Bah, don't flatter yourself. Everyone knows that story.Because they are so much fun! There was this time in Thailand me and a friend were...
Oh wait, hang on, better not get myself banned!
Well, after many years, I think from this afternoon I can finally say that I'm part of the club!!
So, it's lowers service time for the X-Fusions, and the absolute BEST thing I've found for Foam Wiper lubrication is the little bit of liquid you get in an almost empty tub to Slicko after it's been in the sun for a while (same as Slick Honey). Alas, my tub of Slicko is pretty new, so is packed full of grease, too much for separation to occur.
No worries I reckon! I'll just chuck a tea-spoon of Slicko in a very small ceramic container (think Creme Brulee dish) and put it in then oven. Surely at 80deg, nothing bad can happen.
So, in it goes and out to the shed I go to remove the lowers and get started. Come back in 10 minutes later to a certain synthetic kinda smell in the kitchen, and an oven with a cute little camp fire in it!!
Shit!
I grab the tongs, put the fan on super high and get that thing outta there! Now I figured that water would be a terribly explosive idea with boiling and on fire grease - I had a little "make my own candle" experiment explode when I was kid (hang on... I obviously didn't learn then!), so as I go to move the container into the sink to then get some dirt from outside to extinguish it...
Uh oh, dropped it into the sink and FIRE FUCKING EVERYWHERE! Detergent bottles melted, soap bottle melted, chopping board melted... Anyway, you get the idea...
Never thought I'd actually HAVE to use the fire extinguisher in the cupboard... But there you go!
Needless to say, the fork seals have now been soaked in 5wt and I'll make sure I keep a MUCH closer eye on things next time. I get the feeling, in hindsight, that the top shelf of the oven was perhaps a bit too hot... Maybe the lower shelf...
What's the worst than could happen! :O
Zero to RB Hero in just one post...fuck I laughed.Well, after many years, I think from this afternoon I can finally say that I'm part of the club!!
So, it's lowers service time for the X-Fusions, and the absolute BEST thing I've found for Foam Wiper lubrication is the little bit of liquid you get in an almost empty tub to Slicko after it's been in the sun for a while (same as Slick Honey). Alas, my tub of Slicko is pretty new, so is packed full of grease, too much for separation to occur.
No worries I reckon! I'll just chuck a tea-spoon of Slicko in a very small ceramic container (think Creme Brulee dish) and put it in then oven. Surely at 80deg, nothing bad can happen.
So, in it goes and out to the shed I go to remove the lowers and get started. Come back in 10 minutes later to a certain synthetic kinda smell in the kitchen, and an oven with a cute little camp fire in it!!
Shit!
I grab the tongs, put the fan on super high and get that thing outta there! Now I figured that water would be a terribly explosive idea with boiling and on fire grease - I had a little "make my own candle" experiment explode when I was kid (hang on... I obviously didn't learn then!), so as I go to move the container into the sink to then get some dirt from outside to extinguish it...
Uh oh, dropped it into the sink and FIRE FUCKING EVERYWHERE! Detergent bottles melted, soap bottle melted, chopping board melted... Anyway, you get the idea...
Never thought I'd actually HAVE to use the fire extinguisher in the cupboard... But there you go!
Needless to say, the fork seals have now been soaked in 5wt and I'll make sure I keep a MUCH closer eye on things next time. I get the feeling, in hindsight, that the top shelf of the oven was perhaps a bit too hot... Maybe the lower shelf...
What's the worst than could happen! :O
I kinda knew that was coming but didn’t want to read it but couldn’t help myselfWas loading the bike up yesterday for a ride and when I lifted it the front wheel spun a little and I heard a "ting" from the rotor fouling the caliper. I'll be stuffed if I'm listening to that for two hours so I lifted the front wheel for a better listen/look and spun the wheel.
I'm not sure what my brain was thinking when it sent my hand down towards the rotor to feel what I could hear and see, but send it down I did. The ting ting ting was suddenly stopped and replaced with some colourful language as I splattered blood all over the bike from the new slice in my thumb. Yep, confirmed what most people inherently know - don't stop a moving rotor by sticking an appendage between the rotor and the caliper.
...my brain is a dickhead
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Bikes blooded now, will you call it Christine?Was loading the bike up yesterday for a ride and when I lifted it the front wheel spun a little and I heard a "ting" from the rotor fouling the caliper. I'll be stuffed if I'm listening to that for two hours so I lifted the front wheel for a better listen/look and spun the wheel.
I'm not sure what my brain was thinking when it sent my hand down towards the rotor to feel what I could hear and see, but send it down I did. The ting ting ting was suddenly stopped and replaced with some colourful language as I splattered blood all over the bike from the new slice in my thumb. Yep, confirmed what most people inherently know - don't stop a moving rotor by sticking an appendage between the rotor and the caliper.
...my brain is a dickhead
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Bikes blooded now, will you call it Christine?
So much ouch with that one!Was loading the bike up yesterday for a ride and when I lifted it the front wheel spun a little and I heard a "ting" from the rotor fouling the caliper. I'll be stuffed if I'm listening to that for two hours so I lifted the front wheel for a better listen/look and spun the wheel.
I'm not sure what my brain was thinking when it sent my hand down towards the rotor to feel what I could hear and see, but send it down I did. The ting ting ting was suddenly stopped and replaced with some colourful language as I splattered blood all over the bike from the new slice in my thumb. Yep, confirmed what most people inherently know - don't stop a moving rotor by sticking an appendage between the rotor and the caliper.
...my brain is a dickhead
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Stumpy, was it a left or right brain failure?Was loading the bike up yesterday for a ride and when I lifted it the front wheel spun a little and I heard a "ting" from the rotor fouling the caliper. I'll be stuffed if I'm listening to that for two hours so I lifted the front wheel for a better listen/look and spun the wheel.
I'm not sure what my brain was thinking when it sent my hand down towards the rotor to feel what I could hear and see, but send it down I did. The ting ting ting was suddenly stopped and replaced with some colourful language as I splattered blood all over the bike from the new slice in my thumb. Yep, confirmed what most people inherently know - don't stop a moving rotor by sticking an appendage between the rotor and the caliper.
...my brain is a dickhead
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Yup, still tingly and slightly numb. Two big slices through the width of my thumb and a nice dent in my thumbnail.So much ouch with that one!
Between the two sides they couldn't stop me sticking my thumb in a place a thumb shouldn't go, I'd call them both failures.Stumpy, was it a left or right brain failure?