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Old 10-26-22, 08:15 PM
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Originally Posted by big john
I'm not against them. If I had one I would try it on my chains, out of curiosity if nothing else.
You want one? I have two because I thought the cheaper one wasn't working properly and then the more expensive one gave me the same results.
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Originally Posted by urbanknight
You want one? I have two because I thought the cheaper one wasn't working properly and then the more expensive one gave me the same results.
I don't know if I want one. Might freak me out to discover how bad my chains are.
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Originally Posted by big john
I don't know if I want one. Might freak me out to discover how bad my chains are.
Oh don't worry. These tell you your chain is perfectly fine until it's chewing up your chainrings.
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The forecast rain arrived a couple of hours early this afternoon. this of course, meant that instead of riding home before the rain I had the dubious pleasure of riding into a headwind in the rain.
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Originally Posted by gnome
The forecast rain arrived a couple of hours early this afternoon. this of course, meant that instead of riding home before the rain I had the dubious pleasure of riding into a headwind in the rain.
Builds character.
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Kudos. I have not had a 2/6 in several months.
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Kudos. I have not had a 2/6 in several months.
Yeah. I cannot remember my last 2.
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Originally Posted by indyfabz
Yeah. I cannot remember my last 2.
My app says I have had three 2's but I am pretty sure all of them were fairly early on. I have a strategy that increases my 3s/4s but almost guarantees no more 2's.
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I've had two twos, but I have not tutored two tooters to toot.
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Got it in 6 but only by using Humbug's elimination word approach.
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Cutting dovetails again today. The time just goes away. I look up and three hours have passed. One of these days I'll cut a presentable one.
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Cutting dovetails again today. The time just goes away. I look up and three hours have passed. One of these days I'll cut a presentable one.
"....trying to make a dovetail joint...."

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Wordle 495 3/6.

I got a new phone last week, and lost all my history. Since then, I've hit a lot more 3/6 than anything else. A shift in starting word might also be a factor.
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I am going to change my chain this evening if I have the energy. I have been reading up that counterfeit Shimano chains are being sold on sites like Amazon and Scam-Bay....and the two 11s chains I have on the pegboard were bought recently from Ebay, so now I am worried I might be putting on a fake.

Fake chains? Sad!
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I am going to change my chain this evening if I have the energy. I have been reading up that counterfeit Shimano chains are being sold on sites like Amazon and Scam-Bay....and the two 11s chains I have on the pegboard were bought recently from Ebay, so now I am worried I might be putting on a fake.

Fake chains? Sad!
This post could be fake for all we know…

Damn internet.
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Originally Posted by thin_concrete
This post could be fake for all we know…

Damn internet.
Fake posting?

Nope. It's real. And it's spectacular. Kinda like Sidra.
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Originally Posted by datlas
I am going to change my chain this evening if I have the energy. I have been reading up that counterfeit Shimano chains are being sold on sites like Amazon and Scam-Bay....and the two 11s chains I have on the pegboard were bought recently from Ebay, so now I am worried I might be putting on a fake.

Fake chains? Sad!
I had one earlier in the year, the chain kept snapping on climbs
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Originally Posted by phrantic09
I had one earlier in the year, the chain kept snapping on climbs
Ugh, that sucks! I have watched a few youtube videos to try to educate myself on identifying real vs. fake. Apparently the fakes are sometimes nearly identical to the real mccoy.
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Ugh, that sucks! I have watched a few youtube videos to try to educate myself on identifying real vs. fake. Apparently the fakes are sometimes nearly identical to the real mccoy.
I couldn’t tell, that’s for sure
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Ugh, that sucks! I have watched a few youtube videos to try to educate myself on identifying real vs. fake. Apparently the fakes are sometimes nearly identical to the real mccoy.
Well, except for being pieces of ****.
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Originally Posted by phrantic09
I couldn’t tell, that’s for sure
Yeah, I think I'll stick with real Shimano vendors. Or buy KMC from the same vendors.
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Originally Posted by genejockey
Yeah, I think I'll stick with real Shimano vendors. Or buy KMC from the same vendors.
Thats why I just buy YBN chains direct from Molten Speed Wax. They’re pre-prepped too
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I couldn’t tell, that’s for sure
Did you take a closer look to see if the quick link and/or lettering on the regular links were funny??
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