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Anonymous Fri 30 May 2025 19:04:58 No.2041945 View View Reply Original Report

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Don't buy upgrades, ride up grades edition

Resources:
https://www.sheldonbrown.com/
https://www.parktool.com/en-us/blog/repair-help
Neutral Support News on Youtube

previous thread >>2040603

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jun 2025 08:53:10 No.2042934 Report

Quoted By: >>2042963

I'm a 5'6" (1.7m for those that didn't land on the moon) what would be optimal "normal sized" tires for me? 26in?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jun 2025 12:38:24 No.2042963 Report

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>>2042934
26 is ideal, but that format is dead now in new adult-sized bikes. If you can restore a vintage MTB or want to risk it with a new chink steel frame from AliExpress, go for it.
27.5 works if the wheelbase is long enough to not make the standover height too tall.
28 is too tall even with small frames.
t. 170cm

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 07 Jun 2025 13:10:01 No.2042965 Report

Quoted By: >>2042968 >>2042972 >>2042984 >>2042985 >>2042988 >>2043003

These straps were £44 and they're SHIT. What the actual fuck. They made the metal link so big that it has no structure. Also my knee hurts with straps, don't know what's wrong

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jun 2025 13:45:04 No.2042968 Report

Quoted By: >>2042972 >>2042985 >>2043001

>>2042965
love the white and blue on your bicicleta anonga

as for your strappy pedals idk man. they look like a tripping/fall hazard to me, same with clipless. for me its a 20 dollar pair of normal flats with some screwy things in them for grip

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 07 Jun 2025 14:46:17 No.2042972 Report

Quoted By: >>2042995

>>2042965
holy retard did you really spend 44 pounds on fucking velcro straps?

>>2042968
from your writing style I can tell you are the poorfag vietcong

you know NOTHING about pedals bro, chill

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jun 2025 16:09:13 No.2042984 Report

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>>2042965
Hahahha thanks man, it is a really nice bike.
They are a trip hazard, I know this because I nearly tripped today. Only second time using them since I was told by many j need Foot retention and it's non negotiable

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jun 2025 16:10:13 No.2042985 Report

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>>2042965
>>2042968
Oops

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jun 2025 16:28:32 No.2042988 Report

Quoted By: >>2042989

>>2042965
for that same money you could have gort m520s

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jun 2025 16:38:00 No.2042989 Report

Quoted By: >>2043002 >>2043007

>>2042988
Why the hell would I want to have to walk around in special Shoes?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jun 2025 16:55:11 No.2042994 Report

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>>2042932
the small circumference is inherently stronger and doesn't need as many spokes. this was presumably the logic that gave early mtbs 26" wheels before they realized it wasn't necessary and they switched to 29" which is 700c circumference (iso 622)

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 07 Jun 2025 17:05:18 No.2042995 Report

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>>2042972
retard im not him

and even if i was, vietguy is just new to bikes and doesnt have a specialized slop store near him, he’s making do with the best he has

have you considered getting a life and some perspective or are you simply a larping contrarian that doesnt go /out/

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 07 Jun 2025 17:24:27 No.2042997 Report

Quoted By: >>2043025 >>2043172

Just dropped chain tryna sprint past a car downhill at 70kmh, bent the fuck out of it
glad i didn’t fall off tho i guess
Should i just bend this shit back or what

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 07 Jun 2025 18:51:09 No.2043001 Report

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>>2042968
>they look like a tripping/fall hazard to me, same with clipless

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jun 2025 18:52:30 No.2043002 Report

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>>2042989
Cause you're special!

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 07 Jun 2025 18:53:46 No.2043003 Report

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>>2042965
>pins and straps
Have you been diagnosed yet?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 07 Jun 2025 19:54:06 No.2043007 Report

Quoted By: >>2043008 >>2043045

>>2042989

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jun 2025 20:03:30 No.2043008 Report

Quoted By: >>2043024

>>2043007
is this oem or a mod?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jun 2025 23:04:43 No.2043024 Report

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>>2043008
oem
2 hole cleats, which are mostly for mtb but you can find some road bike style shoes aswell

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jun 2025 23:21:13 No.2043025 Report

Quoted By: >>2043042

>>2042997
new chain

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 08 Jun 2025 02:20:13 No.2043031 Report

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>>2042807
who hurt you?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jun 2025 05:02:38 No.2043042 Report

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>>2043025
Pre waxed durace is on the way

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jun 2025 05:44:47 No.2043045 Report

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>>2043007
Go away

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 08 Jun 2025 11:13:04 No.2043067 Report

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>pos beater has cheap entry level forks (suntour XCM i think)
>very stiff and useless
>remove lower forks and clean out any shit in there
>give fork stanchions a clean + light steel wool on the massive rust patch below one of the dust seals
>put forks back together
>Much more travel, feel almost normal again
>lowers now have slight play and you can feel it rocking back and forth if you hold in front brake (feels like a loose headset)

