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07-13-2020, 03:12 PM #1376
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07-13-2020, 03:12 PM #1377
I was there!
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07-13-2020, 03:27 PM #1378Registered User
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Tomac is using a really long Tioga ( what else ) stem
riding my drop bar road bike I am mostly on the hoods and very rarely on the dropouts
which is probably why I like the geeky bar end/on mtn bike bars for a touring bike so I can just keep running normal deore trigger shiftersLee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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07-13-2020, 04:22 PM #1379
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07-13-2020, 04:33 PM #1380
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07-13-2020, 05:16 PM #1381
Didn’t he do it to mimic his road position? Had a pro European contract iirc.
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07-13-2020, 06:05 PM #1382
Yeah, he was on 7-11/Motorola for a couple of years.
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07-13-2020, 06:11 PM #1383Registered User
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I did this to an 2011ish steel mtb and rode it as a gravel bike for a couple years. The geo was funky but was also kinda fun on singletrack. Gravel specific short reach drop bars helped too.
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07-13-2020, 07:31 PM #1384
I want that Tomac Yeti....
anyone have a oneup pump with tool? Debating getting one just want to know if it’s worth the $150....
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07-13-2020, 08:03 PM #1385
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Yes and yes. I have the OneUp EDC top cap cut into 2 of my bikes. And the EDC tool gets moved between bikes. I screw a 20g CO2 canister on the bottom of it.
My wife prefers to carry a pump and not use CO2s. So I bought the 70cc mini with the EDC tool stored inside.
All solid pieces of equipment.
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07-13-2020, 08:10 PM #1386
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07-14-2020, 12:27 AM #1387
I have the tool + tire plug kit in the stem on a couple of bikes. Have the mini pump with a c02 in it as well. No issues. Love having repair stuff attached to bikes for packless and worry free riding.
I find the stem tool a bit of a pain to get out if you slam it in all the way. I find it you just let it fall in with gravity it will seat itself enough that it’s not coming out while riding but then is easier to get out when needed.
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07-14-2020, 07:33 AM #1388
So crazy watching old mtb footage. The bikes! I'll never forget my first true downhill on a completely rigid frame. I probably got a concussion from just riding downhill with no suspension
https://www.pinkbike.com/news/throwb...early-90s.html
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07-14-2020, 10:46 AM #1389
I remember riding porcupine on a rigid for the first time, my eyes couldn’t focus and my teeth hurt. I had to stop a few times because of this. Not to mention my fingers.
And the flats!
And we thought we were being smashy.
Video now would be hilarious,Forum Cross Pollinator, gratuitously strident
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07-14-2020, 06:46 PM #1390Do 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.
gmen.
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07-14-2020, 07:05 PM #1391Registered User
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I’ve just recently started watching Hambini on YouTube, the guy’s hilarious and all I think/wish he would analyze a Yeti...although it’s probably better we don’t know the true engineering behind the layup.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qCgpVv07gUk
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07-15-2020, 11:40 AM #1392Registered User
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07-15-2020, 11:57 AM #1393
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07-15-2020, 01:43 PM #1394
Experts—my Knolly cache carbon fork did not come with an expansion plug. What expansion plugs are folks using for carbon forks that allow you to use your own top cap? The FSA plug and king top cap don’t play nicely.
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07-15-2020, 05:01 PM #1395
Believe it or not, that's not the problem. Yes, it looks bad but that's really just part of carbon layup. The creaking you heard is the devil, aka, press-fit bottom brackets; now, finally, thankfully, going out of fashion. The only true fix is to replace the BB with any of the thread-in pressfit BBs like the Enduro TorqTite, Wheels Manufacturing PF30Threaded, or Cane Creek Hellbender.
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07-15-2020, 05:39 PM #1396
Broke a spoke on my rear wheel on the way up a climb today. So dumb. Was taking a photo of my bike and it fell over and landed just right on a golf ball sized rock and snapped a spoke clean where nipple meets rim. Ibis 742 carbon with DT Swiss 350 hub. I was livid and push on anyway with the spoke dangling. I finished the climb and then ripped the DH and got a KOM. Rugged fucking trail too, so these wheels are tough.
Super ghetto to just take that one spoke off completely? I can use dykes and get it without pulling the cassette.
I do every bit of work on my bike besides wheels.....guess I need to start since all shops are weeks out on any service. IDK how I find out what spoke I would need to replace it anyway.
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07-15-2020, 06:06 PM #1397Registered User
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^Not an expert, but this website https://kstoerz.com/freespoke/ or something similar with a spoke calculator is what the mechanics would use at the shop my brother used to work at.
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07-15-2020, 06:07 PM #1398
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Use a spoke length calculator to input your rim, hub and lacing pattern. Standard J spikes right? Just take the old one off, lace in the new one, tension a little past correct, back off till it’s right (half turn or so each way) and ride. Check and retension after a couple rides.
Done and done.
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07-15-2020, 06:08 PM #1399
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07-15-2020, 06:29 PM #1400
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