>patch tube
>patch fails instantly

>cleaning it with iso doesnt help
>clamping it during gluing doesnt help
>heat gunning it doesnt help

>install new tube
>it just splits along the seams
ZERO DAYS SINCE LAST JEWISH TRICK

WHERE TO COP AFFORDABLE SOLID RUBBER TIRES, I AM FUCKING DONE WITH THIS PROTESTANT "FREE MARKET" DESIGNED TO FAIL NONSENSE

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orchs at JFK airport made a dent in my steel surly ogre frame while having a layover on the way from south america. it's about 20 mm long and 2-4 mm deep. it's on the underside of the downtube to the right (southwest if you would be looking down the tube towards the bottom bracket)
should I care about this at all? rj the bike guy has a vid on rolling out dents but how much does that actually do for the frames structural soundness? I ride on very rough rocky roads fully loaded so i'd like it not to die on me in the middle of nowhere..

>>2062542
>>2062543
Stop being poor.

>>2062543
yeah, ring them up
surly they're gonna care

>>2062542
Just buy a new one you retard.

>>2062545
is $1 and $1000 the same to you

>>2062549
Yes. Maybe you should try getting a job.

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>>2062542
stop buying cheap toobs

>>2062551
my tubes came with that exact tire lever and it broke on first use. I was wondering why they felt the need to include three. When one snapped and the other bent instantly I understood.

>>2062551
>26"
this image is NOT real.

>>2062543
won't matter structurally but in the long term it may develop into a rust-risk so you should at least patch the paint

>>2062542
>too poor to just get a new tube
>too stupid to just patch a tube

>>2062542
I answered you in the old thread if you'll check there so I don't need to copy it over here

>>2062543
it's fucking steel on an already overbuilt frame. that little one mm ding is completely insignificant

>>2062552
Pedros levers best levers

>>2062563
nta but i have pedros and they've been fine. i can't see how they'd be much better than anything else though, they look like chunky 3d printed plastic. how shit can similar ones be to break instantly?

>>2062560
they are not tpu and i am using rubber from another tube with proper rubber cement. and this cement worked just fine on a hand truck tube. fuck you

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>>2062563
nah crank bros

Why 650B?
26" dead??!

>>2062543
>I ride
>flies
>structural soundness
the frame is fine.

>>2062567
guess you're just retarded then
>>2062568
also good but it didn't work for my kevlar bead like pedros. but I only have one of the CB

>>2062567
>i am using rubber from another tube
you need a patch, retard. that's why the glue isn't sticking. patches have the special orange bottoms that stick to the glue.
moron.

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>>2062576

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got a very good deal on a 2016 propel advanced frameset
Gonna throw nice parts at it

>>2062567
a hand truck tire goes to like 15 psi.
you need a bike tube patch and vulcanizing fluid

>>2062576
This. You can't just bond rubber to other rubber.

>>2062577
>rubber cement
This would never work. It's not vulcanizing.

>>2062561
>>2062554
thanks anons. re-did the inside coating but will patch up outside as well thanks. actually have met several people on this particular frame who broke their chainstay/dropout welds while running a rohloff hub so i unfortunately don't think fat tubes is all but i'll just trust the steel

What are some /n/ kinos? ki/n/os if you will

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>>2062543
Looks fine to me since the dent looks smooth/shallow, as opposed to having a sharp crease that would grow into a crack over time.

>>2062572
Bigger wheels roll over things better and modern frames pretty much all have sloping toptubes that minimize issues with standover height so 650b/27.5 works for people taller than 150cm. The number of people who would benefit from 26" coming back is small, that's why it's a niche option these days.

>>2062578
it was cheap because you can't clear wider than 25mm tires and the cable routing is horrible

>>2062585
Ladri di Biciclette, Nasu: Summer in Andalusia, The Flying Scotsman

>>2062588
get on my lvl my fork accepts 23mm max

>>2062585
Breaking Away

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>it was cheap because you can't clear wider than 25mm tires and the cable routing is horrible
Fits 28s with the break upgrade that it already has on it
>cable routing
looks kinda normal for the period. Might fuck around with it and make it cleaner but idc really
main bike is all internal hydro, having a 2016 propel as a shitbike seems like fun.
My nigga has one slightly newer but same shit and its kinda sexy. Had a go on it, got high, bought a mint frame for 200bux
that leaves me over 1k to throw wheels and groupset at it and still spend less than he did, comes with some nice carbon discs but they are tubular so im gonna yeet them into the sea like frisbees and lowball some local tt nerd on a wheelset and then probably throw 11speed 105 on it

how much slack should the chain have on a single speed? should have any slack?

>>2062593
My method is a bit biketistic but detailed enough to document. First rotate the crank until the chain is at its tightest, we want to measure slack when a chain is at its tightest and not its loosest point. This happens because of imperfect tolerance creep which is normal, this is important because setting slack during the loosest point can cause binding when it's at its tightest point. Binding will cause premature wear to all the drivetrain parts, especially the bearings. Now we can measure slack, pick the closest to the middle of the chain between the ring and sprocket. Somewhere between 2-5mm of slack is good for a fresh chain and high quality parts with good tolerance. The tolerance for slack can be as high as 1-2cm but more than that and chain drop becomes an issue. Looser is actually faster and less wear than tighter but has less direct pedal feel (important for fixies chain drop is death). Singlespeed can run quite a lot slack without chain dropping, you'll have to get a feel for it over time

>>2062595
I forgot to close it with, check the final slack after adjusting, make sure the chain stays loose and does not bind. Binding is when you check for slack and the chain doesn't move because it's too tight. Checking for slack requires no real force, just movement

>>2062588
>Bigger wheels roll over things better
>modern frames sloping TT
>650B works for >150cm
No shit sherlock!
>number of people who would benefit from 26" back is small
If I would follow through with your line of argumentation everyone would be on 622, not 559 or 584. Or 32" meme bikes. So I don't really see a definitive answer here.
On the contrary: 559 is just farther removed from 622 than 584, so IF the market was to offer options, I personally don't see the point of making them more similar or arbitrary even.
Sure you named one of the advantages of larger wheels. But smaller ones always had several advantages:
More obtuse bracing angle for the same flange width - > stronger.
More hoop strength - > stronger.
Shorter lever - > you guessed it: stronger.
Fatter tires for a given OD - > let's you fit fatter tires without awkwardly big wheels (559 probably lived the longest in fat bikes)
Lighter for the same strength (Yes yes II know, industry thinks they have solved strength and durability for good - or maybe just found out the majority neither uses nor loads up their bikes seriously)
etc.
So since there is no one single argument against a 'smaller' wheel (from a 700c standpoint) it still seems odd that people would choose to repopularize an antique and almost obscure wheelsize closer to 700C and ditch 26" for it.
Fuck market forces.

>>2062576
Ofc he can do that. Thats pretty normal practice and doesn't require (((patches))). Got plenty of fixes like that in my wheel.
Retard.
>>2062580
Retard.
>>2062567
When using a patch from another tube you must make sure to wait until the vulcanizing agent has completely dried. You should do that aswell with patches but becauye of mongoloids like the two above they make the patches so that the solvent can still evaporate from underneath. Not the case with butyl, if you slap it on wet it can't evaporate. Let it dry first.

