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06-07-2022, 09:27 PM #101
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06-07-2022, 09:35 PM #102
If you’re really really lucky, there’s two o-rings making sweet sweet love on the caliper side of the bolt. Some hot young/old action.
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06-07-2022, 11:15 PM #103
Oof, I just had a situation where it took a few days to figure out why my new caliper and bleed were losing tiny bits of oil. One of those o rings got ever so slightly pinched in installation. Was very frustrating, and I was really glad it wasn't for a customer's bike.
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06-08-2022, 06:44 AM #104
wasted no less than 3 hours and 3 little stealthamig thingies before I realized I was putting them on the hose backwards. I had done is fine previously but for whatever reason f'ed it up this time. Even asked the experts for help. Then randomly looked down a a picture and realized what I was doing....
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06-08-2022, 08:47 AM #105
Is the rotor salvageable? It's DOT 5.1 fluid.
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06-08-2022, 09:00 AM #106
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06-08-2022, 09:03 AM #107
Oh yeah, pads are beyond fubar. Rotor is brand new though so it would nice to not have to trash it.
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06-08-2022, 09:11 AM #108one of those sickos
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Don't give up on the pads. It's always worth trying to burn off the contaminación. Go to town with a propane (or MAAP, if you have it) torch. I've saved pads for way several times.
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06-08-2022, 09:22 AM #109Registered User
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06-08-2022, 09:24 AM #110
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06-08-2022, 09:39 AM #111Not a skibum
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I don't do math soo good... building a long bridge/path through part of my backyard to pumptrack, can't do simple math and am one 16' decking board short. Was stressful as all get-out driving home with the 16' stringers in my short-bed truck sans extender, b/c I don't have one and in a hurry. At least I can buy a few shorter boards instead since they're getting cut anyway.
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06-08-2022, 09:43 AM #112
My 75 pound daughter doesn't want to carry a camel back anymore. What are the bomber / easy solutions for a tube, CO2 ands tire levers to the frame? It needs to be kid proof and easy if she breaks down in a race, and I've never done this power strap thing so many of you do?
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06-08-2022, 09:51 AM #113
A bunch of companies make frame straps that'll hold a tube and have little pouches for tools / Co2. But depending on the bike (especially if it's small), it can sometimes be a little tricky to find a good place to strap it where it doesn't interfere with a water bottle / rear shock, and where it's not annoyingly rubbing on her knees.
This is the sort of strap thing that you want though: https://ride.lezyne.com/products/send-it-caddy
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06-08-2022, 09:52 AM #114
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06-08-2022, 09:54 AM #115Not a skibum
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I have had luck over many years w Backcountry Research strapped to bottom/back of saddle for Tube/Lever/CO2 for XC racing. Bunch of friends use the Speedsleeve too, which I have for my roadie, but prefer the Backcountry ones.
I also am a big fan of the backcountry research Tulbag to carry multi-tool, inflater + 2 co2, patches, bacon strips, few $$, and spare chain link. Rotate through many different bikes and each has a tube, and the tulbag goes with me on every ride in a pocket.
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06-08-2022, 10:08 AM #116
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06-08-2022, 10:09 AM #117
Don’t worry about shit that slows you down
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06-08-2022, 10:56 AM #118Registered User
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put the stuff in one of them roll top foil coffee bags and strap it to the frame,
use the coffee firstLast edited by XXX-er; 06-08-2022 at 11:32 AM.
Lee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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06-09-2022, 02:20 PM #119
Got one. Thank you all for your idiocy.
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06-15-2022, 06:49 PM #120
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06-15-2022, 08:59 PM #121
Fack lol, last place you want to loose stopping power.
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06-16-2022, 09:29 AM #122
I just did the same thing this week! But fortunately the pads fell out while on a carriage trail riding with my kids at 3mph.
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06-16-2022, 09:35 AM #123www.dpsskis.com
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formerly an ambassador for a few others, but the ski industry is... interesting.
Fukt: a very small amount of snow.
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06-16-2022, 09:36 AM #124
I thought I was the only person dumb enough to do that! I lost mine in the middle of a remote desert ride last summer.
I figured there was no way I was going to find the pads and spring in the middle of the moon dust surrounding me. I found one pad, then my riding partner proceeded to find the other pad AND the spring! Many beers were owed.
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06-20-2022, 01:14 PM #125Not a skibum
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One of these is not like the others, OCD trigger alert
When eyeballing your plank placement goes wrong, gotta improvise.
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