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06-02-2021, 05:37 PM #4776Registered User
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06-02-2021, 05:43 PM #4777Not a skibum
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Sure, but for $11 pretty sure that's worth my $/time to just drop it in and get a go/no-go on my 5 bikes I actively ride most of the year.
https://www.parktool.com/product/cha...dicator-cc-3-2
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06-02-2021, 06:13 PM #4778
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06-02-2021, 06:32 PM #4779Registered User
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Does this look like impact damage? Sold these two months ago on eBay and the buyer is trying to say they’re defective.
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06-02-2021, 06:39 PM #4780
Everything's defective if you smash it into a rock hard enough.
(Yes, looks like impact damage)
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06-02-2021, 06:39 PM #4781Registered User
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In a bold move you could just lash out and buy a go-no-go chain checker for < 20$ or just change chains yearly or sft
bike stores should be too busy making money to do shit for free, so they will still be there next year
edit: except for me, I want a deal and the free shit done of courseLast edited by XXX-er; 06-02-2021 at 07:50 PM.
Lee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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06-02-2021, 06:46 PM #4782
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06-02-2021, 08:43 PM #4783
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06-02-2021, 09:53 PM #4784Registered User
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Ok the carbon rim manufacturer concurs the damage is from a crash, not any manufacturer defect. Any bets on whether this guy will win his PayPal dispute two months after purchase and having admitted using the wheels?
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06-02-2021, 10:02 PM #4785
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06-03-2021, 12:32 PM #4786
Are you a shop/dealer or was this a personal sale?
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06-03-2021, 12:53 PM #4787Registered User
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Personal sale, indicated that on the sale listing, no warranty. Sounds like the buyer is easing off his PayPal dispute intentions. I think it helped I attached the email from the manufacturer stating the photos showed a crash/impact failure not a manufacturer defect.
I’m trying to get a replacement rim from the manufacturer, if that fails I’ll probably kick a few bucks back to the kid to help cover the wheel build for his new rim he has to buy.
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06-03-2021, 01:10 PM #4788
Very nice of you to do that. The reason you buy new is for a warranty and coverage in situations like this - it is from a crash and he bought used that is his problem. But again, very nice of you to do that.
I know this when I buy used and don't understand how other buyers don't. Sometimes it is good to decline a sale if someone seems a bit squirmy or cheap. Usually the person who just says I'll take it and pays asking price isn't the type of person to pull this kind of stuff.
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06-03-2021, 01:23 PM #4789
^^^ Reminds me of a fork I sold in the "dorp to falt" era of the early 2000s on Pinkbike. A few weeks later I get an email from the kid who bought it asking why the fork is topping out. Then another claiming other issues saying this is unacceptable and demanding a refund. In the meantime I found pics he'd posted of himself on PB hucking off loading docks to flat and even a pic hucking off the roof of a building. The newer pics showed the fork in question on his bike. Um yeah, that might have something to do with it topping out.
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06-03-2021, 02:18 PM #4790
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06-03-2021, 02:40 PM #4791
As long as you didn’t misrepresent the product in the description; I’d have a hard time seeing PayPal/eBay siding with the buyer... I’ve been fucked by eBay before though.
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06-03-2021, 05:45 PM #4792
What’s the deal with this “straight head tube” thats on these transition bikes, does that mean a new fork steerer standard? They still take tapered? New headset standard? Why do they accommodate Angleset better than whatever’s on every other bike?
Do I detect a lot of anger flowing around this place? Kind of like a pubescent volatility, some angst, a lot of I'm-sixteen-and-angry-at-my-father syndrome?
fuck that noise.
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06-03-2021, 06:34 PM #4793
It's the same diameter as one of the really common tapered headtube lower cups, just on both ends. Not really a new standard, and at most it's just a different upper headset cup than normal. It gives you room to do an angleset without having to go to an external top cup. I'm into it.
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06-03-2021, 09:18 PM #4794
So I’m generally pretty good at tracking down creaks but this is a difficult one. My 150/160 29er has a carbon frame with a fully integrated headset, maybe 2500 miles on it. Creak is now noticeable riding whenever front wheel hits a square edged rock small or large. Creak happens as well if you just pick up the bike and drop it from a foot high.
FSA headset bearings spin smooth and seem like new. All interfaces (crown race, headset, all stem bolts, axle, etc) have been cleaned and regreased. When fork was put in a big ass vise yesterday, my 190 lbs couldn’t induce a creak in any direction (manitou has very good rep for not gett8ng the CSU creaks of a Fox or occasionally RS). Cables and brake lines entering the front of frame were cleaned and silicone sprayed.
The only small thing I noticed was that the aluminum compression (aka Split) ring between steerer and bearing is scored and slightly pitted. This style of headset uses a tall compression ring, so the usual rings (cane creek 40 or 110) won’t fit.
Any ideas on what to try next?
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06-03-2021, 09:19 PM #4795
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06-03-2021, 09:25 PM #4796Registered User
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on carbon you wana use the carbon paste ime
On new yeti 5.5's my buddy & I had creaking seat posts, I tried grease/ lube/ wax chain lube/ teflon pipe tape/ every fucking thing and nothing could make it go away
until the carbon pasLast edited by XXX-er; 06-03-2021 at 10:07 PM.
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06-03-2021, 10:14 PM #4797
Nope. Remember, the fork was removed and put in a vise to induce any possible creaks from steerer/crown or crown/stanchion interfaces….and no creaks could be found. This is the test bike shops usually do to justify warranty on CSU.
With wheel off, this creak can’t be induced by twisting force on fork. It happens when the headset area is loaded
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06-03-2021, 10:16 PM #4798
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06-03-2021, 10:20 PM #4799
Is there a trick to make it easier to pop the seals out of a Rockshox fork? Yari in this case, and SRAM says to use a "downhill tire lever" which they show as full metal. I'm trying a couple wrenches, but it's got me wondering about denting this thing.
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06-03-2021, 10:27 PM #4800
I did my ~2015 Pike with a flathead screwdriver and didn't have a problem.
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