Originally Posted by Little Leo
ok these are easy to awnser questions but i need to know.
1.) what type of grease du you use to lub cabels? dose it matter?
2.) how do you take care of your fork, lub, dirt? (my manual is crap and i hope to upgrade to air)
3.) how do you clip into egg beaters? you use the same type of shoe clip in thing right?
4.) what do you do if you get a crack in your frame? can you fix it yourself? im thinking gorilla glue.
wow, these have been bothering me for along time.
1) i lub my cabels with whatever is around, as i think it does matter, i just don't care as long as they work ok
2) i take care of my fork lub and dirt with a soft towel to the stanchions. really depends on your fork though. my RS Judy doesn't require much of nuthin, my wife's Reba is spankin new but will require more.
2b) a bad manual isn't a reason to upgrade to air, as an air fork's manual might suck too. also, are you sure you're reading it right? perhaps you could post a tough part on here and someone could explain it better
3) yep
4) what i would do is stop riding it immediately and replace the frame, well if i was out on a trail i might ride it back to the car depending on the size of the crack, but it would be that frame's last ride. if you're seriously broke and can't afford a new frame you might be able to fix it. if your frame is steel or cromo you might be able to weld it or have it welded, if it's alum i don't know any really good alum glues, and alum isn't that great at being re-welded, JB Weld perhaps? i dunno, in any case even if fixed i think it would be prone to cracking again.