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08-09-15 | 09:56 AM

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habilis

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Bikes: 90's Bianchi Premio, Raleigh-framed fixed gear, Trek 3500, Centurion hybrid, Dunelt 3-spd, Trek 800

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Originally Posted by Zerokreap

Ronno, I have heard of that technique but have never been able to accomplish much with it. I think I am doing something wrong.

RoadGuy, your advice is solid. I was attempting to do this, but still having trouble.

I have now fixed the problem. The guy in this video (who is a trip!) shares a nice trick at 4:32:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fpc-R_BfpHU

It worked perfectly for me and now the bike is rolling and stopping real nice. After I fixed the brake, I noticed that my fork was a bit lose. So I had to tighten that up, then reset my headset. I am starting to wonder what exactly I paid that bike shop to do...

A wise man once said, "Why should I pay someone else to @#$% my stuff when I can @#$% it up myself?" Applying this maxim over the years, I found that I could fix more and more things while messing up fewer and fewer things.

Last edited by habilis; 08-09-15 at 10:00 AM.

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