Oh I'm right there with you, PVD without all the bad ideas and hubris is infinitely less entertaining.
and a leather dress belt straining to restrain his gut
He creeped out on a friend of mine a few years ago at sea otter because he found out she was recently divorced. She's not easily shaken but she said he was getting a little out of hand insisting that her and another female friend stay at his house. Basically had to grab him by the ears and tell him to fuck off and leave them alone.
It’s a wild ride. You get to watch someone obsessed with their craft and clearly very smart, make the dumbest choices, repeatedly. Long may it continue
I really didn't need more convincing that he's a colossal asshole, but it's always nice having my priors confirmed.
That guys a local. Eccentric - yes. You can't say he can't ride though. He's hit a lot of the local features that require a decent amount of skill to pull off.
Fair play. But when I saw some of his footage (a long time ago) he couldn't even clear a downed tree. And he wants to design me a new stem/handlebar thingy?
Don't even fookin' get me started.
the fuck I can't
Us fellow bay area extreme mountain bikers are very impressed
I was kinda right!
I rebuilt my 758 or something a couple weeks ago before Whitehorse and it was amazing, something like 7-8 years old and the grease was still ok, still smooth. 17 ball bearings on each side I think. I gotta do my front XTR soon....but maybe not really?
Man I clicked on that expecting to see his sweaty fat ass in that polyester bitcoin shirt
Most people here get all teary eyed and nostalgic over flat pedals and 26" wheels, for me it is the scent of Blasocut.
It wasn't mine, but on the back of the freehub there's a wavy washer and a "two-tooth washer" under that. The freehub came off the axle somehow because of the "2tw"not being mounted correctly. Because of that, the cassette would spin without engagement sometimes. Others it would lock the cassette and make it a fixie. Sometimes it was a silent hub. Others sounded like a King. On the wavy washer is says "do not disassemble". But we had to so we could get the "2tw" above the stepped down teeth on the back of the ratchet.
"How can we improve the HG freehub?"
I build a pair of wheel based on MT400 hubs and the drag is much lower compared to Dt350 hubs
Well I totally jinxed myself and the freehub broke today 15kms into the woods.
It skipped intermittently so I was able to make it back to the car. @Electric_City I am now with you in the fuck Shimano hubs camp.
Easy to improperly clock the smallest cogs causing shitty shifting and gouging the body, if you have fists of ham.
Microspline freehub. It came on a 50euro wheel that I got from Bike24 so it's not a big loss (and I bought an identical one at the same price last spring just in case), but it's still annoying. I did not think it would only last 280kms! I'll ask Bike24 about it, they are usually great with customer service and get things resolved quickly and very fairly.
