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10-03-11 | 07:13 AM
#326
Thread Starter
Your cog is slipping.
Joined: May 2009
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From: Beverly MA
Bikes: EAI Bareknuckle
It's pretty tough if you have a crappy chain tool. After messing with a link, it will be stiff and you'll need to use the "loosening shelf" on your chain tool to free it up. If your chain tool doesn't have one, hold the chain with both of your thumbs on the outer plates of the stiff link and give it a little push.
10-03-11 | 07:17 AM
#327
Thread Starter
Your cog is slipping.
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 26,053
Likes: 100
From: Beverly MA
Bikes: EAI Bareknuckle
Dear Scrod,
What is the likelihood that we will lose potentially valuable members due to the perpetual hazing that is given to new members by members of the forum, including myself? Honestly, people do ask stupid questions here and often we, instead of explaining why it happens to be stupid, we just troll them until they give up and go away. I am guilty of this as much as anyone, so no one reading this should think that I'm simply pointing fingers. I know that to a point it help to weed out complete morons, but at the same time, everyone has to learn somehow.
/rant
What is the likelihood that we will lose potentially valuable members due to the perpetual hazing that is given to new members by members of the forum, including myself? Honestly, people do ask stupid questions here and often we, instead of explaining why it happens to be stupid, we just troll them until they give up and go away. I am guilty of this as much as anyone, so no one reading this should think that I'm simply pointing fingers. I know that to a point it help to weed out complete morons, but at the same time, everyone has to learn somehow.
/rant
will ever amount to a "valuable member of the forum" (but that's really not for me to decide). As a mod, I try to diffuse as much as I can - although it often backfires and I end up leading the hazing - and I almost always send the new user a PM explaining that he's not being picked on or ganged up on. So far, it's worked and the ones who want to stick around do.
Last edited by Scrodzilla; 10-03-11 at 08:49 AM.
10-03-11 | 08:28 AM
#328
i smell bacon
Joined: Mar 2010
Posts: 5,574
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Bikes: Geekhouse Deerfield, GT Edge Ti, Spooky Skeletor, TET Track, Ritchey P-650b, Bridgestone MB-3
Lol @ quote.
10-03-11 | 08:41 AM
#329
Brown Bear, Sqrl Hunter
Joined: Jul 2009
Posts: 4,244
Likes: 28
From: San Jose, CA
Bikes: CAAD 10 4, Dolan DF4, Fuji Track Classic
I know that using a shim on the steerer tube side of a stem is fine, what about for the bars themselves? Is this unsafe at all?
10-03-11 | 08:43 AM
#330
Thread Starter
Your cog is slipping.
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 26,053
Likes: 100
From: Beverly MA
Bikes: EAI Bareknuckle
A pain in the ass, yes. Unsafe, no.
10-03-11 | 08:52 AM
#331
Addicted Newb
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 172
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From: Philly
Bikes: 1974 Huffy Contestant: SOLD 1980 Fuji Royale: CURRENT
been trying to wrap my head around affordable 700c wheelsets with the lightest possible weight. recommendations? dp18's arent that light from what i heard, and there are just too many versions of the same brand wheel out there to really decipher whats what. so for lets say under 175 what sets would be in my best interest?
thanks
Justin
thanks
Justin
10-03-11 | 08:59 AM
#332
Thread Starter
Your cog is slipping.
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 26,053
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From: Beverly MA
Bikes: EAI Bareknuckle
DP18s aren't the heaviest rims out there but definitely aren't light.
Under $175 may be tough because even if you find a wheelset with relatively light rims, they'll most likely be overbuilt using heavy straight-gauge spokes. If you want really light wheels, having a set of KinLins built using nice double-butted spokes is a great option.
Under $175 may be tough because even if you find a wheelset with relatively light rims, they'll most likely be overbuilt using heavy straight-gauge spokes. If you want really light wheels, having a set of KinLins built using nice double-butted spokes is a great option.
Last edited by Scrodzilla; 10-03-11 at 09:04 AM.
