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[jamo]

hey guys, ive just bought a new bike and every time i turn a corner the handle bars with the stem thingy keep on moving to the side. i dont know hwo to fix this? also how much air should i put in my tyres. i pumped them up at the servo and i stopped when it said 65 psi. is that the right amount of air for downhilling?

 

[oz-freerider]

HELL NO run way less i run about 25 psi for dh if not less.

 

[S.]

ahahahahahahaha

 

[Scott]

i must admit i actually laughed out loud when i read this....

 

[oz-freerider]

oh and that can be bad for your rim running that much presure i think (socket you should know this one)

 

[jamo]

i dont really knwo much about bikes.

why laugh jsut because i dont knwo anything?

if i have anymore questions i will ask you guys.


by the way whats a shimano?

 

[sxereturn]

You blew it asking what a Shimano was. If you hadn't asked that, it may have been slightly believable.

 

[Rik]

oh and that can be bad for your rim running that much presure i think (socket you should know this one)

:?:

I'm running anywhere between 110 and 30psi on my MTB rims, and back in the days of track racing 150psi wasn't uncommon. I'd go as far as saying running low pressure has the potential to do more damage (dings etc)

 

[naz]

TIGHTEN UR HEADSET...undo the bolts on ur stem make sure the stem is straight...then tighten the bolt on top of ur stem then do up ur stem again...

 

[Rik]

troll troll troll your post
gently up the forum
stupidly stupidly stupidly stupidly
dumb as you can be

 

[jamo]

is there no harm in asking why and what is that/this. you guys seem to help everyone else out, i dont know a lot about bikes. i knew shimano was a brand, i aint that dumb, but ive heard the term being used at granton on sunday.

 

[Rik]

In what context?

 

[S.]

In what context?

What's a Maxxis? It's a tyre (that would be a logical response)... so he asks "what's a Shimano?"

 

[wombat]

oh and that can be bad for your rim running that much presure i think (socket you should know this one)

I can't see how it'll hurt the rim, however running excessive pressures in tyres that aren't designed for it can cause problems; but we're talking pretty high pressures or pretty shit tyres.

 

[Guest]

ill be the nice guy here.

Flatten your tyres as josh said to 25 i run mine at 30 but 5 psi isnt that much of a difference its personal preference as is everything in bikes

Tightening the stem. There should be one bolt on top of the stem and two on the side(s). undo all the bolts(3) and tighten the top one up first. Then after you have done that proceed to tightening the two side ones up evenly.

Shimano is a brand of mtb components. They make deraliours wheels (spokes)? brakes and basically anything you can think of except frames

 

[Darkness]

by the way whats a shimano?

oh man. no offence but never write something like that on this forum again.just a word of advice.

 

[curtisrider]

by the way whats a shimano?

oh man. no offence but never write something like that on this forum again.just a word of advice.

leave him alone, cant somebody ask a question?

 

[Darkness]

sorry. id didnt mean it in offence. soz jamo

 

[Bender is CRAZY]

Jamo don't worry, when i first joined i lost a lot of dignity cos i didn't know crap, just ask the question and you soon start to know heaps about your bike...maybe you will be able to write essays on floating disks like socket!

 

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