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juliaa25
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1d ago
My freewheel was skipping on my Tuesday commute, and a 2 cent fix from the hardware store did the trick
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the_phoenix
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3d ago
A shop in Denver swore by building wheels dry, and I think that advice is flat wrong
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the_keith
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3d ago
Used to spend 20 minutes adjusting derailleurs by ear, now I use a $12 gauge from the co-op and get them dead on in 5
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ninag10
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4d ago
A customer told me my tune-up price was 'basically theft' and I can't stop thinking about it
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willowroberts
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6d ago
PSA: swapping from a triangle stand to a wall mount in my 12x20 shop saved me from dropping a $2k bike twice
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the_mia
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7d ago
Warning: spent 3 years clamping brake cables wrong on every tune-up until a guy at the Boise co-op showed me the trick
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robin_foster1
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8d ago
Derailleur hanger snapped 2 miles into a tune up ride, and the spare I ordered 3 weeks ago is still in the mail
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ruby_lane
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9d ago
Paid $180 for a Park Tool wheel truing stand, worth it or did I get played?
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tyler614
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11d ago
Caught myself setting bearing preload by feel for 8 years until a guy in Dayton asked me one question
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wright.drew
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12d ago
Pulled my 500th bottom bracket out of the parts bin and my hands finally stopped shaking
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kelly_coleman61
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12d ago
Shop had three walk-ins with seized bottom brackets in one morning and I'm still laughing about the third guy
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sethanderson
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13d ago
Rant: check the derailleur hanger alignment before you touch the cable tension
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danieltaylor
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13d ago
Guy brought in a 1978 Schwinn and told me the rear wheel was "haunted"
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karent75
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15d ago
Stop telling new mechanics to torque stems by feel, I watched a bar slip on the W&OD trail
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felix_coleman87
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15d ago
My 15mm cone wrench snapped mid-adjust on a 1994 Rockhopper hub, and I stood there holding half a tool
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