Anyone have anything they'd like to rant about?

[evdog]

Hmm, I hadn't heard of DVO being part of Suntour, always understood they were independent. Google search pulled up this - looks like DVO products are manufactured at Suntour's facility in Taiwan. Makes sense. https://www.singletracks.com/mtb-gea...-brand-unique/

the SR Suntour factory is rather massive, producing and assembling as many suspension products in four weeks as Fox and RockShox do in a year

So I'm sure they manufacture for plenty of other companies too.

[evdog]

The bleed cup thing would be nice, but since I'm full ghetto I kind of make one around the top of the fork with stucco tape. It works but, uh, some oil escapes.

You can definitely do a lower leg and seal service without bleeding the damper, but I agree that the way the service guide just tells you to take everything apart before you know it you've signed up for a damper bleed.

Good idea on using tape, hadn't thought of that but would probably work a lot better than what I did.

I might still call DVO and ask them about the damper bleed since part of the instruction was to cycle the piston during that process which drew oil into the bladder and released air bubbles. There was quite a bit of air escaped which makes me more confident I was doing what I was supposed to.

[VTskibum]

To celebrate my victory over the shock I decided to mess with the dropper cable housing which was about 1/2" too long. The internal routing on the Stumpy is horrendous and looks like someone tried to mimic the folds of a human lower intestine.

Bummer b/c the shifter routing works great on my '20?!? Admittedly I haven't run a new dropper cable housing yet on it, but bummer to hear it's going to be PITA. My old Pivot was awesome b/c of the shimano battery port on the underside of downtube to route dropper cables cleanly.

Quality rant regardless.

My rant is very first world problems, like most in this thread, my pump track just won't dry out in the roller troughs of a few small but critical sections. Threw some dry dirt on it, hoping to make it ridable again this weekend, meanwhile we have been having great trail conditions this fall so far around here!

[toast2266]

My rant is very first world problems, like most in this thread, my pump track just won't dry out in the roller troughs of a few small but critical sections. Threw some dry dirt on it, hoping to make it ridable again this weekend, meanwhile we have been having great trail conditions this fall so far around here!

I had similar problems. Ended up digging a drainage trench adjacent to the line so all the troughs could drain into the trench.

Just built a bunch more pump track without much drainage, so we'll see how much more trenching I end up needing to do.

[VTskibum]

Mine is built into an embankment and it's the high side of the track that's staying wet, so would be hard to build a trench. Maybe it's fall morning dew and lower sun. Bottom of track is where I had few issues this summer and added more drainage there.

Going to try and soiltac/equivalent parts of it to see if that helps. If that doesn't work, maybe have to put in some french drains in above the top roller troughs.

[Canada1]

New bike day and I am at work, bike showed up six days earlier than anticipated and I didn’t plan for it!

[Wes Mantooth]

After 2.5 years of chasing creaks and servicing my pivots every 2-300 miles to keep my stupid bike quiet I finally rode with headphones on and it fixed everything


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[plugboots]

After 2.5 years of chasing creaks and servicing my pivots every 2-300 miles to keep my stupid bike quiet I finally rode with headphones on and it fixed everything


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Timely post. I’m in my 3rd day of tracking a creak/grind.

[climberevan]

After 2.5 years of chasing creaks and servicing my pivots every 2-300 miles to keep my stupid bike quiet I finally rode with headphones on and it fixed everything


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Yeah, I usually ride with earphones when alone, so when I ride with my lady I hear every creak my bike makes. Even nice bluetooth earbuds are cheaper than replacing random shit all of the time.

[Spats]

RANT: 98% of Bluetooth earbuds sound like someone pissing into a trashcan. I have found literally one set better than the disposable wired earbuds airlines give you for free. It was cheap, too. And zero reviewers online seem to be able to tell the difference, so I can't go by anything anyone says online.

[Thaleia]

.. finished with a piece of 2x6, a screwdriver, a large socket, and a mallet. Shred of my sanity and pride can still be found everywhere around the room I was in at the time.

Ugh repressed memories flooding back of me ruining my Giant Trance's rear triangle when 'installing' new bearings. ~450 CAD mistake.

[Boissal]

Ugh repressed memories flooding back of me ruining my Giant Trance's rear triangle when 'installing' new bearings. ~450 CAD mistake.

Luck is the only thing that kept the frame intact honestly, I was wailing on it pretty good by the end.

Latest rant: took a break from messing things up on the Stumpy and moved on to the Occam I'm going to sell shortly. Decided to take the whole thing apart to really make it shine (except for cables and bearings, see above). I disassemble the linkage, very carefully lay all the pieces on a shop towel, clean each one individually, clean and regrease all the bearing faces, reinstall the linkage, and sure enough a washer is missing. I spent over an hour looking for the fucker, combed the entire area on my knees with a headlamp, eventually emptied the trash to see if it wasn't stuck to a greasy towel, nothing. The thing grew legs and fucked right of. Of course it's a weird size (15 ID x 19 OD x 2) that isn't available from any of the big box stores or specialty retailers and I had to buy it directly from Orbea. $2 for the washer, $12 for shipping, now I'm angrily drinking a beer waiting for the washer to reappear since it must know I've spent the money so there's no reason to hide any longer.

[XXX-er]

always look at the floor or carpet, not for what you dropped

[rideit]

Magnet?

[Dee Hubbs]

Mrs Dee Hubbs is a pro at finding small parts. After an extensive solo search, I'll call her to come to the garage and look for the part 'with me'.
She'll pick up 4 chain pins, 2 cable crimps, and a loose ball bearing that I never saw in my search, before she finds the part I've been looking for.
Me "Can you come down to the garage and help me for a second"
Her "Oh boy, what part am I looking for on the floor?"