Have i killed it? ive also noticed the compression/rebound setting knobs on top of forks (that never worked) have now came loose, just the plastic parts that turn, rode it about last night for a while and nothing catastrophic has happened so far

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 08 Jun 2025 15:55:02 No.2043098 Report

Quoted By: >>2043104

I have shimano rs305 mechanical disk brakes
is there ANYTHING I can do to make them good?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 08 Jun 2025 17:49:30 No.2043104 Report

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>>2043098
Yeah

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 09 Jun 2025 03:34:42 No.2043163 Report

Quoted By: >>2043165 >>2043167

what bearings do single speed flip flop hubs use? I need a replacement and don't know what size to get

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jun 2025 03:55:10 No.2043165 Report

Quoted By: >>2043167

>>2043163
the shaft is 3/8 btw

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jun 2025 04:15:03 No.2043167 Report

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>>2043163
>>2043165
never mind I found it, it's 6000 2RS

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jun 2025 05:23:15 No.2043172 Report

Quoted By: >>2043226

>>2042997
you can remove that link and use some quick links as a replacement

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jun 2025 17:40:41 No.2043226 Report

Quoted By: >>2043369

>>2043172
or rivet in any spare regular links you saved after you sized the chain.
you DO save your extra links, don't you?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 09 Jun 2025 19:09:42 No.2043235 Report

Quoted By: >>2043236 >>2043256

Is the wheel fucked? It has 6 cracks like that.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jun 2025 19:11:29 No.2043236 Report

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>>2043235
shits fucked
go on aliexpress and get a carbon wheelset for 300 bucks

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jun 2025 20:50:02 No.2043254 Report

Quoted By: >>2043370

full carbon 105 worth 530$?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jun 2025 20:54:11 No.2043256 Report

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>>2043235
ya. it's done.
I was having a problem with my spokes coming loose repeatedly on a wheel, so I over tensioned it and it did this.
I kept the hub and ended up building my first wheel as a replacement, so some good came out of it at least.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jun 2025 13:09:23 No.2043369 Report

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>>2043226
yeah but this chain came with the bike so no
slapped the new chain on just now, and yeah i saved the links. Im gonna repair the old chain because its not too worn

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jun 2025 13:12:36 No.2043370 Report

Quoted By: >>2043371

>>2043254
anons please answer... i talked him down to 480

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jun 2025 13:13:40 No.2043371 Report

Quoted By: >>2043373

>>2043370
Yeah if its not fucking cracked

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jun 2025 13:27:39 No.2043373 Report

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>>2043371
looked fine to me so i bought it
if it implodes im going to kill myself and haunt you

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jun 2025 16:27:33 No.2043389 Report

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>>2043373
no you aren’t. Ill be seeing you in velohalla when i launch myself into an oncoming fancy Mercedes

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jun 2025 19:18:08 No.2043406 Report

Quoted By: >>2043433

What's the bike equivalent of a shitbox?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jun 2025 21:54:49 No.2043424 Report

Quoted By: >>2043432 >>2043444

should I be worried about a sudden lack of ratcheting noise from the rear hub? it became completely silent after changing the tire, but it's still spinning fine

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jun 2025 22:33:11 No.2043432 Report

Quoted By: >>2043520

>>2043424
as long as it still engages when you pedal and freewheels when you coast I'd personally let it ride. whenever I flush and oil my freewheel or freehub, it gets almost silent, but that's weird that it happened after a tire change. maybe you knocked some grease into the pawls or something, which would be harmless.
keep an eye on it and report back, I guess.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jun 2025 22:34:11 No.2043433 Report

Quoted By: >>2043565

>>2043406
90s rigid mtb on slicks

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Jun 2025 00:38:29 No.2043444 Report

Quoted By: >>2043520

>>2043424
is it a hub from like 15+ years ago? they used to be pretty silent, maybe you just never noticed it?

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Anonymous Wed 11 Jun 2025 06:55:03 No.2043480 Report

Quoted By: >>2043535

Why did they make the new XTR so chonky?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Jun 2025 14:50:23 No.2043520 Report

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>>2043432
yeah it seems to work fine, i suppose i'll ride it until it stops engaging or until the rim wears out.
>>2043444
no it's about a year old, and it made a quite loud clicking/ratcheting noise. it's a DT Swiss P1800 Spline 23 wheelset.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Jun 2025 16:22:36 No.2043535 Report

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>>2043480
It has a battery inside it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Jun 2025 20:31:10 No.2043565 Report

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>>2043433
Yeah, who the hell does that, right? haha

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Anonymous Thu 12 Jun 2025 03:15:21 No.2043586 Report

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can I put LED bulb in this to make it bright?

dynamo is 6v 5W

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 12 Jun 2025 03:52:08 No.2043591 Report

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new thread
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>>2043590
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