# Bike blerg thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Bikes\ **Created:** [August 25, 2018, 3:07pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793 "2018-08-25T15:07:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Petr5](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/petr5/32/51786_2.png) [@Petr5](https://tarck.cc/u/Petr5)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2018, 2:32pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/121 "2018-09-04T14:32:06Z")
But then how does that differ from Manitou? I mean, they started as a UK company. It’s also not quite that cut and dry. We don’t have a football team named the Washington _derogatory term for Jews_ even though they’re no longer considered oppressed. Err, found the wrong Manitou timeline, but whatever. Point still stands whether they make shocks or forklifts. ---
**Author:** ![euclid](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/euclid/32/37780_2.png) [@euclid](https://tarck.cc/u/euclid)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2018, 2:37pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/122 "2018-09-04T14:37:55Z")
> [@Petr5](#): > > no longer considered oppressed not 100% sure this is true ---
**Author:** ![Petr5](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/petr5/32/51786_2.png) [@Petr5](https://tarck.cc/u/Petr5)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2018, 2:39pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/123 "2018-09-04T14:39:44Z")
OK, insert Krauts then. Or Micks. Or Goombahs. Sorry for the bad example. ---
**Author:** ![Crustradamus](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/crustradamus/32/7841_2.png) [@Crustradamus](https://tarck.cc/u/Crustradamus)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2018, 3:02pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/124 "2018-09-04T15:02:06Z")
> [@anon3547885](#): > > > [@Crustradamus](#): > > > > The Apache thing is being handled in an insane way by bike people. The best way to let someone know they are wrong is to scream at them incessantly, curse them and make fun of them, for sure! > > The best way of dealing with something like Apache is to laugh at them at make them feel ridiculous. Getting angry may just make them dig in; making them just look like clueless douchebags is far more effective, especially since bike brands rely on being “cool”. I don’t think they knew that they did anything wrong. You don’t really learn much about that part of American history in Eastern Europe. I’m all for calling them out on social media but the language people were throwing in their direction was ridiculous. Be civil ffs. Also comes off as typical Americans expecting everyone else on the planet to know everything about the USA. ---
**Author:** ![tehschkott](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/tehschkott/32/14426_2.png) [@tehschkott](https://tarck.cc/u/tehschkott)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2018, 10:47pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/125 "2018-09-04T22:47:35Z")
I still don’t care. ---
**Author:** ![turpentine](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/turpentine/32/51348_2.png) [@turpentine](https://tarck.cc/u/turpentine)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2018, 11:23pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/126 "2018-09-04T23:23:11Z")
Ok Melania. Ps. Melania autocorrects to Milano’s. Which is a local pizza place. #priorities ---
**Author:** ![karl\_dandleton](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/karl_dandleton/32/177_2.png) [@karl\_dandleton](https://tarck.cc/u/karl_dandleton)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2018, 11:32pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/127 "2018-09-04T23:32:57Z")
the jew comment is a bit of a wake up for me (not offended by anyone on here mentioning it). every once in a while i forget how complacent i am as a non-impoverished white male in the united states and then i remember that i’d be hesitant to ever get a tattoo identifying myself as jewish (i view my tattoos as a scrapbook of my life, all two of them so far) and remember that i took a birthright trip for the free israel visit and boy that put me on a lot of mailing lists and probably some other lists i don’t know about. i think if we can all carry this attitude into our normal lives it reaches farther than we realize, especially if we speak up when we can. good on nütarck for being more “woke” and also keeping grains of salt in stock. can we all keep this in mind and get back to poking fun at han jeine? ---
**Author:** ![turpentine](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/turpentine/32/51348_2.png) [@turpentine](https://tarck.cc/u/turpentine)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2018, 11:44pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/128 "2018-09-04T23:44:48Z")
does he even have fun anymore? or is it more of an angry old man yells at clouds scenario? ---
**Author:** ![Eddbread](https://static.tarck.cc/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Eddbread](https://tarck.cc/u/Eddbread)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2018, 12:03am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/129 "2018-09-05T00:03:28Z")
![](https://cdn.tarck.cc/original/2X/3/379070e5c9d3675a95717acd2636386fe460d588.jpeg) What’s going on here? Did he poop so hard his handlebars went the other way? ---
**Author:** ![johnasavoia](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/johnasavoia/32/206_2.png) [@johnasavoia](https://tarck.cc/u/johnasavoia)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2018, 12:06am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/130 "2018-09-05T00:06:12Z")
Got a dui in the desert ---
