What have you done to your bike today?
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Bikeworks
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Today I broke a spoke on the Stumpy. This comes after bending one on the gravel bike. I also got annoyed enough with the creak in the suspension of the Stumpy that I started pulling it apart and checking bearings. If they're smooth I'm just cleaning the pivots. So far found one that's rough, so bearings on the way!
serviceguy
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Making progress on the Stormchaser, she now has wheels! Replaced the rims on a set of DT Swiss C1800 with GR531 and installed Hutchinson Tuareg on them, I finally crossed to the dark side (tan sidewall tires).
Love those cranks, I ended up going with a 28 tooth chain ring to compensate for the reduced leverage. If you are struggling with the climbs, look into one of those.
Bikeworks
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Got the spokes on both rims fixed. Went home, reinstalled the tire on the MTB then went to do the gravel back, had this happen:
I was using a Park Tool plastic tire lever, nothing more. Never registered the wheels with Roval, so hopefully they will honor the warranty.
I was using a Park Tool plastic tire lever, nothing more. Never registered the wheels with Roval, so hopefully they will honor the warranty.
Steve Vai
Endurance Guy: Tolerates most of us.
Godspeed. Tell them it happened while riding.
Bikeworks
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Shop said they have it under control. They're super good to me, lending me a pair of wheels until the replacement shows.
Started removing the bearings on the Stumpy, back plate for the Park bearing tool is like Velveeta soft. Stern letter written. Not having a good bike maintenance day lol.
I purchased the cranks and 28 tooth chain ring together. Lance from Canfield is a wealth of knowledge..
Just an fyi, I run steel sram chain rings. 28 tooth alloy rings seem to ware out quickly.
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I use about 75% of my travel with a higher PSI. At a lower PSI without it, I can only use about 60ish. Much softer and more comfortable especially with the tuned X2 damper. Much like my old DVO Sapphire now which out of the box performs much better.
Drilled a couple of holes thru my Crankbrothers M19 "tool flask" so that I could mount it directly to the frame. It didn't go quite to plan as I then discovered that one of the bolts was seized in the frame, so it's only held on with one bolt. The head of the seized bolt stops it from rotating.
It didn't fall off on my first ride; time will tell if the single bolt shakes loose.
It didn't fall off on my first ride; time will tell if the single bolt shakes loose.
I have rivnuts if you want to drill the one out - of course it will drop into the frame and make another project.....
guess we could get it out of the seat tube....
serviceguy
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I'd say ez-out or counterCC drill bit for the win, especially if the bolt is Alloy. If it doesn't move 4mm drill bit and drill it out then rethread.
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I've never seen anything but rivnuts in a frame - get the outer flange disconnected from the barrel and boom.
it seems the old bolt is low, since the new one keeps it from spinning, it should just be a simple removal of the top????
are there other attachment solutions?
I have 20 small ez-outs, so I could attempt the extraction with a center hole
what am I missing?
Karate Monkey
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Many composite bikes have co-molded inserts. It's possible to replace them, but it's a major pain (you need to make one, pretty much, and it will never be as strong as original).