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Always the same story on 4ch: Fucking spastics know nothing but that doesn't stop them from posting and speeading their misinformation.

>>2062595
>>2062596
appreciated

>>2062600
You can't just bond rubber to rubber magically, you need vulcanizing fluid. "Rubber Cement" is not a vulcanizing agent, it's just cement with rubber particles in it. It would never work to patch a tube.

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>>2062605
>moving the goalpost
You know exactly anon just 'uses that word' and we all know what he means: That fat tube containing... gelified naphta? What everyone uses. I guess there even is a small addition of cement in there for ease of use. And the word 'cement' is definately more appropiate than 'glue' which also some. use interchangeably, as the method is the same.
Either way, everyone knows what he is using and Anons specifically claimed you could not use pieces of tube. Moronic and consume brained. Buy a new kit everytime the patches run out eh?

>>2062606
>Buy a new kit everytime the patches run out eh?
Yes. Patches are for emergency use only. You throw that shit away when you get home and just buy a new fucking tube. Stop being poor.

>>2062608
Thid is arguably wrong. Patched tubes are perfectly fit for service. I got tubes that are more patch than tube by now and still run fine. It's a question of mentality. Some ethnicities - it is speculated that this is due to favourable climatical conditions in their ancestral lands - lack foresight, consideration and accountability. Those people behave like that. Gibsmedat, throw in trash and gibsmedat again.

>>2062610
>Some ethnicities - it is speculated that this is due to favourable climatical conditions in their ancestral lands - lack foresight, consideration and accountability. Those people behave like that. Gibsmedat, throw in trash and gibsmedat again.
Californians?

>>2062606
>You know exactly anon just 'uses that word' and we all know what he means
nope
>I tell him to use vulcanizing fluid
>>2062567
>i am using rubber from another tube with proper rubber cement

>>2062608
I roll patched tubes until the valve fails or it gets a hole close to the valve that a patch can't cover, and I've been doing this for decades including daily commuting off and on.
so no. you are wrong. shut the fuck up and die in a fire.

>>2062593
yes, if it's too tight it fucks your shit up, a few mm of slack is good

>>2062620
Maybe you are feeling named when you are not?
Anon asks a question,
first retard tells him he NEEDS 'a patch' (anything is a patch), because of the 'special red bottom' (they come in all colors of the rainbow and it's only to stop idiots who can't read instruction from failing), 'it will stick to the gLuE'.
Next moron explains: He 'can't bond rubber to rubber'.
If you're not one of those my criticism was likely not directed towards you.
But 'cement isn't vulcanizing' doubtfully is of any help for Anon if he has to ask this.
>>2062621
This. I keep collecting tubes on a hanger, when it's fully and spares run low I take an hour to fix them all and roll them. up the next morning. Back in the spares oile they go.
Also some tube sizes are really hard to get now, not as hard as the tires but still.

>>2062608
You are so utterly wrong, you can patch a tube indefinitely as long as the patches don’t overlap

>>2062649
You can overlap patches just fine.

>>2062605
it actually does work.I think its the pressure of the tube against the tire that helps. I use dollar store rubber cement to bond a scrap piece of TPU to my TPU tube with a puncture and its held no problem.

>>2062621
You're so fucking poor lmao

>>2062666
This, "rubber cement" does not do shit, it's the pressure of the tube inflated against a high quality tire that keeps the patch on.

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>>2062666
OFC it works to a degree. ITT there's too many GCN apostoles who discovered bicycles yesterday talking out of their ass and being anal about peoples terminology. A bond that is strong enough and reasonably airtight will do the job and get bonus points for flexibility. With low pressure tires many got away with duct tape and other material wedged in as to cover the hole in the tire if there is one.
The 'right' way to do a permanent repair is 'vulcanisation'. You use picrel, it contains naphta, which fucks with the sulfur bonds (from the actual vulcanization process at the factory) and slap a patch from an old tube or funny colored bottom.
Note how the tube of the stuff you definately want to use even says 'cement' so anon getting unreasonable flak up there might even be right to begin with. As opposed to 'glue' and other midwit takes.
I still suspect the stuff contains, besides naphta, some rubber cement to aid you in getting some initial adhesion.

>>2062676
>cement
It's junk
Just get a new tube

>>2062676
>and slap a patch from an old tube
this doesnt work you cant just put an old tube over the hole it doesnt make a new tube.

>>2062679
Had this discussion on /n/ many times and it is pretty fruitless. It usually goes like this:
The motorist assumes motorism was the definition of wealth and no one would freely choose not to. Instead refusing motorism was just a lack of funds and everyone would, if they had the funds, be a motorist. Meanwhile motorism and especially the obsession with automobiles is one of the most poverty coded things there is.
Next comes ad hominem.
>You're poor.
You argue it isn't so, quite the opposite.
They ask you to prove it. (Dubious how that matters or why one would have the obligation when it does nothing to prove the point.)
So if you then decide to actually go that route for once and prove it they do a complete 180:
>You can just afford to be a moralizing asshole, you have all the time in the world to waste. Meanwhile I can not affoed that, I have to go places and time is money, I have to wage slave and it's a 5 hour commute in a car etc.
Yeah nah not going there.
Funny enough, all my friends are far worse off than I am, materially, and they're all motorists.

>>2062681
I have literally posted 2 pictures of good patches made from old tubes ITT.
Gosh whenever I decide to come back I instantly start hating /n/ again.

>>2062682
>wah wah it's le cagies wah wah
Try patching a real tire sometime. You can't just use elmer's glue and a piece of random scrap to do it. You are literally just poor.

>>2062682
>Meanwhile motorism and especially the obsession with automobiles is one of the most poverty coded things there is.
I've had this discussion not only on /n/ but real life as well. The majority of our citizens are so heavily oil indoctrinated, they fail to realize this. They're happy as debt slaves to big oil and big auto. They're happy being a labor asset to capitalism instead of being human. They're happy being cattle for a government that doesn't care about them. And that's ok but where the line ends are people like us who have no representation regarding where our taxes are being allocated for pro oil and pro auto agendas that is destroying our country and further dividing the class gap. That class gap will be the reason the empire will fall and many people who deserve to die will die

>>2062697
We, you and I, might arrive at the same. conclusion but for diametrically opposed reasons.

How the FUCK do I remove my freewheel?

Anons two weeks ago made it sound like it'd be easy, that I'd get my old freewheel off of my old wheel and put it on my new one easily, yet here I am unable to do it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdQE8-ea1uw
I'm following this video, "just turn the tool anti-clockwise" doesn't work, any wrench or pliers I'm using simply slip under the amount of force I'm applying, but it still doesn't move the freewheel at all. Nothing I've tried can get it off or loosen it even slightly.
What the fuck do I do now?

>>2062728
>>2062727
You don't. It's not a replaceable part you faggot.

>>2062729
What are you talking about?

>>2062730
Bicycles aren't meant to be serviced. Just buy a new one. If you can't, maybe you should try getting a job.

>>2062728
Is there a splined lockring? It's rare to see an actual thread-on freewheel cogset these days. Most likely you have a cassette hub and you'll need a chainwhip plus the appropriate lockring tool. Also if you've been trying to force it for a week you've probably already destroyed the hub.

>>2062737
The inner part is 12 splines, doesn't move at all, diameter of 23mm. Going by the videos I believe that means it's a freewheel and uses an FR-1.3 tool to remove it.

