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06-16-21, 01:24 PM
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my buddy broke another spoke. today. This has to be the 12th time if not more. Last time, he was suppose to do a century with me (last monday). We were rolling on the cap trail and snap! front spoke snapped. He didnt continue the ride and once he got home determined all the spokes were over torqued. Readjusted and today he broke another one 2 miles in on a ride.
I told him to trash the wheels, but he is determined to find out why this is happening.
I told him to trash the wheels, but he is determined to find out why this is happening.
In my experience once a wheel starts breaking spokes it's time to relace the wheel. The key is to find a wheel builder who knows what he is doing and takes the time to tension the spokes evenly.
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06-16-21, 01:26 PM
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06-16-21, 01:27 PM
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Yeah, but like most of Peninsula residents, we don't have AC. We keep a big, cold ocean nearby. If it gets too hot, the rising air in the Central Valley draws in the cool air off the ocean. Takes about 3 days, usually. And the nights generally get down into the low 60s even when the highs get up to 100. The biggest problem is the house itself heats up day over day and doesn't cool completely overnight.
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06-16-21, 01:29 PM
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06-16-21, 01:31 PM
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06-16-21, 01:41 PM
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A couple miles after that, I started getting noise from my drivetrain - it was making that clicking noise of an RD that's needs indexing. Soon it started missing shifts and refusing to even go down to the small half of the cassette. I suspect that I'll see a sight familiar to datlas when I check it out a little later. 
06-16-21, 01:43 PM
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Yeah, but like most of Peninsula residents, we don't have AC. We keep a big, cold ocean nearby. If it gets too hot, the rising air in the Central Valley draws in the cool air off the ocean. Takes about 3 days, usually. And the nights generally get down into the low 60s even when the highs get up to 100. The biggest problem is the house itself heats up day over day and doesn't cool completely overnight.
06-16-21, 01:44 PM
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06-16-21, 01:50 PM
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I broke the front derailleur cable on my Seven something like 2 years ago. I had an old used cable I stuck on until I could order 2 new cables. The new cables are still sitting on my cabinet. I should probably put them on the bike.
And I was riding on the MVP this morning and a big rabbit ran across my path. I almost clipped it.
And I was riding on the MVP this morning and a big rabbit ran across my path. I almost clipped it.
06-16-21, 01:53 PM
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06-16-21, 01:54 PM
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06-16-21, 01:54 PM
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Just booked our first Christmas trip ever for the two of us and our two kids. Will be the first time in almost 30 years that we have not spent the Christmas holidays with other family members. Will be different!
06-16-21, 02:02 PM
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My wrists were done before my legs were on the MTB this morning. Bit chunky at times around here.
06-16-21, 02:03 PM
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Or something.
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06-16-21, 02:04 PM
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YouTube to the rescue! I didn't realize that there was a little access panel under the lever for just this scenario. Cool, cool. cool. Now I've gotta to get a new cable.
06-16-21, 02:08 PM
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I HATE things like that, because if you didn't diagnose and fix it, you don't know that it won't happen again.
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06-16-21, 02:09 PM
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Should have bought spares, like I did a few months ago when somebody said they'd be hard to get!
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06-16-21, 02:17 PM
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New grease, new chain, new bottle cage, and new bottle cage clamp have all arrived!
Now I'm just waiting on the NDS crank arm that another forum member sold me, which should be here tomorrow, even though it arrived in San Pablo, right across the Bay, in plenty of time for UPS to get it to me today......
At least I can put a lot of it together tonight.
Now I'm just waiting on the NDS crank arm that another forum member sold me, which should be here tomorrow, even though it arrived in San Pablo, right across the Bay, in plenty of time for UPS to get it to me today......
At least I can put a lot of it together tonight.
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06-16-21, 02:18 PM
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You can remove the thin covering on the side and extricate it that way. It’s Plan B but does work.
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06-16-21, 02:41 PM
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06-16-21, 02:52 PM
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06-16-21, 02:59 PM
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06-16-21, 03:03 PM
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