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  • evdog
    DFL > DNF > DNS
    • May 2012
    • 5439

    #4186
    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.

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    • evdog
      DFL > DNF > DNS
      • May 2012
      • 5439

      #4187
      Originally posted by climberevan
      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.

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      • VTskibum
        Not a skibum
        • Aug 2002
        • 2800

        #4188
        Originally posted by Boissal
        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!

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        • toast2266
          over rotated
          • Dec 2007
          • 15040

          #4189
          Originally posted by VTskibum

          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.

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          • VTskibum
            Not a skibum
            • Aug 2002
            • 2800

            #4190
            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.

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            • Canada1
              Registered User
              • Aug 2010
              • 1926

              #4191
              New bike day and I am at work, bike showed up six days earlier than anticipated and I didn’t plan for it!

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              • Wes Mantooth
                Worlds First 'Analrapist'
                • Mar 2008
                • 2858

                #4192
                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


                Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
                Originally posted by other grskier
                well, in the three years i've been skiing i bet i can ski most anything those 'pro's' i listed can, probably

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                • plugboots
                  Cat. Tastes like chicken
                  • Aug 2007
                  • 11829

                  #4193
                  Originally posted by 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


                  Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
                  Timely post. I’m in my 3rd day of tracking a creak/grind.
                  Well maybe I'm the faggot America
                  I'm not a part of a redneck agenda

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                  • climberevan
                    one of those sickos
                    • Oct 2005
                    • 3357

                    #4194
                    Originally posted by 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


                    Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
                    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.
                    ride bikes, climb, ski, travel, cook, work to fund former, repeat.

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                    • Spats
                      Don't call it a comeback
                      • Feb 2003
                      • 6110

                      #4195
                      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.

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                      • Thaleia
                        Registered User
                        • Jan 2016
                        • 3035

                        #4196
                        Originally posted by Boissal
                        .. 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.

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                        • Boissal
                          "touring guy"
                          • Jan 2009
                          • 4429

                          #4197
                          Originally posted by Thaleia
                          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.
                          "Your wife being mad is temporary, but pow turns do not get unmade" - mallwalker the wise

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                          • XXX-er
                            Registered User
                            • Mar 2008
                            • 34296

                            #4198
                            always look at the floor or carpet, not for what you dropped
                            Lee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know

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                            • rideit
                              ExteriorDecorator
                              • Nov 2005
                              • 36512

                              #4199
                              Magnet?
                              Forum Cross Pollinator, gratuitously strident

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                              • Dee Hubbs
                                Registered User
                                • Jan 2008
                                • 5132

                                #4200
                                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?"

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