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If you know how to get where you're going without maps, great. Obviously, you don't need GPS either. I just went to Europe for the first time and used GPS all over the place. Amsterdam, Zurich, Milan, Paris, etc. Worked great. Few problems, and no stopping to unfold, firgure things out, and...

So Spokewrench just magically adjusts the point at which it starts to hurt. And we all have the same point at which turning a wrench starts to hurt. And of course we can, and should, send our hands in for periodic ISO recertification anyway. I get where he's coming from. "When it starts to...

I think a worm is eating your brain. According to you, if a 10 yo girl and a 35 yo Arnold Schwarzenegger both tighten a bolt with same "proper" (according to you) wrench until it starts to hurt they will both stop at the same (correct) torque?!

Pfft!

I'm not really all that interested in this "only-on-the-internet kind of argument" but I have to wonder about the thread locker you say you can see one the bolts at, guessing: Jenson USA? Is it labeled thread locker? I haven't looked very hard, but the pics I've seen are in black and white, so...

Good points, and I pretty much agree. Now that I think about it, most of my QR bikes have been with rim brakes. But anyway, it think they are generally okay for someone with experience and some intelligence. Maybe they should be optional on new bikes or even only available after-market...

Yes, thanks.

We"ll call it a draw.:D

I've had bikes with QRs for at many decades and never had the first bit of trouble with them. They can be quite convenient if you need to transport your bike with the front wheel off, or for fixing a flat. Maybe they shouldn't be allowed on kids' bikes or for people with little mechanical...

Sorry to hear about your injury! There are worse places to not have to wash dishes for six weeks though! As for Stefan's advice, it may be okay, but with his hundreds of falls disclaimer it really comes across as the Black Knight explaining how to win a sword fight. Tis but a scratch TT

Nitrogen might be better ideally, but from what I can tell it's marginal. The reason for CO2 though is that a large volume of gas can be compressed into a liquid so that you can easily fill a tire with a tiny cartridge of CO2. I don't have real figures, but it would probably take a bottle of...

It may work with threaded and threadless carts, but only with 16 gram threadless carts, which would have to use the base. Tt

Whatever it is, it looks to me like it's for Schrader valves. The base seems redundant and not big enough to hold a CO2 cartridge though. Does it unscrew and let you insert a CO2 cart? You know, I guess it could be for the threadless style of cartridges, in which case, if there's enough room...

What's the deal with the recall? Return for a full refund, or are they going to fix or provide you with a fix? TT

Just left Amsterdam after a couple of days. Not sure if it's Amsterdam or all of the Netherlands, but I heard there are 850,000 bikes there. I can believe it's just Amsterdam. There are bikes everywhere! I took a requisite canal tour where they said in a recent year they fished 18,000 bikes...

DC motors typically run backwards if the polarity is reversed, so just try it. If it sucks instead of blows, just reverse the wires. TT

Tubes or tubeless? Guessing tubes. Were you using any kind of sealant? You probably wouldn't have had a flat if you were. Also, look up Handlebar Jacks. TT

I know it will take the fun out of it, but you might need to explain what's funny there. TT

Dish soap.

A little lubricant might help. Some dish soap on the tire bead... TT