C & V pet peeves!!
11-03-22, 05:18 PM
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[QUOTE=styggno1;22699924]Being a strong believer in tradition and race proven set ups - I live by the rules. And I love it. I also love to look down at (on?) people (and their bikes) who do not live by the rules. Sometimes I am also ironic. Within the rules of course...
Nice.
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Best, Ben
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11-03-22, 06:09 PM
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My single biggest pet peeves is someone telling me how to setup my bike. Hands down.
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11-03-22, 06:15 PM
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Originally Posted by repechage
the Peeve, Splash tape. there must be a bike that it visually works on, I have not seen it yet.
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11-03-22, 06:46 PM
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I have a couple of bikes with a couple of deficiencies that should bother me more than they do that I guess I don't care how someone else sets up their bike. So if I have any peeves, they must not be bad.
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11-03-22, 06:53 PM
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Originally Posted by shoota
Behold and believe!
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11-03-22, 07:02 PM
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Not guilty of the marble tape thing and don’t build my own wheels...so I can’t be held accountable for not having a proper peek through at the valve hole...
Bars tilted upward...umm. Oh, brifters on an 87 bike...oops.
Pet peeves I have none. Bikes are cool.
Bars tilted upward...umm. Oh, brifters on an 87 bike...oops.
Pet peeves I have none. Bikes are cool.
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Didn’t we have a “pet peeves” thread a few weeks ago? Or was that in a different section of the forum?
11-03-22, 07:27 PM
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Curiously, many breaches of The Knowledge and The Rules that I almost religiously avoided and which quite annoyed me in my youth I now find quite amusing and occasionally almost endearing.
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Originally Posted by Robvolz
For some, it's the reversal of brake pads.
For me, and what drives me nuts, is the handlebars tipped too far up. The bottom of the bar should be parallel with the ground, but I will allow a small angle, if you were to insert a skinny broom stick or dowel, no lower than the rear brake stay.
What's yours?
What's yours?
For me, and what drives me nuts, is the handlebars tipped too far up. The bottom of the bar should be parallel with the ground, but I will allow a small angle, if you were to insert a skinny broom stick or dowel, no lower than the rear brake stay.
What's yours?
What's yours?
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11-03-22, 07:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Robvolz
what is a BOX 1X kit? (I'm old, out of touch with the kidz of today)
11-03-22, 08:01 PM
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Originally Posted by jamesdak
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Originally Posted by smd4
Didn’t we have a “pet peeves” thread a few weeks ago? Or was that in a different section of the forum?
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Originally Posted by SurferRosa
11-03-22, 08:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Robvolz
For some, it's the reversal of brake pads.
For me, and what drives me nuts, is the handlebars tipped too far up. The bottom of the bar should be parallel with the ground, but I will allow a small angle, if you were to insert a skinny broom stick or dowel, no lower than the rear brake stay.
What's yours?
What's yours?
For me, and what drives me nuts, is the handlebars tipped too far up. The bottom of the bar should be parallel with the ground, but I will allow a small angle, if you were to insert a skinny broom stick or dowel, no lower than the rear brake stay.
What's yours?
What's yours?
Tim
11-03-22, 08:24 PM
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Originally Posted by tkamd73
Level to the ground is a new one for me.
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Originally Posted by jdawginsc
Perfectly angled.
11-03-22, 09:51 PM
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Originally Posted by smd4
Then you haven’t been involved in this sport since about 1988.
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You know what totally ticks me off? Those idiot vintage bike manufacturers publishing catalogs showing their handlebars set up wrong!
Didn't those morons know that the only legitimate source of bike setup advice is random dudes on the internet 50 years in the future?
Didn't those morons know that the only legitimate source of bike setup advice is random dudes on the internet 50 years in the future?
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11-04-22, 12:18 AM
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Originally Posted by albrt
11-04-22, 03:59 AM
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Those trying to fit huge gravel tires on racing frames. "Is 1/32" enough clearance?" Um...NO!!
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11-04-22, 04:35 AM
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Originally Posted by SurferRosa
More interesting is the use the nds pedal to keep each bike upright.
11-04-22, 05:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Prowler
Ah, if you, seriously, don’t know that technique you should learn it. Very handy out there in the real world.
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It's annoying when there's only a few pages of a bike catalog that got scanned, usually meaning the mid and lower tier offerings for that year aren't documented.
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Originally Posted by Robvolz
For me, and what drives me nuts, is the handlebars tipped too far up. The bottom of the bar should be parallel with the ground, but I will allow a small angle
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My pet peeve is not limited to C&V. It's noisy drive trains. Squeaky derailleur pullies, clattering rear derailleurs, chain rubbing the front derailleur cage, etc. Sometimes, all it would take is a minor trim adjustment or a few drops of oil to silence the offending item, but they will blissfully pedal along, thinking that all bikes make that noise.
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