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[QUOTE=evdog;6614902]I can confirm a truck bumper is the perfect spot, then when you forget its there and drive away that "too many tools" problem gets solved one tool at a time. Have lost a Swiss army knife that way along with who knows how many other tools that I think I misplaced but actually lost off the truck. ]
Left a drill driver in my truck bumper last summer. Didn't realize until I had driven a mile or so. It was still there. Luck
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[QUOTE=skinipenem;6615238]I lost a sweet benchmade knife that way. Gawd what an idiot.Quote:
Originally Posted by evdog
Speaking of bumpers as tool benches - a couple weeks ago I showed up at the Green River freeride site and camped, and woke up before sunrise to do a few laps before it got too hot. It was in the upper 40's - perfect for hike-a-bike. I got dressed, ate, and took my bike off the rack and saw my rear axle was gone. WTF. It rattled off on hours upon hours of bumpy roads before i got to Green River is my guess- I've been having issues with it getting loose while riding for months but never bothered to see why. Now I pay the price for being lazy - I was so damn psyched that morning to ride, it's not a place I go to often. Fuck - I'm going home now without riding and the dirt looks perfect. But, it gets worse.
I take off both wheels to put the bike inside my van because it ain't going back on my upright rack with a missing axle. Since Giant has no info online about rear axle sizes (which is standard industry bullshit) I have to take my bike (with no wheels) to LBS GoRide to get measurements and thread info so they can order a rear axle. A week later I get an axle and my bike, mount the rear wheel (pistons are all fucked from me pressing the rear brake with no wheel in it of course) and then realize i have NO FRONT AXLE. I always thread it in the fork when needing to take off the front wheel for a long time - so where is it? I'm an idiot but this is a new low for me. I'm guessing it's now sitting in the dirt in Green River after I put on the rear bumper. I really hate myself sometimes.
Oofdah!
Ugh! Reminds me of a time in college...Quote:
Originally Posted by muted reborn
Take my road bike off the rack in our house. Ride turn toward the bike shop to meet up for the Nashville 90. Tabletop jump the single railroad rack. Set the bike down and proceed to impair the front fork into the pavement well past the transition. No front wheel. The quick release caught on the rack somehow when I took it off. Oops. End of ride. Adrenaline laden shower scrubbing out road rash and possibly a seventh broken nose.
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Do stories about the mystery height restrictor in the Sugar House Whole Foods parking lot belong here? I’ve got a couple.
No. But goddamn that height limiter is weird.Quote:
Originally Posted by bagtagley
Maybe all I need is an $800 derailluer condom…
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It wasn't on the bike but ask the idiot, who spent all of 2 days swapping out snow tires, why so fucking long to do a simple job ?
I knock one of the front hub wheel nut studs out so its completely trapped between the rotor & the backing plate which means its undriveable so I probably gotta tow it to the dealer where they pull the rotor/ put the stud back in & $$$ cha-ching
but there are some slots in the front of the backing plate so I grind a rib out with a rotary file chucked in my old drill and manage to fish out the stud so now i can at least drive to the dealer. then I'm thinking if I can get a stud out i could also get it back in and thru the hole in the hub but how to hang on to the fucking thing and get it thru the hub cuz just getting the stud out was a nightmare, this is looking almost fucking impossible ?
If something was stuck use WD40 but it aint stuck so it needs sticking ... ductape .
tape the stud to a piece of 3/8ths braided rope, gotta grind a little more off the backing plate, thread the rope thru the hole in the backing plate thru the stud hole, out the front of the hub and pull the stud on thru, pull the rope off the stud and thread the wheel nut on while pushing on the stud thru the hole in the backing plate, bob wasnt really my uncle on this one but got it going for 0 $$$
then I went to drive it and with the door being open the battery was dead so had to get a jump from the gardners truck
Ha. City life was a very hard adjustment when I first moved to SLC, and that thing definitely played a role.Quote:
Originally Posted by bagtagley
2 bikes projects attempted, both aborted tonight. 1 wrong tool, 1 just general laziness.
1) install headset in frame but I only have a BB bearing press, ah it’ll be fine just a cheap DJ frame and cheap headset. Managed to get 1 1/5” cup in, but couldn’t for the life of me get a straight run at top cup… off to buddies this week to borrow/use real tool as I don’t generally need a HS press.
2) after giving up on that go to setup a wheel a had re-laced back to tubeless. Re-use (foreshadowing) the Roval 2bliss rim strip, even pondering whether j should just tape it. Proceed to put insert and tire on, put sealant in and then can’t get it to seal as I clearly feel air coming through spoke holes in rim-bed.
Enough bikes for tonight.
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Yes if they stories involve bikes... ib have a hunch what might have happened.Quote:
Originally Posted by bagtagley
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Yee-ouch.Quote:
Originally Posted by skinipenem
A couple? I told one of your stories about it to the wife once, is there more than one?Quote:
Originally Posted by bagtagley
Pics of said height restrictor please!
Not a bike story but a van story and I use the van to haul bikes so more of a bike adjacent story.
The Maxx Air fan in the van shit the bed and they sent me a new circuit board which I put in yesterday. Do a quick power up to test before crimping connections and what not, all good. Re-assemble the whole thing which required some swearing and when all tucked back together I look down and see this little white tube that is a sleeve for the lid crank which belongs above everything I just swore back together.
