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You just had to bring that up and I had to get a basic check and it appears to be spot on

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rola643 said:

You just had to bring that up and I had to get a basic check and it appears to be spot on

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Well.... how about that, I'm actually good for something after all! Troublecauser extraordinaire. And they said I'd never amount to anything.

New tires and tubes. Hutchinson Equinox 2 tires 13.30 each from Nashbar. Two new tubes for the install. The tires I replaced Maxxis fuse 23C measured 1.0" the new tires 25C measure .940.
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davereo said:

New tires and tubes. Hutchinson Equinox 2 tires 13.30 each from Nashbar. Two new tubes for the install. The tires I replaced Maxxis fuse 23C measured 1.0" the new tires 25C measure .940.
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maybe that's why they were on sale.

Just a note about the tires. I left them basking in the sun on the driveway while I went on a 26 mile ride. I came home and they went right on the rims with very little effort.

The Maxxis Re-Fuse I put on the synapse were only slightly wider. .960 inches. View attachment 17183

biglou630 said:

Just came in the mail today!

KettleWorx 6 Week Transformation $21.95

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The Bicycle Wheel 3rd Edition $18.96

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I will be starting both of them on Monday!


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Before you start working on your wheels, take a trip to the dump and see if anyone has thrown away any bikes. If so, see if they'll let you have the bike or at least the wheels. Take the wheels apart and practice rebuilding them. Better to learn and make mistakes on junk wheels than on yours.


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Very good suggestion, that's what I did, and then I learned how to balance the tension of the spokes. Made a big difference. You'll feel good when you bud your own wheels.


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I meant I was going to start reading the book! But that is awesome advice for when I am ready to start playing around with wheel Turing and building.


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The hardest part to me is all the spoke length calculation to get right ones for the lacing pattern, hub & rim. Putting it together is enjoyable. Have built a dozen or so. Even built a couple of sets with experimental patterns. There is a 36 spoke pattern where you end up with 3 groups of 6 spokes on each side that are basically woven together that turned out really cool I did on my wife's cruiser. Forgot what it was called. Did a 32 spoke version of it with 4 groups of 4 spokes on each side on one of my bikes but didn't dig it so that one got redone. Very rewarding to get familiar with building and maintaining your wheelsets.

Breakfast Purchase

Just shy of 14 lbs. of oatmeal. And a shipment of my favorite morning brew. Roasted and delivered to my door in 2 days. Some of the coffee will be given to some of my customers. Instead of lame advertising crap like calendars or refrigerator magnets I like to give coffee or in winter hot chocolate assortment boxes.

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The wife just got this off craigslist for 50 bucks

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AND IT'S PRETTY TOO! GREAT DEAL! GOTTA GO, HEADED TO OUR CRAIG'S LIST! <winks>

View attachment 17324 this showed up this morning.

Need to replace the tape that got damaged while parked at a bike rack at the beach on vacation.

Old sram stuff is pretty torn up, so I figure it's about time.


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Gear Floss is the bee's knees, I love it!

I tried them a time or two and really liked them but it got a little expensive. Went back to using my 1/2" and 1" synthetic hair paint brush. Not as easy as the gear floss but works quite well.


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I use an old undershirt folded in half and it works really good. But that gear floss does look a lot simpler.


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Old shoe laces work well for flossing. I use 3/32 braided cord to floss. 1/8 braided cord is a little to wide. I know because I make miles of the crap.

A couple of items I picked up today online with my REI Dividend payment; what are you going to do with $13.42?

Get stuff to saw stuff and start fires to stuff (camp fires, etc.) of course!!

Then; some Stop -N- Go stuff, two new 700x20-23 tubes and some new shoes for the front brakes (Shimano R55C3)