**Author:** ![Straws](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/straws/32/147_2.png) [@Straws](https://tarck.cc/u/Straws)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2018, 2:08am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/131 "2018-09-05T02:08:42Z")
> [@johnasavoia](#): > > Got a dui in the desert fucking gold ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Jart\_Attack\_PhD](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/dr_jart_attack_phd/32/16324_2.png) [@Dr\_Jart\_Attack\_PhD](https://tarck.cc/u/Dr_Jart_Attack_PhD)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2018, 2:43am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/132 "2018-09-05T02:43:34Z")
That guy looks familiar. ---
**Author:** ![Andrew\_Andeson](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/andrew_andeson/32/144359_2.png) [@Andrew\_Andeson](https://tarck.cc/u/Andrew_Andeson)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2018, 2:06pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/133 "2018-09-06T14:06:09Z")
> [@johnasavoia](#): > > Got a dui in the desert snerted ---
**Author:** ![ergott](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/ergott/32/41_2.png) [@ergott](https://tarck.cc/u/ergott)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2018, 3:26pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/134 "2018-09-06T15:26:42Z")
> [@nevernotnuts](#): > > I contacted Marin months ago and… crickets. > > To me, it felt like making Tarck aware and getting more males voice on board could be a powerful tool. Given the reception, I don’t expect that many folks here will take action (maybe some Femme/Trans/Non-Binary/Women/Tender Dude lurkers will step up? I see you.) but hopefully the discussion will have planted some seeds of awareness. Done. nutark is by far the most enlightened site I visit on a regular basis (bike forums). ---
**Author:** ![Rent-to-own-Faxmachine](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/rent-to-own-faxmachine/32/80299_2.png) [@Rent-to-own-Faxmachine](https://tarck.cc/u/Rent-to-own-Faxmachine)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 5:27pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/135 "2018-09-07T17:27:49Z")
Check out the recommended volume for (29er) MTB tires: [https://bikerumor.com/2018/09/07/finish-line-tubeless-tire-sealant-check-in-still-liquid-but-lifetime-claim-dries-up/](https://bikerumor.com/2018/09/07/finish-line-tubeless-tire-sealant-check-in-still-liquid-but-lifetime-claim-dries-up/) ---
**Author:** ![Andrew\_Squirrel](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/andrew_squirrel/32/57_2.png) [@Andrew\_Squirrel](https://tarck.cc/u/Andrew_Squirrel)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 5:35pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/136 "2018-09-07T17:35:48Z")
“And if you’re wondering, they’ve tested just adding water to the sealant, but it didn’t work.” That’s unfortunate ---
**Author:** ![Rent-to-own-Faxmachine](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/rent-to-own-faxmachine/32/80299_2.png) [@Rent-to-own-Faxmachine](https://tarck.cc/u/Rent-to-own-Faxmachine)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 6:04pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/137 "2018-09-07T18:04:10Z")
I have four bottles of the FL sealant sitting on my workbench. Haven’t bothered to open even one of 'em. ---
**Author:** ![todd\_bonzalez](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/todd_bonzalez/32/23476_2.png) [@todd\_bonzalez](https://tarck.cc/u/todd_bonzalez)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 11:16pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/138 "2018-09-07T23:16:07Z")
After the myriad failures of Finish Line sealant and the shortcomings I experience with Slime, I am done experimenting for a while. Orange Seal (and Stan’s, though I haven’t used it in probably three years) has worked for me for so long now that I don’t see any reason to fuck with a good thing. ---
**Author:** ![Andrew\_Squirrel](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/andrew_squirrel/32/57_2.png) [@Andrew\_Squirrel](https://tarck.cc/u/Andrew_Squirrel)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2018, 8:15pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/139 "2018-09-10T20:15:57Z")
I went to the Bicycle Quarterly Unmeeting this past weekend and had a great time. > **[Great Times at the BQ Un-Meeting 2018](https://janheine.wordpress.com/2018/09/10/great-times-at-the-bq-un-meeting-2018/)** > > The 2018 Bicycle Quarterly Un-Meeting brought together a great crew of old and new friends. We want to thank all for making this a great weekend! On Saturday morning, about 60 riders met at the Sea… The real standout portion of the event was when a guy named Reed pulled out his portable ultrasonic thickness measuring device which he had extensively tuned and calibrated for thinwall steel bicycle tubing at home. He used a special bottle of lubricant (?) which allowed the probe to get a tight seal on the tube at both butts & center. He explained to us how the probe was able to ignore the paint/powdercoat since it was tuned to only respond to steel. He proceeded to measure the main triangle of a couple dozen bikes and record all the information. Looking forward to looking at his published specs. ![](https://cdn.tarck.cc/original/2X/3/3df82dc7e12b2295b2879f2ab01b0659e7c25a1c.jpeg) I was able to capture a couple of my readings but got distracted by friends a few times so didn’t get it all. Realized while I was documenting that I likely only have an S3 TT and the DT and ST are likely OX Platinum. ![image](https://cdn.tarck.cc/original/2X/3/313592d9ca2dec507761ccaeaff5850cb7dd2945.png) ---
**Author:** ![Jacobell](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/jacobell/32/895_2.png) [@Jacobell](https://tarck.cc/u/Jacobell)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2018, 8:22pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/140 "2018-09-10T20:22:22Z")
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