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sullivan.elliot
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1d ago
Warning: snapped a rear derailleur hanger on a customer's Warbird during a test ride in Fort Collins and had to decide whether to own it or blame the drivetrain
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young.emma
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3d ago
My old shop lead in Pittsburgh told me to stop greasing square taper spindles, and I've been doing it wrong for 12 years
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bencampbell
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3d ago
Just realized the 'just snug it' torque advice is why I keep stripping 5mm stem bolts
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brianellis
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5d ago
Am I the only one who didn't know a bike chain has 116 links on average until a rep at Interbike said it
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bencampbell
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5d ago
Pulled the wheel on my old Rockhopper after a noise I ignored for months and found the hub was basically dry
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patricia_king23
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7d ago
Guy at the shop in Reno said you can eyeball spoke tension by ear, and I watched him true a wheel that way in 10 minutes
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the_cora
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7d ago
Spent 90 minutes chasing a phantom click on a customer's commuter, turned out to be a loose valve cap rattling in the rim
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fionap70
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10d ago
Warning: I thought 28mm tires were silly until I did a 62 mile gravel ride on a friend's bike
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the_sarah
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12d ago
Watching a kid true a wheel with an app last week made me miss the old beer can trick
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blake_martinez
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13d ago
A guy at the bike swap in Portland swore by WD-40 on chains and my drivetrain lived to tell about it
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eric540
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14d ago
DAE think Park Tool blue is overrated? Give me cheap bondhus hex keys any day
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irisross
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15d ago
I used to say tubeless was overkill for my shop, then a goathead thorn changed my tune on a Tuesday ride
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barnes.jamie
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16d ago
Snapped a rear derailleur hanger on a customer's bike and the dropout was toast too
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umab86
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17d ago
I finally tried a bench mounted wheel truing stand after fighting with the fork trick for way too long
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hannahs71
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18d ago
TIL a cone wrench beats a regular one every time on old hubs
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