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>>2062728
they're a motherfucker to get off because every time you pedal the bike, it's tightening the threads. so it quickly becomes as tight as physically possible. it can sometimes defeat an adjustable wrench's jaws.
I use a one inch wrench on the box end. a good trick is to put the spline tool on the freewheel and then put the quick release skewer back through the axle and the spline tool together, snug so you can beat the shit out of it and the spline tool can't fall off.
hold the wheel upright like how it is on the bike with the wrench at about ten o'clock. beat the far end downward with a rubber mallet, or tape a block of wood on the wrench and use a regular hammer or a brick etc. it's best if the tire is still mounted since it provides friction and padding but if you're taking the freewheel off an old wheel with no tire you'll need some kind of pad under the rim.
if you have a shop vise bolted to your bench, you can clamp the spline tool in there, drop the freewheel in it, and turn the wheel like a car steering wheel.

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The end of an era

>>2062756
no more mustache man? noooo!

wow thank god someone made a general for bike questions

>>2062613
Californians.

>>2062728
get a length of pipe and stick it over the handle of your wrench. longer lever= more force on the tool.
keep your eye open for anyone throwing out a broken floorstanding lamp. the pipe is threaded in sections that are nice and long and the diameter is wide enough to go over large wrench ends.
I've also used pipe from downed chainlink fence but you probably need a grinder to remove it or get it to functional length

My spokes are making noise occasionally. Are they haunted or just chinesium? Could it be both? ARe chinese ghosts as qt as in my quebecois animés?

>>2062538
>Wonder why I'm getting skipping on my two fastest speeds
>Not only have I worn down that part of the cassette, the chain is rusted
>remember that I keep my bike outside under a tarp (I live in an apartment)
>remenber that it fell over at lest once last year in a rain storm with wind exposing the chain
If I'm lucky I'll only need to replace the chain but I know what to buy. It's a 7 speed mountain bike but I use it as a commuter. I was going to ask about what bags and cargo rack to buy for grocery shopping/transporting Warhammer minis while shitposting as a Ork but now I'm not in the mood now.
>>2062756
I was just watching him last night talk about bike maintenance. Who's going to show me how to maintain my ride now?

>>2062832
is your bike blue by any chance?

>>2062841
idk im colorblind

>>2062838
Spending a couple bucks extra on a quality chain is often worth it for commuters.
The HG95 I use has been really rust resistant for me. Sitting outside and exposed to salted roads and no issues with rust.

>>2062860
But how do I know if a part is weather resistant? All the Amazon pages for chains don't list anything, just what speeds thay will fit.

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wilier jena or canyon inflite? pls help me anons i'm too retarded to choose and they're both discounted a decent amount.

>>2062883
Seeing how you don't even know if you want a gravel bike or a cyclocross bike id say go for the jena lol

>>2062883
I'd take the one with more colours

>>2062884
i currently ride a rim brake road bike, i figured i should just go for literally anything with wider tires and hydro disks
>>2062885
well the canyon also comes in ugly green, and the wilier comes in green with an ugly brown fork. honestly i don't mind the grey, looks kinda classy.

>>2062882
Shimano has SIL-TEC (PFAS) coating on their higher end chains. Works really well against corrosion. They are also from their Japanese fab and noticeably better made when compared to the Chinese made ones.

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>>2062891
>(PFAS) coating

>>2062883
>>2062886

the jena has more tire clearance and a number of extra accessory mounting points including fork mounts which might be nice if you ever want to do any bikepacking

>>2062883
The willier doesn't tell you what wheels it comes with just "miche graf" which is a whole line of wheels, I would say get the canyon even though DT swiss isn't anything special at least they're not trying to lie to you. Why are italian bike brands so arrogant? This is why no one buys them except collectors and contrarians

>>2062897
>which is a whole line of wheels
there is also one that is just called GRAFF and its the only one that makes sense...

>>2062883
Don't be silly, ride a willy!

>>2062893
Can't escape being a Kraut
Meant PTFE of course

>>2062882
Everything for bikes on Amazon is fake Chinese shit.

>>2062882
shinier = better

Recommendations for a top tube bag?
Should fit phone, a somewhat chunky wallet and some snacks, so probably around 1L.

>>2062918
>Everything for bikes on Amazon is fake Chinese shit.
Why does Amazon allow this? I live in a US suburb so I don't know what I can expect to find at retail. I see Shimano chains on Walmart.com but will they be on a shelf next to cheap kids bikes?
>>2062919
TY Anon.

>>2062932
amazon is currently in the "eliminate all competition" stage, that means ALL competition. the neighborhood grocery, the neighborhood pharmacy, ebay, netflix, and jack ma's latest mega-unicorn from china, plus a bunch of business models you didn't even know existed. people have NO idea how much they're going to regret saving a buck today buying shit from amazon

>>2062932
Why wouldn’t they allow it? It doesn’t harm their business because people shop there for convenience, not quality, and it’s much more profitable to sell fake stuff for $2 less than real stuff than it is to sell real stuff for full price.

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>>2062542
https://youtu.be/KCbHkmQmrUU?si=64KCz0OjpI0HXumS

Make your tube thorn resistant. Just keep adding tubes. I have NEVER seen a 3 tube setup fail EVER.

By the way you do know that low tire pressure is the #1 reason why flats happen? Pump your tires every ride. Buy a $15 electric pump from Amazon to make it fast

>>2062947
i considered getting a 50(!) canadian spacecash 12v inflator but all the reviews were one star on all the ones available locally

>>2062932
>Why does Amazon allow this?
rent-seeking. they dont sell you the shit, another company does. amazon is just the "marketplace"

>>2062542
Just buy Schwalbe

>>2062947
Higher pressures make pinch flats less likely but punctures from external debris more likely. You can’t win!

>be me
>want to buy new bike
>ask shop if they sell me the bike I want with less spacers and cut steerer tube because I don't want to fuck around with headset routing or pay for cutting after a week of owning it
>"noo you gotta try 10cm of spacers first before knowing the stack you need and ride on several other bikes"
>leave

this industry deserves its decline. My next bike is a fucking canyon

>>2062981
I’ve built my last 3 bikes from a bare frame and I can solidly recommend it, you get exactly what you want.

>>2062981
I don't understand, you asked them to perform a permanent modification to a bike you hadn't purchased? what was the expected response? furthermore if you know you have such a specific need why don't you have the ability to do that yourself? I've got my gripes about shitty bike shops but this is just weird

>>2062984
>you asked them to perform a permanent modification to a bike you hadn't purchased
No I asked them if they would do it free of charge if I bought the bike.

>what was the expected response?
that a sale is more important than an hour of work or at least some kind of deal instead of flat out refusing it

>furthermore if you know you have such a specific need
honestly if you consider this a specific need you probably don't ride any bikes at all. Nobody under the age of 60 needs more than 30 mm of spacers on a road bike and if you do you're on the wrong bike

>why don't you have the ability to do that yourself?
Knowing what I'm getting myself into is exactly the reason why I don't want to do it myself. Having it done by someone who does it on regular basis is obviously better

>need some new spokes because I took a curb real bad, but have another wheel
>but it's a nigger retard "aero" wheel with the stupid plastic spacer thing so the effective rim size for spokes is a little smaller than the actual wheel size
>new spokes JUST THE FUCKING SPOKES cost 80$
unironically considering just buying a fucking canadian tire "hybrid" off the rack just to rip parts off of it and calling it a day. then sawing the frame apart to make pipe bombs. prices on bike stuff are fucking ridiculous there is no reason a pack of 2mm solid wires with some threading at one end should be 80 fucking dollars. i hate protestants so fucking much

>>2062989
What kind of spoke costs $80, is it one of those newfangled aramid carbon spokes?

