Just My Luck!
02-14-08 | 11:21 PM
#26
Long haired freak.
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If it's a fair LBS they'll quickly take a spoke wrench to it and make it decent again.
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02-15-08 | 12:31 AM
#28
Still kicking.
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I wouldn't say that he got ripped off. He got a cheaper bike that wasn't designed for what he is using it for. The wheel probably started to get bad way before this event.
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02-15-08 | 08:48 AM
#30
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Learn to true wheels. Mountain bikers will have wheels go out of true, and paying 20 bucks every time you hit a root wrong and knock the wheel out of true sucks. Buy a GOOD QUALITY spoke wrench, and see if the mechanic will give you a crash course in wheel truing. If hes not a super ******bag, (and you're not either) he probably will.
02-15-08 | 09:56 AM
#31
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Just got back from my LBS, he fixed it free of charge but didn't seem to happy about it. Said my frame was bent! I HAVE NO CLUE HOW! I havn't done anything at all to bend a frame. But he re-trued my frame also, It's better than what it was, but not 100%....
02-15-08 | 10:16 AM
#32
Just say no to brakes.
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Thats nuckin futs, how do you bend a frame so quickly? You need a grossly overbuilt 11ty billion inch XFR bike to get the mail, it seems.
02-15-08 | 10:23 AM
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IDK, I might of done the damage when I was riding at Dosset... (spelling) And maybe the curb just finished it off..
IDK!
Over the next year or two, I guess I'll get better, learn more, and then get a decent bike...
Until College gets in the way.
I rode it around the block and it seems to work ok. I'll just have to watch it.
1 month and and 12 days... I've bent a frame.... go me.... -_-
Anyway! I'm starting to look into all-mountain bikes they seem to fit the catagory of what I want to do.
It'll be a while though... a long while.
IDK!
Over the next year or two, I guess I'll get better, learn more, and then get a decent bike...
Until College gets in the way.
I rode it around the block and it seems to work ok. I'll just have to watch it.
1 month and and 12 days... I've bent a frame.... go me.... -_-
Anyway! I'm starting to look into all-mountain bikes they seem to fit the catagory of what I want to do.
It'll be a while though... a long while.
Last edited by Cheeto; 02-15-08 at 10:29 AM.
02-15-08 | 10:46 AM
#34
Throw the stick!!!!
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From: Charleston, WV
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Is it your frame that was bent or the derailleur hanger? If it was the hanger then it is very believable that he just bent it back.
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02-15-08 | 11:40 AM
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02-15-08 | 02:47 PM
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Bikes: 2008 Trek Fuel EX7, 2007 Trek 1600, 2007 Eastern Warthog
02-15-08 | 03:31 PM
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02-15-08 | 03:47 PM
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The back of the bike,
He stuck two tools where the tire axel would of gone, and he push and pulled until they were straight, or re-alligned.
So I guess I somehow twisted the back a little bit...
Kind of depressing.
I'm saving up for a bike in the 500-800 range now, starting to look around and set my goal for the bike i want.
Im 1/8 of the way to reachin 800 bucks... yay....
He stuck two tools where the tire axel would of gone, and he push and pulled until they were straight, or re-alligned.
So I guess I somehow twisted the back a little bit...
Kind of depressing.
I'm saving up for a bike in the 500-800 range now, starting to look around and set my goal for the bike i want.
Im 1/8 of the way to reachin 800 bucks... yay....
02-15-08 | 04:30 PM
#48
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From: The old Mountains
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yayyyyyyyyyy... Trek!
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Like a circus monkey on a stolen Harley......
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02-15-08 | 04:46 PM
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lol....nothing like cold setting aluminum!...lol
In my opinion, if you were seriously JRA and your ***** got bent, you should be provided a new frame.
lol....srsly..
your moms boyfriend didn't take it out for a joyride while you were sleeping and crash did he? lol
I would ask....srsly lol
In my opinion, if you were seriously JRA and your ***** got bent, you should be provided a new frame.
lol....srsly..
your moms boyfriend didn't take it out for a joyride while you were sleeping and crash did he? lol
I would ask....srsly lol