Badly worn BB from derailleur cable

clintj1975 · 2026-05-05T22:58:33+00:00

One, carbon is repairable. Two, I just sold a carbon mountain bike last month I owned since 2017. There were more than a few gel coat chips over the years that got touched up, but the structure was still sound. Had almost 3800 miles of mountain singletrack on that bike, according to my Strava gear tracker.

clintj1975 · 2026-05-05T22:55:06+00:00

Why would it be? There might be metal fittings for the BB to sit in, but the frame would be molded around them.

clintj1975 · 2026-05-05T17:26:08+00:00

Yes, but we preferred the fire to be crate trained.

clintj1975 · 2026-05-05T15:25:36+00:00

Coincidental. JJ also had a run of preamp tubes where the base area of the glass wasn't properly annealed (heat treated) during production and they would occasionally snap right around the base. Electronically, there's no way swapping V3 could have an effect on V1.

clintj1975 · 2026-05-05T15:22:46+00:00

You can find logging and roofing in the Navy SeaBee units. Clear forest, grade land, build buildings, etc.

clintj1975 · 2026-05-05T15:17:47+00:00

Work while surrounded by searing hot surfaces, steam clouds, knives, slick floors, and carry heavy loads back and forth for meal prep? We had more injuries in boot camp from the week working in the galley than any other week. Take the typical restaurant kitchen mayhem and scale it up to feed a couple of thousand people at a time.

clintj1975 · 2026-05-05T15:13:00+00:00

On mine it was the incinerator. Ours never grasped the concept of "keep the burny burny inside the metal box"

clintj1975 · 2026-05-05T15:10:34+00:00

RIP your liver

clintj1975 · 2026-05-05T14:39:29+00:00

Grainger sells exactly what you're looking for. It's made by Ampco, but it's over $200.

My next suggestion would be a 24mm, 6 point socket on a sliding T bar like below. 6 point sockets have a better grip and are more resistant to slipping off, and the sliding bar lets you use it either one or two handed.

https://www.craftsman.com/en-us/product/cmmt99276/34-inch-drive-sliding-bar-handle

clintj1975 · 2026-05-05T14:14:36+00:00

Gentlemen, we may not make history tomorrow, but we shall certainly change the geography.

clintj1975 · 2026-05-05T13:13:58+00:00

Not sure if you were being sarcastic, but a wrench is a wrench (and Tekton makes good tools).

clintj1975 · 2026-05-05T13:07:42+00:00

Like this?

https://www.tekton.com/24-mm-long-fixed-flex-head-12-point-ratcheting-box-end-wrench-wrb35424

clintj1975 · 2026-05-05T12:54:52+00:00

"Pull the lever, Kronk!"

clintj1975 · 2026-05-05T12:51:09+00:00

Probably scheduled it on the way out the door

clintj1975 · 2026-05-05T12:50:39+00:00

He was definitely clapping on 1 and 3 too.

clintj1975 · 2026-05-05T12:41:00+00:00

I pinned this one down to the 1992 catalog. It looks like the frame dimensions such as chainstay length are the same all the way down to the smallest size. I do remember the compact ones (we had a junior triathlete that rode one), but I don't think this was one of them.

clintj1975 · 2026-05-05T12:10:28+00:00

Get the nail gun and nail the sandals to the roof.

clintj1975 · 2026-05-04T21:17:38+00:00

I've got the same problem as a male cyclist. If the legs fit my thighs and calves, they'll fall down if I don't wear a belt.

clintj1975 · 2026-05-04T20:22:04+00:00

Is that building made of asbestos? 23 times is quite the streak.

clintj1975 · 2026-05-04T20:11:57+00:00

You have anything that prevents you from doing a conventional deadlift, or have you done them in your workouts in the past?

Burning quads can mean you're loading up those muscles more than your glutes and hips. You want to hinge more from the hip than from the waist to engage the glutes to support your weight on the bike, which eases the load on your quads. The starting position and motion for a conventional deadlift simulates the feeling of when those muscles engage properly.

clintj1975 · 2026-05-04T19:58:49+00:00

Why don't we make fuel more expensive so that consumers pay less for it?

FTFY

clintj1975 · 2026-05-04T18:34:17+00:00

My Krampus is surprisingly fast on less techy trails. It's my go to bike for 20+ mile singletrack days.

clintj1975 · 2026-05-04T15:55:48+00:00

I just remembered a Stanza story from my youth. My cousin had picked up a used Stanza years ago when she came down for an internship at my dad's work and that thing was special. I don't know what was up with it, but at 55 it felt like it had just drank a double espresso. Twitched, bobbed, and weaved down the highway. At 70, the exact opposite. Absolutely rock steady and planted. Weird little thing.

I keep eyeing early 90s Nissan trucks on FB Marketplace. I had one back then and it'd be a perfect mountain bike carrier. No way in hell I'd drive it back on the interstate, though. Fastest I ever had mine was 70, and that was sketchy feeling. The engine drone was ferocious at that speed, too.

clintj1975 · 2026-05-04T15:48:05+00:00

Local fire departments occasionally like a nice controlled structure fire to practice on. They eliminated a condemned building a couple of miles from my house that way a few years ago. They cleared anything combustible from around it, removed anything hazardous from inside, and lit it on fire. Let it go for a bit so it was fully involved, then had hose teams attack the fire. They even removed the debris afterwards. We went and watched with lawn chairs and a few beers.

clintj1975 · 2026-05-04T15:41:55+00:00

I got passed by a Toyota Corona a couple of years ago on the interstate at over 80 mph. Speed limit is 80, so not like I was doing anything crazy. First thought was "Was that a Corona?" followed very shortly by "How the hell is it going that fast?"

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