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@drevil 168025 wrote:

All cool, but I especially like the disc brake adapter.

Vicegrip, you take orders for customized adapters? I have a ti frame that has no brake bosses (i.e., fixie) that I’ve always wanted to put on a disc rear wheel.

Here is a disk brake adapter just in case A2Z DM-UNI adapter doesn’t fit:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HFWAMEA/

And for those who want to convert from V-Brakes to disk, here is a brake caliper option designed just long enough for bikes that use V-Brakes, but the triangle needs to be straight from fender mount to the wheel’s axle. Unfortunately for me, my rear triangle is curved both horizontally and vertically, so I can’t use caliper brakes, and there is no room for rotors, so no disk brakes either.

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REI 20% Off from this Friday Nov 10th to Monday Nov 20th. Just got it in the mail.

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I would say do it yourself, but in a very well let area. Don’t try it too hard, just try another method of one doesn’t work. I would generally try both peddling backward and pulling the chain at the same time.

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I vote for:

1 – Front derailleur rubbing against chain, despite you saying that it isn’t. The frame maybe flexing while your are peddling hard.
2 – Pedals.
3 – Dirt on rear derailleur causing sprockets to make that noise.

Also, for reference, my 11-speed road bike, Fuji Gran Fondo which has 50/34T gears on the front, and 11-28T on the back came with a chain that has 110 links. A chain length calculator that I posted about here says that I should have 108 links, so it’s close. 116 links is probably too long for your bike, but I don’t know about your setup.

A new chain on a worn out cassette would perhaps slip(not to be confused with skipping/auto shifting, although it might happen), but it won’t make sound like you described.

Finally, you may want to get this master link Park Tool for both opening and closing master links with one tool, while KMC makes two tools to perform the same function. I have injured my fingers while trying to open a master link with long nose pliers.

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I carry pocket tissues all the time for such an occasion. Like others said, check the limit screws. If they are fine, then the chain could be of incorrect length for the gears that you are using, especially if you changed to a different cassette or chainrings with different number of teeth. In this case, cutting the new chain to the same size as the old one as commonly advised won’t work well in this case. There is a wiggle room, but if the chain is too long, it would slip causing it to derail. This online bicycle chain length calculator tells you the recommended chain length for the gears that you have now. The only issue with that calculator is that you need to multiply the number of links by 2 to get the correct number. It gives a result like “56 inches or 56 links”, the length in inches is correct, but chain links are 0.5″ long, so this means 56*2=112 Links.

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While in the subject of forum software, for guests only; this forum follows central time during summer time. It’s on eastern time now for them.

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@Vicegrip 167536 wrote:

One of them got me to waste some time and answer a question it asked. 😡

I have learned to look at the poster’s location on the top right to see if it’s spam or not.

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Replace it. Imagine going 25+ MPH downhill, and what sort of injury you would get vs 10 MPH. A new tire is cheaper than your skin and bones.

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Search engine optimization (SEO) is a big business, unfortunately, some pay others regardless of whether they use ethical or non-ethical methods as long as their website shows up in the top 10 for certain keywords:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_engine_optimization#White_hat_versus_black_hat_techniques

This forum is using rotating static questions, but the spammers maybe using just one answer, such as “bike”, and resubmit the same answer several times which gets through after few times.

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*Sigh* It seems that anything that has “bike” in the name is invisible, regardless of size.

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Here is how to get on the bike:

1 – Make sure that you downshift.
2 – Before getting on the bike, squeeze the brakes closest to you(it doesn’t matter if it’s front or rear), so the bike doesn’t move while you are trying to get on it.
3 – Lean the bike toward you to a ridicules angle, like 45 degrees, move further away from the bike if necessary. After few times, leaning it that low is not necessary.
4 – Get on the bike, but prepare to release the brakes if your foot touches part of the bike, like the saddle, which may cause you to lose your balance.

To stop:

1 – Turn slightly to the right while slowing, your body will lean left.
2 – Put your left foot on the ground.

Do it the other way if you prefer to put the other foot on the ground.

It takes weeks for foot muscles to strengthen and adjust to the new sport.

Shifting:

We can confuse beginners while trying to teach them two opposing things at once, like press this for faster, and this for slower. This is two facts performing opposite functions, which humans are not good at remembering(regardless of hair color). I prefer to teach them one fact: press this for faster. The other one does the opposite(but I don’t say slower). Just associate this with faster, the other one does something else. So the person just remembers one fact.

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@jabberwocky 167156 wrote:

Gotcha. I do see that. I think the issue is that the closest W&OD connection (and favorite parking spot of many people riding the singletrack) isn’t actually park property; the Ice Rink lot is private property, and I believe they have resisted a kiosk there in the past. Thats why there is a kiosk on the trail at the bottom of the initial hill from the lot: thats the edge of actual park property. But that doesn’t help people looking to get into the park from the W&OD.

Google maps, when you zoom in too close, shows property boundaries based on public records. It shows that SkateQuest has its own parking lot, and the parking lot to its North(“Lake Fairfax Mountain Bike Parking” on Google maps) as a separate property. Here is a link to Fairfax county website which shows maps of property boundaries, but it’s slower than Google, but shows property owner. You need to zoom in to see property boundaries, then click on “i” icon on the toolbar to see the real estate company that owns the property. It shows that the property is owned by Breckenridge, LLC, and that it’s “Vacant land”, while the company that owns where SkateQuest resides is Novus, LLC.

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It looks like they gave her more than 3 ft when passing.

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At what time did it happen?

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