Flow-Rider
Burner
You never squeeze cross spokes together or flick them with your fingernail to make that cool sound?
Confessions from the fuckwits
- Thread starter moorey
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pink poodle
気が狂っている男
This is why you shouldn't have the spokey dokes on. Their noise prevents you from hearing the sounds indicative of loose spokes.
Haakon
has an accommodating arse
I actually work with someone who has spokey dokes on her XTR equipped 2015 Trek Remedy...
stirk
Burner
She's awesome and fun loving, I bet she has or will have kids.
The Duckmeister
Has a juicy midrange
You don't if the wheels are built properly in the first place.
moorey
call me Mia
Well, 3% of the population will sleep well tonight knowing that :wink:
Spike-X
Grumpy Old Sarah
Of course! Rookie mistake.
Decided to cave into this Hope brake love-in theme.
Tuesday night pulled off the XTRs and mounted up the Hope X2 race brakes. Took the pads out ready for bleeding the next night. Haven't used DOT fluid brakes in a while so, being super cautious, wrapped the calipers and levers in rags in case of spillage.
Wednesday night, fight kids into bed and head out to the shed. Shorten the brake lines, start bleeding the front brake. Fluid coming through the hose, few pump/release cycles later no fluid through the hose. Get down to inspect, hmm, fluid pouring on to the floor. Maybe hose has come off, no. Remove rag from caliper. Fuck, with the caliper all wrapped up I forgot to put a bleeding block (or something) between the pistons. One piston completely popped out. Dick head.
Anyway, carefully lined up the piston and it pushed back in easily. Seems to have bled fine after that and no obvious leakage from the piston. Yet to ride them. Hopefully haven't damaged a seal.
Tuesday night pulled off the XTRs and mounted up the Hope X2 race brakes. Took the pads out ready for bleeding the next night. Haven't used DOT fluid brakes in a while so, being super cautious, wrapped the calipers and levers in rags in case of spillage.
Wednesday night, fight kids into bed and head out to the shed. Shorten the brake lines, start bleeding the front brake. Fluid coming through the hose, few pump/release cycles later no fluid through the hose. Get down to inspect, hmm, fluid pouring on to the floor. Maybe hose has come off, no. Remove rag from caliper. Fuck, with the caliper all wrapped up I forgot to put a bleeding block (or something) between the pistons. One piston completely popped out. Dick head.
Anyway, carefully lined up the piston and it pushed back in easily. Seems to have bled fine after that and no obvious leakage from the piston. Yet to ride them. Hopefully haven't damaged a seal.
agentninety3
Likes Dirt
You've come to the right thread.
Calvin27
Eats Squid
Thanks I wasn't sure if that was enough to just start the build or if I had to actually hit some single track on the ebike and do some trail damage.
DMan
shawly the least hangeriest guy on rotorburn
Eventual bagging out aside, what are you building?
Flow-Rider
Burner
You can imagine what happens in large workshops when management bust your balls with petty shit every half hour.
Sounds like you are in the motor industry. I know exactly how it feels.
Calvin27
Eats Squid
Just a hardtail with torque sensing mid drive paired with 18Ah battery. At about 100w assist level that should get me 5 hours which is pretty nice. The idea is to do massive rides in less time - think like 200km in half a day on rough as guts fire roads and lots of climbing.
i can do full day rides in the graveller, but my spine doesn't like it and if I go soft tyres my legs won't hack it (or I have to reduce range).
Flow-Rider
Burner
Unfortunately I was but that is another life now. It doesn't take much to forget things when you have a lot of disturbances and time limits to meet on jobs.
DMan
shawly the least hangeriest guy on rotorburn
That will be cool. Are you adapting a hardtail frame or trying to buy an Ebike frame?
Knuckles
Lives under a bridge
I call bullshit.
Fuckwit implies a certain degree of ignorance and/or incompetence.
He needs the Confessions of the fuckheads, thread. For those that wilfully and flagrantly ignore the rules of the internets.
pink poodle
気が狂っている男
This will be a true test if your faith!
You've cut me deep.
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Calvin27
Eats Squid
Normal hardtail.
Must be some karma for speaking the ebike words.
nvestigating some clunks, broke the crank puller. No problem, I am a resourceful farker.
Use a 5c coin. Now I have a pressed 5c coin.
Get a washer. Now I have a connical washer.
Going to go do some yoga now I think.