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What have you done to your bike today?
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knobbyhead
Next off the Island.
Sure.
Karate Monkey
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Set the wing higher than you think you need 👍
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Mr. Chainring
Yes, they work best with ends slightly higher than level. I have these grips on all my bikes. They've helped with my wrist pain.
Nubs
Active Member
Thanks for the tip, I’ll be sure to take a look at them when I take them out for the first “real” ride with them.
Ian F
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Mounted some 2.8 Nobby Nic tires on my new Back Country 450 wheels. Eventually these will go on the Chameleon when I can ride on dirt again...
And put the Dia-Compe MX1000 brakes from my old BMX bike on eBay. So far it looks like they will sell for a reasonable price. Unfortunately, USPS apparently lost one of the Hutch parts I sold, so I had to refund $170. Hopefully I can get some of that back from the insurance, but it may take awhile.
And put the Dia-Compe MX1000 brakes from my old BMX bike on eBay. So far it looks like they will sell for a reasonable price. Unfortunately, USPS apparently lost one of the Hutch parts I sold, so I had to refund $170. Hopefully I can get some of that back from the insurance, but it may take awhile.
Andypowerful
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Installed an oval chainring. My first ride opinion is - I like it. Seemed to help me on my climbs. Found myself in lower gear during climbs where I was usually looking for one more gear when I was already maxed out. Anything I can do to offset the out of shape me.
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Added a little colour....
JonF
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Does the wing interfere at all when shit gets rough? Like, dropper down, body low, ass over rear, steep decents at Creek? I get outside hand pain/numbness on longer rides and wondering if these might help with the added support.
Karate Monkey
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Maybe? A bit?
Don't think of them as "support", or you're gonna be real unhappy. Think of them more like "training" yourself to keep your arm/wrist/knuckles inline with each other.
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Mr. Chainring
Yeah what Monkey said. The ends are not that wide on the GA3. Just enough to give some support. I don't see them getting in the way with the bike pointed down.
Probably can rotate your brake levers up a bit thus relaxing the hand and eliminating any discomfort . Especially for gravity type riding . My park bike brake levers are just about parallel to the ground .
JonF
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I was hoping the added hand real estate will give some additional support to my palms on the longer 90+ minute, mostly seated rides which may help with the pain i get. But didn't want to compromise grip on the bars when going downhill. I might have to give a pair a try.
i have been riding this style of grip for a while and havnt noticed any issues when going downhill from the wings . . .
Karate Monkey
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As I learned after my incident with the car hitting me, much of it was relegated to weak core muscles. The more I rode with the GA3, the more I kept reminding myself to keep my core engaged, the less my palms/wrists/fingers hurt.
Of course, that also meant that my core (and me) was tired rather than my hands, but, you know. Journey of self-discovery, and all that.
Karate Monkey
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So, first things first, rode Huber today for an hour, and pretended the park wasn't a disaster (well, really, it's not, but I try not to consider that 99% of the dirt that's churned/rutted in the turns is horse crap) in order to get the creative juices flowing. Then I grabbed my thinking cap, a handful of 3/8-24 nylon screws, and my drill:
Progress shot, because I'm lazy and skipped photos
Then, determined not to spend a bunch of money on a tap that I would only use once (okay, twice), I grabbed a suitable 10-24 screw and had at it with a fiber-reinforced cutoff wheel to make 3 channels, then the belt sander to give the nose a nice taper. I zipped a bit off the diameter of the screw while I was at it. The flathead slot was fiddly, but more than sufficient to tap nylon.
The same nylon screw, because, again, lazy.
Next step, screw the nylon screw into the One-up tool, and use a flush-cut saw (for dowelling!) to cut flush with the end. This was fiddly, but gave good results.
The first one (not pictured) was better centered. Drilled freehand instead of using a press.
Finally, I grabbed a pair of curved, smooth jaw pliers to turn a tube from Dynaplug into the hole. Remember, I took a bit off the OD of the screw "tap" so it would be a tight fit.
Nice tight fit, no fixative needed, but easy enough to remove both if desired.
All the little dealies fit nicely into the small tube that comes with the tool. The new ribbed o-ring fits into Rockshox stuff, too--it's not dead silent like the fork bung, but it's quiet enough (and that plug is ugly AF). I'm going to take a page from Grandpa and his Camillus electrician's knife, and sharpen the flathead screwdriver bit on the side to make a knife that can cut the plug flush.
I also took the opportunity while it was off to clean the threadlock that One-up put on the chain tool pressure screw. Don't have any idea WTF they were thinking, other than maybe securing future customers for replacements when it immediately stripped trying to break a chain?
Progress shot, because I'm lazy and skipped photos
The same nylon screw, because, again, lazy.
The first one (not pictured) was better centered. Drilled freehand instead of using a press.
Nice tight fit, no fixative needed, but easy enough to remove both if desired.
I also took the opportunity while it was off to clean the threadlock that One-up put on the chain tool pressure screw. Don't have any idea WTF they were thinking, other than maybe securing future customers for replacements when it immediately stripped trying to break a chain?
serviceguy
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Not sure why you had to do that. My OneUp carrier has an alloy adapter for the little fork the is already threaded and servers the same purpose of nylon screw. Wouldn’t have been easier to thread the dynaplug in tube there?
Also not sure about the ribbed o-ring or Rock Shox reference.
Great editorial effort anyway, captioned photos are nice!
Never you mind, you have the V2, probably doesn’t have the same screwed on adapter.
Never never mind, the adapter comes with the little fork which I guess you did not want to purchase.
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