These are broken all over Philly, whether by loosening the bolts, cutting it or even popping the cap off and sliding the entire thing off.
i havenāt seen as many lately, but you remember that time they fucked up the torque on the shear nuts on every one of those?
Are Alex Adventure 2s too wide for running 28-32s tubeless?
SQ: a friend of mine just got one of these shipped to her house and wants help putting it together:
I havenāt had to deal with a bike this shitty in a while, what should I bring with me? Iām thinking Allen wrenches, screwdrivers, some combination wrenches? Anything Iām not thinking of?
Bring an adjustable and maybe a pipe wrench if it has a super shitty headset. 9 or 10mm box wernch for brakes. BB might be super shitty too. Could use pin spanners, lockring wrench. Maybe tools for a square taper BB/crank. Also stuff for adjusting hubs.
Anything that spins could be too tight or too lose.
Edit: NOBR AKES so thereās that. Not sure what tools for working on a coaster.
Oh, also screwdrivers. Never know what kinds of fasteners they used.
grease, if youāre feeling generous
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Bring a dumpster, throw it in and set it on fire.
Iāve assembled a few shitty bikes like this for āfriendsā and always end up giving the thing a full overhaul because theyāre super shitty and nothing has grease in it. Then they sit in the garage or back patio for years completely unused before getting stolen or brought to burning man and stolen.
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Yeah this is something Iām a little concerned about
Yeah Iām sure this will not be a rewarding endeavor but I think it would be good for this person to work more regular activity into their life so Iām hoping its a gateway bike but weāll see. I definitely donāt want to be adjusting hubs but not sure Iāll be able not to after laying hands on it
Coaster brake will likely be fine if they ride where itās flat. If it isnāt flat I doubt theyāll ride much because that thing will be horrible to get up hills.
Of all the things I remember needing to adjust when I assembled kids bikes, the coaster usually wasnāt one of them. It was all about headset, hubs, bb.
It would be potentially ridden to a bar tonight that has one (1) hill on the way there and back and Iām already ready for it to get abandoned halfway up on the way home 
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Lol
Lol I doubt thereās a single allen on that bike
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really the kind of person who would buy that bike
doesnāt give a shit whether the hubs are loose / tight / greased as long as it rolls
I would assemble it with the fork facing the correct direction and call it a day
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The problem with shitty bikes is they suck to ride so it usually doesnāt make people want to ride bikes more.
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Tarck, looking for a 27.2 silver/polished zero setback chairpole. Thomson and Igorcorp seem to be the only options.
Does the Grand Cru side-adjust jawn work ok?
Any other options?
Ritchey makes this sweet post. Not ideal for cyclocross mounts or the very heavy, but otherwise itās a time-tested design that works great and is inexpensive.
Iām sure there are more options, but almost everything else you find is going to be a pressed-on head like that shitty Paul seatpost.
Thanks, looked at that but ideally looking for less setback (it is 25mm offset too)
Trying to get rid of this situation
SQ: are you a triathlete?
Nope. I think Iām a weird fit to start but struggling with hip and knee flexibility. I found higher and closer to BB center with shorter cranks is most tolerable for me right now
Whatās wrong with ritchey for cross? I thought having two bolts was a benefit. Itās all Iāve ever had on my cx bikes.