Good times
Many years ago, I was travelling with a friend in his E-350 that had one of those fiberglass roof extension things. It was his Sprinter-ish camper van before Sprinters existed in the U.S. We're in San Diego and decide to go get ice cream in some consumption-junction type complex. We're sitting in one of several turn lanes that lead into the complex when we realize there is a (completely unnecessary) height restriction on the above ground parking lot. We have a 20 second debate as to what to do: u-turn? Can't do it - we're in the "outside" turn lane. Merge back straight? Can't do that either - traffic patterns weren't going to let that work, especially in a big dumb van with massive blind spots. Go in through the exit? Nope, there are exiting cars in the way. A solution emerges: the height restriction is just a dangling bar. So I (the passenger) jump up top and ride the roof through the intersection, hoist the bar up and walk it over the van as my trusty compatriot slowly drives through, and then deposit the bar on the other side of the van once we've safely made it into the parking lot. I'm sure the other 100 people sitting at the intersection found it amusing.
Anyways, height restrictors on above ground parking lots are dumb.
I have a roof rack on the second car, (the main car has a Thule hitch rack).Quote:
Originally Posted by grskier
The odd time I throw a bike on the roof rack I have this sign and a suction cup for the top portion of the windshield.
I put the bike on the roof, secure the front wheel, put the sign on the windshield, and then secure rear wheel.
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It has saved me a few times...
I have a friend who has driven into her garage twice with a bike on the roof. 2 destroyed bikes, and a $5700 car insurance claim!
I told her back the car out of the garage, pump up her tires and leave the pump in the middle of the garage floor, and then load her bike on the roof.
When she comes home from a ride and opens the garage door, now she can’t pull in (and destroying another bike) because the pump is in her way.
She texts me and thanks me for this tip at least once a month.
She's a bright one.
I really nailed this brake hose replacement. Fuck.
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Somewhere on the workshop floor…a lonely o-ring laments.
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Only missing one O-ring if you're lucky, two O-rings if you're really lucky. :fmicon:Quote:
Originally Posted by joetron
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If you’re really really lucky, there’s two o-rings making sweet sweet love on the caliper side of the bolt. Some hot young/old action.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dee Hubbs
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Oof, I just had a situation where it took a few days to figure out why my new caliper and bleed were losing tiny bits of oil. One of those o rings got ever so slightly pinched in installation. Was very frustrating, and I was really glad it wasn't for a customer's bike.
wasted no less than 3 hours and 3 little stealthamig thingies before I realized I was putting them on the hose backwards. I had done is fine previously but for whatever reason f'ed it up this time. Even asked the experts for help. Then randomly looked down a a picture and realized what I was doing....
Is the rotor salvageable? It's DOT 5.1 fluid.
Rotor yes, pads no.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dantheman
Brake cleaner and a clean cloth, or soak the rotor in a shallow pan with dawn dish soap then a clean rag.
Oh yeah, pads are beyond fubar. Rotor is brand new though so it would nice to not have to trash it.
Don't give up on the pads. It's always worth trying to burn off the contaminación. Go to town with a propane (or MAAP, if you have it) torch. I've saved pads for way several times.
look at the floor not for what you droppedQuote:
Originally Posted by Dee Hubbs
When I pulled them they literally had DOT fluid dripping off of them. Seems pretty unlikely it's worth the effort.Quote:
Originally Posted by climberevan
I don't do math soo good... building a long bridge/path through part of my backyard to pumptrack, can't do simple math and am one 16' decking board short. Was stressful as all get-out driving home with the 16' stringers in my short-bed truck sans extender, b/c I don't have one and in a hurry. At least I can buy a few shorter boards instead since they're getting cut anyway.
My 75 pound daughter doesn't want to carry a camel back anymore. What are the bomber / easy solutions for a tube, CO2 ands tire levers to the frame? It needs to be kid proof and easy if she breaks down in a race, and I've never done this power strap thing so many of you do?
A bunch of companies make frame straps that'll hold a tube and have little pouches for tools / Co2. But depending on the bike (especially if it's small), it can sometimes be a little tricky to find a good place to strap it where it doesn't interfere with a water bottle / rear shock, and where it's not annoyingly rubbing on her knees.Quote:
Originally Posted by Canada1
This is the sort of strap thing that you want though: https://ride.lezyne.com/products/send-it-caddy
Dakine hot laps gripperQuote:
Originally Posted by Canada1
I have had luck over many years w Backcountry Research strapped to bottom/back of saddle for Tube/Lever/CO2 for XC racing. Bunch of friends use the Speedsleeve too, which I have for my roadie, but prefer the Backcountry ones.
I also am a big fan of the backcountry research Tulbag to carry multi-tool, inflater + 2 co2, patches, bacon strips, few $$, and spare chain link. Rotate through many different bikes and each has a tube, and the tulbag goes with me on every ride in a pocket.
I've got some sort of dakine strap I picked up off the road near a TH. I can get you a couple photos and it's yours for shipping.Quote:
Originally Posted by Canada1
Don’t worry about shit that slows you down
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put the stuff in one of them roll top foil coffee bags and strap it to the frame,
use the coffee first
Got one. Thank you all for your idiocy.
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Pro-tip: If you skip replacing the cotter pin on your pad retention bolt, the bolt and your pads will eventually gain a sweet 'eject' function on takeoff. Don't worry, they're super easy to spot in the middle of the jump line.