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Old 07-08-20, 06:13 PM
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Bigbus
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My internet is really slow today. Keeps kicking me off. Anyway, I tackled my tacoed wheel and got it reasonably ironed out, but the cogs looked wobbly when I got it all back together. Something in there got bent too. I didn't realize how badly I mangled this thing. I took it for a test run and the bearings immediately came out of adjustment and got sloppier with each mile I rode. Got home and discovered the QR axle or housing or whatever the QR rod slides thru was also bent. So I removed the tire and tube and put it on another rim and put the bike back together with an old rim. Tuned it up and went on a 20+ mile test ride. Everything works good and it was a pleasure to ride. Got home and after pulling the QR rod out of the mangled rim for my parts bin, I threw all the rest in the dumpster. Good riddance. It sure didn't take much to cause so much damage. One blip of inattention. Bike doesn't have the overdrive gear that I liked with this setup, but it's still a joy to ride
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