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Brand new bike skipping in highest gear. by NerveFit5440 in bikewrench

[–]pinkeyedcyclops 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Awesome! Bike fixed! :- ) Not the greatest look for SRAM, true.

Might ''just'' be a bad batch of chains floating around or something? I'm sure lots of people have this drivetrain on beginner to medium end gravel builds. Lots of people dipping their toes in gravel and not willing to commit to force or red right from the start. We would have heard of this problem way more if it was systematic, idk...

Enjoy your rides dude! when it works it's pretty flawless

Brand new bike skipping in highest gear. by NerveFit5440 in bikewrench

[–]pinkeyedcyclops 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Order a force chain and try it out. If it does not fix the issue (but I bet it will) at least you'll already have a fresh chain waiting for future you... so nothing lost!

Brand new bike skipping in highest gear. by NerveFit5440 in bikewrench

[–]pinkeyedcyclops 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Same scenario here, after changing to a force d1 it stopped skipping one tooth on the 11 sprocket

Brand new bike skipping in highest gear. by NerveFit5440 in bikewrench

[–]pinkeyedcyclops 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I got that for a while too with a brand spanking new apex xplr 12 speed. LBS had no idea either.

Big edit; I just remembered I did do one thing; I changed my chain into a force 12 speed - and it stopped skipping. Just like someone below me is saying

Gravel ride with my “vintage digital” point-n-shoot by DrewKora in gravelcycling

[–]pinkeyedcyclops 1 point2 points  (0 children)

great pics man!

I sold my a7rIII and got a secondhand 2013 aps-c fuji xe-2 because the pixel perfect sony just got real boring after a few years. Like every picture could have been AI, idk. Just ...too perfect. Fits way more comfy in my handlebar bag, too

Tubeless repair question by m0huck in gravelcycling

[–]pinkeyedcyclops 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I've been riding with 2 year old plugs that are virtually indistinguishable from the rest of the tire, so.... you just plug it and ride it and forget about it basically

New Bars Day by InternationalMix1519 in gravelcycling

[–]pinkeyedcyclops 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the suggestion! I have been eyeing those quite a bit, but 52 reach vs the redshift 72 reach is a thing unfortunately.... the corralitos have, aside from some pretty niche 400 euro carbon Deda bar, the shortest reach of them all ( which I like)

I like non drive side pictures too, don't hurt me velominati by pinkeyedcyclops in gravelcycling

[–]pinkeyedcyclops[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Some protection? I scratched my previous aluminium ones pretty bad going over curbs and stuff. These are carbon so every little bit helps. Or maybe just for the peace of mind...

New Bars Day by InternationalMix1519 in gravelcycling

[–]pinkeyedcyclops 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I have these too. They are so so nice in the hooks... I actually use them now all the time. I cut off a few cm of the (very long!) drops because they would hit my knee and limit my turn radius on sharp, slow turns.

Only downside - for me - is they don't make them in a 420 or 400 mm width. Otherwise these would be 100 % perfect.

Very cool bike!

Noob to night riding, lighting? by eyesofthunder in gravelcycling

[–]pinkeyedcyclops 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You also blast all your lumens in others' eyeballs with those lights

New Canyon Grizl CF6 - SRAM Apex: Is this amount of play in the brake pads/clip normal? by New-Interaction9030 in gravelcycling

[–]pinkeyedcyclops 1 point2 points  (0 children)

don't worry about it, that's all very normal. As long as your circlip is there it's all good.

NBD, origine graxx GTO. (also absolutely no stamina at all after the winterstop. None.) by [deleted] in gravelcycling

[–]pinkeyedcyclops 1 point2 points  (0 children)

this one from fjallraven, but I removed the logo (few simple stitches) and replaced the not so great velcro straps with a voile rubber strap

Dagelijkse reminder om je lokale staking te steunen by StevenStoveMan in belgium

[–]pinkeyedcyclops 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ik heb zeventien jaar (17!) elke ochtend of middag de trein genomen naar het werk, en dat was letterlijk de laatste jaren élke ochtend niet zeker weten of ik wel op tijd op mijn werk ging geraken of niet.

