Why? 5
8====D Thursday *Payday* GMT 8===D
- Thread starter Adventurous
- Start date
Topanga Creek bikes does a Saturday morning group ride from their shop it's about 1/2 mile south of chaney on Topanga canyon rd
Pipe cutter tends to flare the end of the tubing out, as you're not removing material like a saw, you're displacing it.
pressure from the pipe cutter bulges out the material in the cut zone. requires grinding / filiing to get back down to nominal diameter. can make it hard to get shifters / brakes / grip lock-ons onto the bar.
same thing happens when you do it on steerer tubes (although more pronounced because the wall thickness is greater).
^ I was actually editing my post to add steerers when you typed that. Arguably more of a big deal since bearings have to pass down the steerer (assuming it's not a tapered steerer).
Either way works, but there's more work involved with a pipe cutter.
Either way works, but there's more work involved with a pipe cutter.
it's less about the bearings (nowadays there's almost always a compression / preload ring that fits in between the bearing and the spacer) but the stem and any spacers.
Beat this for something I ordered from a company in Boulder...
China, to Thailand, to Malaysia, to Taiwan, to Anchorage...
^ Still only took 3 days to travel 1/2 way around the world.
Mine has taken 3 days to travel ~1,500 miles....and I still don't have it.
Mine has taken 3 days to travel ~1,500 miles....and I still don't have it.
Portable toilet for the cheap, home depot five gallon homer bucket+trash bag. . Bucket even has a lid
Had some drinks last night and I am tired today. Stuff like that that makes you feel old.
Riding to work for close to two years now and I still the highlight of the work day. The new closer ratio cassette and short cage RD is sweet.
Riding to work for close to two years now and I still the highlight of the work day. The new closer ratio cassette and short cage RD is sweet.
I remind the world how old I am by being stubborn and NOT following sound advice... also bought a hacksaw as a back up plan. I also used to use WD40 to remove grips, wash them up and replace. Pretty sure that's also not the way to go.
Also upgraded my burner phone to an LG Rebel LTE, that brings me solidly into 2014.
Also upgraded my burner phone to an LG Rebel LTE, that brings me solidly into 2014.
I have actually always had good success removing grips with wd40 and installing them again. Always seems to dry out quickly.
@SkaredShtles that too
@SkaredShtles that too
I have had Odi grips since 2004, I used to get them to match my King headsets. While fashionable, I did not find them superior. Plus I wear a size med glove, rubber grips are fine for me.
Also ended up using the pipe cutter, just as easy as I remembered and I didn't have to take the bars off the bike.
View media item 2881
Last edited:
I used ODI for years but was never quite sold as they were never as comfortable as the grips of old. Recently put some foam ESIs on and they are way better. We shall see how the grips that came on the Yeti feel.
So my 03 F350 Diesel started blowing smoke out of the exhaust. Turns out that after 130,000 miles injectors 3&7 failed. Having the shop replace all of the injectors on that side of the engine while they have it opened up for just the additional parts cost. Not cheap but hey it should run a few more years (or until the left side injectors fail)
Howdy all. I'm on service this afternoon with the chair and the section chief (two separate people). I therefore walked in 20 minutes late with sunglasses on.
:dealwithit.gif:
(I forgot my eyeglasses in the sunglass case in my car, which is across campus. Must have gotten flustered after test riding all those recumbents this morning.)
:dealwithit.gif:
(I forgot my eyeglasses in the sunglass case in my car, which is across campus. Must have gotten flustered after test riding all those recumbents this morning.)
I'm pretty sure John Oliver is going to destroy the financial future for the 4.6 million people who have watched his episode last Sunday about retirement plans. The number of people actively citing his show and wanting to go to low cost index funds, but no idea which ones to choose is appalling. I have people who have performed notably better with us, who are moving away to a stated unknown strategy, because he said too. People going to investments that are absolutely improper with no cares to listen. He carries no liability for his action on this and it will probably do horrific things long-term. I love his show and most of what he talks about is correct, but this is something that actually requires some kind of knowledge to do right. /rant
His points about the myriad of fees are spot on, though. I'm fine with my simple is as simple does Vanguard Target Date funds in tax-deferred accounts and ETFs via Betterment in taxable. That way nothing clobbers each other for tax loss harvesting/wash sales and I have no incentive to muck with things on either side.
I've had people moving to those funds, which we have outperformed notably over managed time period (-1.5% vs. +5.7% , for one example), not even listening to the fact that they are moving to an under performing fund. I'm a fan of index funds, I use them personally and we try to use them whenever possible in the portfolios, however we give justification for our investments are carry fiduciary responsibility. He carries no liability but is telling people to go to index funds. People are only listening to the 'why' of what he's saying, as that's what he is saying the most, but not listening to the aspect of 'how'.
Over time all active management loses out to index funds even before the management fee is factored in. I don't believe in unicorns.
I do agree that blanket advice is going to lead to rash decisions/weird allocations but if people had the sense to keep the same allocation but just switch to ETFs/index funds to make up that allocation then they'd see a net benefit, IMO. Of course people don't have that sense in the first place, which is part of the reason he did that piece.
You should start your own show, "start investing with stoney "
I'm sure an engineer could supply the math but here is my take from da real world down by river: Xtra Large Santa Cruz Bronson in Pepto Pink being riden by a guy who is 6'2" and equipped with a 780mm bar. Does it make sense for a 5'7" me to be on a small frame and have the same width bar? I says no and today my shoulder thanked me.And 720mm bars - he is totally old dude
Anyhow, that was my attempt at 725...
Stone Cold Investments
$$$Stoney's ///Money
Cause you know Mmikes Mmoney is no good here.
I've said the same thing.
Stoney knows things, but one of the simplest and best suggestions he's given to me was in this book. It's worth having, even if you think you know what you're doing.
Having not checked the 'monkey earlier, I just now learned of this plan of yours. Clearly, I didn't make it. Instead I suffered through several laps at Warren Gulch instead.
I run 720s as well. Some trails are still very tight, anything wider and I'd be smashing my knuckles into trees. Wider looks like it would be fun on more open stuff.
thanks but no thanks. I'm not into the group ride thing. I prefer to ride solo or with one or two close friends
@Adventurous appeared to enjoy his new dentist horse. Rode with him and my wife in stupid hot temps up Belcher...
Also since it's cutting by displacement it's work hardening the metal which can result in cracking. Aluminum that is used in bikes is often hardened and does not like having a lot of concentrated force applied to it. That's why when you bent something made of aluminum and try to bend it back, it cracks.
Albeit the amount of force from a pipe cutter may not be significant enough to cause failure but why risk it ? Personally I use a hacksaw and clean it up with a belt sander and de-burr the edges.
Last edited: