bowl resin feels like the most OG shopbro move anyway
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spoke prep is good. for a while i would drip some purple loctite in between getting the nipples all down to where the wrench flats got to the end of the threads. you kinda need to finish building it that day and it can be a pain if you live somewhere very salty, but that did well by me
I use rock n roll nipple cream and it seems to work great.
I’ll never forget bowl resin nipple prep, thank you.
I think I’ve used the appropriate loctite most.
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been using boiled linseed oil for years. and it smells nice
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I have my little bucket of drivetrain grease sitting by whenever I build a wheelset.
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Purple loctite in the nip ends helps if a wheel is cursed and nds spokes are coming loose. Anything more is IME just a version of too much. I did try blue loctite on the whole threads once for experimental purposes. It’s comically too much, that nipple is probably still glued on the spoke somewhere.
that said, I also got some boiled linseed oil like Igor and it’s nice too.
I’ve been on the Stan’s spoke powder and Sapim secure lock nipples for at least the last 5 years now.
This is what I like for myself & customer wheels. I used linseed oil in the past and i like the spoke powder better. It feels less gummy.
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huh- didn’t know about that. seems like spoke prep but you don’t have to be as methodical and wait for it to dry?
My brain inserted that, the Dracula flow is seeping out
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Someone here does refer to it as the “spoke coke”.
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Need a replacement fork for a Specialized AWOL - I think it’s 405 mm AC and 50 mm offset. How exact should I look to match? From what I can tell a Kona Rove or Soma Wolverine would make a good replacement.
stolen revel saga is coming to an uneventful whisper fart of a finale.
paypal says i can have my money back if i send the bike back to original ebay seller. i tell original owner this and inquired about him really wanting it back in its slightly damaged state and if he received any sort of insurance payout for it. he says he did get a payout, doesnt want the bike back and would prefer i not send the bike back to the original owner. i tend to agree, i dont like the idea of the ebay seller having this bike back and i feel like i minimized his profit in this process. plus i would have to pay return shipping which would further my butthurt.
so in the end, i should have probably thought about every step of this saga longer than nine seconds before proceeding. dealing with this along with building this stupid fucking bike for pit viper has made my time recently feel absolutely worthless. live and learn i suppose but jesus christ me get your life together.
so yeah, keeping stolen ti bike, stolen ti bike is now my ti bike, if you are looking for a screamin deal on a previously stolen ti bike with sram transmission and no front end holler at your boy.
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What’s up with these Nightrider lights? I can’t get them to turn on after sitting for a while.
I keep seeing a thing about getting them out of a mode by holding the power on switch but is that the red indicator on the battery or the red button on the remote or the red button on the light?
edit: supernova said its fine and don’t hook both (+) wires up because you’ll get the brake light blinding brightness but you’ll burn out the LEDs.
Anyone have experience with Supernova lights?
I see this older taillight on ebay. It has an extra power wire that is supposed to be hooked up to a brake sensor that you attach to your brakes. I’m not messing with that. I’m wondering if this light can be run without that feature.
It’s alive! Looks like one battery is bad
This one actually has red/blue strobes so I can pull people over!
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Update to spoke prep; I used some Phil’s Tenacious Oil. Seems to have worked just fine.
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I couldn’t find the broken bikes thread but I guess this is more pre-broken. Cleaned my Trance today and found this at the TT/ST weld:
Under normal illumination:
With flash:
The scraped away parts I just picked at with my fingernail. This bike lives in a basement that has a bit higher than ambient humidity but it’s never wet. Wondering if this is in any way my fault or if I should try and get the frame warrantied.
I carry this bike on its wheels on a hitch rack. I’ve never had a bag or anything that touches this area.
warranty 
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