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10-25-2016, 12:47 PM #1
Anyone have anything they'd like to rant about?
It's been pretty quiet in here since Damien went all aboard the trump train.
Anyone have any bike related items that they would like to rant about?
I'll start. My park tools pocket size Allen key set is loose. And the bolt I need to tighten requires two Allen keys!
What the fuck Park Tools!
How about a Phillips on one side and flathead on the other!
Fuck!...tricks deserve applause, style deserves respect
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10-25-2016, 01:02 PM #2
Interrupted cable housing. Why?
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10-25-2016, 01:09 PM #3
Trail bikes without water bottle mounts. And under-the-downtube mounts don't count. I don't want horse shit sprayed on my water bottle.
3 fucking decades of incremental improvements to suspension design and they still can't figure out how to cram a water bottle cage into the front triangle on a lot of bikes. And for the record, I blame short people. All these fuckers that bitch and moan about not having a low enough standover height are screwing over us normal sized people. Half of the bikes these days look like a women's bike with a dropped top tube, which is completely unnecessary and means there's barely enough real estate left in the front triangle for the shock, much less a water bottle. Low standovers don't matter and I'm thirsty goddammit.
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10-25-2016, 01:40 PM #4
Buying a 3, 4, 5k bike and they skimp on not using galvy or stainless bolts and washers where needed. Cost difference would be $20 more. Even if it was $100 more. wtf
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10-25-2016, 01:57 PM #5
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10-25-2016, 02:09 PM #6
I'll go 1 step further: Interior cable routing. Why?
Uhhhhh, Camelbak? Water bottles aren't big enough for me. Outside downtube bottle mounts always look great for clearance, lol. I don't do jump trails, but I guess I could see why you wouldn't want anything on your back for that?
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10-25-2016, 02:10 PM #7
Death to ass-munching trail sanitizers!
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10-25-2016, 02:13 PM #8
But the seat collars aren't even low! Most of them end up with a weird, 4" tall seat tube phallus, so you don't even get the benefit of running a way longer dropper.
Exhibit A:
Exhibit B:
Originally Posted by Stucky
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10-25-2016, 02:51 PM #9a positive attitude will not solve all of your problems, but it may annoy enough people to make it worth the effort
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10-25-2016, 03:07 PM #10
Boutique-y suspension fluids.
Will my Pike explode if I don't use 0-20w synthetic?
Will the new orange Fox fluid disintegrate my older Fox shock?
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10-25-2016, 03:14 PM #11
Agreed on the bottle mount. Plus, for real long rides in warmer temps I often want my full camelbak plus a gatorade or water bottle. Or if someone else in your crew runs low on water it's good to have.
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10-25-2016, 03:18 PM #12
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10-25-2016, 03:53 PM #13
Park Tool can't make these in a packable size:
http://www.parktool.com/product/mast...category=Chain
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10-25-2016, 06:49 PM #14Besides the comet that killed the dinosaurs nothing has destroyed a species faster than entitled white people.-ajp
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10-25-2016, 07:01 PM #15
Two piece brake rotors that are four times the cost and eight times more likely to bend out of true if looked at wrong. I definitely got suckered into the marketing there....
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10-25-2016, 07:16 PM #16
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10-25-2016, 07:38 PM #17Banned
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My friend who helped me buy my bike responded to my gripe about shit breaking all the time that he didn't think I would actually ride the bike.
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10-25-2016, 08:06 PM #18Registered User
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10-25-2016, 08:28 PM #19
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10-25-2016, 09:40 PM #21Registered User
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1 - specailized, my stupid uuuhlins shock won't hold AIR over 150 lbs for more than a 4 hour ride yet it has a fucking auto sag feature - thanks guys that's helpful, how about an outo re-inflate button (sent back so will see result). 2 - The bike co line you are not the original owner and ends with yeah we realize you could only have had it for two months given the serial number. What comes to mind when i think Toyota is successful retail that has the best RESALE in the market if you product is so good stand behind it. 3- The water bottle thing - yeah crap and yeah i heard of camel back but like to carry some calories in the bottle
Like I told my last wife, I never drive faster than I can see, besides it's all in the reflexes.
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10-26-2016, 07:25 AM #22
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10-26-2016, 08:48 AM #23yelgatgab
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Nobody is talking about the new Turner Flux. How can I confirm my preconceived ideas of its awesomeness without reading other glowing reviews?
Remind me. We'll send him a red cap and a Speedo.
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10-26-2016, 08:54 AM #24
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10-26-2016, 08:55 AM #25
Bailing wire. Or if you go by Nancy or Betty or something, just add a twist tie to your tool kit. (Use it to keep the two halves of your spare link together.) Either way, wrap wire around rollers/rivets on either end of link. Bring wire halves together at middle-top and twist them around a tool (or maybe each other, if using thick wire) twist tool to increase tension until link pops.
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