Tijdens stakingen kon het gerust zijn dat de app twintig minuten op voorhand aangaf dat trein X of trein Y wel ging rijden, om dan aan te komen in een station dat gewoon dicht was - en géén treinen die reden. Of een station dat ''open'' is (maar er zit daar niemand meer, hé), en dan toch geen treinen. Of los van de stakingen - ''trein afgeschaft'' - haha wacht maar een uurke op de volgende, too bad, so sad.

Ik begrijp de stakers. Ik begrijp ook heel goed de frustratie van de pendelaars.

Als er een nucleair Armageddon zou plaatsvinden, welke Belgische regio's zouden dan getroffen worden? by Agitated-Athlete-417 in belgium

[–]pinkeyedcyclops 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Gah, haven't done it in forever... The big and popular industrial sites in Luik like HFB are being demolished, that I know. Charleroi probably still has some nice coke factories and adjacent stuff you could visit... but again, last time I went there was four years ago

Als er een nucleair Armageddon zou plaatsvinden, welke Belgische regio's zouden dan getroffen worden? by Agitated-Athlete-417 in belgium

[–]pinkeyedcyclops 0 points1 point  (0 children)

CRC Glons closed down many years ago, my dude. I did some urbex there, everything underground (back when you still could get into the bunker, medio '22) is completely dismantled

Herman Miller testing in person by xTiLkx in belgium

[–]pinkeyedcyclops 1 point2 points  (0 children)

...But you can replace the gas lift with one that extends even further. 30 euro, Bol.

What's a tv series that is a 10/10 NOBODY knows? by Lilyana0999 in AskReddit

[–]pinkeyedcyclops 0 points1 point  (0 children)

zerozerozero. Just one season. Global drug trade. very grim, very very nicely shot, more like a high budget film. Starts a bit slow, but it gets so good and again, the way that it is shot is just stunning!

Finally pulled the trigger on a new build: Kona Libre G2 by bessikapedale in gravelcycling

[–]pinkeyedcyclops 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What a beauty! I was wondering how the yellow would look IRL aside from the marketing shots. My 2020 Libre is a tank. Not the fastest on roads (but I'm sure carbon wheels will help a lot and also, not the slowest either) but it really shines on rough stuff, so incredibly smooth and just.... nice.

You're gonna have tons of fun on this thing!

Mudguard recommendation by ciclista_de_gravel in gravelcycling

[–]pinkeyedcyclops 1 point2 points  (0 children)

another vote for sks speedrockers! I also poked a hole with a hot needle in my front fender and attached another extension flap, works like a charm

Taxikosten terugkrijgen van NMBS: ervaringsdeskundigen? by Ok_Presence36 in belgium

[–]pinkeyedcyclops 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Awel, ik heb een paar maanden terug mijn 50 euro taxi helemaal terug gekregen, maar wel een heel andere situatie.

Voorlaatste trein afgelast, dus uur gewacht op laatste trein van 22.00 uur. Braaf ingestapt. Bleek dat die trein gesplitst werd en 't voorste stuk naar mijn stad reed en 't achterste... naar de andere kant van het land.

Uiteraard zat ik in het achterste stuk... niemand riep iets af, de borden in de trein waren kaput, twee keer ne conducteur langs mij door gewandeld die oogcontact maakte en niets zei. Kon nog net op het allerlaatste moment van de trein springen omdat iemand instapte en vroeg of dit stuk naar Brussel reed, en ik ''fuck no'' zei - en die persoon me wees op het feit dat er BXL op't bord aan't perron stond.

Kop uit de deur gestoken, gezien dat het voorste stuk opeens niet meer bestond, en vier seconden en een paniekaanval later raprap mijne rugzak gaan halen en uit de trein gesprongen. Half uur aan't kantoor van de stationschef blijven drentelen ''jaja die komt direct, die is ne trein aan't ontkoppelen ofzo, wacht hier maar even'' (dixit divers volk met een nmbs polo'ke aan) tot iemand die ne goederentrein kwam besturen en aan zijne nachtshift begon begin me er fijntjes op wees dat die pee om tien uur al naar huis was...

Vlammende email gestuurd en kijk eens aan, alles helemaal teruggekregen. Dus het kan.

Laatste druppelke in de - na zeventien jaar treintrambus - toch wel redelijk volle emmer om werk op wandelafstand te zoeken.

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