I can't mount the front wheel on my shiny new (used) SGS.
20mm=bitch.
Mock me.
20mm=bitch.
Mock me.
I feel dum.
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H8R said:You rock!!
Die.
This is a muffled cry for help, btw.
what fork is it?
don't worry, it takes me 10 min to get my rear 12mm on.
"hello, my name is _______ and i'm a thru-axle tard."
don't worry, it takes me 10 min to get my rear 12mm on.
"hello, my name is _______ and i'm a thru-axle tard."
Seriously, I think I've mounted 2 TA wheels on DH bikes in my life. I've been a QR pussy all my days...
It's an 04 Boxxer Race.
It's an 04 Boxxer Race.
undo all 4 pinch bolts, push in axle, tighten axle bolt.
retighten all 4 pinch bolts (hand tight, they will strip if you force them).
It should take you about 30 secs total to get a boxxer wheel on or off. Make sure your axle is clean and greased. Make sure you hub doesnt have some goofy insert in it that is falling out of line with the axle. If it does, just use your finger on the other side to try and line it up while you push on the axle.
Hope that helps.
retighten all 4 pinch bolts (hand tight, they will strip if you force them).
It should take you about 30 secs total to get a boxxer wheel on or off. Make sure your axle is clean and greased. Make sure you hub doesnt have some goofy insert in it that is falling out of line with the axle. If it does, just use your finger on the other side to try and line it up while you push on the axle.
Hope that helps.
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I figured it out:
So is there supposed to be a shaft in that goes through the hub the axle goes through? And is this shaft supposed to move around? It was driving me nuts this morning, I thought I just couldn't line up the hub with the dropout-type thingys.
My first DH bikey :love:
I figured it out:
So is there supposed to be a shaft in that goes through the hub the axle goes through? And is this shaft supposed to move around? It was driving me nuts this morning, I thought I just couldn't line up the hub with the dropout-type thingys.
My first DH bikey :love:
This Is Why The World Hates You!
Gotta love the caps lock filter...BurlyShirley said:
Like i said:blue said:
Make sure you hub doesnt have some goofy insert in it that is falling out of line with the axle. If it does, just use your finger on the other side to try and line it up while you push on the axle.
Some hubs have this, it is stupid.
Yeah...ghetto noname brand 20mm hub laced to a WTB rim...gotta love it...Transcend said:
My prob wasn't the fork, it was the stupid insert inside the ghetto hub. Oh well, fixed it, rode it, wubbed it. I think I need stiffer springs...the Inbred said:
yopull soon learn that every through axle fork has its own special way of working. im talking individual forks. like 2 boxxers putting the axle on is basically the same. but each fork requires a special touch to make it easier(like a womanblue said:
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Are you a by any chance stoned hippy living in near a coffeeshop in Greensboro NC?
http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?t=144407
http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?t=144407
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Do you feel as dumb as you should have when you implied that the NRS was not a horst link??? 
Since when was an NRS a horst? Except that horst or no horst, an NRS is still a piece of ****.loco said:Do you feel as dumb as you should have when you implied that the NRS was not a horst link???
I have a horst link. WHAT NOW, BIG GUY!?!?!
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I'm glad you got one. Funny thing is though, the Maestro really fixes all of the things that Specialized says that the FSR does. If it were the best thing ever, they wouldn't be redesigning things. You sure looked like you were saying that the NRS wasn't a true horst link in that guys KHS thread. Or whatever bike it was.blue said:Since when was an NRS a horst? Except that horst or no horst, an NRS is still a piece of ****.
I have a horst link. WHAT NOW, BIG GUY!?!?!
Maestro rides like buttah...if I could afford a virtual pivot DH bike, I'd ride one. But an NRS is NOT a Horst...giant is far too cheap to pay Specialized anythingloco said:
Btw: I like Giant more than Specialized, stfu woman.
I guess I don't know what a Horst link is then.
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uhm - an NRS even has the FSR sticker on it.
Yeah...but did they pay for it? or did they steeeeeel it....Like they stole my childhood....*whimper*....loco said:
Ok, it's been a long day...I'm going to go drink a beer. And go to sleep. Do not read this post.
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Note the white on the front of the chainstay. Blowing it up will show the Specialized sticker that mine had. I don't see it on the newer ones.
so what exactly is it then?blue said:Maestro rides like buttah...if I could afford a virtual pivot DH bike, I'd ride one. But an NRS is NOT a Horst...giant is far too cheap to pay Specialized anything
Btw: I like Giant more than Specialized, stfu woman.
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What is a Horst Link?
The "Horst Link" is a term for a four-bar rear suspension which attaches the rear axle to the seatstay instead of the swingarm. Horst Leitner, the link's namesake, discovered that this design separates braking and pedaling forces from the rear suspension. Instead of chain tension and braking, causing "brake jack" or pedal "kick back", the Horst link allows the wheel to move freely in a vertical path. In fact, the Horst link will cycle up and down with the rear tire locked nearly as well as it will when it is rolling, because the axle is on the seatstay and the seatstay is "decoupled" from the suspension. A Horst link design is often referred to as a "fully active" system, meaning it's free to compress and rebound at all times, both when the rider is in the saddle and standing up. Not only is the suspension independent from chain forces under pedaling loads, but it allows you to maintain an efficient pedal stroke since the suspension action has no effect on it.
The "Horst Link" is a term for a four-bar rear suspension which attaches the rear axle to the seatstay instead of the swingarm. Horst Leitner, the link's namesake, discovered that this design separates braking and pedaling forces from the rear suspension. Instead of chain tension and braking, causing "brake jack" or pedal "kick back", the Horst link allows the wheel to move freely in a vertical path. In fact, the Horst link will cycle up and down with the rear tire locked nearly as well as it will when it is rolling, because the axle is on the seatstay and the seatstay is "decoupled" from the suspension. A Horst link design is often referred to as a "fully active" system, meaning it's free to compress and rebound at all times, both when the rider is in the saddle and standing up. Not only is the suspension independent from chain forces under pedaling loads, but it allows you to maintain an efficient pedal stroke since the suspension action has no effect on it.
I'm...I'm so scared...SINCE WHEN WAS THE NRS A HORST?!
I've been Loco'd...
I've been Loco'd...