I like the boring Lezyne ones.
HV Drive & Pocket Drive Pro.
mine needs a new gasket/seal somewhere but still functioning well enough after about 14 years of use.
always worked a treat. i do want to try the one up tool pump tho
weaboos set the culture
Talking about pumps, the Wolf Toot jobber looks pretty sweet (presta only though)
This isnāt true ā¦ Mine is set up to do Schrader right now
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Yeah, I figured it out. I just couldnāt in the two seconds between my friend asking me to top off her tire and her rushing off to work because it really wasnāt all that low.
Iām gonna make her let me put her bike in the stand one of these days and show her how it works. She had her rear QR screwed tight with the lever open.
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Does anyone use a parts washer, either cart or table top. Looking for something to clean drivetrain parts and bearings, leaning towards a cart style to keep the workbench clear. Also talk to me about ultrasonic cleaners. Iāve used both with decent results but I think a traditional parts washer is best for really dirty stuff that needs to be brushed or scraped off and ultrasonic would be good to get things absolutely spotless like chains for waxing and that kinda stuff? I plan on using it at least a few times a week.
ATMO replace the bronze thrust washers with thrust bearings (note some come with the race/washers, some you buy separate)
I have a press with thrust bearing on it and itās wonderful to use, to the point it almost gives a false sense of how hard you are pushing.
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Here I had no idea thrust washers and thrust bearings were different. Guess Iād better turn in my mechanical engineering card.
I DO have a headset replacement queued up on my 2012 Jamis Aurora Elite. It will be the final piece of my Ship of Thesius where Iāll have replaced every part it came with (except the frame and fork and seatpost binder bolt).
well, thrust washers are a type of bearing. but they are not roller bearings of any fashion
But then you also have solid bearings that arenāt bushings too like those made out of PEEK HPV which is carbon and teflon filled, Roulon, and lots of other bearing grade plastics. PPS is legit too, it almost sounds like glass if you drop it.
legit question- arenāt bushings a type of bearing?
Basically yes
Yeah, a ring of slippery stuff instead of a ring of balls rolling in a lubricated track
Honest dumb question about the ānĆ¼-schoolā gravel bikes with short stems and super wide bars. How do they ride with super short stems?
Iām currently running 52cm on my road and gravel bike, and I absolutely love it because I finally have something almost shoulder width - Iām no longer feeling pinched.
But, one of the potential new bikes Iām interested in - the Pelago Stavanger - has a 610mm long top tube. With my current fitness and flexibility, Iām looking at a 70mm stem. That likely puts the rear of the drops even with the steerer.
Will that handle well? Should I be concerned?
Itās mail order, so I canāt ātry before you buyā - but every review Iām reading makes the bike otherwise sound perfect for me.
Extra credit: Iām also seeing more and more of these long-front end drop bar gravel bikes on Bikepacking and Radavist, with stems as short as 40mm. I donāt want to go that far, but itās fascinating that bikes are going there - with the back of the drops behind the steerer.
Do those stubby stem drop bars actually handle well? Or is it that theyāre just novel and look interesting in editorial pictures?
the top tube is longer so the reach is still the reach
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Basically, yes. Some will feel a little odd at first but generally the feedback is āfeels like bicycleā. As long as things are straight and trail is in a somewhat normal range the bike is the bike.
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Atmho waxing chains never really required ultrasonics, especially not now that silca strip is out. Like with strip i spend four minutes cleaning the chain once, and then never really clean it again except for an occasional hot water swish.
But maybe i donāt understand peopleās use cases.
Also bars being wider.
The various poopi romance bars are wide and largely have traditional reach numbers.
Pelagoās around 50 trail, so neutral rather than mtb/touring level, so itāll work well front-loaded and should feel pretty quick even with the massive wheelbase. Not a āplowā drop bar bike, but if I wanted that Iād get a Fargo.
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