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the_jenny
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1h ago
DAE have a Tuesday where every single repair just... works?
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abbyg14
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18h ago
Bought a cheap chain wear gauge for $9 and it just saved me from trashing a $70 cassette
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oliverc30
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23h ago
Spent $80 on a Park Tool torque wrench and it saved a carbon frame from my own hands
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sandrat24
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1d ago
Finally picked the spoke ruler over the tension meter, and my wheel build came out dead true
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jesse_fisher
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2d ago
Figured out I'd been setting chain tension wrong for 11 yrs, all because of a noise
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rubyschmidt
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2d ago
My new guy asked why I charge $85 for a tune-up and I almost got mad, then I did the math
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milestaylor
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3d ago
Can we talk about how I spent 2 hours chasing a creak that was my seatpost the whole time
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violatorres
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3d ago
Rant: a 22 year old at my shop in Dayton told me I torque stems too loose and I can't stop chewing on it
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kelly153
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4d ago
Snapped a customer's carbon steerer at 5nm and now I question every torque spec I've ever trusted
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jade_singh
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4d ago
Almost greased a customer's thru axle last Tuesday, and I want to warn every new wrench about it
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sagew50
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6d ago
Guy at the shop called my wheel builds 'noodly' so I switched to 3 cross
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river_davis
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7d ago
My rear derailleur hanger snapped at mile 12 on the Los Gatos trail and I rode home in one gear
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tyler_wilson
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8d ago
I finally tried greasing brake pivots after a guy at the shop in Tucson swore by it, and now I feel dumb for arguing
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jadew63
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9d ago
Tried waxing my chain in a crockpot and got a mess I did not expect
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lunakim
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9d ago
Unpopular opinion: a $12 chain checker beats eyeballing chain wear every time
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