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Big_papa_nuts

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  1. Cost to the customer for warranty work can be a bit confusing. SRAM for example will usually throw in a couple chains for the shop to sell to cover their labor costs (though they are getting away from that). Shimano does nothing so the shop either has to eat the cost, which they usually will for a good/regular customer, or charge the customer normal rates, with is actually the industry standard for warranty work.
  2. I know his reasons. I've talked to him about it, he tried to claim my shop installed it wrong. I also talked to a friend who happened to be at MW when the bike came back actually fixed about Joe's rant about how shitty I was. And have talked to a former ME employee about how you learn to always double check Joe's work. I've heard Joe is a nice guy, and he seems to have a passion for bikes so I can't blame people for giving him a few bucks, but he tried to insult my work and attempted to make his mistakes cost me money.
  3. Joe tried to have a customer return a bike to me because he didn't know how to remove a bottom bracket. Scumbag salesman in my book. Take your chances.
  4. Forks older then 2013ish are no longer supported by Fox. There is a guy that will custom machine parts for them and rebuild them though. Let me know if it comes to that. Also, Joe is a hack I wouldn't trust with a Huffy. No nitrogen in forks, just rear shocks. Also, the nitrogen will only benefit riders that are pushing their stuff pretty hard, plain old air is fine for the rest of us. Tim moved to Cycle East. Not sure who CP has doing their stuff now.
  5. Honestly I almost always buy the cheap ones (Deore level) so I couldn't speak to that from personal experience, and I feel like most info you'll get on the subject will be so subjective it'll be mostly useless. I've done it many times with sockets, PVC fittings or pipe, c-clamps, and other various "tools" one might have at home. It's really not that hard of a job for someone who is mechanically inclined or experience. That being said, if you fudge it up it might cost you a lot.
  6. The best I can describe it would be "hydrologic" movement. You want it to move smoothly, but it'll have some drag from the grease. Those can be serviced if you careful, but they are so cheap I usually just replace them.
  7. I always think about this when i ride walnut. But to the other point. Riders do need to be more proactive about our reputation. I try to be as kind as possible when dealing with other trail users, and am a huge advocate for a good bell.
  8. Local homeowner is a MTB hater. It'll be us against them till someone gives up. Same old story with most of the trails in the area.
  9. https://www.enduroforkseals.com/products/tools/rear-suspension-tools/SBT-HS1.html It's not cheap, but I'm kind of drooling over it.
  10. Hangers get weaker the more you bend them, so keep that in mind. Also, new hangers are rarely perfectly straight so you'll get to use your tool even if you decide to replace the hanger.
  11. Pivot bearing can be a pita. Some companies are nice enough to make tools for their bikes, Santa Cruz comes to mind, but they are usually very expensive, Santa Cruz comes to mind. Wheels MFG's kit come with some standoffs to make the job easier, but they don't always work. And if all else fails I tend to resort to some combination of sockets, c-clamp, and PVC fittings to get the job done.
  12. Technically neither the Peddler or REI had a 44mm headtube reamer/facer. Peddler Cedar Park currently has access to one though, if you talk to the right guy. I'd be careful going to REI downtown, they haven't had a qualified mechanic in a few years.
  13. Looks like Mack might have something for me.
  14. What do you do when you find a bike in a dumpster? Fix it up for a friend to use. I've managed to scrounge a drivetrain to replace the one that was rusted solid but it's gonna need new tires before I seem it trail worthy. Anybody got some beefy 26" tires laying around, or a narrow wide 140bcd ring?
  15. You can actually use your frame or fork as a truing stand with a zip tie, or pencil and rubber band, or various other methods. The Peddler in Cedar Park actually has straight pull spokes they can cut and thread to may length. MJ's also has a large stock
  16. I was just talking to Jude the other day about Magura suspension and he told me that they regularly changed their recommendations on lower lubes and then applied those recommendations retroactively. I believe Fox has done this a few times as well, but have no proof of this. Fox is almost as bad as Magura at disseminating information.
  17. I'll take that 9 speed stuff if you're up north.
  18. I actually used a 10 speed chain on my '91 Trek when I converted it to a 1x7. It was a stamped steel, Biopace, ring though.
  19. You say that until you spend $500 on a rim who's warranty will be void if it's not tensioned properly.
  20. I have an old Wheelsmith tensionmeter I really like, and use all the time. I actually bought four Parks for work a while back and they showed up reading 40kgf different from each other. I sent them back to be recalibrated, they returned with a business card someone scribbled "a-ok" on and still had a 30kgf spread. Needless to say I can recommend that thing, unless you feel like finding a way to actually calibrate it correctly.
  21. I'm no doctor but I think it helps in a few ways. First it will rinse some of the pollen out of your throat as you drink, drinking it ice cold may also reduce some of the inflammation. Second it will give your body what it needs to produce snot and tears. Which sounds like a bad thing, but if you drink enough they come out "pure" and actually flush away irritants without leaving a mess. Last, filtered water can actually leach minerals and such from your body, so maybe they are taking some of the counter productive things that come from eating and drinking the regular crap I do away.
  22. One Zertec and about a gallon of filtered water a day works well enough for me. I kinda stumbled on the filters water things one day when my water main broke but it seems to make a huge improvement.
  23. Shit. That's cheaper than I paid at dealer cost when I bought my Phantom.
  24. Definitely rode it the right way, as confirmed by the signs and the other person I rode it with, and my data collecting app. Definitely pedaled more than I coasted. Also, had to stop and clear two trees. Definitely NOT a "flow" trail.
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