Replaced Crunchy McSquishybike
06-24-09, 08:22 AM
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Replaced Crunchy McSquishybike
So I finally pulled the trigger on a bike to replace the one I drove over with my truck
2008 Kona Dawg Deluxe, on closeout.
I was thinking I wanted more of an XC bike to try to make up for my spindly legs (I don't really do much in the way of drops) but this thing was such a bargain that I couldn't pass it up.
2008 Kona Dawg Deluxe, on closeout.
I was thinking I wanted more of an XC bike to try to make up for my spindly legs (I don't really do much in the way of drops) but this thing was such a bargain that I couldn't pass it up.
06-24-09, 08:23 AM
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Still kicking.
Nice, don't run this one over now. 
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06-24-09, 08:29 AM
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06-24-09, 08:32 AM
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Still kicking.
Don't bother since it's an aluminum frame. Even if you get it back to normal, it stands a higher chance of failure since the metal in it will be permanently weaker than it was new.
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06-24-09, 09:13 AM
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06-24-09, 09:54 AM
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Very nice . . . enjoy that Dawg.
That's always the way I look at those things too.
Use your vice and then play with a set of Pony clamps as spreaders and such. Put some pipe or solid bar cut to 135mm between the dropouts and clamp that part in the vice. Then start jacking around the other stuff, measuring triangulation as you go, and see if you can get things back in alignment. Just always try to use slow pressure and leverage instead of brute hammer force. Use your imagination of stuff around your shop to exert the leverage/pressure you need. If you have a Porta-Power set and/or an arbor press, all the better.
Use your vice and then play with a set of Pony clamps as spreaders and such. Put some pipe or solid bar cut to 135mm between the dropouts and clamp that part in the vice. Then start jacking around the other stuff, measuring triangulation as you go, and see if you can get things back in alignment. Just always try to use slow pressure and leverage instead of brute hammer force. Use your imagination of stuff around your shop to exert the leverage/pressure you need. If you have a Porta-Power set and/or an arbor press, all the better.
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06-24-09, 10:02 AM
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06-24-09, 11:30 AM
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yeah but wouldn't you feel silly if you lost some teeth cause your old bent bike gave out on you when your nice shiny new bike was sitting at home?
06-24-09, 11:32 AM
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Being a bit melodramatic, here, aren't we?
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06-25-09, 10:32 AM
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after looking up melodramatic to clarify, no, I'm just saying you got a nice new bike, why would you try to bend an old aluminum frame back so you could ride IT instead?
especially since AL doesn't have a good record for that kind of thing.
especially since AL doesn't have a good record for that kind of thing.
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Very nice . . . enjoy that Dawg.
That's always the way I look at those things too.
Use your vice and then play with a set of Pony clamps as spreaders and such. Put some pipe or solid bar cut to 135mm between the dropouts and clamp that part in the vice. Then start jacking around the other stuff, measuring triangulation as you go, and see if you can get things back in alignment. Just always try to use slow pressure and leverage instead of brute hammer force. Use your imagination of stuff around your shop to exert the leverage/pressure you need. If you have a Porta-Power set and/or an arbor press, all the better.
That's always the way I look at those things too.
Use your vice and then play with a set of Pony clamps as spreaders and such. Put some pipe or solid bar cut to 135mm between the dropouts and clamp that part in the vice. Then start jacking around the other stuff, measuring triangulation as you go, and see if you can get things back in alignment. Just always try to use slow pressure and leverage instead of brute hammer force. Use your imagination of stuff around your shop to exert the leverage/pressure you need. If you have a Porta-Power set and/or an arbor press, all the better.
06-25-09, 03:44 PM
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Or maybe I'd like something to give to friends for occasional trail rides together? You act like I'm going to ditch the new bike for the old one and go bombing off some 8' drops. I have an otherwise decent bike, it won't cost me a dime to mess with it, there's no reason not to.
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Very nice . . . enjoy that Dawg.
That's always the way I look at those things too.
Use your vice and then play with a set of Pony clamps as spreaders and such. Put some pipe or solid bar cut to 135mm between the dropouts and clamp that part in the vice. Then start jacking around the other stuff, measuring triangulation as you go, and see if you can get things back in alignment. Just always try to use slow pressure and leverage instead of brute hammer force. Use your imagination of stuff around your shop to exert the leverage/pressure you need. If you have a Porta-Power set and/or an arbor press, all the better.
That's always the way I look at those things too.
Use your vice and then play with a set of Pony clamps as spreaders and such. Put some pipe or solid bar cut to 135mm between the dropouts and clamp that part in the vice. Then start jacking around the other stuff, measuring triangulation as you go, and see if you can get things back in alignment. Just always try to use slow pressure and leverage instead of brute hammer force. Use your imagination of stuff around your shop to exert the leverage/pressure you need. If you have a Porta-Power set and/or an arbor press, all the better.
06-25-09, 03:58 PM
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You are. That's evident. Shut up. 
There are even a few little things one can do if tweaking things back in line causes a crack or two. But I'm not going to mention them here or the doomsday scenarios will really start to crawl out of the woodwork.
There are even a few little things one can do if tweaking things back in line causes a crack or two. But I'm not going to mention them here or the doomsday scenarios will really start to crawl out of the woodwork.
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06-25-09, 09:42 PM
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You could have a KONA TOSS, similar to the traditional HUFFY TOSS.
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06-25-09, 10:21 PM
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^ Now, if the guy was deliberately aiming for the photographer I'd say that's a pretty respectable toss! I wonder if the camera survived?
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Ahhh, the beauty of telephotos: full-frame the action . . . out of harm's way 
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06-26-09, 03:12 PM
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Or maybe I'd like something to give to friends for occasional trail rides together? You act like I'm going to ditch the new bike for the old one and go bombing off some 8' drops. I have an otherwise decent bike, it won't cost me a dime to mess with it, there's no reason not to.
If a friend needs a bike the only respectable thing to do would be to let them ride your new one and you take it easy on your old one. If a friend let me borrow a bike that he knew had structural flaws, especially fatigued aluminum, and it failed while I was riding it.... I would not be happy.
