Front mech edition Resources:https://www.sheldonbrown.com/https://www.parktool.com/en-us/blog/repair-helphttps://www.youtube.com/@RJTheBikeGuy/videoshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jx5GcsjMOSsNeutral Support News on Youtubeprevious thread:>>2070403
Front mech?HHHHAHAHAHHAHAHSHSHHSSHAHHAHHAHAHAH! Op you’ve done it again!!!!
Ok here’s a question.How much do tires really matter on a mtb, like would most amateurs be ok on xc tires because they don’t reach the upper limit of grip anyways? Im riding old specialiEd eliminators front and back, will i notice anything putting something with those two-piece aggressive knobs up front?
>>2071974its is 100% dependent on what kind of surface you ride on
my bike fell out of bounds how do i get it back
>>2071983Enable sv_cheats 1, type noclip into the developer console
Why doesnt my bike have as small as possible front sprocket for maximum leverage?
>>2072011YOUR bike doesnt because youre poor. but some bikes do this, usually cargo bikes or hill climbing bikes. but it's usually an incredibly awful experience to pedal them since your legs crank at 8 gorillion rpm but you might not even be putting down enough speed to completely overcome gravity on a steep hill even though you have fucking infinite torque
>finally get around to installing gas motor on bike>bike motor kit chain is too shortFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCKim just mad. i have no questions about it. turns out bike chain is the same pitch but not as wide but the sprokets arent that big either. HOWEVER i have two actual non-bad-faith (but not quite good faith) questionsis 2 stroke sucction sufficient to have a gas tank mounted a little lower than the carb or do i need to find a legit fuel pump and/or have some truly satanic fuel tank arrangement high up on the handlebars or some shitbest rear panniers that can hold more than 25kg on a full sus mtb where at i am willing to pay for this because i can't weld
>>2072011if you don't like it, you can change it, but how easy/cheap/hard it will be depends on the crank you currently have
>>2072063>>>/o/
>>2072011becasue of the axle
>>2072063Please take a picture of your monstrosity
>>2072090noh it is a monstrostity even more delicous and disgusting than the Nintendo Shitcube
>>2072063If the output of the tank is higher than the bowl of the carburetor then you'll be alright without a pump. If the output of the tank is lower, then you'll need a pump, some carburetors have basic throttle actuated pumps that can suck the fuel. Really depends on your setup, post bike
>>2072096>IF PRESSURE EXISTS UR OK LMAOOOOThank you but I was asking if the average sucction of a typical "china doll"* engine is sufficient to not require a primer bulb let alone full fuel pump *is this slang or a brand/spec on its own? I hear it a lot for typical "80"cc engines but can't tell whether it's slang for "Shit-Ass Mail Order Engine Kit" in general or if it refers to a specific manufacturer, design, or worse yet, some kind of actual specification
this fucking ebike is my abused wife and i love her despite all Ship Of Theseus analogies about it. It's a series of tools, not a beloved pigeon I let nut on my hand.local hood rats keep telling me>"You have to stop pouring money into that thing.>original used "model"(a hardtail "mtb" with a conversion kit bought in a fit of Having Places To Be, Nigga), complete thing all in<300$>new whole bike bought from marketplace for the frame alone, wear parts considered extra75$>fuckton of tubes31$>fuckton of spokes28$>crimping tool and terminals30$ (kit with terminals not yet exhausted)>spare wire and ancillamy own time in salvage operations>rear pannier to re-mount for the battery for a full suspension25$ (it failed)>random mouting hardwaremaybe actually like 50$ worth, honestly a lot but i havent exhausted all of it but more than the value of the frame its on went into random nuts and bolts in a big case>new bag to carry controller and wiring harness in4$>laborlaborI would like to yell at and cry on someone in charge. Why is it that when I have all these problems, it's somehow a very personal issue, despite everyone else all the time having nothing but mechanical and electrical problems with everything they own too!? I know for a fact that I am not unique in having problems, and my problems are not new and not striking. I have at least a vague understanding of what I have to do, but I'm deeply frustrated. Literally, I am frustrated, in that my advance has been stopped, I can't do something I wanted to do. Many people are frustrated. At least my stuff has been cheap, and I've kept it going for at least a little bit on what little I can fix with my paltry tools.I wanna cry and yell too!
Even the fucking shitty two-stroke kit I ordered isn't quite right. I knew it wouldn't be, but the reality set in. The chain included is too short, the angle of the chain even using a standard bike chain instead of 415 makes it ride against its own mounting, I have nowhere easy to mount the CDI box without cutting and splicing some cables, and I am even out of room on the handlebars to have two sets of brakes, two throttles, a clutch, and other controls. I'd say I'm tired of that kind of challenge, but I'm not. I'm tired of everything going wrong all the time having crisis after crisis requiring I do bodge job ready-to-fail nonsense all the time
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just got a new bike and am assembling it myself. i was gonna order some park poly lube , but i've already got Super Lube on hand. how does it compare? is there anything particularly special about poly lube?
>>2072126It's shit. You need to order Park.
>>2071985underated post
>>2072126For something that is so shit to do as packing hubs with grease you want to do it as little as possible and do it right the first time. Get park.
>>2072063If crackheads can do it anon, im sure you canAlso, youll need to tune everything properly with the carb, bakcpressure included, and due to it being 2 smoke, youll need to emphasize that midpiple being obtuse and wide for sound optimizationAnd yes you need sound for a 2smoke, hence the whirly bird pipusYou should also just buy a 4stroke minimoto and stop being a crackhead
>>2072063>best rear panniers that can hold more than 25kg on a full sus mtbthere are no panniers that can hold 25kg and never will be
>>2072138>You should also just buy a 4stroke minimotothey are too small
