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[dcv]

I’m better at spotting bikes than riders on the trails. Riding glasses and helmets are like superhero disguises, they befuddle me. What do you ride?

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[huskerdont]

Deceased now this little bit after the frame broke. Still miss it, but it still lives on through the rest of it being cannibalized for an $80 steel frame.

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[kevlittle]

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I just got the bike on the right recently well the wife got it for Christmas its the Retrospec Speck SS such a beautiful bike, and yes I collect folding bikes, I ride them to work, love em

[Tim Kelley]

@kevlittle 131934 wrote:

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I just got the bike on the right recently well the wife got it for Christmas its the Retrospec Speck SS such a beautiful bike, and yes I collect folding bikes, I ride them to work, love em

Spam from Poland? I’m keeping an eye on you…

[consularrider]

@Tim Kelley 131940 wrote:

Spam from Poland? I’m keeping an eye on you…

Or from Ukraine?
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[Tim Kelley]

@consularrider 132002 wrote:

Or from Ukraine?
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I’ve been keeping an eye on you for YEARS!

[consularrider]

Well, this is just too much like work, and I’m jet-lagged.
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[consularrider]

And the Pugsley is back together and the Dillingers are mounted. Thank you BikeUp!
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[hozn]

Used some time extra inside time this weekend to finish up my new 1×10 hardtail mtb build. Luckily got my rear hub from the UK right before the snow. 24lbs, so not super light, but reasonable.

[dkel]

Everyone’s building up bikes this weekend! I sized up the Straggler frame and hunkered down to build it up, only to find that the drive side dropout is compressed (bent!) by a millimeter! I can’t get the rear wheel in. Unless someone knows how I can reliably bend it back myself, I’ll have to wait and finish the build after the LBS reopens.

[hozn]

Oh, man, that sucks. Weird about the spacing being wrong. You can’t just force it in there? I guess there must be an official spreading tool?

So the other frames were just too short or was sizing up to get different seattube angle (or some other angle difference)?

[dcv]

@dkel 133118 wrote:

Everyone’s building up bikes this weekend! I sized up the Straggler frame and hunkered down to build it up, only to find that the drive side dropout is compressed (bent!) by a millimeter! I can’t get the rear wheel in. Unless someone knows how I can reliably bend it back myself, I’ll have to wait and finish the build after the LBS reopens.

+1 what Hans said – can you just force the rear triangle apart? I’ve had steel frames that I had to spread the dropouts to fit the rear wheel, just using hands – not tools.

My snow day project, building a geared CX from mostly leftover parts. I thought I could reuse the cables, but too short and need all new cables and housings.

[dkel]

@dcv 133128 wrote:

+1 what Hans said – can you just force the rear triangle apart? I’ve had steel frames that I had to spread the dropouts to fit the rear wheel, just using hands – not tools.

It’s not the frame spacing between the dropouts, it’s the space of the dropout slot itself. The thing has those weird forward facing horizontal dropouts, and it seems the one on the drive side got dinged in shipping or something, so that it’s a little too narrow to fit the axle.

[dkel]

@hozn 133127 wrote:

So the other frames were just too short or was sizing up to get different seattube angle (or some other angle difference)?

Different seat tube angle. I could probably make the smaller frame work, but my saddle is much higher than before, and much farther forward (and in a much better position for my knees), and now the reach is off—too close by a little and too low by what feels like a lot. I could get a very long and steep stem, but my whole position over the bike is high and forward. I tried a 56 a couple of weeks ago, and felt much better on it, so I ordered up the new frame. I got one of the few remaining framesets in glittery purple—they only come in toothpaste green now—and so the only one I could get had to come from England! Still, being a 2015 model, even with shipping it was the same price as a 2016 model acquired locally. I think the trip from England may have caused the dropout problem. It’s only a millimeter, and I’m sure the shop can get it opened up and make sure it’s aligned properly.

[dcv]

@dkel 133130 wrote:

It’s not the frame spacing between the dropouts, it’s the space of the dropout slot itself. The thing has those weird forward facing horizontal dropouts, and it seems the one on the drive side got dinged in shipping or something, so that it’s a little too narrow to fit the axle.

Got it, that sucks. If I recall the dropouts are painted, so you wouldn’t want to file it down right?. Sound like you need mini-jaws-of-life to spread the dropout slots.

[dkel]

@dcv 133132 wrote:

Got it, that sucks. If I recall the dropouts are painted, so you wouldn’t want to file it down right?. Sound like you need mini-jaws-of-life to spread the dropout slots.

They are painted. I read online that people have put a segment of pipe over it and used that as a lever, but I don’t have any pipe around the house. Jan told me they would probably use a fat Allen tool at the shop. It’s the kind of thing I’m only willing to mess with so much before I let the pros handle it. It is steel, after all, so I don’t think it’s a lost cause.

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