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>>2062992

also fuck the nigger tryhard aero add-on things
>don't have an unflared magnetic flathead solid screwdriver
>hope you like losing your spoke nuts forever then, assuming you can access them at all :)

inb4 BUT MUH RIM SIDE PUNCTURES you're pinching that shit if you strike that hard and just get a roll of tape nigga (oh sorry i meant spend 36.54 on Rim Tape which is not actually tape but a big rubber band made by fusing a pre-cut length of ribbon made in in one of those machines designed to make shipping triwall boxes as unsafe as possible to handle, you cannot possibly use electrical or even foam tape to cover a nut that might have a burr in it)

literally all it does is make it more annoying to service. not even harder. just takes longer and has more tiny little things to fuck up your day. like the only screwdrivers in existence that have the ridiculous 2mm bevels and are appropriately wide usually being flared, which means they won't fit through the holes in the rim expertly drilled to be misaligned and only slightly wider than the nut going into it. and lol lmao if you have a driver set for a socketed driver handle/ratchet, the extension rod won't fit in there. why would you ever want to access your spokes? clearly you should just buy a new wheel entirely :)

>>2062994
Are you perchance confusing the cost for a box of spokes for the cost of a single spoke?

>think "maybe i should just get an entirely new bike"

>look at "gravel bikes"
>first one is over ten grand
>has the same shitty shimano AIO brake-shifter unit that comes with every cambodian tire BSO
>but on road bike drop handlebars for some reason
>has the same chinese cable pull disc brakes I got on amazon for 20$ for a two-pack
>it's not even the two pack; it does not have a rear brake nor any place to mount one
>comes with a "cargo rack" pre-installed that would make the suspension not work
>single 12 speed rear gear cassette, you dont get range gears
>doesn't come with pedals

>ok fine i will just get one used
>every boomer's listing is some dogshit fixie rustbucket cruiser that looks like they fished it out of a swamp
>2500$ OBO GENUINE VINTAGE FIXIE I KNOW WHAT I GOT NO TIREKICKERS NO LOWBALLERS SELLING TO MAKE SPACE WILL TRADE FOR F-150 BLACK OR PARATROOPER SKS SERIAL MATCHED

what in the protestant FUCK is going on

>>2062997
rusty old fixed gear cruiser is peak
boomer knows he gots a real transport steed and it ain't some raceist nushit carbon plastic toy

>>2062996
no? I said "spokes" are 80 dollars. so more than one spoke. I assume the 70-80ish dollar listing is a 36pack (or at least some mostly reasonable number of them) and the ones with more extreme ranges are you can buy a single one of the SKU no one wants, or exactly 31 of a more popular size for almost 200$

naturally, because online shopping, that's a pack of 50 (who needs exactly 50? arent most wheels 36?), "nipples" are not included, and it doesn't include the thread pitch or even nominal size of the threaded area

>>2062988
30mm is reasonable, you were prob. being a giant sperg ayway in that store.

>>2062989
>calculate spoke length wrong
>look at DT shit and db spokes
>hurr durr expensive
>wHaT tHrEaD iS On ThESe?

>>2062997
thingsthatneverhappened.avif

>>2063001
it is literally the only bike store in my city and it's a fucking piece of wire hammered by a machine with some threading rolled into it. and not even good wire, you can bend that shit in your bare hand and it'll break if you bend it back

>wHaT tHrEaD iS On ThESe?
WELL WHAT FUCKING NIPPLES WOULD I BUY THEN IF IT DOESNT COME WITH THEM YOU FUCKING RETARD, NO ONE IS STANDARDIZING THIS SHIT

inb4
>HURR JUST GO ON TEMU LOL
ok so I can get my shit some time in q2 3054? last time i ordered bike shit on AMAZON it took literally a month to get and that was just a couple of fucking tubes (which were defective, btw) and a tire (which wasn't defective but is just generally shit btw)

>>2062988
Yeah I'm going with the other guy's "giant sperg" assessment, cutting the steerer to order is a specific need (but I'm sure the guys at the shop were REALLY impressed and intimidated by your request, like damm, you want to lower those bars? that's fuckin hard core man! can I get your autograph?)

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105 sucks dudes
im sora for life

>>2062997
>>2062995
>>2062989
you sure do love to complain in blogpost format.

usually we talk about bike related questions here, not crying about late-stage capitalism

You know what I hate about bikes? being able to access the valve stems. I really wish someone made wheels that hide it entirely.

>>2063001
>30mm is reasonable

yeah but bikes get sold with >35mm as standard. Most have like 45mm

>>2063003
post your spacer tower

Maybe you should just buy an appropriate frame instead of trying to get people to do hick monkey shit to it for free ?

>>2063008
If you can't remove spacers on your own you shouldn't be complaining that a shop monkey knew what was best for you, this is something you should be able to do at the side of the road a few times during the ride to see what works and what doesn't. When you're more mature you'll look back and realize he was being nice to you.

>>2063010
>appropriate frame
frames get shipped and assembled with an inappropriate amount of spacers to sell them to old farts with back problems.

>>2063012
Just because you can take out a spacer doesn't mean the frame is right for you. Just because you can pedal the bike doesn't mean you're operating at peak efficiency. Try this. Stand up with your legs straight. Now touch your palms to the ground without bending your knees. If you can, congrats for being more flexible than 99% of adults, go ahead and slam that stem big guy, you earned it. If you can't without bending your knees, congrats, you were the boomer!

>>2063012
Just get one that doesnt ? Are you poor ?

>>2063002
FG2.3 FOR 2MM TERMINATED SPOKES YOU SPERG
BUT IF YOU WANT TO LACE THEM TO 13G RIMS YOU NEED THICKER NIPPLES YOU FUCKWIT

>>2063018
provide exact thread pitch angle, width between inner and outer diameter, inner and outer diameters of the thread at all, or I will Open The War

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Is there a name for the usual-but-not-standard 8 pin circular ebike 3 phase + 5 hall sensor motor connector? It's a chink thing, surely it's adapted from some earlier standard plug.

It's 2019. Is it so wrong to expect parts on my bike to not just werk, but at least allow me to attack them with tools when they don't?

>>2062083
YKYWBIKE

>>2063041
>not paying 90$
Are you poor?

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>>2063037
>provides thread standard
>wHuTs tHe SiZe?!!!11

Perish

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>>2063054
>it's some random americansky le ebin random pile of characters and not a proper engineering diagram or at least "lol its just an M2 bro" shit

>store page had nothing anyway so it's just anon namedropping a random "standard" that is not standard

>>2063056
>it's some random ̶a̶m̶e̶r̶i̶c̶a̶n̶s̶k̶y̶ bri'ish le ebin random pile of characters

This is all of cycling tbqhfam

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>>2063057
meanwhile in the real world

>>2063058
Stop posting you retarded nigger faggot POOR

>>2063039
wrong thread

>>2063039
barrel connector with crimp-on contacts
I don't have the datasheet handy but you shouldn't have trouble finding the things

>>2063058
what bike part is this?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01FI8WWZY
>Item dimensions 25mm
>Buy 25mm spanner
>It's too small to fit over it
ffs. Will a 26mm spanner work?

