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caseythompson
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7h ago
My mentor kept a bent spoke on his bench, and now I get why
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kaigibson
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1d ago
Been using a chain scrubber for years, tried the Park Tool CM-5.3 cyclone on a buddy's bike and now I feel dumb
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roberts.leo
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3d ago
Ran Muc-Off tubeless sealant in my shop bike for 5 months in Phoenix and the bead glued itself to the rim
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paulw53
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6d ago
Three years of chasing a phantom creak and it was the saddle rails all along
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ward.kim
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6d ago
A stuck bottom bracket ate 3 hours of my Saturday and I still feel silly about it
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jessica707
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7d ago
I stopped truing wheels on the frame after a swap meet in Phoenix taught me a hard lesson about patience
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the_thomas
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7d ago
DAE figure out the park tool third hand trick for holding brake pads while you set toe-in?
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grant478
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9d ago
A retired frame builder in Denver told me torque specs are a crutch and I've been chewing on it for 3 days
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park.miles
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11d ago
Had to pick between a threaded headset and a sealed bearing one on a 1987 Schwinn I flipped
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christopherh79
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12d ago
Old timer at my shop said I torque spokes wrong, and now I can't stop thinking about it
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murray.cora
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12d ago
Showerthought: my brake bleeds went from 40 minutes of cursing to 12 minutes flat, and I blame one $8 part
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samk77
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13d ago
Used to replace every snapped spoke, now I just fix the one and re-tension the wheel
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stella_taylor
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13d ago
Rear derailleur snapped on a Tuesday commute in Portland, had to single speed it home
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vera195
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14d ago
Appreciation post: a customer brought me his dad's 1978 Schwinn and one thing he said stuck with me
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river952
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16d ago
Hot take: the old guy at my shop in Cleveland was right about wheel truing stands
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