Definitely a dumbass move fumbling with my bike while closing a cattle gate, was inadvertently letting the rear rotor rest on my calf after a descent. The nice crescent burn mark looks to remain in place for a while.
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Definitely a dumbass move fumbling with my bike while closing a cattle gate, was inadvertently letting the rear rotor rest on my calf after a descent. The nice crescent burn mark looks to remain in place for a while.
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“Why is my stupid bike so creaky”
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Another one on "why is my stupid bike so creaky."
An assortment of unpleasant noises coming from the rear shock area. Took it apart to try a different rear shock on there only to find that one of the little spacers at one of the bearings had apparently fallen out the last time I re-assembled it without me noticing, so that part of the linkage had ~2mm of slop in it.
Fortunately that link only connects the shock, so it doesn't really get much horizontal loading. Everything appears to be fine, although I'm sure that wasn't great for the shock. Found a suitably close replacement spacer and bolted it back together. Quick hop around in the driveway seems quieter.
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I noticed my wife's rear hub was a bit crunchy last fall while packing it up for a 2-week bike trip. I wanted to investigate, but we were to leave in the morning, so I made a "mental note". Flash forward 11 months later while doing a tire change...
hmm, this cassette sure has some play... hmm, the lockring is tight... It turns out the outboard freehub bearing had totally disintegrated and only miraculously held on through a shit-ton of abusive riding in the Alps and a week-long Whistler Trip, among other things... Thankfully she's small.
Ha. My lovely wife also checks in on the low end of the scale, and it's shocking what you can get away with when you only weigh 110 pounds. I, on the other hand...Quote:
Originally Posted by Eluder
Show up at the bike park and realized I forgot bike shoes.
duct taped slipons to my feet
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worked ok. More foot fatigue but felt ok on flow trails. Felt pretty sketchy on bumpy tech trails.
good thing I had flats on this bike. Worked a lot better than when I accidentally brought hard soled XC style clippless shoes somewhere but grabbed bike with flats.
Lol, love the duck tape!
Carpooled to a big rocky/tech ride and forgot my clipless shoes, I keep an extra pair for this occasion but I didn't drive. Fortunately guy from a different riding group had a pair of flats I borrowed in the lot and rode with old/beat slip on vans, definitely agree w/ foot fatigue but made it work pretty well. I ride flats just enough to be proficient, but still gave me some pause. My mostly XC crew were surprised I survived.
I noticed a weird rubbing noise coming from my front brake today. I took a look at in the stand, and looking from above, I couldn't see any gap. Huh, that's odd. I remove the caliper, thinking I needed to reseat pistons, remove the pads, and take a look at them. There's a 1.5mm high spot on the top of the pads that the rotor isn't hitting. That's weird. I'm using 203mm rotors on a fork with 180mm post, a (what I thought was) a 20mm Hope H adapter, and SRAM 1.5mm spacer adapters. I think, maybe these Hope adapters don't play nice with my new Maven brakes, so I grab a 20mm adapter that came with the Mavens, and sure enough they don't line up. So I swap over to the SRAM adapter, put fresh pads in, remount the brake, everything's good.
I walk upstairs and am starting to text a buddy ranting about weird Hope adapters, then I remember... I bought the 1.5mm spacer adapters to use on my Zeb (200mm native), and I bought the Hope H adapter (actually 23mm) to use on my Lyrik specifically so I wouldn't need to fumble around with 1.5mm spacers. When I swapped forks back from the Zeb to Lyrik, I must have forgotten that I was so clever, and moved the 1.5mm spacers over too.
I'm definitely guilty of out-clever-ing myself.
360° of smart lands right back at dumb. I've been there, many, many times.
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As much as I love Shimano, I would stab the guy who came up with 203mm if I met him at a party.
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I suspect there'd be a long line of people for that.Quote:
Originally Posted by jm2e
You people don't do metric anyhow so just think of 203mm as 8"
I seem to remember back in the day you could get your Hayes mags with 6" or 8 " so i think it might have been them guys
Hayes might have started it, but shimano is the reason it still exists.
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so should they be using 200mm ( 7.874 inches ) or 6" or 8" or some other arbitrary number ?
Current standard rotor sizes are 140mm, 160mm, 180mm, 200mm, 203mm, 220mm.
I'll let you figure out which one should go away.
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I think the unworthy will go away on their own without having to stab anyone
maybe just a throat punch
Boa for ski boots prototype was the first thing that came to mind, I don't know why?Quote:
Originally Posted by singlesline
I got new tires for the trail bike. Matching Magic Mary's.
Spent what felt like 5 minutes struggling to mount the front tire first before remembering that it's a mullet.
You get the gist.
That is AWESOME idiocy.Quote:
Originally Posted by jm2e
And I mean that with the utmost of respect. :wookie:
Not bike related but wrenching related I'm an idiot.
