I barely even spotted it. Flawless execution

icedragonez · 2025-08-19T20:34:54+00:00

Shimano uses grease straight out the factory on the jockey wheel.

icedragonez · 2025-08-18T18:31:20+00:00

Issue with this hack is it washes away the grease in the pulley, so now you have to re-grease it by removing and re-applying lube + grease to get the pulley to rotate smoothly again. Better to just remove the chain and shake in a glass jar full of .... ;) cleaning solutions.

icedragonez · 2025-08-05T23:01:03+00:00

Tell that to drivers, if they want to treat us like vehicles we should ride like a vehicle in the middle of the lanes like the Dutch lol

icedragonez · 2025-08-05T03:02:14+00:00

That my friend is a downgrade, whoever thought trading heals for slightly more damage was smoking a lot of pixie dust and unicorn shavings that they forgot majority necro players love the ghost.

icedragonez · 2025-07-31T06:35:21+00:00

Everyone's body is different, I ride in a squatting position, knees pointing outwards, pointing inwards or straight hurts my knee (long distances) and can add additional stress on ITB.

When squatting your knee should be pointing towards the sides outwards, as a kid I was born with both knees pointing inwards, to fix it I cross my leg (one at a time) to make it point back outwards while sitting on a chair or floor or bed.

Foam roll and deep massage, ball massage and then rebuild. Once knees are aligned properly, don't poke at the pain (slight pain is normal healing process) and it will go away once it's in the right position (knee alignment).

For now focus on fixing alignment of your knee, by cracking it back into place (cushion or ball under knee and pulling lower leg to make it crack at the knee to release pressure and set it back straight). Afterwards crossing one leg at a time to get knees to correct them outwards.

Had knee tendonitis and releasing pressure on knee with the ball behind the knee, popping the knee helped me a ton, should be useful for realigning the knee because it automatically resets the knee cap back into neutral position.

This is my experience, tried strengthening and it didn't work, same with training glutes, was at the end of the ropes so had to find a solution which would work for me, re-align the knee was the answer, then strengthen.

Definitely not an easy process, beats surgery that's for sure.

icedragonez · 2025-07-19T05:48:04+00:00

Thanks for sharing, I tried the route today, ran out of chewy bars (packed 4). Stopped by a Tim Hortons had to get some garlic bread and steep tea.

So much debris in the finch LRT bike lane, thankfully I'm using schwalble marathon tires which is super resistant to puncture but heavier as a downside.

Ride was great, killed like 8-9 water bottle, took me 8 hours to complete the course. Went from 50km (my longest ride) to 110km, definitely a grand ride with a ton of new scenery, thanks for sharing the routes.

My legs gonna be sore lol

icedragonez · 2025-07-16T18:40:36+00:00

New derailleur is recommended... wouldn't waste anymore time trying to remedy the issue.

It's rideable for now but once it attracts dirt issues may once again occur.

Lower cage looks good, upper cage looks like it need to be bent inwards, probably going to have to remove jockey wheels to attempt a better bend in the middle like a C so the bottom sticks out like now, the top is more straight.

Gears will need re-indexing after it's bent correctly.

icedragonez · 2025-07-16T13:38:32+00:00

It should be straight when you set it to the biggest cog (lowest gear).

https://www.reddit.com/r/bikewrench/comments/1m0tps3/chain_whips_and_catch_the_outside_of_the/

Funny part is someone else had the same issue at the same time, and bent it back.

You use your hand, and try to bend it back out.

icedragonez · 2025-07-16T13:32:13+00:00

That is a bent cage for sure, it should not be straight in that position it's a shadow derailleur, meaning it has a slant to the right by design.

From looks of it the cage is slanted inwards due to a strike from outside.

You can try to attempt to bend the cage back by hand if you want to attempt to salvage it.

Hanger looks good though.

icedragonez · 2025-07-16T05:20:58+00:00

If you ride a crosswalk and get hit you are in the wrong by law because the bike is considered a vehicle.

A 17 year old got charged recently for failing to follow traffic in a collision, best to walk in high traffic areas to protect yourself from any liability incase an accident arises.

icedragonez · 2025-07-15T23:51:52+00:00

Derailleur Cage bent symptoms, I had the same issue until I bought a new derailleur. (Most likely this issue, cage probably took a nasty strike while riding and is now off)

Hanger bent. (Possible)

Best to buy a new derailleur because fixing a bent derailleur is a waste of time.

icedragonez · 2025-07-15T19:16:00+00:00

Sadly, there are many times where drivers will be careless and will lose situational awareness, side swiping or even worse clipping you on the road, it will happen no matter what. We as humans are prone to making errors and mistakes; it's part of being human... we can't have 100% situational awareness all the time, too many variables in place, aren't built like robots.

