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casey_harris98
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1d ago
Flat tire week at the shop: 9 tubes in 4 days from one glass alley in Phoenix
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kai_knight1
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1d ago
Warning: a guy at the shop in Reno swore by greasing cotter pins, and I finally ate my words
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jennifersmith
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2d ago
I finally tried waxing chains instead of oil, and my drivetrain noise gave me a surprise
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paigeharris
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2d ago
I thought 25mm tires were fine on gravel until I rode 40 miles on chunky stuff in Boulder
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charlie_ellis
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4d ago
The shop guy in Portland showed me a trick for rusty seatposts and it saved me a frame
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xenam76
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5d ago
A guy named Ray at the shop in Tucson told me my wheel builds were too loose, and he was right
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gonzalez.wesley
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7d ago
I finally stopped using threadlocker on every bolt after a stuck caliper mount cost me an hour
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jessew83
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9d ago
Tried the zip tie trick on a stuck bottom bracket and it snapped the frame mount
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wright.caleb
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11d ago
Spent 6 hours chasing a clicking noise that turned out to be my quick release skewer
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tarah57
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12d ago
Shoutout to the guy at the Aurora bike swap who sold me a seized bottom bracket for 5 bucks
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milap35
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13d ago
Dropped $220 on a Park Tool TS-2.2 truing stand and it paid for itself in 3 weeks
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jessew83
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14d ago
Shoutout to the shop guy in Detroit who showed me I was cleaning chains backwards
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hill.christopher
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14d ago
PSA: I counted 47 stripped crank bolts in my scrap bin and finally admitted blue Loctite was the problem
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nancy_price82
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14d ago
Shoutout to the old timer at the shop who said torque wrenches are for people who don't trust their hands
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elizabethf85
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15d ago
A grumpy old timer at the shop told me to quit torquing stems by feel and I argued for a week before trying it
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