[Serial Midget]

Good morning Monkeys! 50/50 on doing the group ride tonight, its going to hit 100 and I am not sure how much tired I still am. During my post ride inspection yesterday I found the rear tire on my GT is no longer true and my dropper post no longer functions. The set-up is seeping oil at the remote.

 

[KenW449]

There used to be a Clinton in the hangar. You can imagine what a group of blue collar guys called him instead.

Was he management?

 

[roflbox]

Good morning Monkeys! 50/50 on doing the group ride tonight, its going to hit 100 and I am not sure how much tire I still am. During my post ride inspection I found the rear tire on my GT is no longer true and my dropper post no longer functions. The set-up is seeping oil at the remote.

you should get a cable actuated dropper of some kind.
so much less dickery

 

[Pesqueeb]

Was he management?

@FSM forbid!

 

[SkaredShtles]

Speaking of being white, how was the Phish concert the other day?

Phish. What a fucking travesty...

 

[Serial Midget]

you should get a cable actuated dropper of some kind.
so much less dickery

If it can't be fixed for cheap I will replace it with a regular seat post and QR collar.

 

[KenW449]

If it can't be fixed for cheap I will replace it with a regular seat post and QR collar.

 

[stoney]

Just thought of more: Reagan (girl), Carter (boy), Jackson (boy)

 

[Adventurous]

If it can't be fixed for cheap I will replace it with a regular seat post and QR collar.

All it took me was one ride with a regular seatpost to realize that, at least in CO, a dropper post is damn near a requirement. Too much up and steep down to make me wanna fiddle with it all the time.

 

[Serial Midget]

Millions of bikers ride without dropper posts and not all of them are roadies. I'll learn it like I learned flats.

 

[Serial Midget]

All it took me was one ride with a regular seatpost to realize that, at least in CO, a dropper post is damn near a requirement. Too much up and steep down to make me wanna fiddle with it all the time.

I'm guessing you pedal up hills? I was thinking about trying that too.

 

[Westy]

Speaking of being white, how was the Phish concert the other day?

People on Ridemonkey calling each other white. LOL

 

[roflbox]

I'm guessing you pedal up hills? I was thinking about trying that too.

you should just use your motor instead

 

[Nick]

What's red and orange and improves a Phish concert?

 

[rideit]

My DPX2 is leaking oil. Shop said they need a special tool to remove the bushings...hope I am not gonna die riding it with a little leakage.

 

[Serial Midget]

you should just use your motor instead

Not until Medicare.

 

[KenW449]

Millions of bikers ride without dropper posts and not all of them are roadies. I'll learn it like I learned flats.

They have yet to see the light. I think even some roadies use droppers too. Very rarely though, if they aren't weight weenies!

 

[KenW449]

What's red and orange and improves a Phish concert?

Fire!

 

[KenW449]

My DPX2 is leaking oil. Shop said they need a special tool to remove the bushings...hope I am not gonna die riding it with a little leakage.

Put a diaper on it?

 

[Pesqueeb]

I got voluntold to watch a bunch of kids.

I'm day drinking imperial stout. Sorry kids, you're on your own!

 

[StiHacka]

My DPX2 is leaking oil. Shop said they need a special tool to remove the bushings...hope I am not gonna die riding it with a little leakage.

Special tool to remove the Fox polymer DU bushings?

 

[rideit]

No, some proprietary Rocky Mountain tool or something.

 

[Heidi]

Webcyclery moved to a new location and had a grand opening party last night. I went. There was free beer.

 

[roflbox]

FEDEX DELIVER FASTER PLSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

 

[Pesqueeb]

No, some proprietary Rocky Mountain tool or something.

Straight up horse shit.

 

[rockofullr]

you should get a cable actuated dropper of some kind.
so much less dickery

If it can't be fixed for cheap I will replace it with a regular seat post and QR collar.

E13 coil dropper. It's not monocle approved and it's got minor issues but there's very little that can make it actually fail.

 

[dan-o]

You mean Halley's Comet? Pronounced Hal-ee. Versus Haley? Pronounced Hay-lee.

Thank you, try again.

Pronunciation
Comet Halley is commonly pronounced /ˈhæli/, rhyming with valley, or /ˈheɪli/, rhyming with daily.
Colin Ronan, one of Edmond Halley's biographers, preferred /ˈhɔːli/ (HAW-lee, similar to holly).
Spellings of Halley's name during his lifetime included Hailey, Haley, Hayley, Halley, Hawley, and Hawly, so its contemporary pronunciation is uncertain.

While nobody truly knows the correct pronunciation, it's seems that nobody really gives a shit either.
Except for you, apparently.

 

[Atomic Dog]

I used to work with a woman named Debora. She demanded it be pronounced dee-bore-uh.

Calling here Debby would enrage her.

 

[Toshi]

I attempted the optional line at Dakota Ridge. It did not go so well.

 

[SkaredShtles]

Millions of bikers ride without dropper posts and not all of them are roadies.

Don't do this.

I mean - I know some guys that have tried droppers and gone back to fixed posts... but they are almost EXCLUSIVELY dirt-roadies.

 

[SkaredShtles]

I attempted the optional line at Dakota Ridge. It did not go so well.

 

[Serial Midget]

Don't do this.

I mean - I know some guys that have tried droppers and gone back to fixed posts... but they are almost EXCLUSIVELY dirt-roadies.

The pressure to bleed and perform proper maintenance is intense around this place... I think a bleed kit may have come with the bike.

The reverb video contains 2 warnings about fluid cross contamination and then indicated that death could occur. KNAR.

Also: we are calling it gravel biking now.

 

[KenW449]

I attempted the optional line at Dakota Ridge. It did not go so well.

Glad you missed the fence posts... that would have been bad.

Don't do this.

I mean - I know some guys that have tried droppers and gone back to fixed posts... but they are almost EXCLUSIVELY dirt-roadies.

Gravel biking FTMFL

The pressure to bleed and perform proper maintenance is intense around this place... I think a bleed kit may have come with the bike.

The reverb video contains 2 warnings about fluid cross contamination and then indicated that death could occur. KNAR.

Also: we are calling it gravel biking now.

As @rockofullr Said, E.13 coil post... completely serviceable at home with standard tools. No bleed required.
XC is still in there too. I did see some people use gravel bikes for parts of the AZT...

 

[roflbox]

I attempted the optional line at Dakota Ridge. It did not go so well.

do I spy
with my little eyes
a e-bike?

 

[Pesqueeb]

Dropper posts are still dumb.

 

[eric strt6]

I attempted the optional line at Dakota Ridge. It did not go so well.

Karma strikes: E bike penance on a recurring basis has commenced

 

[roflbox]

on the subject of droppers, I have one of these on my bike, will report how it holds up over the winter
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/us/en/brand-x-ascend-dropper-seatpost/rp-prod149024

I also need to stock my house with brake pads
one day I will have both of my bikes on the same pad / brake system
one day

 

[stoney]

I attempted the optional line at Dakota Ridge. It did not go so well.

How the fuck did you end up over there?

 

[KenW449]

do I spy
with my little eyes
a e-bike?

Guess they are not made for Sending It!

 

[Nick]

a. I wouldn't NOT have a dropper on my trail bike. Nope.
b. @Toshi ... that's a burly steep line if it's what I'm thinking. But shouldn't you be WAY rider's-left??