hooligan

Hey everyone,

Haven't been posting for a few days (or a week, I don't know) but I've been riding a ton. Found some new friends on dropmachine.com, a site more dedicated to those in canada and in ontario.

My friend allan, and I have been doing a lot of drops and he's given me a lot more confidence to do stuff.
Now, I can do 4 and 5 footers, with ease, before I was a little uncertain about them, but did them. Every now and then I would wipe out. Also, allan gapped this 12 step staircase over 6 feet in height over, around 6-8 feet in length. It doesn't look like he made it accross the stairs, but rest assured that he did.

mtnbiker66

Oh yea! It's gettin' that time of the year.

swifferman

Is he riding on your bike?

:O

hooligan

Nope. We have the same bike, he has different grips, a deore rear, no front derailler. I got golden flat head screws that paved a bigger path into my odis, and they work really well. I think its 6-32 x 3/4 or something. its a cinch wider than my odi screws.

MadMan2k

You're obsessed with grips, aren't you?

Maelstrom 

Its a disease.

Raiyn

Now watch as his lock collars pop after being hogged out. Mark my words

Dirtbike

He still hasnt gotten himself a new set of lockrings?? They are like 10 bucks. I sure hope he has atleast gotten himself a hex set.

Raiyn

Probably not. Unfortunately a failure of his lockrings could cost him pretty badly, like Max X list badly.
https://www.maximumexp.com/

hooligan

You sure raiyn? I'll question that considering these aren't bigger, the tread is. I have not gotten a hex set yet, because I'm not paying 11 + tax for a 2.5 mm key. You get too picky. In the end, I doubt they'll pop. We'll see. OH yeah, only 1 side of each grip is mod screwed.

Dirtbike

Where the hell would you pay 11 bucks for a hex key?? They are 50 cents at the hardware store I work at

Just go buy yourself a folding tool for 10 bucks...

And what are "treads" on a screw?

ROLLEYES

trekkie820

or, you could always grow a pair and muscle on some new grips....it makes you one with your bike.

Raiyn

I get too picky? Just where do you think the threads of your new screw go? If they're coarser (as I think you mean) they dig through the threads already there making a weaker connection due to the fact that the metal has already been cut making it more prone to failure. If they are in fact a thicker screw then you run the risk of weakening the ring by placing undue stress on the material. Do us all a favor and go buy a set of conventional grips and a can of spray paint, it just seems that the lock on kind are beyond your capabilities

hooligan

Oh great. I get pwned for saying tread instead of thread. Yeah, I realize my thread about odi was stupid, but I'll check for "failure" okay? I'll see how long this pair will last. Give me a time these will fail around, raiyn. I ride 3-4 hours a week, do about 1-5 foot drops urban, and can't hit the trails. Rough estimate, I'll see how these last.


As for being beyond my capabilities, well, I don't want to pay 10 bucks for a folding tool for a 2.5 mm. No hardware store remotely close to me sells individual hex keys. I'm very capable of getting these tightened man. They just got loose somehow, and I had to do and undo them with a 2.3(some digits go here, don't want to check out a conversion site). It worked, in fact, I got the rounded screw off. I'm skilled enough to get 4 really really tightened screws off, only rounding one, wiht a 2.3 something something mm hex key. I don't think ODI grips are beyond my capabilities, getting those on with 2.5 is easier than 2.3. It's only beyond my wallet.

trekkie820

You should ride with a folding tool anyway!! Are you really saying that 10 bucks is beyond the realm of your wallet????

Maelstrom 

I call bull****. There isn't a canadian tire in Toronto? Last time I remember there was a few. Home Hardware? Heck even wallmart would have a section. You are in the biggest city in canada, with a subway system running throughout, and you can't get a hex...



