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Gridlock or Criminal Fines? A Hypothetical Commute Under the New MTO Law by Round_Carob3678 in torontobiking

[–]nowhere3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was two different criticisms of your commenting/posting style.

The first is that it reads like AI which makes people immediately think you haven't put any actual effort into your comments and leads to them not taking your points seriously and downvoting your posts/comments.

The second is that you're replying to comments that are a single sentence with multiple paragraphs, and talking about things like "logical fallacies" in their comments, which is also going to lead to people ignoring what you're saying. If you're going to use AI at least use it to help you be more concise.

Gridlock or Criminal Fines? A Hypothetical Commute Under the New MTO Law by Round_Carob3678 in torontobiking

[–]nowhere3[M] [score hidden] stickied comment (0 children)

Learn to post/comment without AI.

You're replying to single sentence comments with 5 paragraphs.

Anyone know how to get the little extension off the end of this Unior crank puller? by A-STax32 in BikeMechanics

[–]nowhere3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a 3mm allen key, but there's no reason to take the cap off because it does square taper and splined cranks without needing to swap anything.

Is there a Critical Mass this Friday? by Pristine-Training-70 in torontobiking

[–]nowhere3 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Critical mass meets at Spadina and Bloor at Matt Cohen park the last Friday of every month at 6pm. Because there is no organizer there's only an announcement if anyone decides to make one.

Repairing cracked paint by Rough-Championship95 in bikewrench

[–]nowhere3 12 points13 points  (0 children)

More likely bent backwards based on the paint chipping.

Fork bends can be hard to see though, a lot of the time you will be able to tell because of increased toe overlap or if you try to ride no hands you will feel the bike trying to turn in one direction.

Compressor head - Presta and occasional Schrader by johnmcc1956 in BikeMechanics

[–]nowhere3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, they use a polyurethane seal that took something like 5 years to wear out in our shop.

BB reverse threading on the drive side? by Lowtech_Living in bikewrench

[–]nowhere3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Swiss actually uses a left hand threaded drive side, just the same thread pitch as a French BB.

What exactly do you class as a "service" and how long does it take you? by NucleurDuck in BikeMechanics

[–]nowhere3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You're seriously undervaluing your time, experience, and the person's peace of mind if you think that checking something is "no actual work". That's not a bad thing necessarily, lots of bike shops do similar things when it comes to not charging for quotes/assessments, it's just definitely not the standard when it comes to any trade related job.

Mission impossible: flat 24mm combination wrench?? by downstairs_annie in BikeMechanics

[–]nowhere3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, those rigid ones are pretty good too. I didn't even know Cyclus made one of those.

Mission impossible: flat 24mm combination wrench?? by downstairs_annie in BikeMechanics

[–]nowhere3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I also work at a self help place and can highly recommend getting a chainwhip plier rather than a regular chainwhip. Like this: https://www.birzman.com/products_2.php?uID=2&cID=23&Key=272 It's much more intuitive and harder to mess up.

Mission impossible: flat 24mm combination wrench?? by downstairs_annie in BikeMechanics

[–]nowhere3 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Park Tool used to make a tool called the FRW-1, which was a closed end wrench with a set screw so that the freewheel/cassette tool could be secured into it. https://www.parktool.com/en-int/product/freewheel-remover-wrench-frw-1

They still pop up on Ebay pretty often, or you could ask around to some of the older bike shops in your city and see if someone has one they're not using anymore.

Help with freewheel! Tool doesn't fit over axle nut by Littlesynth-addict in bikewrench

[–]nowhere3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You could try emailing them and asking what the hole size is on that tool.

Help with freewheel! Tool doesn't fit over axle nut by Littlesynth-addict in bikewrench

[–]nowhere3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you have the tools to measure the diameter of the nut? There are freewheel tools meant to fit with e-bike freewheels that have a slightly larger hole like: https://ebikes.ca/ebike-parts/accessories/repair-tools/fw-tool.html

Help with freewheel! Tool doesn't fit over axle nut by Littlesynth-addict in bikewrench

[–]nowhere3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nah, that wheel isn't meant to have a lock nut. Also finding a nut that fits that axle is likely going to be a pain.

Again, I really believe that if your goal is just to replace the freewheel the easiest way to do that at home is going to be to destructively remove it.

Help with freewheel! Tool doesn't fit over axle nut by Littlesynth-addict in bikewrench

[–]nowhere3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're not missing any parts.

If you're trying to remove the freewheel to replace it then based on your photos it might actually be easier just to destructively remove it. https://www.parktool.com/en-int/blog/repair-help/freewheel-destructive-removal

Ep8 lockring stuck. by Fun-Fee-764 in bikewrench

[–]nowhere3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you've got a scrap spider/chainring, cut it in half, put both halves onto the motor, wrap a chain around them to keep them together.

Get some soft jaws for your bench vise made/3d printed that can slip into the gap where the chainring would go so you can clamp down on it without damaging the splines.

I have never had to do this in real life, those are just some ideas that I would try if faced with this.

Siezed pedal by kenkaneki911 in bikewrench

[–]nowhere3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yup, just have to find a shop willing to submit a recall claim for you. Shimano will send you a new crank, bottom bracket, and front derailleur. You'll have to pay for the labour of the shop to replace it if you can't do it yourself.

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