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  1. Reid

    Project Magnum Metro+

    I found my fix in soaking the entire Brooks saddle in lukewarm water for 15 minutes or so. Just get the leather good and wet! Next I rode it for 5 miles, only. And then dried the saddle pretty fast in the blast of an electric fan. BINGO: the saddle fits my sit bones and I am so happy...
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    Crosscurrent Rear Disc Pad Full Contact?

    These things being simple and mechanical are often imperfectly implemented. If you want to, grind or file down the feet of the caliper mount to make the pad fully engage the rotor. Mine doesn't, either. I won't bother with such fiddly work. The slightly reduced contact area means slightly...
  3. Reid

    I want visualize my eBike.

    The. Best.
  4. Reid

    Hello, my name is Bob

    bob armani, op Bob's your uncle. Will "like" you to Well-Known Member status ASAP. Just who was on first first? I donut know!
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    Hello, my name is Bob

    I put a "like" to every response above. How easy that was to do because how much family we all are. Salud.
  6. Reid

    Beware the Bicycle Lane

    I was going 23 mph and undertaking that car and the video pretty much shows he was going slower, then suddenly braked and without signaling, hooked me. It was his fault but it was my lesson that I could have prevented being his victim by not undertaking him, bike lane or no bike lane. Am sort...
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    cross current s question(s)

    And I made jury rig chain whip by drilling a chain-sized hole in a plywood 24" square, pinning a length of old bike chain to its backside, then standing the wheel on edge over the hole, wrapped the chain around the cassette large cog and then was able to undo the splined nut with this simple...
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    DIY; fix it yourself, today there is no reason to let it remain broken in the absence of a LBS

    This is a lousy DIY video, but knowing nothing then, not knowing to not try, I made it anyway; I encouraged myself to try to encourage people to do it themselves. But, that was about the end of my DIY career and today there are thousands of truly capable instructors on YT. Diana Tuggle4...
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    cross current s question(s)

    Great! I surely did not know that. Just found their page and indeed, 136 link chain is available for 10s. Thanks! http://www.kmcchain.eu/chain-mtb-ebike
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    cross current s question(s)

    Wish to add that for not much money*, we can upgrade to a 10S cassette that affords a wider, 11-42 range. That is the one I chose and am pleased with the lower low gear. And with the 56T narrow-wide-tooth chainring, also fitted months ago, my CCS still has a lower low gear than stock and a...
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    DIY; fix it yourself, today there is no reason to let it remain broken in the absence of a LBS

    por exemple, and there is so much BIKE DIY info on YouTube today. Not bike related. YOU related. You can fix all simple things, too. We ride things made of wheels that operate by spinning smaller wheels. In our minds and in actual fact these things spin because we made them to do so...
  12. Reid

    Disorganized Crime: Its Nature (a film by Buster Keaton)

    Ah..tps://ww.w.youtube.com/watch?v=6qY6_jAxjUk
  13. Reid

    US proposes 25% tariffs on Chinese ebikes

    Headline for the article, grin: Hungary Giant Dutch Treat Deal
  14. Reid

    CCS Tire Upgrade: Schwalbe, Conti, Maxxis...

    Gosh, but a 2.35 just won't work on a CCS rear. I had to mangle my frame's chainstays. Widest we can go on a CCS is about 2.15." Can say, too that the G-One Speed in Snakeskin 2.00" wide fits fine. It is a bit bigger than a stock Kenda. It will be bigger than a Marathon Plus and roll...
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    cross current s question(s)

    That is a real find, thanks!
  16. Reid

    The saddle thread: Cloud 9 sizes and images on page three

    Exactly correct. Years ago I pedaled on a Cloud 9 cruiser bike wide seat for over 2,500 miles. I had no complaint. It was comfortable. Today, almost ten years later, I find that a very hard and skinny Brooks Swift saddle suits me even bettter. GO figure. The point is, folks: Bruce is...
  17. Reid

    SpaceForce

    Today, after the Helsinki Summit, in honor of our President I think it should be called Vacuum Patrol. (It is a force that sucks dirt and at core requires a dirt bag.)
  18. Reid

    Finally took my Rad Rover out for a proper speed run.

    An EPIC writeup by a great guy! Thanks, Eric! You are amazing! The groups at FB are exclusive. So, please also post your thoughts here where all of us can read?
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