AGINCOURT, ON
4630 SHEPPARD AVE. EAST
HWY 401 & McCOWAN
416-291-7791



ALBION & KIPLING, ON
1530 ALBION ROAD
KIPLING AVE. & ALBION RD.
416-745-9070



DUFFERIN & FINCH AUTO CTR, ON
4400 DUFFERIN STREET
DUFFERIN & FINCH
416-667-9777



DUNDAS & KIPLING, ON
5363 DUNDAS ST. WEST
KIPLING & DUNDAS
416-239-2388



EGLINTON/LAIRD, ON
825 EGLINTON AVENUE E
EGLINTON AVE. E. & LAIRD
416-422-0303



KINGSTON RD, ON
2850 KINGSTON RD.
KINGSTON RD. & ST. CLAIR AVE
416-261-3384



LAWRENCE & ALLEN EXPWY, ON
700 LAWRENCE AVE W.
LAWRENCE AVE. W. & ALLEN RD.
416-787-1203



MARKHAM EAST, ON
7650 MARKHAM ROAD
MARKHAM RD & 14TH AVE
905-472-1638



REXDALE, ON
2025 KIPLING AVE.
KIPLING AVE. & REXDALE BLVD
416-743-6950



SCARBOROUGH EAST, ON
111 RYLANDER BLVD.
HWY 401 & PORT UNION RD.
416-283-7707



SCARBOROUGH, ON
3553 LAWRENCE AVE. EAST
LAWRENCE AVE. & MARKHAM RD.
416-431-1630



SHEPPARD AVE., ON
1019 SHEPPARD AVE. E.
SHEPPARD AVE. E. & LESLIE ST
416-226-4411



THE QUEENSWAY, ON
1608 THE QUEENSWAY
QUEENSWAY & EAST MALL
416-255-5531



TORONTO DANFORTH AVE, ON
2681 DANFORTH AVE.
DANFORTH AVE. E. & MAIN ST.
416-690-6069



TORONTO, YONGE & CHURCH, ON
839 YONGE ST.(AT DAVENPORT)
YONGE ST. & CHURCH ST.
416-925-9592



WARDEN & EGLINTON, ON
1901 EGLINGTON AVE E
WARDEN AVE. & EGLINTON AVE.
416-615-2666



WEST TORONTO, ON
2129 ST. CLAIR AVE W
KEELE & ST.CLAIR
416-766-8141



WESTON ROAD & 401, ON
2625B WESTON ROAD
HWY 401 & WESTON RD.
416-247-2196



WESTSIDE MALL, TORONTO
2360 EGLINTON AVE WEST
Eglinton/Caledonia
416-636-7480



YONGE & STEELES, ON
CENTREPOINT MALL
6310 YONGE STREET
YONGE ST. & STEELES AVE.
416-222-2511


That should help. Thats 20 stores for 4million people. I would think there would be one NEAR you at least.

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notfred

That stairset isn't 6 feet high. It's about 4. I've added some marks to your image. There's one on the wheel. That one is 26" high, because that's how big the wheel is. I took that one and copied it two times and put it up against the wall, so you can see how high 26 inches and 52 inches are on the wall. Then I drew a line that goes striaght across the wall from the top of the stairs. You can see that it's lower than the 52 inch mark. That stairset is about 4 feet high. If you think that it's 6 feet hight, that means the "4-5 foot" drops you've been doing are probably more like 3 feet.

Maelstrom 

Bored

Raiyn

hooligan

Hey Maelstrom. Last time I checked 4 of those stores, they didn't sell indivudual keys. Only in 7/8 sets per multi tool.

BTW, Raiyn because I don't take that pic seriously, that's very funny.

hooligan

Yeah...that is 6 feet. Come by, when you stand, that thing is taller than you (unless youre taller than 6 feet). AS for 4-5 foot drops, yeah, I drop close to my height. That thing is at least a foot higher than me, dude. There's an angle to that pic.

hooligan

Here's another picture.

cryptid01

Glad to hear you've been riding rather than just arbitrarily removing and installing your grips, hoolie. Good for you.

Stair drops to flat are almost as pointless as arguing about how tall they are.

And might I mention you got

Maelstrom 

4 of 20. Thats fine but 3 of the ones in Vancouver do, as do all the bike shops, home hardware, even the little mom and pop shops and heck even 711. Just pointing out that your said situation seems impossible. Unless ontario is having a hex key shortage.

Btw congrats on riding more, thats good stuff.