[jacksonpt]

*possible darwin award nominee*

Some of you know that I've complained about my X9 triggers because I was unable to rip through more than 1 gear at a time - i.e. 1 thumb push changed 1 gear.

Well, my bike has been out of comission for a couple of weeks due to damaged wheels, so I've been doing a lot of tinkering to stave off bordem. I changed my cable and re-routed the r/d cable. When I was dialing in the shifting, I noticed I could get through 3 gears with one thumb push.

Well, last night I rode around in my yard a bit (on a backup set of wheels) and, among other things, tried to get though 3 gears at a time. When I thought about it, I was able to do it, but I had to consciencely push the trigger all the way.

I can't imagine that changing the cable routing had any real impact on anything, so for as much as I hate to say it... I think my problem was that my triggers were rotated too far under the bars... so I couldn't "reach" with my thumb far enough to get through more than 1 gear.

yea, I'm an idiot.

 

[stosh]

Thats funny because I've been noticing I can fly thru gears and I've been wondering WTF you were talking about....

 

[JRB]

edit - I just saw stosh's pic thread and I feel bad that right now, he seems smarter than you, jackson.

 

[quadricolour]

So this involved you either being killed, or damaging your testicles irreversibly?

 

[stosh]

edit - I just saw stosh's pic thread and I feel bad that right now, he seems smarter than you, jackson.

it's all just an act

 

[jacksonpt]

edit - I just saw stosh's pic thread and I feel bad that right now, he seems smarter than you, jackson.

*hangs head in shame*

 

[I Are Baboon]

Well, last night I rode around in my yard a bit...

I took MMcG's Hollowpoint onto our front yard yesterday and MtnBikerChk yelled at me.

 

[stosh]

I took MMcG's Hollowpoint onto our front yard yesterday and MtnBikerChk yelled at me.

why?

This isn't going to end up having to do with your haircut appointment is it?

 

[MMcG]

I took MMcG's Hollowpoint onto our front yard yesterday and MtnBikerChk yelled at me.

She didn't want bike tire tracks through their "needs to be mowed" lawn.

 

[reflux]

... damaging your testicles irreversibly?

hehe, that's the best one I've read in a long time.

 

[johnbryanpeters]

I took MMcG's Hollowpoint onto our front yard yesterday and MtnBikerChk yelled at me.

Some serious calibration is required here...
Oh, yeah, tell her not to worry, since you only get on a bike once a year...

 

[I Are Baboon]

She didn't want bike tire tracks through their "needs to be mowed" lawn.

Yeah, the back yard is fair game, but she'd at least like the keep the front yard looking somewhat neat.

 

[johnbryanpeters]

Yeah, the back yard is fair game, but she'd at least like the keep the front yard looking somewhat neat.

Cool. Pave it, than it only needs to be swept.

 

[MtnBikerChk]

Truth be told, I don't really care.

 

[I Are Baboon]

Cool. Pave it, than it only needs to be swept.

We both agree this is the way to go, but we don't want to spend the money getting it done.

 

[JRB]

Truth be told, I don't really care.

I mowed last night, so cut the monkey some slack.

 

[johnbryanpeters]

Truth be told, I don't really care.

Back on the bike, IRB, no excuse provided here!

 

[johnbryanpeters]

I mowed my monkey some slack last night.

Too... much... South... Park...

 

[TreeSaw]

We do as little lawn maintenance as possible...it's too easily blown off for biking Our neighbors have nice lush lawns and ours is mostly sandy. We don't care to spend a ton of $ having better topsoil brought in, fertilized, seeded, weeded, etc. We'd rather ride!

 

[I Are Baboon]

We do as little lawn maintenance as possible...it's too easily blown off for biking Our neighbors have nice lush lawns and ours is mostly sandy. We don't care to spend a ton of $ having better topsoil brought in, fertilized, seeded, weeded, etc. We'd rather ride!

The people we bought the house from were old and retired. The guy spent all day in the yard. The grounds look liked a park when we moved in. Give me two years and I'll have it looking like hell.

 

[golgiaparatus]

She didn't want bike tire tracks through their "needs to be mowed" lawn.

:mumble:

 

[reflux]

My dumbass move:

A few years back I had built up an old(er) San Andreas with some extra parts I had. It actually turned out okay, psylo race, decent v's, truvativ huss and box guide, but the drivetrain was a mix-and-match. Anyway, I took it for a couple rides as it was. During the ride I could've sworn that I was bottoming the suspension on every other hit, there was a huge knock, it felt horrible. So I get back to the apartment and have my friend check it out. He's like, "Dude, you might want to add about 2 or 3 inches to your chain."

What did I do? Added a few links to the chain and rode the bike.