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    spokewrench reacted to kevinmccune's post in the thread Show Us a Tool with Like Like.
    sounds like "Radiator Springs" vehicles usually compliment nothing,I am of the "Thoreau school" of minimisation these days,once had 2...
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    spokewrench replied to the thread Show Us a Tool.
    Too many in yards, too. The house next door is 800 square feet. A Charger and a Veloster, driven by women, are there at night. There are...
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    spokewrench reacted to PedalUma's post in the thread Show Us a Tool with Like Like.
    What happened was the Prospero conversion had been put into a rental car with the front wheel removed to avoid one section where she...
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    spokewrench replied to the thread Show Us a Tool.
    Was it the quick-release kind? My Radpower bikes had them and I hated them. They would release fast, but they took me longer to put on...
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    spokewrench reacted to PedalUma's post in the thread Show Us a Tool with Love Love.
    I have had back-to-back appointments and drop-ins today. One was a kid's MacFox. Dad pulled a thorn from it and the rear slowly...
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    spokewrench reacted to LandoftheGiants's post in the thread Show Us a Tool with Like Like.
    I'd be wary adding homemade steering dampers to pushbikes. The ones they put on motorcycles are specifically designed for each bike and...
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    that reminds of an old excavator,the company had when you was moving it around it would start when it shaking and jerking,dipping and...
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    spokewrench replied to the thread Show Us a Tool.
    If they're springy, I guess they're deflopilators. If they simply resist when pushed or pulled fast, I guess they're dampers like BMW...
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    spokewrench reacted to PCeBiker's post in the thread Show Us a Tool with Like Like.
    I've actually got half a dozen gas filled defloporaters that I've had for over 25 years,.. My old POS ebike has an annoying shimmy...
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    spokewrench replied to the thread Show Us a Tool.
    I might have done that. Then you would be in the enviable position of second-guessing me. Yuba says the Deflopilator doesn't affect...
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    spokewrench reacted to PedalUma's post in the thread Show Us a Tool with Like Like.
    @spokewrench, Patrice developed a wobble at the back of the bike. It took a while to figure out that it was a loose front axle. The...
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    spokewrench replied to the thread Show Us a Tool.
    Oh, you mean a Yuba Deflopilator. Yuba says it's just for parking. I agree. Patrice says, "to tame the steering when rough terrain or...
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    spokewrench replied to the thread Show Us a Tool.
    Is that why Modernbike.com wouldn't sell me one?
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    spokewrench reacted to PedalUma's post in the thread Show Us a Tool with Like Like.
    There was an '80's song that went something like this. No need to ask, He's a defloporater. Defloporater. Defloporater. Defloporater!
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    spokewrench reacted to PedalUma's post in the thread Show Us a Tool with Like Like.
    Larger bikes, especially those with front racks, should have defloporaters.
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