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The rivnut's weakest point is the flange, and that will only be 1mm thick. Ideally you are looking at a M10 minimum for a pinch bolt, and at the pivot point forces that it will see the 1mm flange wont last long before tearing out against the tension load. Yeah, this is basically the Mister...

Yeah, usually that ends with the threads tearing out of the 5mm or so of meat in the hitch receiver. Plus the bigger issue is all the shrouding around that makes accessing it a pain. Have come across both a hitch pin bolt and thin shims from Mister Hitch for $20 each. Cheap enough to give it a...

Ok, so I have a Rola vertical bike rack which has been going well for quite a while now, but the new car (Toyota) doesn't have a pinch bolt on the tow bar receiver, so it klunks rather concerningly on potholes and speed bumps. Need to figure something out as it freaks everyone out on long trips...

Went to fit up the tyres to the new wheelset and I see that the new formulation of Minion DHF and DHR haven't become any easier to fit to shallow dish wheelsets. Snapped three Parktool tyre levers trying to get them onto the Stans Flow S2s, and then the bloody things still leak anyway...

Pushys are doing some pretty decent pricing on Stans Flow wheels. Debating between a set of those for the Rune, or a set of Elitewheels Carbon things.

Might give it a go again at some point. But for now, tubes are in.

CX bike. I don't find that the 35C tyres have enough air volume to reliably seal punctures.

Thanks for that. Much nicer stress-strain graph than the Wikipedia one that was the first result at lunch.

Very pretty When you ordered them do they come in pairs, or is it one rim per listing?

Mmmmm, thats pretty galling. Ok, longer explanation time. This is a basic Stress-strain curve (stolen shamelessly from Wikipedia) The section of the curve between points 1 and 2 gives an area where most of the deformation will be relaxed when removing the strain from the bolt. However, as it...

Its still TTY, just lower in the plastic deformation zone and therefore they deem any residual strain in the bolt acceptable for a limited cycle period.

Torque plus angle is torque to yield. It’s designed to get the bolt into elastic deformation consistently. As for a spring washer, they aren’t about torque settings per se, but rather about vibration. That said it looks like you have nylocs on the bolts anyway which provides the same...

Bought new wheels, deeper dish. Didnt buy new tubes with longer valve stems...

Yeah, its a Bafang BBS02b kit, with the 48v batterypack from our old family cruiser (Marin Larkspur). The frame mounted rack on the front is pretty weird TBH, makes it feel a LOT longer than it actually is, and gimps me out on steering because it doesnt track with the wheel. Great for cargo...

Not quite an MTB, but i scavenged parts from various MTB upgrades to finish it off: Goes like stink when wound up to 11 as well (but only for very short distances). Gotta find the Maxxis Hookworms in the garage to replace the Kendas, but the M785s have plenty of stopping power for it. Now i...

Cool. Have messaged @Labcanary and will message Keith.

The stereotype is real!

Looking to convert a 15x100 wheelset to 15x110mm, nothing fancy. But all of the suppliers are saying it cannot be done, and that no-one ever does this with hubs (tell that to Hope, Mavic etc). Surely the DT350s are convertible from 15x100 to 15x110 with an accompanying 5mm brake spacer? Or have...

Item: Banshee 27.5" dropout kit Gen 2/3 (bolt up flip chip) Location: Melbourne With MTBDirect no longer listing them, and Missing Link not returning calls, I am searching further afield. Anyone have a dropout kit?

Yeah, its always such a grey area. Just pisses me off when you see people sail on by with an Outback and a Thule 4 flat rack, and then someone with a vertical rack gets pinged. Makes me very uncertain about using any rack at all. Same goes for the interpretation of the overhang rule on camper...