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07-28-09 | 02:04 PM
#1626
Don't really have a bike.
Joined: Feb 2009
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From: Wenatchee, WA
I am building up a Jamis exile SS 2007 model (maybe you have seen my picture book thread) and i ordered the wrong BB to go with the cranks i have. I now know i need a ISIS BB with english threads. The one i ordered has a 73mm shell and fits but from what i have read i should be using a 68mm shell, which one do i get?
07-28-09 | 02:27 PM
#1627
Junior Member
Joined: Jul 2009
Posts: 7
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From: SLC
8.75 x 2.75 vanilla shock wanted/needed!!!!
07-31-09 | 05:19 AM
#1628
Old School Rad
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 8,206
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From: The old Mountains
Bikes: Blur LT
Getting ready to take my nephew out for his first ride. He's 8 and he live's with his mom and 2 sisters. He's gone through a hard time in the last year or so(mom and dad divorce) so it'll be good to get him out away from the girls. He's carrying a few extra pounds so I hope this isn't too hard for him. We're gonna do a few miles of gravel roads to check out some water falls. Thanks to Hambone for loaning me a 20" Scott. I'll try to get some pics.
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08-01-09 | 09:45 PM
#1629
It's all good!!!
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 449
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From: Western North Carolina
Bikes: 2006 Stumpjumper, 2005 Hardrock Sigle Speed, 2002 Trek 2000 Road Bike, 2007 Stumpjumper Hardtail
I hope he didn't drop you.
08-02-09 | 10:37 AM
#1630
"STAT"
Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 1,111
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From: WVU-Morgantown
Bikes: Trek 3900. 2007 Kona Dawg
Why haven't they tried to make a Hydro shifting system?
eliminate cables for once and for all!
I don't think it would be that hard to engineer a hydro derailleur system. The hydro would have no problem pushing, and with the spring on derailleurs, they would return up no problem.
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discuss?
eliminate cables for once and for all!
I don't think it would be that hard to engineer a hydro derailleur system. The hydro would have no problem pushing, and with the spring on derailleurs, they would return up no problem.
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discuss?
08-02-09 | 11:02 AM
#1631
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Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 10,939
Likes: 1
From: The Summit of Lee
Bikes: Hecklah
Old topic, Cheeto...its been proto'd
08-02-09 | 03:26 PM
#1632
"STAT"
Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 1,111
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From: WVU-Morgantown
Bikes: Trek 3900. 2007 Kona Dawg
08-02-09 | 07:20 PM
#1633
Official Website Waterboy
Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 3,271
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Bikes: a lot
So You missed the electronic shifting too?
08-02-09 | 09:42 PM
#1634
Moar cowbell
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 12,480
Likes: 7
From: The 509
Bikes: Bike list is not a resume. Nobody cares.
. . . and Shimano Airlines.
Largest problem I would see, cheeto, is to make the reverse-valving seamless. There would have to be ratcheting, positive pressure both ways (no return springs); so the reversing valve would have to actuate instantly when an upshift or downshift lever was engaged. On second thought, I suppose it could be a single-acting system with return springs; but where would that get you other than you eliminated a very simple, efficient cable?
I vote for CVT.
Largest problem I would see, cheeto, is to make the reverse-valving seamless. There would have to be ratcheting, positive pressure both ways (no return springs); so the reversing valve would have to actuate instantly when an upshift or downshift lever was engaged. On second thought, I suppose it could be a single-acting system with return springs; but where would that get you other than you eliminated a very simple, efficient cable?
I vote for CVT.
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08-03-09 | 05:13 AM
#1635
"STAT"
Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 1,111
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From: WVU-Morgantown
Bikes: Trek 3900. 2007 Kona Dawg
. . . and Shimano Airlines.
Largest problem I would see, cheeto, is to make the reverse-valving seamless. There would have to be ratcheting, positive pressure both ways (no return springs); so the reversing valve would have to actuate instantly when an upshift or downshift lever was engaged. On second thought, I suppose it could be a single-acting system with return springs; but where would that get you other than you eliminated a very simple, efficient cable?
I vote for CVT.
Largest problem I would see, cheeto, is to make the reverse-valving seamless. There would have to be ratcheting, positive pressure both ways (no return springs); so the reversing valve would have to actuate instantly when an upshift or downshift lever was engaged. On second thought, I suppose it could be a single-acting system with return springs; but where would that get you other than you eliminated a very simple, efficient cable?
I vote for CVT.
I was just mad at cables lol. The cable on my trek, that I'm trying to piece together frayed up pretty good the other day.
(the cable end thing had fallen off)
May I ask what is CVT?
LOL B2B, yea, I missed the Electro shifting also.
08-03-09 | 09:57 AM
#1636
Senior Member
Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 9,458
Likes: 16
From: Colorado
Bikes: Something Canadian, something Italian, something American, and something German
08-03-09 | 07:54 PM
#1637
Just got moved in to our apartment. Don't have steady internet. Day passes are expensive. Just checking in.
08-04-09 | 03:50 AM
#1638
"STAT"
Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 1,111
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From: WVU-Morgantown
Bikes: Trek 3900. 2007 Kona Dawg
Not MTN Bike related, but my Dad got awarded a Bronze Star for his actions while he was in the Middle East.
08-04-09 | 05:53 AM
#1639
Official Website Waterboy
Joined: Dec 2004
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08-04-09 | 07:14 AM
#1640
Moar cowbell
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 12,480
Likes: 7
From: The 509
Bikes: Bike list is not a resume. Nobody cares.
Continuously Variable Transmission:
https://www.bikemagic.com/news/article.asp?UAN=5807&v=1 (scroll down to Lahr)
Congrats to your Dad, BTW.
https://www.bikemagic.com/news/article.asp?UAN=5807&v=1 (scroll down to Lahr)
Congrats to your Dad, BTW.
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08-04-09 | 08:10 AM
#1641
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Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 10,939
Likes: 1
From: The Summit of Lee
Bikes: Hecklah
+1 (If I may be so bold as to invite myself
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08-04-09 | 01:28 PM
#1642
Old School Rad
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 8,206
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From: The old Mountains
Bikes: Blur LT
08-04-09 | 05:54 PM
#1643
Official Website Waterboy
Joined: Dec 2004
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08-04-09 | 08:54 PM
#1644
Thread Starter
Still kicking.
Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 19,659
Likes: 47
From: Annandale, New Jersey
Bikes: Bike Count: Rising.
Oops.
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08-04-09 | 11:36 PM
#1645
Senior Member
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 52
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From: Orange Co, CA
Bikes: '01 F1000 Lefty ELO
good point, hydro drive would be better than that
08-05-09 | 03:08 AM
#1646
"STAT"
Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 1,111
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From: WVU-Morgantown
Bikes: Trek 3900. 2007 Kona Dawg
08-05-09 | 06:23 PM
#1647
Not snubbing. I don't have internet set up yet so I have been really slow at getting replies. ATT is being ****bags and the DSL is not being fed though the lines like they said it was. Ride soon though.
08-05-09 | 07:53 PM
#1648
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Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 10,939
Likes: 1
From: The Summit of Lee
Bikes: Hecklah
Fancy Creek? (M-hattan)
08-06-09 | 05:42 AM
#1649
Official Website Waterboy
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Sounds good to me. We could meet here in Topeka, and take off from here.
08-06-09 | 07:25 AM
#1650
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Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 10,939
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From: The Summit of Lee
Bikes: Hecklah
That's what I was thinkin'. (maybe I could talk my wife into letting me borrow the van)