Confessions from the fuckwits

[Flow-Rider]

I went to move a tree off the trail today, had it by the stump with 2 hands up to my chest, reefing on it backwards with all my weight then tripped, and it pinned me to the ground. Luckily, it wasn't that heavy, and I was able to roll it off my chest.

 

[beeb]

I went to move a tree off the trail today, had it by the stump with 2 hands up to my chest, reefing on it backwards with all my weight then tripped, and it pinned me to the ground. Luckily, it wasn't that heavy, and I was able to roll it off my chest.

Lucky fella. Far too easy to do yourself a mischief in moments like that.

 

[Flow-Rider]

Lucky fella. Far too easy to do yourself a mischief in moments like that.

Haven't felt my sternum flex like that for a while.

 

[Chriso_29er]

Looks like what's currently living in my Procaliber

Don't leave it in the rain for a day!

 

[Cardy George]

Don't leave it in the rain for a day!

What is "rain"?

 

[ForkinGreat]

What is "rain"?

Free liquid water that falls from the sky on the east coast of Australia like an angry ex-partner, or fucks off to another state or country, like #ScrotuMo

 

[moorey]

What is a hill?

FIFY

 

[safreek]

Turns out grease on the axle of the Mr T makes it slide in, shame about the thread being part rooted from the screwdriver. From a previous onfession

 

[ashes_mtb]

Posting on behalf of the fuckwit that designed road bikes.

If you slackened off the head angle a bit and got that wheel out further in front, it would have landed on top of kerb and not into the face of it.

And if the bars didn’t have that stupid curly bit it wouldn’t have jammed itself tight on my thigh leaving me stuck and trapped under the bike with the rear wheel entangled in a shrub.

Fucking hopeless.

 

[rockmoose]

Posting on behalf of the fuckwit that designed road bikes.

If you slackened off the head angle a bit and got that wheel out further in front, it would have landed on top of kerb and not into the face of it.

And if the bars didn’t have that stupid curly bit it wouldn’t have jammed itself tight on my thigh leaving me stuck and trapped under the bike with the rear wheel entangled in a shrub.

Fucking hopeless.

You clearly need tighter lycra. That will resolve all the issues.

 

[Litenbror]

Ordered a Manitou Mara from the states the other day and while looking at the tracking this morning was thinking to myself that should be 210x55 not 210x50?

Yep checked the order and fwit ordered a shock with the wrong stroke.

 

[beeb]

Ordered a Manitou Mara from the states the other day and while looking at the tracking this morning was thinking to myself that should be 210x55 not 210x50?

Yep checked the order and fwit ordered a shock with the wrong stroke.

Not internally adjustable with adding/removing a spacer?

 

[ForkinGreat]

Posting on behalf of the fuckwit that designed road bikes.

If you slackened off the head angle a bit and got that wheel out further in front, it would have landed on top of kerb and not into the face of it.

And if the bars didn’t have that stupid curly bit it wouldn’t have jammed itself tight on my thigh leaving me stuck and trapped under the bike with the rear wheel entangled in a shrub.

Fucking hopeless.

I think the design is fine. It is a Road bike, not a Kerb bike.

Have a chat to the people at Walty. I'm sure they could fabricate a lovely Ti Kerb bike for you.

You could actually use flat bars with your new kerb bike. it might solve the shrub entrapment issue.

 

[fjohn860]

Not internally adjustable with adding/removing a spacer?

Yep for sure.

Either snippety, snip or unclip the 5mm travel spacer.

Not sure if the manitou's have a slotted spacer like the Topaz/TriAir or a solid snippy one

 

[Litenbror]

Not internally adjustable with adding/removing a spacer?

Unsure will have to look at the tech docs today to see.

 

[shiny]

Unsure will have to look at the tech docs today to see.

From Dougal on MTBR:

 

[Litenbror]

From Dougal on MTBR:

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Thanks @shiny I'm looking through that page at the moment but hadn't gotten there yet.

 

[Litenbror]

From Dougal on MTBR:

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So the 5mm spacer is on the 12mm shaft and has to either be cut off or you can unthread the shaft and slid it off but then it's a full bleed. 5mm spacer is metal one so cutting must be done very very carefully... Oh well will go short stroke till it needs a service.

 

[shiny]

So the 5mm spacer is on the 12mm shaft and has to either be cut off or you can unthread the shaft and slid it off but then it's a full bleed. 5mm spacer is metal one so cutting must be done very very carefully... Oh well will go short stroke till it needs a service.

Trying to recall my McLeod as I think it’s a similar setup. Sounds about right as you don’t want a spacer to floating around. Sounds like a plan. Only half a f-wit!

 

[ashes_mtb]

I think the design is fine. It is a Road bike, not a Kerb bike.

Have a chat to the people at Walty. I'm sure they could fabricate a lovely Ti Kerb bike for you.

You could actually use flat bars with your new kerb bike. it might solve the shrub entrapment issue.

Perfect. I’ve got a long history with kerbs so a dedicated bike for it makes a lot of sense.