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I like how you ended it on an upbeat.

Too soon...

Is this problem exclusive to FS bikes? Is it possible that the left and right dropouts move independent from one another just enough to cause a thru axle to loosen?

That one has knocked me on my ass several times.

I got your converted Unit right here, buddy!

Fake news! Anyone notice that the bots invaded mojo about the same time as they invaded the elections? Coincidence????

This thread reminds me of Mojo

But it’s way more fun to say “Go back to California!” When yelling at other drivers. I guess I can still yell “Don’t Dallas my Austin!” Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Prolly not the 1st Gen Pivot 429 ...

I"ve seen the same thing with herds of Californians moving here..... It seems like they're EVERYWHERE, except the roads AREN'T moving.....

As a person with an education......😋

So I was riding at Muleshoe with my son and had a failed attempt on one of the ledgy climbs. When I went to retry it my crank wouldn't turn, which was when I noticed that my derailleur looked odd. It was up against the spokes. After messing with the derailleur and turning the bike upside down I heard the wheel shift in the dropout. At about the same moment my son noticed that the thru axle was was loose. When I turned the bike over the thru axle had almost fallen out of the dropouts, held only by the tension of the chain and the wheel being slightly askew in the dropouts. In thirty years of mountain biking I have never had my rear wheel almost fall off while riding. I guess I need to be more conscientious about periodically checking the tightness of everything...

We should probably start a beer thread or like MTBR what are you drinking right now thread. I’m currently enjoying a Boulevard Rye on Rye.

yeah, I looked it up and realized that I'd been to that area. I've ridden White Ridge/White Mesa. Beautiful trail!

That's what she said you pervert Sometimes you need a little proper lube like you said. Sent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk

My friends that kept coming loose on the trail was a Maxle, I have bolt on thru axles, torque them to spec and have had zero issues.

Just curious, how many of you that have had the axles back out use a torque wrench to tighten them? Are these the ones with the lever or the ones where you need a hex wrench? I switched to the maxles instead of the DT Swiss levers. I find it hard to torque down with the small levers. Also, I have found that they threads get contaminated easily, and that a good amount of grease is needed if you're to torque it down properly. If you put it in dry (let's see what you can do with that one Mojos) it's hard to get it properly tight.

Yeah, and likely they're the sort of things that someone would pay you to keep quiet about.

Not sure how long any sort of thread-locker would hold after several uses, but it's not a bad idea. Wrapping the threads in plumbing Teflon tape or nail polish might help. I always keep a bottle of cheap nail polish around just for this reason. Be sure to get something glittery that complements your eye color, but the clear stuff works too.

I've had great performance with DT Swiss RWS thru bolts. They never back out. Running them in Hope hubs (not that it matters).

googles Cuba, NM... I heart green chile burritos like no one's business...

You were lucky the derailleur or hanger were not bent or damaged. I see this a lot on my bikes and my wife's bike. I don't think it has to do with 'not tightening the axle enough' because I have torqued axles down to where that was aluminum juice squeezing out. Some of my axles consistently loosen and some never seem to. I have cleaned threads, checked clearances, checked alignment, etc. etc. etc. No change. The ones that loosen - still do. The ones that stay tight - still do that too. What has worked for me is to check the axle when I check the tire pressure before every ride. It only takes a second to check. And I have never had one come loose during a ride since I started checking.

Half of those Californicators are bringing snakes with them.

Texas snakes?

Crowding makes people "rude" anywhere. Now let's talk about snakes.

Let me google that for you: https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/how-many-people-are-moving-to-austin-every-day/ Here's the thing with using a single realtor's input as a data point: It is totally biased. Not that they are biased, but realtors *generally* specialize in a particular area. If you were a realtor that specialized in my neighborhood you'd say that people come from all over (we have few California transplants.) But if you worked in my in-law's neighborhood you'd say 90% are coming from California. Californians tend to cluster towards more expensive locations possibly because they are coming in with big checks from selling their homes and end up spending about the same amount here. When you sell a $1M 1500sqft house in the Bay Area, you look for that $1M 4000sqft house here because it seems like such a bargain. Clearly we have a lot of them coming here from the Bay Area for tech jobs, and California is probably the primary supplier, but it looks like more than half of the people are coming from within the state. Also, one little trick that you have to consider is when they say that Austin is adding 100+ people a day, consider that the number also includes births, not just the people moving here.

🙂 I'll have to post the TAPE job next. Take video of your skin jumping off... 😛 Also, 'amateur' implies at least a modicum of previous experience. This being the first time I've attempted such a thing, I watched a youtube video by Park tool, then wrapped the bars. I still need to wrap my actual road bike bars as well, so I'll apply lessons learned there.

Ha! Check your facts, dude. My wife's a real estate agent, and the VAST majority of her clientele are relocating here from CA (particularly NoCal), IL, NY, and NJ. I moved here with my ex-wife (NoCal) and met my current wife (from Santa Barbara) here, and her brother moved here from Santa Ynez. The very first cul-de-sac I moved into (2005) had 7 houses: 3 occupied by Cali ex-pats, 1 from NY, 1 from from OH, and 2 from TX. I couldn't care less about your politics or where you get your news from, but get real with yourself: It's not a narrative (and yes, that's how you spell it), it's a fact. Let me Google it for you . . .

It’s “hot” up here and the streams are full of snow melt. The higher elevations should be good to go by the end of the month.

Tableau? It's Power BI or nothing at all! I already broke the front half of the donor bike so maybe it's a match? Like bike frame Darwinism?

Don't forget to account for the fact that losses on the bike side of Chuck's ledger lead to revenues for his art production venture!

Hog trails in Sedona. Awesome trail system! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Rim Trail, Page AZ That’s Lake Powell in the background. Fast XC type trail to get in a quick 10 miles with awesome scenery. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Alexandera is at the checkpoint in Abiquiu (Georgia O'Keeffe, RIP) and should pass by the north side of Valles Caldera today or tonight. The next checkpoint (Cuba, NM, 77.7 miles away on US Hwy 550) is the home of El Bruno's Restaurante y Cantina. The green chile burrito at El Bruno's would probably stop all forward progress, so guessing she won't stop for dinner.

Here's another one from Lagunitas that I didn't get enough of - very tasty!

Lol, true.