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03-26-2024, 07:27 PM #13076
I don't send like the 25-year-olds, but my Reserves have been the best wheelset I've ever owned. Zero maintenance. One (of the many) things I suck at with bike maintenance would be truing a wheel. So much so that it's the only thing I don't even attempt to do myself anymore.
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03-26-2024, 08:40 PM #13077
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03-26-2024, 09:57 PM #13078
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03-26-2024, 10:50 PM #13079
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03-26-2024, 10:55 PM #13080
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03-27-2024, 12:17 AM #13081
Right on. Is it any good?
There's nothing better than sliding down snow, and flying through the air
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03-27-2024, 06:27 AM #13082
I just started getting alright at it within the last year or so (after a few years of learning), usually have on my more experienced mechanics take care of wheels for serious riders just in case. It's so simple but such an artform at the same time haha
I do like carbon wheels for that reason though, not many go out of true very easily.
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03-27-2024, 08:15 AM #13083
Wheel building related.
This is the minutia that keeps me up at night:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5ASF...dzZmFrMWdjcWNv
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03-27-2024, 01:02 PM #13084
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03-27-2024, 01:05 PM #13085
They build the wheel <0.2mm> off-center?
JFC.
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03-27-2024, 03:05 PM #13086
You could probably just, like, do final tensioning and truing and check dish with a tire installed?
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03-27-2024, 03:09 PM #13087Registered User
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IME the drive side spoke tension is always higher than the non-drive side and you can hear this by hitting/ pinging them with a tool
Lee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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03-27-2024, 03:22 PM #13088
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03-28-2024, 04:46 PM #13089User
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The hose guide hole on my fox fork is stripped, complete spinner. What’s the fix? Re-tap bigger? Shove a toothpick shaving in the hole and tighten away?
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03-28-2024, 06:05 PM #13090
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03-28-2024, 06:13 PM #13091
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03-28-2024, 07:29 PM #13092User
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03-28-2024, 09:35 PM #13093
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03-29-2024, 07:08 AM #13094
The stock bolt only catches a few threads, the fork has depth for 7-8 more threads, so you can just need to source a longer bolt, and turn past the bad threads.
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03-29-2024, 07:09 AM #13095User
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03-29-2024, 07:53 AM #13096
Fox should have a M3 x 8, buy a M3 x 10.
Home Depot should have one if you don’t have a good bolt supply shop.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Everbilt...3188/204808024
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03-29-2024, 08:37 AM #13097
One of the fender mounting holes on a 23 Zeb has the same problem, never gets tight. Will a longer fastener do the trick there too?
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03-29-2024, 09:42 AM #13098
Talk me into or out of buying a Spur while the NX and GX builds are still on sale. Would be complementing a GG Smash.
My wallet wants the NX but the GX build seems like a no brainer for the price difference.
Also open to other similar deals for similar bikes.
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03-29-2024, 09:47 AM #13099User
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03-29-2024, 10:31 AM #13100Registered User
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NX and Spur seem like really contradictory things. NX is heavy as a WW2 tank and performs like shit. Spur is meant to be a light, snappy trail bike. The other issue with NX is that it uses a HG freehub, so when you do upgrade from it, you're stuck trying to find a new $100+ freehub driver to go to either MS or XD.
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