in the same basket as other Odyssey forks, plenty of them came back but they're not available anymore. Still, everyone that bought them back was taken care of.
I haven't seen any of the recent R series forks come back but plenty have left the shop.
Now, if you're saying that products that actually last kills a shop because riders don't replace their parts you're also way off. If a rider keeps having to fix and replace shit the hobby gets mighty pricey and people burn out on it, start ghetto-fixing shit or just stick to the used market as it more affordable. That could change a shop.
If you think a company's warranty somehow killed your shop, you probably ran a shit fucking shop.
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The Lounge / Re: Sharkmartin/A22 Insta-beef
« on: February 03, 2015, 02:06:42 AM »
Alcoholism? Isn't he like 20 or some shit? Don't most people get fucked up around that age? I get how you can not like a blog but I don't get how you can say it ruined bmx. Did MTBr or Pinkbike save mountain biking?
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The Bike Shop / Re: Bmx is weird these days (subrosa x Wilson football)
« on: February 03, 2015, 01:37:02 AM »
I wouldn't buy it but I like that it is different.
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The Bike Shop / Re: 22 the front and 20 back?
« on: January 31, 2015, 05:16:30 PM »Reminds me of the the old mtb builds with 26 front and 24 rear. People ran them for years
That was goofy too.
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The Bike Shop / Re: Steerer Tube Threading/Compression Bolt Size and Fork Failure
« on: January 28, 2015, 12:43:46 AM »
I've seen them snap for dudes that run their stems super high (I guess most people do these days). I tend to run my stem as low as possible, so I think the threads end inside my stem on most forks. If the stem is higher than the threads they have more leverage over that cut out bit.
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The Bike Shop / Re: BSD Donnasqueak Tire Reviews?
« on: January 23, 2015, 05:20:52 AM »
I've heard they roll really fast.
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The Bike Shop / Re: dh bike that rides like a bmx
« on: January 13, 2015, 04:24:16 AM »Some MTB grips are fucking goofy.
thought the same but for bmx grips, why no lock ons and gloves?
I rode lock on when they were sorta new, around 99. They used to slip when I cased a jump or landed hard and in turn I would eat some serious shit. Fuck those things. I'm sure they're much better now (they're the industry standard) but I'm done with those things.
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The Bike Shop / Re: Fixie/SS road bike riders, hub help needed
« on: January 13, 2015, 04:06:41 AM »
I run the fixed set on one of my bikes. They spin great. Bolt up is less fucking about than QR. Does the flange stuff make a difference? Not that I can tell, but I ride 36h wheels. Maybe it would be a more pronounced difference with 28s.
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The Bike Shop / Re: dh bike that rides like a bmx
« on: January 12, 2015, 01:14:14 AM »
No such thing really. That's not a bad thing though. You want a DH bike that rides like a DH bike. A bmx feels shit for that stuff. If you want it to feel a little bit more at home I'd recommend chucking on some BMX grips and pedals. Some MTB grips are fucking goofy.
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