Parts no one misses on New Bikes...
08-12-23, 03:53 PM
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if someone brings an old raleigh three speed by with a bad bottom bracket,, i tell them, up front, that it's not worth fixing, and that the Crank is stuck to the spindle, so it may need to be CUT with a grinder to be removed.... some insist and persist, due to sentimental wants, then gripe about the repair bill.
You will always have people griping about repair bills.
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08-12-23, 04:16 PM
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08-12-23, 04:20 PM
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I'm impressed with myself that I remembered the names correctly. Four bike crash concussions (since 1972) and counting! (Actually, probably five. Can't remember for sure.)
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08-20-23, 11:07 AM
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TBF Shimano has never been shy asking the question, "How can we take a simple thing and make it complicated?"
08-20-23, 11:26 AM
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I carry the plug kit, awaiting the day I have to pretend to know how to use one. One can't, you know, train ahead of time short of taking an icepick to a perfectly good tire.
And if I may add a personal ***** about the proliferation of wheel diameters and the many, many spare tube sizes one must keep in stock. Mercy.
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08-20-23, 01:48 PM
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Am 50:50 on this, my Spot came with a tubeless install and the BMC has tubes, while being "tubeless ready" and I have not taken a tire off to see what that means.
I carry the plug kit, awaiting the day I have to pretend to know how to use one. One can't, you know, train ahead of time short of taking an icepick to a perfectly good tire.
And if I may add a personal ***** about the proliferation of wheel diameters and the many, many spare tube sizes one must keep in stock. Mercy.
Cheers,
Rick
I carry the plug kit, awaiting the day I have to pretend to know how to use one. One can't, you know, train ahead of time short of taking an icepick to a perfectly good tire.
And if I may add a personal ***** about the proliferation of wheel diameters and the many, many spare tube sizes one must keep in stock. Mercy.
Cheers,
Rick
I gave up trying to stock the entire Rainbow of tire styles and sizes....
wanna buy some 22" Schwinn road-tread tires? oh wait.. I FINALLY hauled them to the dump a while back.... Last time i checked, there were several sellers on Ebay that will mail you one for the Cost of postage. :-DDDDDDDDDDDD
To clarify.. i DID NOT Pay for the Stack of Approximately 25 i acquired... and the only time i THOUGHT i'd gotten rid of two of them, the guy brought them back since they didn't fit his kid's 24" wheels ...
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08-21-23, 04:45 AM
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You could at least watch a few YouTube demo videos. Some plug kits are a bit harder to use than others. Dynaplug is the easiest I’ve used, with really no learning curve involved.
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