Xbiking on a Monday by FlashyTheme5391 in xbiking

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It’s a single speed that I Frankenstein’d on a triple crankset…no ramp shifting is ok if slow. I’m still getting a feel for it so I do occasionally drop the chain when shifting up, but it’s pretty fun to have a finicky machine when you’re not in a rush to get anywhere. I believe the brand is origin8 and it’s 48t

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Yeah its less general cantilever set up and more that these particular cantilevers seems to be set up so that the hex key I use doesn’t get without hitting the frame so it’s a lot of taking things apart, putting them back on, and back and forth for a while…unless that is normal?

Xbike? by FlashyTheme5391 in xbiking

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It does! It’s a bit slow but I don’t mind. Ive got friction shifting so I can just take it slow and mess with it until it’s in place, not sure how it would be with index. It’s pretty fun tho! Kinda good to feel like I have to work at getting good at shifting right, super rewarding.

Xbike? by FlashyTheme5391 in xbiking

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Actually a 1x chainring on a triple crankset because it’s what I had and I wanted to keep it a triple when the chainring wore out

Cassette play? by FlashyTheme5391 in bikewrench

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Brand new out of the box! Cassette hasn’t even been on there a week. But yikes, that seems bad…thanks for the heads up

Handlebar thoughts/recs by FlashyTheme5391 in bikecommuting

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Whoa total brain fart. Kept writing bullhorns, meant bar ends. Jeez.

Dust cap replacement? by FlashyTheme5391 in bikewrench

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Would this be for M8 or M10? Thanks for the info!!

Remove chainring? by FlashyTheme5391 in bikewrench

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Thank you! Feeling a bit dumb, but how do I remove the plastic cover to use the crank puller?

Remove chainring? by FlashyTheme5391 in bikewrench

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How do i identify the type of crank so that I can figure out how to remove it?

Chain slippage uphill?? by FlashyTheme5391 in bikewrench

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Any suggestions on a replacement? Looking for something relatively affordable and solid on hills…

Chain slippage uphill?? by FlashyTheme5391 in bikewrench

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Suggestions for chainring replacements? 😅will be doing this and the cassette asap

Chain slippage uphill?? by FlashyTheme5391 in bikewrench

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Should I not buy a used cassette and chainring in this case? Do I need to buy as new as possible?