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gracethomas
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2d ago
Spent 6 hours chasing a creak on a 2021 Trek Domane that turned out to be the saddle rails
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shanew59
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3d ago
Unpopular opinion: greasing pedal threads is a waste and I did it for 15 years
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calebross
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4d ago
Wrote off that cheap spoke tension app for $3, then it caught a wheel I would have missed
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ramirez.vera
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4d ago
I used to think chain checkers were a gimmick until I measured 0.75 on a customer's bike
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henry_ross
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4d ago
My old shop mentor asked me why I torque stems by feel, and it made me rethink my whole bench setup
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lee689
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4d ago
The rear derailleur hanger alignment myth I believed for 3 years
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sammartinez
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5d ago
I thought indexing gears by feel was for old pros, then a 20 year vet showed me his trick at the Daytona bike swap
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colescott
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6d ago
Showerthought: I stopped replacing whole shift cable housings and just did the inner wire, and I'm not sure that was the right call
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wren_mitchell
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7d ago
Stop setting chain tension by feel, the 3mm sag trick with a ruler saved a customer's $800 hub
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henry_ross
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8d ago
Spent $180 on a Park Tool PCS-10 stand and it saved my back, not my wallet
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barbara_jenkins66
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11d ago
My boss handed me a coffee can of loose bearings and said count them. 1,247.
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andrewwilliams
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12d ago
Turns out I was setting chain tension with the rear wheel bolted crooked for 2 years
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the_brian
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12d ago
Found out a $3 brake cable costs the same to make as a $25 one
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fiona_hunt71
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15d ago
Appreciation post: the old mechanic at my shop in Boise showed me why he cleans and greases every bolt, and I used to think it was a waste of 20 minutes
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shanec61
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16d ago
Hot take: I thought the old guy at the co-op was nuts for truing wheels with a spoke tension app, but now I use it
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