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    Anyone using 9-speed Sram shifter with Shimano 10-speed derailleur?

    Look for square nuts, not washers. Looks like McMaster has various steel and fiberglass available. The ones I am using are brass which makes them easier to file a shallow groove in.
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    Anyone using 9-speed Sram shifter with Shimano 10-speed derailleur?

    Shimano's lever just turns the clutch mechanism on and off. When off it just acts like a standard derailleur. SRAMs type 2 actually locks the cage extended for easier wheel removal. The clutch has reduced the chain slap. It's still there, just way quieter. On my all mountain rig I was able...
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    Anyone using 9-speed Sram shifter with Shimano 10-speed derailleur?

    Sticking with all the 9spd stuff and still getting to sample the clutch is what got me too. There is no need to have anything machined. Lelandjt has it covered a few posts ago. The 1/4" thick brass square washer I use just has a shallow groove filed down to achieve the .236" thickness that...
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    Anyone using 9-speed Sram shifter with Shimano 10-speed derailleur?

    This sensitivity is what prompted me to ditch the washer stack i started using to try the spacer idea out. Just a slight rotation of the washers was enough to eff the situation up. The spacer is square and has a notch filed in it to keep the cable in just the right spot without fighting it...
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    Random Picture Thread

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    Anyone using 9-speed Sram shifter with Shimano 10-speed derailleur?

    Believe me - I've thought about it. If I had my own cnc or mill I'd be filling up a bucket of them right now.
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    Anyone using 9-speed Sram shifter with Shimano 10-speed derailleur?

    Yup, .236" I have the same spacer on two different bikes. One runs an XTR shadow plus and the other a Zee, both paired to sram X9 shifters.
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    Anyone using 9-speed Sram shifter with Shimano 10-speed derailleur?

    Just saw this thread and thought i'd chime in. Those are my pics on pinkbike referred to earlier in the thread. The spacer has been working out great for me for about 6 months now. I didn't figure this stuff out myself. Steevoo on MTBR.com took the time to figure out the ratios and machine...
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    Schmidt or Starr pain scale?

    OK... googled it. I feel so f***in vanilla. Thats intense.
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    Schmidt or Starr pain scale?

    I've done broken neck and multiple back surgeries, but WTF - "hook-suspended" - self inflicted or some kind of hellraiser abduction? you win regardless!
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    Schmidt or Starr pain scale?

    How about a zippo and stopwatch? more inspiration here...http://www.radiolab.org/blogs/radiolab-blog/2012/aug/27/pain-scale/
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    Advantages/Disadvantages of a longer TT

    I know you said in the beginning you like a short stem, but a slightly longer one might help. A slightly longer cockpit and more weight over the front will give you a larger area to stay centered. I don't know what HA you're running now but an angle set would give you even more wheelbase on...
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    Surgery Monkies...

    If you haven't seen it yet, this thread has a lot of discussion... http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/f19/bulging-disc-outcomes-248597/ I posted in there somewhere about my two lower back surgeries. Depending on how bad the mri looks you should probably exhaust any and all PT type work first...
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    Is there a DH/FR hardtail that you can (more o less) pedal?

    Woodman D-ML. It's got all the checklist but the ISCG tabs. And cough,cough (spam) I have one sitting in a box that needs a good home. Imaculate condition. PM me if you want. Yes thats a 1.5 headtube.
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    Rear Wheel Help

    I thought of that later too when I started thinking about how the brake caliper was supposed to line up with the rotor as well. Lots moar washers? The good news is a 150 hub should give you a little more stiffness/beef.
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    Rear Wheel Help

    I'm not real familiar with that frame but based on the position of the single pivot that thing will probably ride/brake a hell of a lot better with the floater on there. I would try to make that work. I know that s not what you asked but thats my 2cents
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    Rear Wheel Help

    washers
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    Bulging disc - outcomes?

    I have had two separate discectomies four years apart. L4-L5 was the first. The second was the L4-L5 and L5-S1. I am now four and a half years out from the second surgery. My back is solid but I do have to be mindful to keep up on core exercises and how I lift things (I'm a contractor). I...
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    Fork/crown offsets

    I've been scratching my head trying to remember too. A search brought this up... http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/f19/th-effects-fork-offset-trail-handling-219183/ Not the DW discussion but applicable nonetheless.
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    Hardtail DH/Freeride Frame?

    Having a b*tch with the attachment quota. Here's a link to someone else's uploads...Here Scroll down a little.