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casey268
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2d ago
Old timer at the co-op told me to stop greasing suntour freewheel threads, and he was dead right
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casey342
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2d ago
Dropped $200 on a Park Tool PCS-10.2 stand and my back is thanking me
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ray562
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4d ago
Shoutout to the co-op on 4th Ave, they got me to stop hating single speed builds
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blake_owens
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5d ago
Why does nobody talk about how much a $12 headset press saves your wrists
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blair_owens
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5d ago
Dropped $180 on a Park Tool PCS-10.2 stand and my $40 clone does the same job
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hunt.wesley
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7d ago
A wheelbuilder told me 40% of his spoke tension complaints come from one mistake
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tara_stone42
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9d ago
A retired mechanic in Bend told me to set bearing preload by feel, and my first 20 wheels said he was full of it
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anna717
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11d ago
Spent 2 hours chasing a ghost click on a customer's Trek and it was just the valve nut
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ward.diana
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12d ago
Rant: I blew $180 on a Park Tool PW-4 stand that clamps worse than my old $40 one
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sanchez.julia
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15d ago
Just realized most squeaky bottom brackets are not the bearings at all
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thomas.river
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16d ago
TIL you can flip the derailleur hanger bolt around on a stuck dropout, and I picked the wrong side
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bell.harper
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20d ago
Found out a 1950s Schwinn hub cone is 0.010" off from a modern one, and I spent 3 hours chasing a wheel wobble
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the_hayden
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20d ago
Spent 2 years greasing freehub pawls with the wrong lube and a guy in Minneapolis took one look
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garcia.cameron
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20d ago
An old mechanic in Portland watched me torque a stem and said I was squeezing the wrench like a hammer
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abbyhall
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20d ago
Am I the only one who almost missed a cracked steerer tube because the bike was so clean?
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