Did you just ShartQ?

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21005

put a bolt in both sides and push it out

21006

Just remember that these bikes still exist.

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21007

Okay but I’m doing this for y’all’s enjoyment bc this is clearly an embarrassingly mild bit of singletrack

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21008

I bet that spot would feel easier if you made sure you had the bars on straight

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this pattern on the end is absolutely a paint crack - the steel wouldn’t fracture in this pattern. But there’s really no way to tell from this photo if the steel underneath is cracked as well.

seconding this. Paint’s already kinda fucked in this area and is going to start flaking off anyway, might as pick some of it off with a razor blade or xacto knife and see what the steel underneath looks like.

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21011

Dude needs a mountain bike

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21012

Remove cracked paint inspect metal underneath. A sharp blade works well to get into the crack and help chip/flake away the paint. Some nail polish will seal it up when you’re done to prevent rust.

Lmk if you need further explanation.

21013

did you reenact this for our benefit?

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21014

Nope. My friend just happened to have his camera out when this all went down

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21015

I love the year 2000 and now we all have cameras on us at all times

21016

He was actually carrying a point and shoot. What’s old is new again

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21017

unsolved mysteries reenactment

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21018

I knew the answer before I asked the question bro

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21019

I think the important lesson here is that there is no such thing as a forever bike.

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21020

Bikes are temporary

The dither is eternal

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21021

Agree. I doubt it’s actually cracked. I would also definitely contact the manufacturer and at least try and see if you can get a deal on a replacement. Also you’re definitely not gonna die riding it. You’ll feel it go noodly first. So if all of a sudden you’re riding and things feel wiggly. STOP look at it and get a bus/ride home. I broke a TT and DT when I was like 13 from too many jumps and it rode fine until I was like a block from my house and I was like “whoa this feels weird all of a sudden” look down and there like 2 little bits on the top and down tube holding the head tube on.

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21022

when we had repairs that took multiple hours in the bikeshare bike mines we would start singing

:musical_score::musical_note::notes:forever bike, i want you to be, forever bike. i don’t want you to live forever, forever bike forever bike :notes::musical_note:

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21023

We’re gonna need actual audio and preferably visual reenactment on that by EOB Monday 3/27

21024

i’m corporate AF now. i’m not gonna waste my dwindling respect on that. but it was about as good/bad as you imagine

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