Why are Nexus hubs so ass? Constant problems with these damn things.
Recently repaired one that wouldn't shift into the 2 highest gears because of corrosion, which was a pain in the ass and another one has started making god awful sounds and skipping for no apparent reason.
Both are on city e-bikes with like 5000 km on them.

>>2063160
its 1"
get an adjustable wrench, wrenchlet-kun

>>2063165
>its 1"
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B003ZZBJJ8/
I don't have an option for imperial measurements.
>get an adjustable wrench, wrenchlet-kun
I have an adjustable wrench, it doesn't fucking work because this freewheel is on as tight as is physically possible and since it's adjustable there's too much play and so I can't apply enough force to get the job done.

>>2063166
stop shopping on amazog and put a pipe on the end of your wrench

>>2063168
Just tried your pipe strat, didn't work. I can't keep the wheel still and also put enough force into the pipe/wrench while it's also constantly slipping out of place.

>>2063171
Not to be rude but you are like a month in to a task that should take thirty seconds

>>2063174
Most of that month was spent waiting to get the right tools, which it seems I still don't entirely have now.

>>2063162
Shit sealing and lubrication

Ive seen three nexus 8v (SG-C30018D) Die in 5k km

>>2063171
>slips off
did you do the thing with the QR skewer I told you about?
also, get a friend to hold the wheel and you hold the pipe.
or grip the tire with both hands and balance your weight equally against the wheel and your feet. then stand on one foot and push the pipe with your other foot

>>2063162
>>2063176
geez, too bad because IGH seem cool and nobody can afford rolhoff.
but it's good you're both giving us good info, at least. if either of you come up with preventatives or fixes, keep me posted

>>2063178
>also, get a friend to hold the wheel and you hold the pipe.
I don't exactly have any of those.
>>2063178
>then stand on one foot and push the pipe with your other foot
I'm not sure how to pull that off.

>>2063176
SG-C6001-8D in my case. One mechanical, one with early wired electronic shifting.

>>2063191
Oops I mis-typed, they were C6001-8D's too.
I have seen much, much older Nexus 8 models holding up just fine, so I expect they fucked something up on the newer ones

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is there a difference between tan and black sidewalls in tires? i understand that tan is supposed to be "naked" but i don't get what does that mean in practice for the user.
for example, i'm looking at continental terra trail shieldwall 622-45, those are available in 3 colours - black, tan and cream (?).
i wanted to get black ones b/c i don't really like how the tan sidewall looks but maybe i'm missing something important and there is a significant difference?

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How would a bike with this geometry handle if set up with a normal 100mm stem and drop bars?

Would use it for Touring or Audax but I can’t tell if it would be akin to riding a boring city bike?

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>>2063192
i think the biggest problem is people dont change the oil on them and they dont have a grease port like the higher end alfine and rohloffs

>>2063199
I have a Miyata 312 in seemingly the same size and that frame is considered to be a "sport tourer."
my seat tube angle and the stays look like yours. your wheelbase does "appear" longer but I have old style 27" wheels. if those are 700c, then our wheelbases are more near the same.
the glaring difference is my headtube angle is parallel with the seat tube and yours is much more upright. so I'm guessing that makes yours handle less nimbly? I'm out of my depth here.
it's a really neat looking frame, the writing appears to be a custom frambuilder?

>The Miyata 310/312 had a shorter wheelbase than the touring models, but with clearance for fenders and wider tires and is sometimes called a "sport-touring" model (a comfortable model for day rides and commuting).
so calling it a "sport tourer " and then saying it's good for day rides and commuting seems to be contradictory. it happens that I use mine as a city/commuter but I like going fast on it and throwing it into corners, seems to handle nimbly. but your head tube angle is a big question mark here.
anyway not sure that helps but it really does remind me of mine.

>>2063199
they're still in business. you could probably shoot them an email ask if it's appropriate for your needs?
https://longstaffcycles.com/

>>2063199
that geometry is atrocious the seat is way too low

>>2063039
Kill yourself immediately.

>>2063217
calm down asshole. he didn't set the seat height since, as he plainly said, he hasn't bought it yet.
see how that works? reading comprehension?

>>2063211
>>2063215
>>2063217
This was a bike buy question as I don’t own it yet.

Funnily enough there’s a retro bike thread already on it pointing out the forks aren’t original (hence why it looks off).

I’ll probably do a u-turn on N+1 and leave it for now. I don’t currently have a touring bike set-up but then again I have a road bike capable for road Audax and a 90s MTB that I should really just use for anything off the tarmac.

https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/something-for-the-more-laid-back-taller-gent.501767/

>>2063251
yeah, that chrome fork on a custom frame that has chrome socks made me assume it was aftermarket. shame. will still be a great project for the right buyer.

>>2063198
Its just aesthetics today, no difference generally speaking

Some oldfag can tell you why it used to be actually different colors, no rubber on the side walls i think, but today it is always aesthetics

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>>2063187
webm attempts to demonstrate the 'stand on the pipe and bounce' technique, but i recently replaced this freewheel and it came off with just some foot pressure.

you have the wrong (harder to use) freewheel removal tool. you want to attach/snap on a ratchet, not hug it with an open ended spanner, so it resists slipping off.

end of webm shows my setup: freewheel tool with a ratchet attachment, solid 1/2" ratchet, aluminum pipe.

https://www.icetoolz.eu/en/icetoolz-freewheel-cassette-tool-09b3/a5560

it is important to brace the wheel laterally (wood beam in webm)

>>2063295
You're turning it clockwise in that webm, isn't it meant to be turned anti-clockwise?

>>2063298
It's reverse thread because if it was normal threads, the act of pedaling would loosen the mechanism

>>2063299
Lol nvm I'm an idiot, the wheel is flipped so will the threads

I will have to do this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Vbd2CgbWhk

anyone tried?

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>>2063295
>>2063298
>>2063299
look man, I don't know if you accidentally reversed the webm, or you did it on purpose as a troll, or what the hell is going on, but this is just wrong.

freewheels thread on and off normally.
think about it: when you pedal the crank, it turns the drive side - the chain and cogs too - clockwise. if the freewheel was reverse threaded, that would unscrew it. instead, pedaling tightens it down, which is what you want.
if you didn't have a ratcheting freewheel on the cogs, you could just turn it backwards (counterclockwise) and unscrew it, which is how you remove fixed gears.
the entire reason you need a special tool is to defeat the ratchet and grip it centrally so you can turn the cogset without engaging the freewheel to unscrew it.
pic related.

>>2063295
please, if you don't believe me, check any video or repair manual. you loosen freewheels counterclockwise and install them clockwise.
pic related is a screenshot from Park Tool.

