All Things Bikes and Tacos! (...and every vehicle imaginable)

How can you tell if a bikes suspension geo is linear or progressive?
My trek slash in particular

 

That is SWEET. What were they using this trailer for? Overnight Guided trips, protected shuttles?

 

whoa!

 

Just found this thread. I love to see fellow Tacoma bike owners.
Did a little ride in the forest preserve close to my house last weekend:

 

one of us. one of us. one of us.

 

Gang gang bradda

 

New Fox 34 came in last night, chomping at the bit to get home and get it installed on the Chameleon. That bike will look like a bag of tropical skittles.

 

do you have a star nut installer?

my for got delivered like 5 min ago but im at work :/

dont have the start nut installer and not sure if i can swap the race over

 

I do. I use the Jenson USA tool, its cheap and I like it more than some of the nicer ones. It slips over the steer tube and guides the tool/star nut so you can be negligent when installing it.

 

You can also make one in a pinch out of a deep socket and M6 bolt and nut through the square drive hole.

 

Normally I like to garage hack some jobs. Unfortunately I’ve personally set two starnuts cockeyed using ‘work around’ set ups. Caused me more headaches to correct than it should have.

Long story short, sometimes the proper tool is more betterer. The $15 jenson tool @Dr. Doom Says referenced is now in my toolbox.

 

if i weren't in such a rush id order it. my race is saturday and Amazon says the soonest i can get any tool is friday

fingers crossed one of the shops around me can set/has a star nut for me

 

I agree, and I have since bought the same Jenson tool. But when you have a new fork on the bench, and the tool is backordered, reason sometimes goes out the window.

 

Oh my bad. I missed the timeliness portion.

If a local shop can’t help you out with something that basic they need to close up shop. If they charge you, anything more than ~$10 would just be wrong of them.

 

I still set the crown race with pvc pipe though.

 

They should have one and be able to install it. Check the box though, all of my forks have come with one in the bits and bobs accessory bag, just a matter of setting it to depth.

 

Yeah. I agree with @backcountryj . the shop can literally set it for you in less than 15 seconds. or you can ask to borrow the tool and pay them a few bucks for borrowing it on the spot.

I mean, I've gone to shops on trips and they were like, "we can't get to your derailleur hanger". and I just said, "I knwo what I'm doing. can I just borrow the straightener?" and they were cool with it. i dropped a fiver and they were happy. I was happy.

 

im gonna give that a shot this evening. dip outta work a bit early, hit the shop near my house with cash in hand

 

I started with a similar bike. I used it for a year before upgrading. If you end up riding a lot you will outgrow it quickly.

with that said it’s not a bad first bike.