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06-26-17 | 07:45 AM

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cyccommute

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Originally Posted by IMontoya

So, what are your most frequent and recent roadside repairs (excluding flat tires)? I'm looking at my bulky Crank Bros multi-tool and realizing I've never used it on a ride...

I can use something smaller because most of my rides are within two miles of the house, and the ones that exceed that are with groups.

Cables, specifically derailer cables. They are the most likely item to need adjustment on a bicycle even including flats. 80 to 90% of problems I see at my local co-op are related to a misadjusted derailer cable. Most can be fixed in 30 seconds or less.

Or could have been fixed in 30 seconds or less. But it usually takes longer because Odysseus (Odysseusi?) has been charmed by the Siren song of the limit screws and throughly messed up the system.

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