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>>2063295
>>2063304
Calvin says
>"to loosen the freewheel, turn the tool counterclockwise "

>>2063187
sorry, meant to link you to these:
>>2063304
>>2063305

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>>2062538
>bought a sp*cialized
>$2500
>derailleur blows up first season
>$90
>chain guard breaks
>”they dont make spares, and its a proprietary design, there is no replacement”
>take it in for pre-season service
>freehub is seized, need a new wheel, $250 installed
>meanwhile my 1997 Gary Fisher with Zochi Bombers still works, just needs new tires tubes and chain every so often
Don’t buy Specialized.

>>2063309
more like
>buy spesh
>leave on all of the reflectors and the dork disk
>never do the basic shakedown adjustments
>never even get real pedals
>lbs therefor knows I am retarded and takes advantage of it

bikes are too much for you. rotate back to something easier

>>2063311
This
Imagine spending money on whatever the fuck that thing is, babies first sub entry level bike OMG ITS A SPESHOLIZED

>>2063309
those are $1k max lol

>>2063309
>$2500 is a lot of money
Are you poor? Literally just get another one.

>>2063304
>>2063305
You are retarded. Bikes don't follow tradie shit like "righty tighy lefty loosy :)" because they are made for Specialists. If it was threaded like how a retarded blue monkey collar would do it, the gear would come off whenever you countersteer. Sorry you are literally too stupid to understand basic Physics.

>>2063309
nice Chrysler Desert Turquoise, though

>>2063318
uh huh. so you're right and Calvin and the rest of the world is wrong.
got it.

>>2063318
lol I'll take it easy with the countersteer, then

>>2063309
in trawling kijiji, craigslist, etc. for bikes, i've learned to realize that Specialist, Giant, and "I GOT IT AT A BIKE SHOP I KNOW WHAT I GOT" bikes are always the absolute most dogshit pieces of fake metal to roll this earth. cambodian tire bikes are awful but at least they're made well enough to survive a DUI rider using it for a year in all sorts of horrible conditions. you see a Specialized that was "stored inside" and sure the paint is still clean but the chain falls off if you look at it funny, the brakes don't work even though the 400lbs owner clearly never even tried to ride it, and everything that does work is proprietary unmaintainable junk that is sure to fail in ten minutes of actual riding anywhere other than a velodrome. and anything that didn't come from either them or Shimano is bottom barrel lowest bidder nonsense. the wheels will be made of plastic and even with disc brakes they will bend if you wiggle them and the bolts will be those bullshit triangle head "security screws" that are intentionally made out of spec so you have to get a specific driver for it instead of using your current "disassemble a bathroom stall for fun" "security" drivers.

also "carbon fiber" everything that is really just fiberglass-impregnated plastic guaranteed to very gently crack (not even offering the theatrics of exploding) in your face as soon as it hits -0.0001C.

>>2063309
>head tube retention is an insert with panel gaps wider than a cybertruck
gaspipe frame sissies
our response?

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>>2063295
mate

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Thoughts on lacing a wheel with steel wire rope woven through each hole and terminating together with a clamp and tensioner instead of rigid spokes? They basically work on "tensegrity" as it is, right? And a bowline knot in the wire rope, pulled as far as it can be, is literally stronger than the rest of the rope. Just lube it up all good while you do it and throw a threaded eye bolt in there somewhere to adjust tension and you should be good, yeah? Surely there is some reason this has nevah been dun befo

I looked it up earlier but can't find it now, but did find a memey looking product that used tensioned rope (not even wire rope! just nylon) but even that was crimped onto threaded connectors for a specialized hub (because in cycling ofc you dont want repairable parts) and the only bad reviews I found were "it's great until one breaks and a new 'spoke' is 90$"

>>2063334
I think you're talking about the Tioga Disc Drive.
but anyway what you describe should work if you do it correctly.
go for it.
be sure to post pics

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>>2063334
(un?)fortunately not, that appears to be more like what I said (literally laced, using a proprietary but largely conventional hub)

i found what i meant and its this which is, without a doubt, the most Late Stage Crapitalist Bike Thing

>>2063336
wow.
that really sucks

>>2063337
like i said, not even wire rope. literally just nylon with crimped on threaded connectors. in fact those might not even be crimped and just glued or something

Putting a forever bike together. Do pinion gearboxes follow an international mounting standard? I really want nothing to do with derallieurs ever again but don't want to get rugpulled if pinion goes under or if they aren't using an international standard and chinaman makes his own mounting points. I suppose there will be adapter kits released possibly if that happens?

>>2063339
bro disc brake mounting points have changed a few times in only a decade. if you want a "forever bike" learn to weld

>>2063334
>>2063336
I don't know enough engineering to explain why we use spokes but I do know that there's more going on with bicycle wheels than there is with a tensegrity structure. for one thing bike wheels are not really symmetrical in any sense and the loading under actual riding conditions is much weirder than you think it is.

>>2063339
gearboxes are not a foreverbike solution they wear out like 5x faster than normal drivetrains.

>>2063340
they changed because MTB started the fad, and everyone had to just adapt those things regardless of how well suited the design was, and it took a while for a road-suitable standard to be adopted. I wouldn't expect it to change a lot in the next decade.

>>2063341
>bike wheels are not really symmetrical in any sense
every factory laced bike wheel i've ever seen has been symmetrical at least along its height/depth and only uses one trailing/leading spoke pair per section

triple cross stuff seems to be more for ebin ultra powered hyper racer bikes but i was imagining this more for a normal casual commuting BSO that just needs to maintain a minimum of comfort and not be overtly unsafe

>>2063343
nah it's because shitty MTBs started using the semi-standard (all coming out of the same chink OEM) pannier mounting holes to mount brakes instead of using anything reasonable

same reason "gravel bikes" exist and everyone thinks the front is where the more powerful brakes go, cheap fucks didnt want to make real MTBs anymore so they threw barely adequate suspension fork on the front of a bottom bidder road bike frame, called it a day, and marketed it to retards who figured "if i paid 'good' money for it it must be better"

>>2063340
Yeah but that's sorted now.

>>2063341
I find this hard to believe when there are round the world tourers with ridiculous miles on their first rohloff. It's a sealed gearbox in an oil bath, it doesn't get much more durable than that.

>>2063346
>Yeah but that's sorted now.
based welder

>>2063309
wait wtf why does it have straight handlebars
no way that was $2.5k

>>2063348
It's a mountain bike :)

>>2063345
>every factory laced bike wheel i've ever seen has been symmetrical at least along its height/depth

only superficially.

>>2063346
>I find this hard to believe when there are round the world tourers with ridiculous miles on their first rohloff. It's a sealed gearbox in an oil bath, it doesn't get much more durable than that.

that is a use-case thing I think. if you plan on riding vast distances in places that you could never plausibly replace a derailleur hangar a rohloff might be a reasonable compromise.

I don't have the little bike-specific cable crimp end things so I just used a ring terminal to keep the end from fraying. (actually crimped ofc im not an animal)
Now everyone at my LBS call me a poorfag. The LBS doesn't even carry the actual cable ends though, I'd have to order them in. Can I recover from this?

>>2063351
>Now everyone at my LBS call me a poorfag
things that never happened?
who cares. I've slathered the end with hot glue when I had nothing else. use whatever. a ring terminal actually sounds like a good idea.

>>2063351
>>2063356
>a ring terminal
a what ?

>>2063351
They don't sell those because you're supposed to just get a new cable, moron.