Replacing u-joints on both ends of a driveshaft. They are different sizes at each end. Guess which dumbass pressed the small u-joint into the big yoke :cussing:
Ummm...hmmm... you?!?!Quote:
Originally Posted by adrenalated
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Originally Posted by EWG
I installed $30 OEM fork stickers backwards! That is despite knowing they are side specific and having installed the same stickers on a different fork correctly just a couple months ago. In my defense I was exhausted at the time and should have packed it in for the night. I noticed immediately after put the first one on. I was too focused on getting them aligned correctly.
^^^ Are you spancered?
bring back 185mm rotors LOL
FIFY, you forgot 223mmQuote:
Originally Posted by toast2266
OK, amended rant. Two of them can go away.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dee Hubbs
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What the fuck is this gibberish? Stop with these pseudo idiot posts that are just subtle humble brags of "can you believe I put the the 5.3 bumper in this 5.29 spacer that I machined in my garage CNC after 6 IPAs one night on a whim hahaha what was i thinking I'm soooo stupid" bullshit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andeh
This thread is for people like JME (and me) trying to put a 29 tire on a 27.5 wheel or whatever.
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I won’t say every time, but probably 1 in 3 times I go out without a tube, I flat.
Same goes for no knee pads, and I wreck big.
It’s kind of a reverse super power. Like the one that causes bad things to happen when I masturbate.
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Been f@#$ing with my rear derailleur on and off for weeks, was going in circles, finally cave and bring it to the lbs. Won't have it back until at least Wednesday, and we have unseasonably beautiful weather for the next several days.
Note to self - if you're not getting it after an afternoon's work, or maaybe two separate sessions, just admit you don't have the skill and take it to a pro.
The good part of that is it works in reverse too.Quote:
Originally Posted by jm2e
I wear knee pads because it insures I clean everything.
I use knee and elbow always on the trails but it doesnt get that hot up here, I've seen people write on TGR they don't wear padz when its too hot ?
This. Even knowing full well from past experience that if I do OTB, 9/10 times if you're wearing sleeve style knee pads with shorts, the sleeve will tear right above the pad, fold down and do fuckall for saving your knees. I went out for a ride yesterday after dropping the kid off at a friend while my wife is traveling, and even dialing things way back because I couldn't afford to have anything go wrong, I still wore knee pads for that lucky rabbit's foot effect.Quote:
Originally Posted by Roxtar
Dialing things back is when I seem to do the most damage.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andeh
IME there is no way to know when a rock or a root will jump out on the trail, its like a mtn biking equivilent of the " Snow snake " last time I think I smacked my head and my jaw hurt for awhile but all the pads stayed in place/ no blood
IME go to a real bike store to try a bunch of pads on in different sizes to get the padz that fit the very best and pay the guy list for them, thats right NO coupon codes, oh the humanity !
For me that is the Dakine knee sleeves and I wear them always, so comfy I'm even wearing them in the bar because I'm not taking my 5/10s off to suck on an IPA but I don't recommend the Dakine to you, I recommend you find some that actualy fit/ wrok for you
That's a thing, for sure. Dialing it back means everything is actually different than what you're used to, especially on trails you've ridden hundreds of times, which gives you more chance for shit to go wrong.Quote:
Originally Posted by XtrPickels
The list of pads (which all fit properly and were very snug) that I've had the sleeve tear right above the insert on the silly thin spandex sock:
7iDP Sam Hill (at least 1, maybe 2 pair)
TLD Stage
Fox Enduro (couple years ago)
Rapha Trail (2 different pair, because they are so comfortable otherwise that I keep buying them)
The only pair of sleeve style pads I've had a big OTB where the sleeve didn't tear are the new-ish Fox Launch Elites - those the sock is a thicker, tougher material, and I've got 1 pair where a crash made a tiny little hole but didn't scalp the insert.
Really, the solution would be for me to suck less, but let's be reasonable here.
It's kinda funny that you semi frequently go on these rants about how important it is to wear pads, but the pads you wear are super thin minimalist things that might reduce some scrapes, but aren't going to do much in any kind of real impact.Quote:
Originally Posted by XXX-er
But obviously do whatever works for you.
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This is the idiot thread, can you somewhere else please?Quote:
Originally Posted by toast2266
Ha! Sorry, I'll go be annoying somewhere else.Quote:
Originally Posted by muted reborn
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you don't have to wear pads but I doQuote:
Originally Posted by toast2266
so do you just bare back it ?
for trail riding all i need is padz that fit properly and protect against scrapes & impacts which they do
I think any kind of real impact yer gona be fucked anyway
but what is real, what are you suggesting, what are you selling ?
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So I forget what happened here but everytime i put on this fine dakine product i think ... that would have hurt
a dab of unicorn cum and cover with a plastic bag til it cures and all fixed eh !