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  1. #13076
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    I don't send like the 25-year-olds, but my Reserves have been the best wheelset I've ever owned. Zero maintenance. One (of the many) things I suck at with bike maintenance would be truing a wheel. So much so that it's the only thing I don't even attempt to do myself anymore.

  2. #13077
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    Quote Originally Posted by jackstraw View Post
    I don't send like the 25-year-olds, but my Reserves have been the best wheelset I've ever owned. Zero maintenance. One (of the many) things I suck at with bike maintenance would be truing a wheel. So much so that it's the only thing I don't even attempt to do myself anymore.
    Up there with bleeding brakes for me.

  3. #13078
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    Quote Originally Posted by beaterdit View Post
    I don’t think it’s from the carbon, it’s from sealant leaching in there.

    Certainly been wrong before though, and plenty.
    It's the Ammonia in (some) tire sealants attacking the aluminum.
    When life gives you haters, make haterade.

  4. #13079
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    Quote Originally Posted by sfotex View Post
    It's the Ammonia in (some) tire sealants attacking the aluminum.
    Yeah all natural latex rubber needs ammonia as a preservative. All tire sealants are mostly natural latex rubber as far as I know. My home brew definitely is.
    There's nothing better than sliding down snow, and flying through the air

  5. #13080
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    Quote Originally Posted by beaterdit View Post
    Yeah all natural latex rubber needs ammonia as a preservative. All tire sealants are mostly natural latex rubber as far as I know. My home brew definitely is.
    Continental Revo is claimed ammonia-free.

  6. #13081
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    Right on. Is it any good?
    There's nothing better than sliding down snow, and flying through the air

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    Quote Originally Posted by jackstraw View Post
    I don't send like the 25-year-olds, but my Reserves have been the best wheelset I've ever owned. Zero maintenance. One (of the many) things I suck at with bike maintenance would be truing a wheel. So much so that it's the only thing I don't even attempt to do myself anymore.
    I just started getting alright at it within the last year or so (after a few years of learning), usually have on my more experienced mechanics take care of wheels for serious riders just in case. It's so simple but such an artform at the same time haha

    I do like carbon wheels for that reason though, not many go out of true very easily.

  8. #13083
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    Wheel building related.
    This is the minutia that keeps me up at night:
    https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5ASF...dzZmFrMWdjcWNv

  9. #13084
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dee Hubbs View Post
    Wheel building related.
    This is the minutia that keeps me up at night:
    https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5ASF...dzZmFrMWdjcWNv
    While he's certainly correct, I've never found that mountain bike tires running mountain bike pressures will change the dish of a wheel to a perceptible degree. They'll maybe put a poorly balanced wheel a bit out of true though.

  10. #13085
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    They build the wheel <0.2mm> off-center?

    JFC.

  11. #13086
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    You could probably just, like, do final tensioning and truing and check dish with a tire installed?

  12. #13087
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    IME the drive side spoke tension is always higher than the non-drive side and you can hear this by hitting/ pinging them with a tool
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  13. #13088
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    Quote Originally Posted by jamal View Post
    You could probably just, like, do final tensioning and truing and check dish with a tire installed?
    Dishing tool usually hits the tire, which makes it tough to get an accurate read on the rim.

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    The hose guide hole on my fox fork is stripped, complete spinner. What’s the fix? Re-tap bigger? Shove a toothpick shaving in the hole and tighten away?


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    Quote Originally Posted by zion zig zag View Post
    The hose guide hole on my fox fork is stripped, complete spinner. What’s the fix? Re-tap bigger? Shove a toothpick shaving in the hole and tighten away?


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    Zip tie around the arch is obviously the easy fix.

    You can try a longer bolt. I believe those holes have some extra depth / threads.

    Aside from that, you can try a helicoil, although it's a small hole into soft magnesium, so success is not a sure thing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by toast2266 View Post
    Zip tie around the arch is obviously the easy fix.
    This is the Lazy Man Solution, and precisely what I'd do.

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    Quote Originally Posted by skaredshtles View Post
    This is the Lazy Man Solution, and precisely what I'd do.
    And probably what I’ll do, but frustrating.

  18. #13093
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    Quote Originally Posted by zion zig zag View Post
    The hose guide hole on my fox fork is stripped, complete spinner. What’s the fix? Re-tap bigger? Shove a toothpick shaving in the hole and tighten away?


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    When my new-to-me bike arrived like that I asked the same question here. Dee said to get a longer bolt, so I did, and it’s held up fine so far.

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