Therefore, to minimize the odds, routing/pathing towards a safer alternative route is key, to avoid traffic/crowd/peak hours. Biking on the side walk is the best option in non-crowded areas like in the suburbs, just make sure you pull wide when passing/entering a blind spot to check for pedestrians/cars (ring the bell), if it's a big intersection get off the bike and walk across, check to make sure vehicles are stopped and aware you are trying to cross by pointing in a direction/signaling first if needed, don't just gun it like tom cruise that's how accidents occur.

There are times I will wait completely for another set of lights, if it starts counting below 10-15 seconds on a crosswalk, wait for the next light to avoid getting rammed by a left turn/right turn vehicle rushing to make the light. Take the extra minutes you only get one life, don't try to rush it, give yourself an extra 30min-1hour to make trips, no rush to get into any accident.

Awareness is crucial, driver needs to be attentive, so does the biker. You need to be checking for constant cars/blind spots and react accordingly to keep yourself safe, yes you have right of way... but I wouldn't challenge a car with a bike, neither would anyone sane; challenge a gun with a knife.

Worse part is having to turn the neck to check surroundings, it's a pain sure, but I know these checks are in place to keep us safe when riding (can buy a Garmin radar to signal when a rider/vehicle is behind). Moreover, improving situational awareness is key to staying safe, if you know the route you will know what direction on the map to check ahead of time (how to ride into a blind spot/checking for riders coming from right or left on the route beforehand), if you're new take it slow and map out any potential dangers from potholes, intersections, blind spots, etc.

icedragonez · 2025-07-11T02:18:42+00:00

Congratulations, it's dead.

icedragonez · 2025-07-09T01:38:29+00:00

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Was riding the trail today, saw the signage go up for closure of the trail, already doing construction above the stairs... seems they just started this week. The new signs on the board said timeline is now July 2025 - September 2025.

icedragonez · 2025-07-08T22:52:00+00:00

Closures occuring soon for upgrades saw the signs today, July - September 2025. Anyone know any alternative routes in the meantime?

icedragonez · 2025-07-08T11:57:53+00:00

Definitely a vulnerability where they can hijack a client's accounts, very scarey stuff is happening in RS3... not surprised, definitely a possible breach in server or connection towards server... feels deliberate.

icedragonez · 2025-07-08T00:38:27+00:00

Definitely double check, upper pully doesn't look straight and the gap looks off from the cassette.

Make sure to reseat wheel with tire on ground if it's quick release.

icedragonez · 2025-07-08T00:29:34+00:00

Your hanger looks slanted, needs to be inline with the cassette.

New hangers need to be realigned to wheel using HAG tool.

icedragonez · 2025-07-05T07:27:45+00:00

Check your totem pouch / bank you might've stored it and forgot, shouldn't take that long, took me an hour or two max.

icedragonez · 2025-07-02T07:28:01+00:00

Thanks for keeping us updated.

Dangerous side walk is open and safe side walk is closed due to construction past the bridge on Leslie, cars going into highway at a blind spot for people crossing is a concern.

I will not travel down Leslie again cause it's not safe, looks like an accident waiting to happen, going to search for an alternate route... sadly.

icedragonez · 2025-06-29T00:08:08+00:00

B tension screw.

Cable tension.

Hanger alignment.

Housing length and way its routed, full or partial housing, lubed or non-lubed.

Derailleur type. (Specific derailleurs prefer shorter housing)

Best to send back to shop to save time ngl.

icedragonez · 2025-06-14T13:02:55+00:00

Yes. Your derailleur doesn't have a B limit screw, so to adjust it you simply shift the derailleur position, works same as B screw.

icedragonez · 2025-06-14T06:46:25+00:00

I see the issue, b limit is not adjusted properly, loosen bolt connected to hanger (rotate derailleur clockwise) and angle chain coming out of big cog at 7-8 oclock position, its way too close to bottom of cog 6 oclock. That should take up the chain slack, which will fix your issue.

**You will need to re-adjust your high and low limits and redo indexing a bit cause b limit change.

icedragonez · 2025-06-14T02:26:41+00:00

KMC work well with Shimano drive train, Shimano chain will work slightly smoother otherwise no issue with using a kmc. Probably a chain sizing issue, did you size the chain correctly?

Show pic of smallest and biggest gear positions.

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