10-03-11 | 12:16 PM
#333
Hi, I'm Bryan.
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 2,650
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From: Chicago
Bikes: 2010 Focus Mares
As a mod, I try to diffuse as much as I can - although it often backfires and I end up leading the hazing - and I almost always send the new user a PM explaining that he's not being picked on or ganged up on. So far, it's worked and the ones who want to stick around do.
10-03-11 | 12:25 PM
#334
Enson
Joined: Jun 2011
Posts: 389
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From: Los Angeles, CA
Bikes: Surly Steamroller
10-03-11 | 12:28 PM
#335
Enson
Joined: Jun 2011
Posts: 389
Likes: 1
From: Los Angeles, CA
Bikes: Surly Steamroller
i never got hazed enough to be loved.
10-03-11 | 12:54 PM
#336
Senior Member
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 1,242
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From: bradenton FL
Bikes: 1991 Diamondback Master TG 1990 Trek 850 Antelope
The only hazing I get is in the morning when Im trying to remember what happened the prior night.
10-03-11 | 01:10 PM
#337
Senior Member
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 13,765
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From: Louisville, KY
/definitely not scrod
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Bikes: 1996 Eddy Merckx Titanium EX, 1989/90 Colnago Super(issimo?) Piu(?),
10-03-11 | 01:18 PM
#338
Hi, I'm Bryan.
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 2,650
Likes: 0
From: Chicago
Bikes: 2010 Focus Mares
10-03-11 | 01:55 PM
#339
yoked
Joined: Jan 2011
Posts: 3,594
Likes: 1
From: S
Scrod,
I'm tired of trying to find an avatar that I like. Will you please give me one for me to use for two weeks? Your choice on what it is, but keep it reasonable though.
I'm tired of trying to find an avatar that I like. Will you please give me one for me to use for two weeks? Your choice on what it is, but keep it reasonable though.
10-03-11 | 01:57 PM
#340
yoked
Joined: Jan 2011
Posts: 3,594
Likes: 1
From: S
This is gonna be good.
10-03-11 | 01:58 PM
#341
Hi, I'm Bryan.
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 2,650
Likes: 0
From: Chicago
Bikes: 2010 Focus Mares
This is gonna be awesome. I want one too haha.
10-03-11 | 02:03 PM
#342
yoked
Joined: Jan 2011
Posts: 3,594
Likes: 1
From: S
I wanted to do it in the "New Avatar" thread but I didn't want to find it.
/lazy
/lazy
10-03-11 | 03:21 PM
#343
pro in someone's theory
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 3,236
Likes: 3
From: Las Cruces, NM
Bikes: FTP
10-03-11 | 05:39 PM
#345
Thread Starter
Your cog is slipping.
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 26,053
Likes: 100
From: Beverly MA
Bikes: EAI Bareknuckle
here you go:
10-03-11 | 06:05 PM
#347
Painfully average.
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 2,304
Likes: 4
Bikes: Caad10 / All-City SP
That's a keeper.
10-03-11 | 06:15 PM
#349
Senior Member
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 300
Likes: 0
From: Jersey City/NYC
Dear Scrod,
I want to get a carbon fork for my visp which comes with a steel/alum fork. stock rake is 43mm, how would putting the leader I05tr with a 30mm rake on my frame affect how the bike rides? the visp supposedly has track geometry.
thanks!
I want to get a carbon fork for my visp which comes with a steel/alum fork. stock rake is 43mm, how would putting the leader I05tr with a 30mm rake on my frame affect how the bike rides? the visp supposedly has track geometry.
thanks!
10-03-11 | 06:19 PM
#350
yoked
Joined: Jan 2011
Posts: 3,594
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From: S
Just for the record here is a carbon fork with your proper rake on Nashbar:
https://www.nashbar.com/bikes/Product...0052_515806_-1
It's about the same price as an I05tr too.
/notscrod
https://www.nashbar.com/bikes/Product...0052_515806_-1
It's about the same price as an I05tr too.
/notscrod