Dafuq... has @manhattanprjkt83 become some sort of curmudgeonly luddite in the last 5 years?
I'll use "steep" and "rocky" just for you from now on.
(what's 'yew' though?)
Ah... they grow up so fast.
This is what's wrong with The Industry™
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Ah... they grow up so fast.
Just stay off Lapierre and you'll be fine.
A signal to bough out.
I'll use "steep" and "rocky" just for you from now on.
(what's 'yew' though?)
I might have...I was talking about this forum the other day and I think I started when I was 17'ish??? I learned by fire.Dafuq... has @manhattanprjkt83 become some sort of curmudgeonly luddite in the last 5 years?
Ah... they grow up so fast.
Buddy ordered a set last Thursday, arrived on Monday - like any given weekend, a bit drunk...
And the best part of it he ordered a Piccola Carbon and received a Direttissima
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what siteBuddy ordered a set last Thursday, arrived on Monday - like any given weekend, a bit drunk...
And the best part of it he ordered a Piccola Carbon and received a Direttissima
Bike24.de
nothing showing in stock right now
Nope, stock of 5 sets was gone in ~20 min
Buyers from R2-bike who ordered in August are receiving theirs right now.
rip 15 month joke 
a buddy ordered a set of maximas a few weeks back direct from TS, got an email response with an 18 month lead time.rip 15 month joke
my boss ordered some piccolas off them, bribed them with 3 wahoo bolt 2 and had them a week later.
I haven't seen this posted yet: https://bikerumor.com/esker-cycles-selling-ownership-shares-thru-startengine-equity-crowdfunding/
I don't know if it's a right or wrong, but my gut tells me it's a wrong... seems like if they can't make $ in this growth period for cycling, then there's something wrong. But what do I know?! Maybe it really is a great investment opportunity.
I don't know if it's a right or wrong, but my gut tells me it's a wrong... seems like if they can't make $ in this growth period for cycling, then there's something wrong. But what do I know?! Maybe it really is a great investment opportunity.
small companies are known for ordering large and are always prefered by their suppliers over big oems
what should go wrong here?
what should go wrong here?
Assuming @jstuhlman is still amongst the living, here's a new way he can depart his earthly coil: a Russian crabon steering stick!
Facial reconstruction surgery
What could go wrong?
Facial reconstruction surgery
What could go wrong?
In Soviet Russia the handlebar breaks you!
handles bar you
lizards appearing in bike videos
fvcking CDB advertisements / "articles"
Clustered Database?
I really dislike Canada's distributor model for bike parts and whatnot.
I contacted Hope asking if I could buy a few small parts (1 pawl spring lol, seal etc). They reply with nope, don't sell directly so contact xxxx distributor.
xxxx distributor is in BC. And of course there is not a fat chance that I can even interact with them, as a low level consumer pleb.
Of course their dealer list is outdated, majority of the shops are listed as street addresses only. And most are located in downtown Toronto or way far away.
Ughhhh. Why can't we just buy small stuff directly from the source? Its not like any of these shops are going to have this stuff in stock anyways.
I contacted Hope asking if I could buy a few small parts (1 pawl spring lol, seal etc). They reply with nope, don't sell directly so contact xxxx distributor.
xxxx distributor is in BC. And of course there is not a fat chance that I can even interact with them, as a low level consumer pleb.
Of course their dealer list is outdated, majority of the shops are listed as street addresses only. And most are located in downtown Toronto or way far away.
Ughhhh. Why can't we just buy small stuff directly from the source? Its not like any of these shops are going to have this stuff in stock anyways.
I mean... yeah... you're right...We can't? Hadley never failed me, regardless how small my order was.
Not that my above complaint even matters. I called one of the bike shops and the distributor has nothing in stock anyways. FFS.
May not be useful, but CRC and Wiggle both sell all the small Hope bits and bobs. I've also used tartycycles.co.uk (i think thats the URL, for parts the other two don't carry).
A small ziptie cut to size and placed in the spring seat works. (and believe it or not lasts longer)
Let me guess, That fucking annoying green one that needs it's own seating tool?
Ps. don't buy Hope stuff if you're not in the UK.
There's nothing special about Hope products, they're no lighter, more durable, technologically superior or higher performance to mass produced far eastern factory parts at all and only real benefit from running it is that they make their complete spares range readily available (Here)
How does the zip tie stay in the little hole for it?
Yes the green plastic seal. I'm going to find a piece of PVC tubing that fits and give it the beans... but I need a spring of some sort before I do that; or do I? Would the freehub try to cock itself if I ran 3 pawls?
This is a 190mm fat bike hub so the options out there aren't that great.
you just gotta find a ziptie with the correct sized head, orientate it correctly so the long part acts as a spring and cut to length so it sits under the pawl
freehub will run on 2 pawls at a pinch if the bearings are good.
Ironically being in the UK I can get you the pawl springs and seal (and seating tool) direct from hope.
If i'd known you were talking about a Fatbike I'd have just suggested you give it the resting place it deserves.
Oh yeah, derp, use the head and insert it into the hole. Very noice, will try. Whats the worst that could happen, the hub explodes again?
I agree with the fatbiking thing.
CBDClustered Database?
I use a shop-vac extension wand - https://www.homedepot.com/p/RIDGID-2-1-2-in-Locking-Accessory-Extension-Wand-for-Wet-Dry-Vacs-LA2508/304753709. It also seats crown races.
I mean... yeah... you're right...
Not that my above complaint even matters. I called one of the bike shops and the distributor has nothing in stock anyways. FFS.
What is even better is...
Contact mfg, and they say, sorry, talk to your county's distributor.
Contact distributor and they say, sorry we only deal with shops.
Contact shop and ask for parts.
Shop calls back few days later and says the distributor does not carry those parts.
I know it's kind of like pissing in the wind, but how many times do I have to flag [trainer / cyclocross / gravel / TDF] videos on YouTube's "Mountain Bikes" section as "not Mountain Bikes". I swear, every time I go there, there's videos there that I've previously tagged as "not." You'd think even the most braindead machine learning algorithm would be able to figure out that curly bars != MTB.
my lbs deals in Hope. and they're really good with this sort of thing. want me to reach out? (or, you can give them a call too: https://www.phatmoosecycles.com/) If they won't ship, I'm happy to pick up and put in the mail myself. Tell them Sly will pick it up.