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[ASmileyFace]

This is what I use for 2 bikes on a 1up rack. Restaurants. Grocery stores. Trailheads. Overnight at hotels. If I have more bikes, I’d rather get a second chain than a longer chain. It gets unwieldy. I think a 1/2” chain would be too heavy and cumbersome at this length.
Is it infallible? No.
Do I have insurance? Yep.

ABUS Hardened Steel 10KS 6 Foot x 3/8" Thick Square Security Chain
https://a.co/d/5K9wn1g

Then look for a lock that the Lockpickinglawyer doesn’t single out as totally sucking. Like, don’t get a MasterLock. And don’t get something smaller than the chain or you’re paying too much for the chain. Budget $25-40 for a solid lock. Double-Triple that if you just want to buy a bomber lock and don’t have patience for the padlock rabbit hole.


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I was debating this same thing and found this "Home" style lock from Hiplock on sale. https://hiplok.com/product/home-silver/ With the code meg20 it was just over $50 shipped. I will report back when it arrives, but I figure I will use this heavy ass thing only when I have to leave my bikes overnight, unattended for 1+hr on my car or in my shed long term.

[joetron]

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Found this on the trail today. Looks like an insert for a fork. Like a Runt, but not a runt. Anyone know what it is?

Is that one of those dumb Carbon things?


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[Meconium]

Put your weed in it

[skaredshtles]

Put your weed in it

[J. Barron DeJong]

Is that one of those dumb Carbon things?


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TruTune? They look different from google pics.

[Kootenai]

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Found this on the trail today. Looks like an insert for a fork. Like a Runt, but not a runt. Anyone know what it is?

Yeah, none of those things. It's a mystery, it's not threaded, it has an o ring. Doesn't appear that I can take it apart. I can't put weed in it... looks like a schrader valve, but I can't depress it nor put a pump on it. I am gonna lose sleep now.

[SchralphMacchio]

Looks more like a DC barrel jack power connection than a valve. But no obvious indication of what it does …

[toast2266]

If you plug it in, does it vibrate?

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[sf]

Just went through the Eagle setup video for chain length yesterday.
They recommend 1.5 links overlap for FS, 2 links for HT.

My bad. The word «app» was missing.
The AXS app gave me perfect chainlength for Transmission.

I know the SRAM video, and it has worked well.

What I wondered was if it was a difference between chain lengths for Transmission and normal Eagle. And if there is; why? Has to be the dimensions of the derailleur if frame/chainring and cassette is the same, no?

[jamal]

My bad. The word «app» was missing.
The AXS app gave me perfect chainlength for Transmission.

I know the SRAM video, and it has worked well.

What I wondered was if it was a difference between chain lengths for Transmission and normal Eagle. And if there is; why? Has to be the dimensions of the derailleur if frame/chainring and cassette is the same, no?

I don't think you could say for sure the derailleurs in the same place, with the same jockey wheel sizes and spacing.

The transmission derailleur doesn't pivot on a hanger mount or have a b-limit adjustment so yeah the chain has to be a very specific length for it all to work, where any other derailleur has a little more room to fudge it. Non transmission, as long as the chain doesn't go slack in the hardest gear or rip the derailleur off in the easiest gear and you can get the b-limit adjusted relatively properly then it's probably fine. Which, I guess short answer is yes you could likely use transmission calculated chain length on a regular eagle drivetrain but you'd definitely want to check it on both ends of the cassette.