teabagger11
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Added a chris king front hub to the SS
I thought of my ride today that it’s been a while since a broke my derailleur. Then a couple of miles later, shit happened.Threw on a new $50 derailleur as Wildcat has taken it’s toll. Fun fact, SLX is 40g heavier than XT but feels like more, oddly. I cannot figure how the chain gets so dirty. I gotta start shopping for a new one as it’s almost worn out. A very quick search didn’t find much in stock and it used to be a $20 “whenever I want one” item. Stoopid covid.
I discovered I had no tokens in the fork so I bought a set and added one. See how it feels.
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Damn. Jinxed yourself.I thought of my ride today that it’s been a while since a broke my derailleur. Then a couple of miles later, shit happened.
I need to stop thinking while ridingDamn. Jinxed yourself.
I cannot figure how the chain gets so dirty. I gotta start shopping for a new one as it’s almost worn out.
This is probably true. It’s like a grey sludge and I don’t know where that could be generated. Ick.Dirty chains wear out faster?
This is probably true. It’s like a grey sludge and I don’t know where that could be generated. Ick.
Never. That stuff is supposed to be unicorn tears mixed with fairy dust.Did You clean the assembly lube off the chain before you installed it?
Never. That stuff is supposed to be unicorn tears mixed with fairy dust.
…and I bought the bike used. With a chain and everything!
Speed sensor broke--thread insert pulled apart from the housing, probably because of the Buttermilk Valley downhill overlooking the river (so I know where to go to test my work)--so I took the opportunity to change the mounting bracket for a different style; problem: it was designed for spokes laced in the opposite direction of how the ones on this wheel are laced. Solution: crafty me cuts off piece of rubber mount where spoke needs to sit, and glues it on other side. New problem: other half of the clamshell is hard plastic, and not as easy to simply modify without pins/reinforcement. Solution: I had an offcut of walnut that was about the right thickness to copy the piece, so I got to work.
Final product took ~60 minutes of working time from modification-to-install, and I got to use my safe-edge file to do the major profiling, since I didn't want to cut into the 'core' of the piece, and the walnut was hard enough to work well with the file. After finishing/checking the fit, I paste waxed the hell out of it to give it a chance at surviving, then installed it.
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I even managed to have the presence of mind to cut it so the grain wasn't unsupported over the spokes. Go me.
I'm getting a lot of mileage out of this piece of walnut, though it never got used for the original purpose (to be a bridge support on a zither).