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  1. urbaindk

    Chainstay length calculator

    I saw your post in the majesty thread.... With a little rudimentary geometry I was able to put together a spreadsheet that you can enter an approximate chain stay length, front and rear sprocket size, and wheel size that will calculate the gear inches, number of links, and actual chain stay...
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    One reason why bmx bikes are cool.

    My wife was sick this weekend and I had to take care of our son while she rested up. The weather was beautiful and I was really jones'n to go ride somewhere but you can't really take a two year old anywhere. So what was I to do? Well I got the BMX bike out and rode around in circles in the...
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    Wisp 9-13?

    The wife and I are heading up to Deep Creek for most of next week to camp out, etc. I'm hoping to hit Wisp for the most of the day on Saturday the 13th. Anybody interested in meeting up?
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    Black Mountain/Swannanoa/Asheville?

    I've got to be in Black Mountain next week to help my wife and family clean out my mother-in-laws house. She recently passed away so we have to get the condo ready to put on the market. I doubt I'll have more than an hour or two here or there to get away, but I'd like to try... The Asheville...
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    Front derailleur on a Bottlerocket?

    Anybody doing it? How did you do it? I put a front derailleur on my bottlerocket. I had to do quite a bit of dremel work on the derailleur so that it didn't smack the chainstay yoke during travel. It still isn't quite right. I may have to hack a little more off to get things nice and happy...
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    4/16/08 Patapsco Mini shuttles

    I believe pirate and I are going to ride Patapsco again tomorrow. Minishuttles off Buzzard's Rock. Meet under the railroad tracks off Ilchester between 5-5:30.
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    Patapsco 4-2-08

    Anybody up for a Patapsco ride this afternoon? Short shuttles or hike a bike from Hilltop. 5'oclock. PM for details.
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    Patapsco 3/20/08

    If it doesn't rain too much tonight and tomorrow, Pirate and I are going to shoot for a ride at Patapsco on Thursday, same deal as last week: starting 5 - 5:30 and ride 'til dark. PM for details. Edit: due to rain we moved the ride from Thursday to Friday!
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    Let's get this started.

    Who's riding what this week? We're doing some XC / FR hike a bike riding tonight at Patapsco. I haven't been on dirt in what seems like months. I can't wait.
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    Speaking of street cruisers...

    Does anybody make a decent aftermarket 5" rise bar? I'd love to have something that is a little wider than what is on my current cruiser that isn't race oriented, i.e. I don't think that Al or carbon will cut it.:lighten:
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    A terrible mistake!

    I ordered french toast with a side of sausage for breakfast this morning. The waitress brought me bacon instead. She noticed her mistake and rectified it by bringing me a side of sausage. So I had sausage and bacon and french toast for breakfast. Okay, it really wasn't all that terrible, I...
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    Cuttie?

    Please pardon my ignorance but what is a "cuttie"? I've seen the term bandied about but I'm not exactly sure what it means. I'm under the impression that it is a turn where you weight the front end and let the back end hop or drift to square off a tight turn. Is that right? Am I way off? Thanks.
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    Tech Question RE: BB's

    Okay I'm kind of new to this whole BMX thing. I have a DK General Lee 24". Anybody know what size bottom bracket it takes? The BB that's in it now has loose ball bearings and I swear some are missing and the races are all chewed up. It ain't pretty or smooth, that's for sure. I'd like to...
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    So I'm in San Diego...

    ...and it's on fire. :shocked: Interesting. Hard to breath. Very smokey. Cough cough. I'm safe in my swanky hotel. I sure hope all the local monkeys are doing as well as can be expected. Be careful San Diego region :monkey:'s
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    Going backwards?

    I'm having a problem when viewing RM. I have to hit the back button on my browser 2 or 3 times in a row to leave a thread to go back the forum view. Going from the forum view to the main forum listing doesn't pose a problem. Anybody else having this problem? It's kind of annoying.
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    What tool?

    What tool do I need to take an Odyssey 13 tooth driver off? This driver (I think): http://www.odysseybmx.com/catalog/index.php?image=7_13tfreewheel.jpg&list=Wheels&page=1 on this hub: http://wethepeople.de/V3/product/51@@238 The LBS didn't have one that fit and I broke a bunch of spokes...
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    A shoe that isn't fugly?

    I've finally convinced my wife she should try clipless pedals. Can any of you fine ladies recommend a shoe that isn't ridiculously fugly? She'd like a clipless-compatible shoe that you can also walk around in. Something maybe like this shimano shoe but more feminine. Basically, a skate shoe...
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    Ever run over a snake?

    I ran over a eastern hog nosed snake this weekend on a trail in VA. Both wheels. I nearly crapped myself. We had seen a dead rattler in the road just the day before and eastern hog nosed snakes look a lot like timber rattlers. (Both are big and thick with dark banded markings and hog snake has...
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    Am I killing myself?

    I bought a used 24" General Lee a while back (yes, I owe the 24 thread a picture). It has a 36 tooth ring and a 13 tooth freewheel. I've always found it to be a little hard to get started but once it's going, watch out. Seems almost impossible to get the front end up. Recently, I found that...
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    Avalon Skate Park Contest August 25th.

    There will be a BMX park contest August 25th with proceeds to support Stephen Murray. For those of you who don't know, Stephen Murray was very badly injured attempting a double back flip during the Dew Tour's visit to Baltimore. He received career ending injuries to his spinal cord and...
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