How easy is it to take off a Gyro?
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How easy is it to take off a Gyro?
I am going to buy a Eastern Shovelhead but I dont really want or liek the gyro thing, I just want a brake line fromt the lever to the brake where the other one would have gone, but obviously without the gyro........I will be doing dirt and some street stuff..........How east it to take off this gryo? And is it a hard to run your own brake line?
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Pretty easy. All you have to do is remove the stem with the bars still on it. Should be able to take the upper plate off this way, too. You may need a 1/8" headset spacer to replace the upper gyro plate so you can properly adjust the headset.
And of course, when running new cables always measure twice and cut once. Make sure to leave enough housing to spin the bars one and a half times in both directions without binding the cable or you could be in for a hard crash if you ever decide to throw a barspin.
And of course, when running new cables always measure twice and cut once. Make sure to leave enough housing to spin the bars one and a half times in both directions without binding the cable or you could be in for a hard crash if you ever decide to throw a barspin.
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Aluminum headset spacers, item #309045, or get 'em at your LBS for about the same price.
Of course, if I were you I'd go with carbon fiber headset spacers because they'll make your 35lb bike 0.00000000000000000000000000000000000004lb lighter.
Of course, if I were you I'd go with carbon fiber headset spacers because they'll make your 35lb bike 0.00000000000000000000000000000000000004lb lighter.
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Originally Posted by hypersnazz
Aluminum headset spacers, item #309045, or get 'em at your LBS for about the same price.
Of course, if I were you I'd go with carbon fiber headset spacers because they'll make your 35lb bike 0.00000000000000000000000000000000000004lb lighter.
Of course, if I were you I'd go with carbon fiber headset spacers because they'll make your 35lb bike 0.00000000000000000000000000000000000004lb lighter.
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hey i have a gyro question how do you take off the stem isnt it that thing on the stop of the stem like were the brake cable goes in?
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Originally Posted by Expatriate
Have you seen what they're willing to pay for Ti spacers on ebay? I'm going to list some PVC ones as "Lightweight, space-age composite" and see how many suckers there are.
Isn't aluminum lighter than titanium?
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Originally Posted by Beerman
Yes, it is.
Lighter than steel (1020, 4130, OX Platinum, Reynolds 853, whatever) but heavier than aluminum. The advantage to going Ti is that it's damp, flexes like steel, has an almost unlimited fatigue life and it's...well, light(er than steel). Great for high stress applications where steel is still preferable to aluminum or carbon. No material is 'too good to be true' or has absolutely no disadvantages or inappropriate uses. Carbon comes pretty @#!$in' close, though. I'm waiting to find out that stuff causes horrible tumors in rhesus monkeys or something.
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We do have a pet Rhesus monkey that rides the tandem with us, so that would suck. And yes, it's the density and tensile strength that make it hard to beat. Of the four common bicycle materials - steel, aluminum, carbon fibre, and titanium, only the last one is not prone to sudden and catastrophic failure. It's also rustproof and non-corrosive.
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Originally Posted by Expatriate
We do have a pet Rhesus monkey that rides the tandem with us, so that would suck.
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Expatriate you never cease to amze me, first the cool ass tandem, then a monkey! I wish I was your kid I mean a monkey! :-(
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Originally Posted by hypersnazz
You better replace your carbon headset spacers with Ti, just to be sure. Besides, they could like...shatter on impact while you're practicing manuals and give his paws terrible splinters.
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the only way to get it off is with a blow torch, or a hacksaw... dont listen to these guys' they are just pullin your leg w/ all this nonsense about TOOLS.
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If I had a monkey, OMG I could buy him a 16 inch bike and teach him how to ride, and that'd be cool.
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Originally Posted by FireTeamCharlie
If I had a monkey, OMG I could buy him a 16 inch bike and teach him how to ride, and that'd be cool.
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Originally Posted by Expatriate
Everyone knows they only ride 10" bikes. Geez.
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Originally Posted by hypersnazz
Vest. Fez. Think about it.
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Originally Posted by Expatriate
We do have a pet Rhesus monkey that rides the tandem with us, so that would suck. And yes, it's the density and tensile strength that make it hard to beat. Of the four common bicycle materials - steel, aluminum, carbon fibre, and titanium, only the last one is not prone to sudden and catastrophic failure. It's also rustproof and non-corrosive.
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Originally Posted by OneTinSloth
yeah, but don't forget the anti-seize...Ti is pretty loose with it's electrons, if you know what i mean....