The Duckmeister
Has a juicy midrange
Er, no. The spline pattern takes care of that.
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moorey
call me Mia
I new you wouldn’t understand.
DMan
shawly the least hangeriest guy on rotorburn
I'm just so not with it. No wonder my 9yo daughter loves telling me I'm nearly half a 100 years old.
Tim_the_Clyde
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Isn't the shimano spline sort of symmetrical? Large spline at the bottom opposite large opening at the top?
I think they were once shipped like in the second image, 180° in the box, or i got some second hand that way?
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pink poodle
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Shimano spline is cut so the crank arm will only fit on in the correct position. This sets them apart from most other spline cranks. A spline with a small number of teeth (like truvativ holzfeller) is really obvious when you get it out of line, but a bmx style crank with a 48t spline can be a little testing.
leitch
Feelin' a bit rrranty
Swapping a new M8120 caliper onto the front of the bike... Got everything connected, set up the bleed syringe and funnel, all good. Started trying to bleed up from the caliper, couldn't get fluid in. Hm. Odd. Double check the bleed nipple is open, try again. Still not. Confused. Recheck everything, make sure syringe is clear and funnel isn't blocked. Try again. NO!? WTF?
Oh. Funnel is on the wrong lever.
Oh. Funnel is on the wrong lever.
pink poodle
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That is such a good feeling.Swapping a new M8120 caliper onto the front of the bike... Got everything connected, set up the bleed syringe and funnel, all good. Started trying to bleed up from the caliper, couldn't get fluid in. Hm. Odd. Double check the bleed nipple is open, try again. Still not. Confused. Recheck everything, make sure syringe is clear and funnel isn't blocked. Try again. NO!? WTF?
Oh. Funnel is on the wrong lever.
DMan
shawly the least hangeriest guy on rotorburn
Who needs the rear brake anyway!
moorey
call me Mia
Damn straight. Was planning that OTB anyway.
The Duckmeister
Has a juicy midrange
There are two wider splines to align the left crank, but it means you can only put it on at 180 or 0 degrees, not anywhere in between. The little "safety" tab ain't going to help if you can't tell the two arm are pointing the same way....!
Anyway, as I said earlier, they made the two-piece design (not all are Hollowtech) for two or three years before some (probably American) ambulance-chasing lawyer made them add it.
Tim_the_Clyde
Likes Dirt
Hence the joke about f&@kwits!
On a serious note. Horrible crash at the Scott 24hr when a bloke lost a crank arm at full tilt on bitumen....that piece of plastic wouldn’t have saved him
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The Duckmeister
Has a juicy midrange
Yeah, that's exactly why I deride the "safety" claim for the thing - it's so pathetic it's basically pointless.
pink poodle
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He may have been accounting for an asymmetry in his body? Or realigned for the power stroke? He is living in the future
yuley95
soft-arse Yuley is on the lifts again
Or testing a new triangular chain ring with triple offset power zones
Coopz
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I spent a good hour or 2 yesterday giving my bike a thorough clean. Wheels off, chain, frame, pretty much every nut n Bolt. Bike came up mint. Took it for a test ride around the block and cut through a park. I noticed my tyres were still dirty so I brainlessly chose to ride it through some wet grass to clean them, good idea, the grass was soaked, mud and shit was thrown all over the bike and me. Got home and facepalmed that the bike was in much worse condition than before I cleaned it...
pink poodle
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What if he has moved into the third dimension and no longer pedals on a linear X/Y axis?
beeb
Dr. Beebenson, PhD HA, ST, Offset (hons)
Plankosaurus
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Swapping a new M8120 caliper onto the front of the bike... Got everything connected, set up the bleed syringe and funnel, all good. Started trying to bleed up from the caliper, couldn't get fluid in. Hm. Odd. Double check the bleed nipple is open, try again. Still not. Confused. Recheck everything, make sure syringe is clear and funnel isn't blocked. Try again. NO!? WTF?
Oh. Funnel is on the wrong lever.
This is why I can't have brakes that use dot fluid. You swear MUCH louder when you spray dot fluid everywhere
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