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    Simple Tips and tricks.

    Give me some tips and tricks for working on the drive train. For example is there anyway to keep cables from fraying or flattening under the pressure of the der. clamp? Or am I just tightening them too much? Thanks Again, Nick
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    Derailleur or shifters?

    I have a Shimano Alivo Rear Der. and some kind of shifters (See photo) They came stock with my Trek 4300 a year ago. They're the last few things I haven't upgraded. I'm no expert mechanic but I am decent with adjusting the shifting and I cannot get it just right. If I can get the bottom four...
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    Mechanic's Mystery

    I finally found a set of good pedals to test swap. Sure enough it was the pedals. I guess the bearings must have been shot. Thanks guys!
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    Mechanic's Mystery

    I have a Trek with a Shimano Octalink BB and a Shimano Deore Hollow-Tech crank set. I have some inexpensive wellgo cage pedals on it for now. One of those three components is makeing a poping creaking sound when I put force on them and pedal. I can't figure out what it is for the life of me...
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    New Camera for riding.

    I got an Olympus SW 770 and it is pretty great if your rough on your equipment. It's a 7.1 meg with 3x optical zoom and image stabilization. It's water proof to 33ft, shock proof (droppable 5ft to pavement), crush proof to 220lbs and can work in 14deg weather. It's pretty impossible to tear up...
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    Best bang for my bucks

    Ok, I can't really go up in price but I visited all my local bike shops today and settled on a Trek 4300. What do you think?
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    Best bang for my bucks

    I am very rough on my bikes. I don't do one thing in particular. Though I don't really do downhill a lot. I have mostly decided on a hart-tail for this reason. I want something very tough but the best quality for the price. I am looking in the 500 range. I have looked at getting the new...