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The Lounge / Re: 15 Years on the forum

« on: May 30, 2020, 04:02:27 PM »

Site wouldn't let me PAPOY so I'm leaving again. This party is lame.

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The Lounge / Re: 15 Years on the forum

« on: May 30, 2020, 03:58:39 PM »

11 years hah. I was surprised this place is still going! Even more surprised I could remember my login details.

I logged in cos you logged in. Party?

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The Lounge / Re: Mountain bikes

« on: August 13, 2019, 03:45:39 PM »

I have a 160mm travel 29er with a whatever% gear ratio and a dropper post. It's fucking mint. Just because you overtook some fat cunt once doesn't mean that everybody who has a decent bike is a wanker. Ride an actual aggressive trail bike and see how much faster you are than with a fucking singlespeed steel rigid bike.

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The Bike Shop / Re: Brakes: flybikes spring hanger vs Odyssey Springfield

« on: March 19, 2018, 03:11:18 PM »

Springfields have shitloads of clearance and work decent if you swap out the shit pads they ship with.

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The Bike Shop / Re: 22 inches

« on: March 05, 2018, 10:51:51 AM »

I built this thing a while ago. Should be good on the jumps in Summer. Basically feels like a 20" but a bit less responsive and a lot more comfortable. The new ATF frames clear 2.4 tires with the Springfield brake for ultimate monster trucking.

Fuhhhhhhhhhhhhh, Tom that's gorgeous.  Cool to see you on a 22. 

How do you feel about the Springfields?  I've seen a lot of people complaining about them online, but I've got a couple sets of them on different bikes and I really like them.  The pads are just OK so I've switched them out on my favorite bikes, but overall I feel like they're stiff as hell. 

The Springfields work really well. I actually got rid of my 1,000 year old Fly brake on the Barcode for one. I can see how they wouldn't work for everyone but for how much I ride BMX these days they're sound.

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The Bike Shop / Re: 22 inches

« on: March 01, 2018, 05:35:53 AM »

I built this thing a while ago. Should be good on the jumps in Summer. Basically feels like a 20" but a bit less responsive and a lot more comfortable. The new ATF frames clear 2.4 tires with the Springfield brake for ultimate monster trucking.

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The Bike Shop / Re: aluminum bb spacer idea thingy

« on: November 26, 2017, 12:10:11 PM »

Just cut your crankarms off.

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The Bike Shop / Re: Mtb crank question for you tech savvy folks

« on: April 25, 2017, 04:06:23 PM »

Put a 2mm spacer on either the spindle or behind a BB cup if it's threaded. Cycling is fucked and everything is wrong.

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Bike Gallery / Re: Daily Pictures v2

« on: March 17, 2017, 05:18:23 PM »

It's the E-Lever. My brake doesn't work because of it.

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Bike Gallery / Re: Daily Pictures v2

« on: March 16, 2017, 03:37:51 PM »

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Bike Gallery / Re: Fixed gear bikes/ Post your big bikes V2

« on: February 14, 2017, 04:04:12 PM »

Probably the wrong place to ask but whatever. Sold a bike on eBay. Buyer hasn't paid nor responded to my messages for over 48 hours. He has 2 feedback from months and months ago. He's not buying it is he? Where do I stand with cancelling the order?

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The Bike Shop / Re: bending hub flanges back?

« on: December 24, 2016, 05:44:30 AM »

Do NOT bend aluminium back. It will break.

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The Bike Shop / Re: T1 Cyclops Stem

« on: December 16, 2016, 05:21:39 AM »

stems are an install and forget part anyway.

Ah man I crashed at the park and my bars moved. Let me just get my 6mm, my 1/4" and my hammer. Nope.

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The Bike Shop / Re: T1 Cyclops Stem

« on: December 14, 2016, 03:08:50 PM »

After watching that video I'm not sure I actually want one anymore. 1/4" allen keys can fuck off and I'm not keen on installing my stem with a hammer. Shame, it's such a cool looking thing.

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The Bike Shop / Re: folding tires wobbly?

« on: December 08, 2016, 05:53:32 PM »

A folding bead will probably save you 30g per tire, if that. The fact that it has a kevlar bead shouldn't affect how "wobbly" it is.