>>2063309
>flat bar
>alu frame
>2.5k
this is supreme brick levels of brand worship
>>2063350
>places that you could never plausibly replace a derailleur hangar
what? you can do that anywhere, just bring a spare and a multitool

>>2063359
When you install a new cable you install the ferrule yourself, they don’t come with them on, hope this helped since you have clearly never ridden a bicycle before

>>2063359
Retard

>>2063309
Lol did you get a lease for that too?

>>2063373
>what? you can do that anywhere, just bring a spare and a multitool

too much common sense

Is WD-40 White Lithium Grease fine for the threads of a freewheel?

>>2063386
shouldn't hurt anything but it also won't do anything. you want an anti-sieze compound

>>2063387
>you want an anti-sieze compound
I don't have any and lack any good ways to get any.

>>2063388
chatgpt says graphite would work. shave down a pencil a bit, you don't need much

>>2063389
You mean like, put white lithium grease in and then chip away at a pencil tip and smoosh the bits in, or completely rawdog it with just small amounts of graphite shavings?

>>2063391
either, both, whatever
the entire number of people in the history of the world that have ever bothered to put anti-seize on freewheel threads is three: you, me, and Sheldon Brown

>>2063386
I don't have any experience with that particular aerosol product but yes, white lithium grease, wheel bearing grease, Park Tool Red and Tacky; any type of grease would be fine for that

you can literally buy graphite spray in a can you know

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>Bike not shifting into 7th gear
>adjust limit screw
>finally shifts into 7th
>Now it won't shift into 6th

>>2063426
try turning the barrel adjuster clockwise a quarter turn

>>2063427
The shift cable can't be tensioned any further from the barrel adjuster so now I have to tension it from the nut

>>2063426
Buy a new one.

I yearn to ride my wheel chair for the future with the world under my balls

>>2063428
if you can't fix this just by re-tensioning the cable you likely have a bent derailleur hanger. doesn't necessarily even have to be visibly bent, a fraction of a mm can throw things out of whack.

>>2063436
It's hard for me to tell if its bent or not, what should I do?

>>2063426
get a derailleur hanger adjuster for 20 bux on aliexpress
you should get one anyways and straighten your hanger even if you dont have big problems shifting

>>2063351
You can just use heat shrink. If you want your LBS to think you're rich and stupid, you can get these guys from Paul for $10 apiece. Also what the fuck LBS doesn't have cable ends?

>>2063438
Shift into the biggest cog in the back. Does the derailleur cage look like it's parallel with that cog? If not, your hanger is likely bent.

>>2063309
My first MTB purchase was a cheap Spec around 800$ on amazon. i scratched the absolute fuck out of the frame trying to get the pedals off. However I demanded a refund because the disc brakes kept rubbing against the frame so badly no matter what I tried, surprised they didn't make a fuss about the scratching.

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>>2063436
I just had to re-tension the cable and it shifts fine now

>>2063440
>You can just use heat shrink.
but last time i did this i got called a poorfag online and also everyone who sees my bike parked asks why it looks so weird now

>>2063505
people irl are inspecting the terminus of your cables?

>>2063547
it's a wild world out there, brother.

>The LBS doesn't even carry the actual cable ends though
yes they do. you're lying.

>Can I recover from this?
not likely. kill yourself.

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how the fuck do I keep my feet warm?
I got pic rel - Ride Concepts Accomplice cus I got wide feet and they are the only clipless shoes I could find that fit me for a reasonable price

but god damn my feet get so fucking cold, idk what to do
is there a hack where I wear like 2 pairs of socks, with one of them not letting out heat or something?
I know shoe covers exist but arent they for wind? my fat ass doesnt own a proper winter jacket cus my body rarely gets cold but my hands and feet are always cold

fuck my chudcel life

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>>2063560
Wool socks. And shoe covers really do help since they slow down how fast heat is lost to the atmosphere.

>>2063303
Multiple times. You can do this by hand with a tapered reamer, or just a drill bit held in some vice grips, if you don't feel comfortable going in with a powered drill.

>>2063560
>e 2 pairs of socks
what can happen with that is the socks can become wider than the interior of the shoe and they compress your flesh, the blood can't flow through the capillaries which is how your body stays warm, so your feet get even colder.
this depends on how thick your socks are, though. with thin socks it might be ok.

>shoe covers exist but arent they for wind
the wind is what's making your feet cold. you can put plastic bags or etc over your shoes and see for yourself before you buy if you don't believe me. you can probably make something cheap and relatively inconspicuous out of old 2litre bottles or something

>>2063560
I don't get it, why did you buy some summer sneakers instead warm winter ones?

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>>2063562
idk man I get cold feet even with picrel, I think my circulations is just shit

should I try 2 pairs of thin, tight socks? idk
>>2063561
gonna try wool socks I guess too

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>>2063563
I explained in the post

show me 46 size wide winter clipless shoes that dont cost 200 euros, dumb footlet

>>2063560
Ditch the clipless meme, ride mtb flats and winter boots. What do you need clipless for? This is NOT a race

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>>2063566
>This is NOT a race
yeah it is, a race againts yesterday me

I ride for excersise man, I try and push myself every ride, so I want consitency, and I dropped my pedals quite a few times and it always hurt like mad

>>2063568
Lol yeah I do have a lot of scars from those metal pins digging into my shins

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Can anyone recommend an alternative?
>Just by a cheap one of ali
See word recommend.

>>2063560
>how the fuck do I keep my feet warm?

shell out for wolvhammers or stay cold
those are your options

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>>2063573
Mini beam style torque wrench, I tested mine against a digital torque wrench and it's accurate

>>2063573
I have that, it's really nice, go for it. just because someone bought one generic ali express wrench and it happened to test ok doesn't mean it's a good idea. you want a torque wrench because it's better than freehanding it, right?

where do I find a manic pixie dream girl bikepacking gf?

>>2063584
Trust me you don't want that. You think you do, but you don't.

>>2063564
>tight socks
no! if the socks compress your flesh on their own, you're not going to get proper circulation. you want thick, loose fabric that's going to retain heat but not squeeze your foot. so wool is good. but if it doesn't fit into your shoe without squeezing your foot, then you either need bigger shoes, or thinner socks but they're not going to be as warm, which is sort of where you are now, presumably

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Florida/n/on here, thunderstorm season is approaching. Anyone recommend any good rain jackets/apparel or other ways to deal with sudden downpours? There used to be a bike apparel thread but it seems to have died.

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>>2063613

>>2063560
I can’t remember getting cold feet wearing neoprene shoe covers for road SPD’s. Never had to bother with winter socks.

I get wearing a SPD winter boots if you’re commuting everyday and can’t dry your shoes but they feel a bit overkill for a weekly ride.

drop bars banned from leadville 100
grabble owners on suicide watch

>>2063652
dylan on suicide watch

>>2063652
didn't ask

>>2063652
why do they care?

>>2063652
so the race is finally going back to irrelevance again

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>>2063652
yeah this is much safer

>>2063681
So fucking slow her aero is fucking terrible

>>2063681
why does she have a compact disc on her handlebar?

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I recently bought pic-related. I bought a new crankset with 60 teeth because it ghost pedals over 12 mph. I went to install it and the new crank arm "barely" hits the side of the battery frame. Mostly because of the thickness of the crank arms(the original crank arms weren't even as wide as the pedal's threads, and the new crank arm has like a full inch of aluminum at the end of the pedal hole).

