BMX - good news and bad news

So I have good news and bad news for today. I will start off with the good news...

Good news: I am pretty sure I am going to buy a Profile mini front hub to a Odyssey 7ka rim for $25 from a kid who is selling it for (drug) money. If my friend doesn't buy the Profile mini cassette to 7ka, I may buy that too. Both are $25, but my friend shottied the back one, and I'd still be happy just getting the front wheel.

Bad news: While making a very sharp turn, somehow, my pedal hit the ground and somehow, that aggravated my bad ankle/leg. I can't walk so well right now. I'm getting surgery in two days. Hopefully I won't get recurrences like this after it is done.

EDIT: More bad news: I just remembered I have a 14mm fork. Damnit.

Sucks about your ankle.. put the outside pedal down next time :p

Also sucks for the kid who's selling that stuff, but it's good for you. Someone on BG said they bought a 5D and 24-105 ($3k+ setup) for 900 bucks, from someone who needed the cash. And if it went to drugs, they probably blew it in a couple days...

Yeah, I just hope it's still there to be bought because I want that stuff. I would have went to go buy it right now, but I had to come home. I really want the back wheel, though.

Just use adapters, You'll have to get a really long allen wrench if you want to run pegs though.

I don't have adaptors. I might end up trading someone my brand new rim for some forks.

sucks about the injury. best of luck with the surgery, though.

Thanks, this should hopefully fix everything.

im guessing you have insurance.

Yes, I do.

im guessing you have insurance.

I'm guessing you don't.

Im running a 3/8 axle in a 14mm fork on my beater bike with no problems. I just put a 14mm hat washer on and then a couple smaller washers and it works perfect.

Washers are cheap Fit

I'm guessing you don't.

no i got city insureance. the best supposedly. i think i spelled those wrong.

I just picked up the front wheel. Profile SS front hub in 3/8ths to a 36h Odyssey 7ka in black. I'll get pictures later.

EDIT: I got pictures now.
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e6/HollaAtchaBoii/DSC02613.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e6/HollaAtchaBoii/DSC02614.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e6/HollaAtchaBoii/DSC02615.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e6/HollaAtchaBoii/DSC02616.jpg

theres some rust tho.

Eh, it'll come off easy. It's definitely worth the $35 I spent for it. I'll probably end up selling the hub one way or another. I want a Marmoset.

Oh it's the SS, for some reason I assumed Mini

Yeah, it's the SS. It weighs a ton compared to other hubs. It's a bit overkill.

Keep it, no way would i get rid of it

I could just sell it on eBay and buy myself a brand new wheel with the money. Marmoset + hazard light + DT Swiss spokes. It might not even cost me anything.

IF you can do that do it. im kinda jealous.

Actually, it would be a Marmoset + rhynolight + dt swiss spokes. I don't need a hazard light in the front. That would only run me about $150. I could probably get close to that for what I have now.

I really want to throw the wheel on. Would it mess up the axle if I put it on without adaptors? There would be no peg use on the front as I don't have any 3/8ths pegs.

It'll be fine, just make sure it stays seated, best way to tell is if the wheel is perfectly centered in the fork.

Alright, that works. I wish you told me that before. I'm getting surgery tomorrow. That means, no riding for a few days.

I told you i'd send you adapters, which i found last night in my box of bike crap.

PM me your address and i'll send them.

Haha, you own.

Fit, I thought you were having surgery today. What's up with that?

East Hill

I am. I have to be at the hospital in 45 minutes. I'm not even dressed yet, haha. I guess I better start going.

I am. I have to be at the hospital in 45 minutes. I'm not even dressed yet, haha. I guess I better start going.

:roflmao:

Yeah, I think that'd be a good idea.

Hope it goes well!

East Hill

Good luck man.

Thanks, everyone. I'm alright. I can still walk- my leg just hurts a lot more now than it did before. I should hopefully be alright soon. I want to get back on my bike. I had a big turn-up at my house of friends to see me and they just left a little while ago. I even have Starbucks in my freezer. :)

good. what's the estimated healing time?

It shouldn't be that long to heal up. They only took some screws out. I have to go back to my doctor in a week to get out the stitches, and then I should be alright.

cool

did you keep the screws?

Thanks, everyone. I'm alright. I can still walk- my leg just hurts a lot more now than it did before. I should hopefully be alright soon. I want to get back on my bike. I had a big turn-up at my house of friends to see me and they just left a little while ago. I even have Starbucks in my freezer. :)

Good to hear :D .

East Hill

did you keep the screws?
It's a new policy that patients can not keep the hardware. :mad:


Good to hear :D .

East Hill
Thanks.

It's a new policy that patients can not keep the hardware. :mad:

I SO would have lathed them into stem bolts.

I don't think they were Ti.

They were, it's the only metal they use for such stuff because it's non-toxic.

I don't think so... I asked the nurse and she said that she believed they went back to using stainless steel for some reason or another. Regardless, I have three large holes in my leg right now. I don't know why, but it took three holes to get out two screws.

It's a new policy that patients can not keep the hardware. :mad:


You know that they re-use this stuff....:eek: .

At least, they used to :D .

East Hill

That might be true but:


Medical
Because it is biocompatible (non-toxic and is not rejected by the body), titanium is used in a gamut of medical applications including surgical implements and implants, such as hip balls and sockets (joint replacement) as well as screws for mending broken bones, that can stay in place for up to 20 years. Titanium has the inherent property to osseointegrate, enabling use in dental implants that can remain in place for over 30 years. This property is also useful for orthopedic implant applications.[8]

Since titanium is non-ferromagnetic, patients with titanium implants can be safely examined with magnetic resonance imaging (convenient for long-term implants). Preparing titanium for implantation in the body involves subjecting it to a high-temperature plasma arc which removes the surface atoms, exposing fresh titanium that is instantly oxidized.[8] Titanium is also used for the surgical instruments used in image-guided surgery, as well as wheelchairs, crutches, and any other product where high strength and low weight are important.

Its inertness and ability to be attractively colored makes it a popular metal for use in body piercing.[43] Titanium may be anodized to produce various colors.[44] A number of artists work with titanium to produce artworks such as sculptures, decorative objects and furniture.

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Perhaps if the nurse is correct, the stainless steel would be used for applications where the screws were only temporary, and not meant to stay?

East Hill

I don't think so... I asked the nurse and she said that she believed they went back to using stainless steel for some reason or another. Regardless, I have three large holes in my leg right now. I don't know why, but it took three holes to get out two screws.

Maybe they make one hole to put their tools in when they take a break?

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Perhaps if the nurse is correct, the stainless steel would be used for applications where the screws were only temporary, and not meant to stay?

East Hill
My screws were supposed to be permanent. So, I don't know about that.


Maybe they make one hole to put their tools in when they take a break?
Doctors suck. They always do something to mess me up.

My screws were supposed to be permanent. So, I don't know about that.

WTP's information is correct--Titanium is used nowadays because it has the interesting property of affording bone a structural platform in which the bone may grow. Titanium is used in preference to stainless steel for permanent implants for this reason. On the other hand, titanium is picked up much more readily by airport screening machines. Be prepared to show scars the next time you get on a plane :p .

East Hill

WTP's information is correct--Titanium is used nowadays because it has the interesting property of affording bone a structural platform in which the bone may grow. Titanium is used in preference to stainless steel for permanent implants for this reason. On the other hand, titanium is picked up much more readily by airport screening machines. Be prepared to show scars the next time you get on a plane :p .

East Hill
Yeah, so I guess I had titanium. I don't have to worry about that now, though. It was taken out. I was never stopped in an airport when going through the metal detector when I did have them in.