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Vando posted:Holy poo poo the way you nerds are so into compressors they should rename this website Something Airful Takes 3 seconds to seat a tubeless tire bead on a rim with one.
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Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:Takes 3 seconds to seat a tubeless tire bead on a rim with one.
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It's like we finally solved the tubeless derail problem but then went flat out to drag ourselves back down into Hell
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mexecan posted:just over 5,000km and it now requires two hands to back pedal when mounted on my stand...I’m in the PNW so we get a good amount of water obviously, which may account for the short life. As I understand it, nobody makes 30mm external cup BBs with big enough bearings (the balls themselves, and indirectly the diameter of the outer race). The smaller bearing wears faster and is more sensitive to tolerance issues in the BB, so 5000km might be pretty decent all told.
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Spend “several evenings” messing with a tire or buy a compressor isn’t a hard choice in my head
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ryobi 18v cordless air inflator is pretty good at seating tubeless tire setups btw https://www.homedepot.com/p/RYOBI-18-Volt-ONE-Lithium-Ion-Cordless-High-Pressure-Inflator-with-Digital-Gauge-Tool-Only-P737D/307627867 30 bucks OBAMNA PHONE fucked around with this message at 01:04 on Apr 8, 2021 |
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Literally Lewis Hamilton posted:Spend “several evenings” messing with a tire or buy a compressor isn’t a hard choice in my head The point I was making is that not every tire/wheel combo goes on in the same way, not that it's some weird impossible task. My next step was to take it to a shop where they have a compressor, because they have a use for such a tool. If you have the ability to collect $100 tools for edge cases where you've happily used other tools in the past, good luck to you, that's not me, stop trying to tell me I'm missing out on something here.
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Vando posted:The point I was making is that not every tire/wheel combo goes on in the same way, not that it's some weird impossible task. My next step was to take it to a shop where they have a compressor, because they have a use for such a tool. collecting $100 tools for edge cases is the bicycle maintenance thread’s mission statement.
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There are lots of folks in this thread that probably have multiple bikes that use tubeless tires and i’m sure would hardly describe installing new tires as an edge case. If you want to cut the price in half, use an AirShot for like $40 bucks. Or just take it to the shop and pay them. It doesn’t really matter and everyone has different costs of time.
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Vando posted:If you have the ability to collect $100 tools for edge cases where you've happily used other tools in the past, good luck to you, that's not me, stop trying to tell me I'm missing out on something here. Relatively decent floor pumps cost almost as much if not more than the compressor I linked. Minimum labor at a shop will be around $20, so if you use it only to mount tires and literally never for anything else, you only have to do 5-6 tires before it’s paid for itself. That’s not to mention how easy it is to check and top off tire pressure before a ride and also inflate car tires and any number of other things you can do with a small compressor. Not having to run to an LBS for every small little thing is great.
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Hell I work at an LBS and I buy tools just so I don't have to run there every time I want to do something with my bike.
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iospace posted:Goals for next year: So I'm already 1/4 for this:  Also there's no loving way I only burned 2k calories, Garmin.
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iospace posted:So I'm already 1/4 for this: Maybe you only weigh like 60 lbs
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Hekk posted:Maybe you only weigh like 60 lbs Add 100 to that and it's right.
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100mi with similar elevation for me shows around 4kcal 
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Vando posted:The point I was making is that not every tire/wheel combo goes on in the same way, not that it's some weird impossible task. My next step was to take it to a shop where they have a compressor, because they have a use for such a tool. As with any case of "everyone should use X every time it's life changing!" that happens from time to time, the recommendation very quickly moves beyond the original poster asking a question. You don't want to spend $100 on a tool, cool & good. I'll consider it, especially when I get to staring at something in my garage and thinking outlandish thoughts; I can usually justify to myself nearly any tool purchase because I like owning tools. That's me, not you. But this conversation is well beyond your earlier question, so it's not really a case of people here "trying to tell you you're missing out on something". You're just a conventient sounding-board for people to talk about their hobby. Also, inflation fetishes are a thing, don't kink shame.
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Air compressors are now mandatory. 
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Sorry to break up compressor chat but I just saw this on reddit and had to share  
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HAIL eSATA-n posted:100mi with similar elevation for me shows around 4kcal I know what you’re trying to say but 1 kcal = 1 “calorie” as it is typically used
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Guinness posted:Sorry to break up compressor chat but I just saw this on reddit and had to share Looks legit. If any of you haven't figured it out yet that's an adapter to use a threadless stem on a threaded fork that normally needs a quill stem and it's almost certainly well outside the minimum insert and is at imminent risk of failure.
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There's super long adapters; no telling if that's one without peeking into those spacers.
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I've only ever seen the way shorter ones but holy crap the Soma is a a long long man.
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mexecan posted:I’m looking at Wheels MFG or perhaps even Chris King as replacement options. Is Chris King worth the extra cost in terms of longevity/performance? What of the ceramic bearings they offer? I have wheels mfg BSA30/68mm parts in both of my bikes. Nice to have a single tool that can service any bike.
