return of the forward slammed b17 thread
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i have a townie with a corncob that is on there just so I can run that same super short Dura Ace derailleur
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Parked next to this one at work this morning. I hope you roast their inner bar ends and not my inner bar ends.
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brothers!
dat purple 
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there’s a reason this went out of style if it was ever in style
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Why is this builder so allergic to normal length stems???
Why the wrong sized wheels?
also… why the upside-down King headset?
Hella tukt
Did he switch the cups to be weird?
Upside down King has been a shopbro/scene thing for a long time.
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“It’s good luck.” - me a person that does not believe in luck.
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i do something similarly counter culture by running my cane creek headset slightly off center.
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Better luck would be running a headset that’s a better value for money.
This message is brought to you by Cane Creek Gang 
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I will die on the hill of “a Chris King headset is almost worth it” We change out bearings on all manner of headsets from Cane Creek, WI, FSA, and whatever. I have serviced a headset bearing on a King headset in my own bike all of once in the last 20 years.
When the price went up 30% recently it did make it harder to justify.
This gets into my own theories, but IME, IMO, ATMO, headset bearing death most often comes from the headset being adjusted badly, or if a rider washes their bike with a hose like a careless jerk. Also, if you own and rotate through a bunch of bikes each headset sees way less wear than the single headset on a one bike hero’s bike.
Under those assumptions it’s no surprise that an industry professional’s headset bearings need little service. : p
Sidebar: it never ceases to amaze me how looseygoosey people will ride their headsets and not notice.
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