I got a deal on mine. Scott does the European distribution for them. I did a corny video for them a few years ago. Haha, multitasking espresso and phone calls… wtf.
Garage bike organization
- Thread starter Toshi
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So I brought my dads old bike to my new house last trip. It’s a yellow diamond back hard tail circa 1995 with a Judy fork. Fork is blown and it’s too small for me anyways. So it had been hanging from a hook by the front wheel for 12 years. Rats had been useing it as part of their highway so it was real dirty. When I cleaned it off it’s got a crack in the head tube about 1.5 inch long. I’m kinda bummed about it. I have to wonder if it was all that gravity or what. I doubt it was cracked before as it’s pretty obvious. I guess I’m not gunna hang my bikes any more.
Seems implausible that the force of gravity x the bike's weight in and of itself could do anything at all to a head tube.
it does, I’m having trouble coming up with less implausible scenarios. Wait a minute, that has the workings for a catch phrase for maybe a old timye detective.
or it was rat piss. Or antifa. Or it was a piece of shit.
I have seen this before, usually on thinner-walled aluminum bikes. Cause is that the headtube was slightly undersized (or the headset oversized), which caused higher stress than usual after pressing in the headset. When new not a big deal, but over time the tubes start corroding from the inside, creating a weak spot from where the crack starts developing. Riding the bike accelerates this, but I guess long-time storage could do it as well.
So in conclusion, Antifa sabotaged the bike to kill your dad, but he stopped riding it before the headtube exploded. Lucky him. Now the real question is, why does Antifa want to see your dad dead?
plot twist: he stopped riding it because he died. Antifa sabotaged his prostate.I have seen this before, usually on thinner-walled aluminum bikes. Cause is that the headtube was slightly undersized (or the headset oversized), which caused higher stress than usual after pressing in the headset. When new not a big deal, but over time the tubes start corroding from the inside, creating a weak spot from where the crack starts developing. Riding the bike accelerates this, but I guess long-time storage could do it as well.
So in conclusion, Antifa sabotaged the bike to kill your dad, but he stopped riding it before the headtube exploded. Lucky him. Now the real question is, why does Antifa want to see your dad dead?
no need, he passed almost 20 years ago and didn’t raise me. He was 74.Sorry to hear. Did not expect this. My apologies for the insensitive comment.
