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10-18-2022, 02:15 PM #501Registered User
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I have purchased off Amazon Japan and had the tools shipped to Canada.
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10-18-2022, 02:43 PM #502
I recently picked up some pipe reamers to clean up/dress handle bar and steerer tube cuts.
For aluminum bars I usually cut them with a standard pipe cutter, which leaves a rough edge, and slightly displaced material (lip) inside the tube. This can be a pain when inserting star nuts.
A file can be used to clean up the edges, but a dedicated reamer is such a nice tool to use. For aluminum bars and steerer tubes it was no brainer to buy Ridgid Inner/Outer reamer..
It cleans up cuts with a nice clean beveled edge, both inside and outside.
For carbon bars and steerer tubes I use a saw guide and a carbon blade. To finish/dress the cuts I have previously used some sand paper on a sponge block, ofter producing uneven results.
I sourced this discontinued tool from IceToolz, bike mechanics call it the pink nipple. It puts a really nice finish on carbon cuts.
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10-30-2022, 03:38 PM #503
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10-30-2022, 03:48 PM #504
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10-30-2022, 04:13 PM #505
FFS. Guess I won't need to hire that patent lawyer after all. And for added insult to injury, I've never heard of either Gunder or mithril lol so I'm truly ignorant here.
(For what it's worth, this thing is handy as hell, when you're in that predicament)
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10-30-2022, 05:58 PM #506
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10-30-2022, 06:14 PM #507
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10-30-2022, 06:56 PM #508
Pretty good self own here. lol
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10-30-2022, 07:29 PM #509
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10-31-2022, 03:04 PM #510
Tool Time
Rather than douche up the rant thread with more tubeless debate, I’ll satiate the need expose my tool here where God intended it’s display.
Park Tools range from rather janky (I’m looking at you DAG), to exceptional. For its intended purpose, for people who have a few extra bucks to spend on nice things, their tubeless injector is a fine price of kit. Easy to clean. Easy to push and pull the plunger. Huge volume. Looks dope.
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11-03-2022, 05:47 AM #511Registered User
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Glad you like it, but man, paying Park Tool $25 for that and then having to find it, use it, and clean it, seems like a lot of work and expense as opposed to…..just pouring the sealant in the tire….
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11-03-2022, 01:24 PM #512
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11-03-2022, 01:33 PM #513
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11-03-2022, 01:34 PM #514
X1000
I don’t break the bead if I can avoid it.
Plus, that ain’t gonna work with inserts.
I always set the bead dry. If I’m gonna be doing some trouble shooting with tubes, re-taping, turning a backward tire around, I sure as hell want to start dry and add the messy stuff at the end.
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11-03-2022, 02:23 PM #515
Who says people are breaking the bead to put sealant in without an injector?
I pull the valve core and use the 2oz Stans bottle, it works great. Better than the Stans injector, in fact. The Park Tool might be better but for $25 I'm not going to find out.
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11-03-2022, 03:53 PM #516Registered User
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11-05-2022, 01:40 PM #517Registered User
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i got a couple Orange bottles that work pretty well if i need to inject
the last couple times i just pour the old Stan's into a cup and into the new tire with the top up
but like most very special tools for very specific tasks I don't do it often enough to justify a special syringeLast edited by XXX-er; 11-05-2022 at 02:01 PM.
Lee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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11-08-2022, 08:23 AM #518
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11-08-2022, 08:27 AM #519
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11-08-2022, 08:29 AM #520Registered User
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Whoa... this is the most over-engineered piece of kit I've seen in a long time... like others said, just use the squeeze bottles. The other advantage to the squeeze bottle is you can carry one with your repair kit. With a dart and a squeeze bottle, I've never had to use a tube to repair a tubeless flat.
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11-08-2022, 08:32 AM #521
It kills me that in *this thread* there’s a huge debate over spending $25 on a syringe.
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11-08-2022, 08:36 AM #522
Just pop a small section bead and pour it in. I find this whole squirting through the valve stem mystifying
Maybe I’m stupid
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11-08-2022, 08:56 AM #523
So you're buying your sealant in 2oz bottles?
Let's see, a 2oz squeeze bottle of Stans = $3.50
A quart (32oz) of Stans = $34
16 2oz bottles X $3.50 = $56
$56 - $34 = very close to the price of the Park injector (which is far easier to use than the 2oz bottle)
Math is cool
Added bonus for those who care, you're not tossing two plastic bottles with each refill.
And yes, I do carry a 2oz in my pack for emergencies.
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11-08-2022, 08:57 AM #524
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11-08-2022, 09:04 AM #525
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