Labcanary
One potato, two potato, click
I have dermatitis so gloves are a must. I hate latex ones and nitrile are better rated for a lot of chemicals anyway.
What did you do TO / WITH / FOR your bike today!
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Boom King
downloaded a pic of moorey's bruised arse
I'm not taking the bet.
Minlak
custom titis
The main advantage of using latex is you also get 5 condoms per glove
moorey
call me Mia
moorey
call me Mia
Used 2 in 5hrs? Shooda bought more.
Minlak
custom titis
mmmm meant to be years - I am off to the thread / account deletion page to get it fixed and stricken from the record
The Duckmeister
Has a juicy midrange
Those bearings look thoroughly munted!
Labcanary
One potato, two potato, click
That is the lower linkage. They were pretty foul. It's from a 2014 SC Solo/5010 and has the sealed outer side, open inside bearings. It had a shit tonne of grease in there but almost as much pulverised dirt too. It wasn't in the best condition when he bought it but I was a bit slack in getting onto this task.
The Duckmeister
Has a juicy midrange
Lower link bearings really suffer because they only move through a small range and tend to seize into place. Disconnecting the link & giving the bearings a good spin every so often will help them last longer, although they will still wear out.
Labcanary
One potato, two potato, click
This is what I'll be doing once it has new bearings. (and to my own bike, actually)
You can definitely see where the bearings have worn in the linkage due to the small range of motion.
Just how old are these ‘hobos’?
pink poodle
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Ease up big Boi! No need to brag and put the rest of us into shame and self doubt!
I'll be in that hurt locker with you. My ebike training may or may not have helped lol
Mr Crudley
Glock in your sock
Do you have the replacement bearings and extractors etc?
Labcanary
One potato, two potato, click
I've ordered the bearings from MTB direct. If they turn out to be incorrect because I mis-read the listing then I'll go to my local bearing shop as I know which ones to get now (I kept the old ones JIC)
I used a blind bearing puller and slide hammer to remove them and I've got a bearing press kit that happens to have the correct size bushes.
(Edit: the bearing press kit is from Ali express and I haven't tested it yet. I'll pop up a review in that thread once I've used it)
link1896
Mr Greenfield
Full complement bearings are a must for linkage duty, full compliment is as full as possible with balls that touch each other, there is no cage to separate the balls. Full compliment does not like rotating as used in hubs/pedals/bb, but has a much higher static load ideal for linkages that do at best 120 degrees of rotation.
Often close to impossible to buy full complement bearings from the likes of nsk/ntn/fag/timken in bike linkage sizes.
Many bike manufacturers cheap out and use standard caged bearings. Looking at you Specialized.
Duncan at Diymtb is also an Enduro stockist. And Duncan is mighty helpful.
hellmansam
Likes Bikes and Dirt
Fitted a few goodies to the Ripmo AF 
having finished with FIFO this week I want to get back into riding regularly, when I got home the other day a 50mm Copperhead stem bought from Isaakk was waiting in a parcel for me so I got motivated to fit the OneUp bars I've had sitting there for several months, and recently arrived OneUp chain guide and mini EDC tool.
Had to get rid of 17mm excess steerer I'd erred that much on the too long side. Have 15mm of spacers to play with still.
EDIT - pics added
Next thing is a decent dropper lever, the KS lever feels horrible.
having finished with FIFO this week I want to get back into riding regularly, when I got home the other day a 50mm Copperhead stem bought from Isaakk was waiting in a parcel for me so I got motivated to fit the OneUp bars I've had sitting there for several months, and recently arrived OneUp chain guide and mini EDC tool.Had to get rid of 17mm excess steerer I'd erred that much on the too long side. Have 15mm of spacers to play with still.
EDIT - pics added
Next thing is a decent dropper lever, the KS lever feels horrible.
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pink poodle
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Nephew (9) dropped in to ask why his bike was making a "terrible noise"? A few minutes manipulating the inexpensive cable disc brakes and that was fixed. Better lube this chain while we are at it. Hmmm that's loose. This is bent. This isn't in the right spot. That is crooked...
Bike is running a bit better now and he is joyfully ripping skids at the slightest opportunity.
Bike is running a bit better now and he is joyfully ripping skids at the slightest opportunity.