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Re: OT: Cycling ... as in... riding bikes... as in... bicycles

Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 4:34 pm
by aqua_tek
actually, the green wheel + pink grip combo is starting to grow on me :oops:

Think i may leave it that way for now

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Re: OT: Cycling ... as in... riding bikes... as in... bicycles

Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 4:50 pm
by contakt321
aqua_tek wrote:actually, the green wheel + pink grip combo is starting to grow on me :oops:

Think i may leave it that way for now

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I love that you having matching pink caps for your tires. You need to tell me where you got those.

Re: OT: Cycling ... as in... riding bikes... as in... bicycles

Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 4:52 pm
by 8O
aqua_tek wrote:actually, the green wheel + pink grip combo is starting to grow on me :oops:

Think i may leave it that way for now

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Yeah, I think that looks really nice as it is... tidy!

Re: OT: Cycling ... as in... riding bikes... as in... bicycles

Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 5:25 pm
by littlepig
80 > nice looking bike. What size cogs?

I am tempted to convert my bike so single speed. It is an old Cannondale Bad Boy

Re: OT: Cycling ... as in... riding bikes... as in... bicycles

Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 8:51 pm
by aqua_tek
Thanks guyz!

Yeah, I'm liking the tidier look. Plus I was thinking of going all-green, but I do like the hot pink grips... so I'm sticking to them for now.
contakt321 wrote:
aqua_tek wrote:actually, the green wheel + pink grip combo is starting to grow on me :oops:

Think i may leave it that way for now

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I love that you having matching pink caps for your tires. You need to tell me where you got those.
They came with the wheelset (which included the tires). A happy accident of sorts. No idea where to find them individually.

Re: OT: Cycling ... as in... riding bikes... as in... bicycles

Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 8:57 pm
by Tone Deft
aqua_tek wrote:No idea where to find them individually.
just follow this guy around for a while.

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I joke, I like the bike's flavor.

Re: OT: Cycling ... as in... riding bikes... as in... bicycles

Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 9:13 pm
by contakt321
Tone Deft wrote:
aqua_tek wrote:No idea where to find them individually.
just follow this guy around for a while.

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I joke, I like the bike's flavor.
Packing my bag for Williamsburg now, I will find those caps!

Re: OT: Cycling ... as in... riding bikes... as in... bicycles

Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 10:29 pm
by Mehalic
Tarekith wrote:I had fun fun fun riding this past weekend:

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Went big, went fast, had fun, didn't crash.
Ahh, gotta love Whistler. Been there 3 times and by far the best riding I've ever done (Bromont in Quebec is pretty decent too). Gotta love taking Freight Train to Dirt Merchant to A-Line = adrenaline rush like nothing else!!! I'm going on 4 months injured from biking in Bromont (happened on the last day thankfully!). It was a jump after this mad fun road gap:

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Not the greatest pic, but one hell of a drop!! Fun stuff for sure, but Whistler can't be beat!

Re: OT: Cycling ... as in... riding bikes... as in... bicycles

Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 11:13 pm
by aqua_tek
^^ that looks like a hella fun ride
Tone Deft wrote:
aqua_tek wrote:No idea where to find them individually.
just follow this guy around for a while.

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I LOLd in public and got some weird stares.

Re: OT: Cycling ... as in... riding bikes... as in... bicycles

Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 7:24 pm
by aqua_tek
CRIIIIPES!

So I noticed that my left pedal is going into the crank arm at a weird angle and it's not fully in. I took it off but when I try to reintsall it, it will only go back in at that angle and it never goes all the way in. I have tried to refrain from forcing it too much, since it's not a great idea.

I hope this doesn't mean that the threading in the crank arm received some sort of damage during my ride. :cry:



Any tips?

Re: OT: Cycling ... as in... riding bikes... as in... bicycles

Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 7:29 pm
by Tarekith
YOu might need to get it rethreaded at a shop. Depending on how bad it is, you might need a new crank arm too.

Re: OT: Cycling ... as in... riding bikes... as in... bicycles

Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 7:45 pm
by Tone Deft
+1

take a close look at the threads on the both pieces. I dunno, clean them up and try to forcibly but gently guide the pedal in the right way. maybe take the other pedal and bolt it in straight to straighten the threads on the crank then try the other pedal.

the cleanest fix is to buy new parts, doing stuff like the above might wear stuff out so you might end up replacing them in the long run or MAYBE cause more damage in the long run.

luckily it's not a fancy schmancy $500 carbon fiber crank arm, you can find replacement parts pretty cheaply.

Re: OT: Cycling ... as in... riding bikes... as in... bicycles

Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 7:58 pm
by Tarekith
IF the threads go all the way through, you can try threading your good pedal in the opposite way from the back of the crank arm.

Re: OT: Cycling ... as in... riding bikes... as in... bicycles

Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 9:06 pm
by nylarch
new ride

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Re: OT: Cycling ... as in... riding bikes... as in... bicycles

Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 9:26 pm
by Tarekith
Nice, that's more my choice in colors :)