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Warning: I thought that new ceramic grease was just hype until a customer's 10-speed shifter came back smooth as butter after six months of daily winter commutes.

What other small upgrades have you guys seen that actually make a big difference in long-term wear?
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the_miles
the_miles3mo ago
Smooth as butter" is my dream, my own shifters sound like a bag of rocks after a week.
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averym82
averym823mo ago
It's the same with so many things now, right? New gear works perfectly, then it just... degrades. My headphones started with crystal clear sound and now they crackle if I move my head. Planned obsolescence feels baked into everything we buy, which is a real bummer. You just want stuff to keep working like it did on day one.
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benb21
benb2112d ago
@the_miles and @averym82 I feel your pain on the crackling and the rock sounds. What worked for me was cleaning the headphone jack with a bit of rubbing alcohol on a q-tip, let it dry fully before plugging back in. It fixed that moving crackle issue completely on my last pair, your mileage may vary of course.
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