The bottom bracket is 80mm, and I'm fairly sure the full width is 140 or 142mm. I need another 1/4th of an inch for the square tapers to clear the frame. Anyone have any ideas?

>>2063652
>gravel bikes become 90s rigid mtbs
we're so back

>>2063581
I need something with a ,thin head(no clue the proper mechanical term), so I can tighten the screw for the seatpost on my carbon bike.

>>2063694
Race number maybe?

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>>2063695
>Let me add
The left side of the axle is about 4mm shorter than the right side(I think left side is 28mm passed the 80mm housing and right is 32mm passed). The right crank has enough clearance by nearly half an inch, but I can't really make the width of the right side any narrower without messing up the chain angle.

Could I get a 90mm bottombracket and a 10mm spacer for the left side? Or 5mm for both sides? Based on pic-related, that would increase the left side from 68mm total length to 77mm. And right side from 72mm to 75mm.

Should I buy $150 alloy wheel from a reputable chink brand or a used wheel from a well-known brand (fulcrum) for double the price? I can't inspect the wheel in person since I'll be using fagbook marketplace.

>>2063198
>>2063284
I think it's worth noting that today colored sidewalls are actually just an extra coat of colored paint on the sidewall of a regular black tire. (for example GP5000 etc.) This is why the colored version weighs a few grams more.

In the old days a tan sidewall was the opposite where the outer rubber compound was removed in order to create a more 'pliable' (and therefore assumedly smoother) tire compliance along with weight saving. Vittoria still does this for some of their competition tires.

>>2063560
This: >>2063561
Use 100% merino wool socks. Get some garters which are 100% wind resistant.

Getting cold happens for 2 reasons
- your own body heat evaporating into the atmosphere
- wind cooling down your limbs

Merino wool traps warmth directly over your skin. Wind-proof gear stops your limbs from cooling out.

>>2063719
The coloured sidewall tyres are just cheap. S-Works, Rene Herse, etc tyres are proper skinwalls.

anyone tried to put some skis on the front wheel? my brother broke his yesterday so now I have broken skis lying around...

>>2063719
No, just your NPC continentals. Veloflex still makes real tires.

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so what's the secret sauce in this shit?

>>2063755
soap

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>>2063725
yes it has been done a gorillion times and isnt interesting anymore and 99% of the time it's done in a dogshit stupid way because (You) are too stupid to understand actual snowmobile suspensions

>>2063701
that's more probable than a CD, anyway. yeah, could be a race number

>>2063695
Stop being an ebike faggot

>>2063771
go back to your containment shizo thread

>>2063780
Nta but stop being an ebike faggot

>>2063782
there's no downside to having ebikes though
even if it is your only bike you can just turn the motor off

>>2063784
But then you have all this extra dead weight from the battery that's not being used and drivetrain losses from the motor that's also going unused, there are plenty of disadvantages to using an e-bike as a regular bike instead of just using a regular bike

>>2063785
>But then you have all this extra dead weight from the battery that's not being used and drivetrain losses from the motor that's also going unused

you can fine-tune that to your need or training goals from second to second. there are not really any disadvantages to using an e-bike as a regular bike with upside.

>>2063786
People who buy e-bikes don't have "training goals", your training goal should be to go faster under your own power, not to overcome the bike itself

people who aren't pro racers don't have "training goals". they think they do, but it's just a delusion.

>>2063784
Typed by some baby who stays within battery range of his house at all times.
just get a car or motorcycle
one thing I will say about ebikes is they are really amazing for keeping bike shops in business, bunch of bso trash components bolted to electronics that you are heavily discouraged from touching yourself. they are literally FOR retards and that’s fine there’s clearly a big market for that

>>2063726
Veloflex are out of business aren’t they? Very sad.
>>2063701
There are like 10 of us on this board who have ever competed in a race on a bicycle kek

bros it is kinda comfy just having a resident seether

>mad about carbon fiber composites
>mad about hydraulic disk brakes
>mad about ebikes

bikes aren't for you.

>>2063810
e-faggot tries to inject himself into the group
Lmao, fuck off faggot. You are not a cyclist.

>>2063813
we are the group
everyone here has at least one e-bike
except (You)

>>2063795
You belong in >>>/sp/ and >>>/lgbt/

I have never ridden a bike since I borrowed my friend's when I was 12 and almost fell off.

How do I start learning?

>>2063819
you have to go back, in your mind, to that exact moment and relive it again and again and again and again until you can ride the bike in your head. then you just need to apply what you've learned.

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>>2063819
When you want to turn left, turn the handlebars to the right. When you want to turn right, turn the handlebars to the left. Educate yourself.

>>2063816
congratulations, you just posted the stupidest comment on 4chan.
go to the post your bike thread and see how completely, overwhelmingly wrong you are, you retarded waste of space

Just bought an new E-Bike today. The battery went flat as I was riding... I had to call AAA.

What do I do to fix it? Do I just buy a new one?

>>2063826
the picture is of a motorcycle because the extreme weight of the motorcycle requires countersteer.
a regular bike's biggest amount of weight is the rider himself, which he can use to steer the bike by leaning his weight the intended direction without using countersteer because he doesn't need to overcome the greater weight of the bike.
hope this helps!

>>2063833
You literally don't even know how to ride a bike. Lol. Just fucking lol. How do retards like you even find this board?

>>2063833
>cagie gas guzzlers are too stupid to lean the right way to turn
You can't make this stuff up.

>>2063832
Yeah bro just buy a new one. and dude……….
don’t take it so far from your house bro! just send it around the neighbourhood brah

>>2063834
I've been riding bikes since I was 6 and have been on this board since before you.
I steer by leaning every day.
all the websites explaining countersteer are for learning motorcycles, which explains your picture.
fuck off
>>2063835
I've been bike-only since 2001. quit samefagging

>>2063817
he types as his square taper bottom bracket makes a funny noise and his ebike won’t charge again for some reason
but this thing was totally worth the money, ebikes are rad!! he thinks to himself as he absolutely drops a 83 year old man on a mobility scooter on the shared bike path

>>2063837
Sorry your "E" bike limited to 25kmh weighs almost twice you do at a staggering 900 pounds, but most of us here actually know how to ride a bicycle. You turn the bars left to go right.

>>2063837
You're poor. Try riding a real bike made out of a real material sometime. You have to countersteer because of the flexing of the frame.

Inb4
>le just get le suspension lmao
Instead of making a bike out of springs in your garage try riding a real bike made out of a real material sometime.

>>2063839
>ebike
no. never.
>>2063839
>You turn the bars left to go right
I've never done this despite riding every day. if what you say was true, then nobody could steer when riding hands-free. but you can, just by leaning the intended direction with no hands on the bar at all. so you can shut up now

>>2063841
I told you to quit samefagging

>>2063842
You turn the bars left to go right. This is how countersteering works. You are literally too poor to know how to ride a bike. Go back to crying about Torx Drivers and moaning that tires are too expensive.

>>2063846
>cannot refute leaning hand-sfree
>replies anyway
>poor, torx, expensive tires
schizobabble

>>2063849
You don't know a thing you have been in this thread for years crying about how you're too poor that doesn't even have a motor on it, you don't even know how to turn, LMAO