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

Side lugs have left the chat on that little guy.

I usually run rears into the ground and then swap out the fronts every other time I slap a new rear on..

Ended up with a few old front tire spare assegais laying around so I just decide to install that out back and run it for the wet winter we have been having. All the traction! 2.5 front and rear have the best rolling resistance.

Until I blew up a bearing in my i9 Hydra rear hub. Last month or so I've been running my old stock bottom-the-barrel Shimano rear wheel with a missing spoke a semi-clapped-out DHR2 that has a good size hole in it and sometimes will leak sealant...

Thanks for the reminder I just ordered bearings so I can put the i9 back together. oh and while I was diagnosing the hub apparently I didn't have the cassette just right when I put it back together. Lost part of a Micro Spline.

 

It’s pretty common for little bits of the micro spline to go wayward like that. Zero sleep lost on that one.

 

10 4... appreciate it

 

Someone steal these amazing tires. Sadly I've moved onto gumwall life.

 

Yea buddy. That’s the result of a huge gripe I have with Shimano vs SRAM cassettes. Why in the F*** is shimano still producing cassettes that require individual cogs/spacers to be assembled when clearly sram has figured out how to make one piece assemblies at comparable weights and prices per tier??

 

Anyone use a tailgate pad that fits with the Tacoma? i just bought a Dakine and the handle flap is too high and the middle is too wide

 

my dakine works fine. i had to get the dlx for my 3rd gen to fit the camera though.

i kind of wish it went a little lower to cover the entire tailgate, but whatever

https://www.dakine.com/collections/bike-pickup-pads/products/pickup-pad-dlx?variant=29226835378256

 

Aforementioned Vittoria Mazza pics. Little nubbies in full bloom on the 2.6, still very present on the 2.4 that was on the rear.
Aka, both essentially like new. $60 shipped to the lower 48.

 

I’ll take Em when I get back into town brochacho.

 

Let’s do some horse trading. I need some SS stuff.

 

Holy shit the water’s coming….



For reference, that’s the access tunnel.

 

so. much. water.

 

Utah is in for some flooding once the snowpack starts melting.

 

haha, it already is happening. a street downtown flooded impacting about 100 folks and a street up north in new development got washed out.

 

Dannnggg.... Mother nature is gnarly

 

Just because I am weird, I keep looking at the stem on my bike and it just seems so generic. The bike rides just fine. No complaints but there is always something to tinker with and see, I suppose. I really can't find anything wrong with it, but now it's just in my head. I hate when I do that. Does anyone else do that? Lol. Been looking at a few different ones and I think anodized green would look kind of cool. I was looking at Turbine R35 in lime or Industry Nine A35. Then it's deciding to bring it in closer or leave it at 50mm (stock.) I feel like the bike handles well. But with 800mm bars, the 50mm does seem a tad "big." Always so much to think about. both stems offer a 40mm, which could be a good middle ground. I don't think I'd want to bring it in any closer than that (like a 32mm.)

 

I think that is completely normal haha...I was just looking at those new Burgtec colors for something that's on the way haha. I feel like we are all on TW because we like to change things up so I imagine a lot of people will say the same.

Between those two, I'd go I9, made in USA is always nice.

 

yes this

Green I9 would be solid.

I had that same 50mm stem went to I9 35mm. Honestly, didn't notice a huge difference between the two...Personally, I wouldn't overthink the length but that's just me.

 

but thennn if you go green i9 stem you have to go green i9 hubs..

 

I put the WAO Da Bar kit on my Stumpy. I love the look and feel of that setup. Food for thought, I9 now makes anodized headset spacers so you could make it all match if you go with their kit.