Author Topic: What did you do to your bike today? (v2) (Read 2218508 times)

brian itzaina · « **Reply #1440 on:** June 22, 2012, 09:07:37 PM »

chu look like a baby

brian itzaina · « **Reply #1441 on:** June 22, 2012, 09:08:22 PM »

I threw my bike in the rafters after my brakes pissed me off.

Brooklynrider · « **Reply #1442 on:** June 22, 2012, 09:22:13 PM »

Broke 6 bolts for the seat clamp. Screw built in seatclamps

blueee · « **Reply #1443 on:** June 22, 2012, 09:33:03 PM »

liar! you got the herpies! prolly from rusty's trombone! dirty boy! dirty boy!

barcodebilly · « **Reply #1444 on:** June 22, 2012, 09:39:08 PM »

You caught me! :mad2:

Wrecked · « **Reply #1445 on:** June 23, 2012, 01:55:11 AM »

Laced, tensioned and trued 6 wheels while watching a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Marathon(the REAL videos).

blueee · « **Reply #1446 on:** June 23, 2012, 02:43:45 AM »

fuck! i have to relace my marmoset to a new rim

Rusty · « **Reply #1447 on:** June 23, 2012, 11:45:52 AM »

Quote from: Brooklynrider;3571272

Broke 6 bolts for the seat clamp. Screw built in seatclamps

I don't get how people break things like this. User error?

_tom_ · « **Reply #1448 on:** June 23, 2012, 12:25:26 PM »

Cleaned them all. mtb derailleur bits are such a faff to clean, too many little tight spots that collect shit.

paranoidmexican · « **Reply #1449 on:** June 23, 2012, 12:29:45 PM »

Quote from: Rusty;3571378

I don't get how people break things like this. User error?

thats how i feel.

Wrecked · « **Reply #1450 on:** June 23, 2012, 02:08:41 PM »

Quote from: _tom_;3571395

Cleaned them all. mtb derailleur bits are such a faff to clean, too many little tight spots that collect shit.

If your pulling the derailleur off the bike there is a super simple way to clean them.
Grab a crock pot from a thrift store on the cheap, fill it with water and a little dish soap, not a lot, just a couple drips. If you have grease cutting dish soap use that, but anything will work. Turn the crock pot on low and drop the derailleur in.

The warm slightly soapy water will make grit and grime that's been caked on for years wipe right off.

I'm too cheap to buy a proper solvent tank for my garage(I've got one at work though if I REALLY need to use on). So I use the crockpot method for small parts. Some parts are too big for the crock pot, so I have a big 10 gallon storage container with concentrated simple green and a fish tank water circulator in it for big part.
Between the two, parts cleaning is super simple and easy.

Gooby · « **Reply #1451 on:** June 23, 2012, 05:12:12 PM »

Quote from: Rusty;3571378

I don't get how people break things like this. User error?

Might sounds stupid but I've broke a few as well. You'll just be tightening the bolt down and it'll snap before the clamp is even tight. Don't know what happened.

Pat · « **Reply #1452 on:** June 23, 2012, 06:25:13 PM »

learned butcher grinds then learned butcher to luc-e's. Today was a very fun day.

barcodebilly · « **Reply #1453 on:** June 23, 2012, 06:28:50 PM »

yeeeeeeee i learned feeble to butchers the last day i rode

Surf Nicaragua · « **Reply #1454 on:** June 23, 2012, 06:32:20 PM »

Switched seats, adjusted seatpost, and admiiiired it. I think I love it.
Edit: My GT

Bikeguide.org - Bike maintenance for BMX'ers · « **Reply #1454 on:** June 23, 2012, 06:32:20 PM »

Author Topic: What did you do to your bike today? (v2) (Read 2218508 times)

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