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Guinness posted:Sorry to break up compressor chat but I just saw this on reddit and had to share My Instagram feed is full of ads for an insert of some kind to raise the handlebars of your bike. It's just like those old As Seen On TV ads, lots of frowning sad people with sore backs, bent almost double on their bike, transitioning to deleriously happy people riding with plank-straight backs and bars about 6 inches higher. Is this one of those?
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No idea what Jan's talking about : https://www.renehersecycles.com/bq-tire-test-results/ quote:
Discussion of power comes later, but only using a formula/calculation, not instrumented during testing.
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"Rolling" to me implies that they start at a speed (9 and 18 mph) and coast through the timed section.
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PCjr sidecar posted:collecting $100 tools for edge cases is the bicycle maintenance thread’s mission statement. Exactly. The $100 calipers are on their way to my house now.
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Meanwhile in the UK...everyone is still using slime.
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What's the consensus on converting a hard-tail MTB frame to be a custom (EXPENSIVE) gravel bike replacement? I have a road bike, but it's boring... and my enduro ego needs me to be able to do kms on something that can handle unsealed trails. Been dreaming about getting a Canyon Grail because holy crap the value, but I don't want to wait 12months for industry supply to catch up if I can help it. A mate of mine is a dealer for Banshee bikes and he put the idea in my head of building a Banshee Paradox (https://www.bansheebikes.com/paradox-v3) with road bike components including hydraulic disc brakes. Disclaimer; I have a Banshee Titan and love the poo poo out of it so much that I have replaced almost every god damned part on it because I went with a full Shimano XT kit (full wheels, full drivetrain, full brakes) and it likes to fail catastrophically.
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How big are you? The smallest size frame there has 7cm more reach than a medium road frame.
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180cm Rocking a large Titan as my daily driver. I think my 2013 Specialized Allez is a medium. I wouldn't want it to be any smaller.
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For the Grail, the 2XL still has less reach than the medium Phantom.
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What is the downside of having too much reach on a long distance rider? Is it more fatiguing on shoulders/core muscles or something? ... assuming IF i was to dodgy up a hard-tail, it would include drop bars.
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If you don't adjust the stem length so the handlebars match your fit, then the usual problems of bad fit: tiring, inefficient, painful. If you do, then the steering will be very twitchy if it's a super short stem.
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So I'm looking for a new bike that's pretty specific. Particularly I'm looking for a bike with:
I was hoping I could find something around $1500, but there doesn't seem to be much that actually matches exactly what I'm looking for. The closest I've found is the Kona Rove ST from 2-4 years ago and this thing which I doubt will actually be $1500 for its listed components. I worked out what it'd cost to build around the Kona Rove frame set and an apex 1 hydraulic groupset, and it ended up being around 2k. The breakdown if I'm not missing anything is: Frame+Fork: $600 Shifters/Brakes/Crankset/Derailleur/Cassette/Chain: $760 Wheels+Tires+Rotors: $400 Everything else: $240 Supply for everything is pretty bare, so it's not likely I'll be able to do anything soon. This doesn't include any tools I'd need--I know someone who has done a build so I can use what they have, but this includes building wheels which is probably a terrible idea. This is a terrible idea, right? I don't mind if it ends up being a bit more expensive than a retail bike as long as I come out with something working at the end and an interesting experience. Also how trustworthy are the taiwan listings for parts on ebay? I'm seeing a listing for the hydraulic apex 1 brake/shifter set for $250, and they're like $500 new. The seller has >5k feedback, and my understanding is other countries can get parts for significantly less than in the US to the point where EU stores can't ship groupsets to the US. I've seen no shortage of scam sites when browsing, so I'm a little wary.
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gwrtheyrn posted:So I'm looking for a new bike that's pretty specific. Particularly I'm looking for a bike with: This when they come in stock. Looks like they’re shipping more on June 30th, which all things considered isn’t too bad honestly. https://www.prioritybicycles.com/products/priority-apollo
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I built up a Rove with Apex 1 - great bike. Wheel building is not going to save any money but if you just want the experience, go for it.
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Building wheels is v zen, highly recommend.
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I haven't found the incredibly cheap wheels that used to be available. The hub/spoke/nipple/rims I have are like $250, while the cheapest equivalent new wheelset I've found is $400 which is what I have for the wheels+tires+rotors. Well not quite equivalent, but for me they are. The tools are the real killer since it's probably like $200+ but then I could splurge on a dynamo hub or something while I'm at it Used is a different story, but that's the story of every other part too For wheel building, I'm assuming a good truing stand is a worthwhile investment--is it worth going for the park tool $250 one or is the cheaper home mechanic one or the many other options good enough? Looks like universal cycles has an option where they'll build the wheels for you according to what you choose. It ends up being about $50 for assembly I think, which is probably a sounder financial decision but not as "fun" gwrtheyrn fucked around with this message at 07:39 on Apr 9, 2021 |
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I have built several wheels on the TS-8. It gets the job done but takes more patience. You might need the thru axle adapter for it.
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