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young.michael
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1d ago
Can we talk about hitting 500 tunes in my shop and feeling weird about it?
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danielm80
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1d ago
Unpopular take: shop rags beat paper towels and my Tuesday proved it
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stella22
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3d ago
Pro tip: I quit chasing every creak in a bottom bracket with a torque wrench
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dereks11
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4d ago
Stop greasing cotter pins on old English 3 speeds, use the right size punch first or you'll egg the hole
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adam919
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4d ago
Realized after 9 years I was installing chain quick links backwards on every single bike
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fiona_carr26
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4d ago
I used to roll my eyes at waxing chains, then I watched a guy at the shop in Portland do it
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gracethomas
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8d 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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10d 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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10d 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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10d 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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11d 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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11d ago
The rear derailleur hanger alignment myth I believed for 3 years
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sammartinez
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12d 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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12d 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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14d ago
Stop setting chain tension by feel, the 3mm sag trick with a ruler saved a customer's $800 hub
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