Recent content by ebarker9

I thought someone might find that odd. DT Swiss rear hub ratchet ring removal. The pedaling action is constantly tightening the ring in the hub so they're extremely difficult to remove. The Internet is littered with stories of people breaking vises in auto repair shops, bending breaker bars, etc...

Appreciate the advice. I'm certainly not interested in collector value, I just enjoy cleaning up and using these tools as they were originally intended. My cumulative experience between brazing and welding is approximately 1 hour, but I'm keen to learn and have friends with tons of experience so...

I unfortunately managed to break my Chas Parker 973 swivel vise putting entirely too much force into it doing a bicycle project. Given the location of the crack I'm assuming this is probably a long shot for a repair? I did take the opportunity to track down another Parker vise, this time a...

I just installed some of the NewAge Pro Tall Upper Cabinets and would really like to have 2 shelves in some of them. I knew before purchasing that they do not sell additional shelves (really can't understand why), but I'm wondering if anyone has perhaps come across an alternative from another...

This does raise an important question. Exactly what part is the "very edge of the dog"?

Seems like such a cool product, particularly the externally adjustable base valve.

I'm in a similar position, mechanical engineer who actually did some grad work involving FDM printing quite a few years ago. I thought that it would be fun/useful to have a 3D printer now that they're more consumer friendly, went with a P1S and so far I'm really happy with it.

Really interesting to see the X2 rebuild. Obviously these shocks have a pretty terrible reputation for reliability and I also had a defective Float X from the factory, which is unfortunate because they do perform really well.

Dumb question about the bit sets. I have a bunch of these for working on bicycles, but I mostly use them with a ratchet with a socket adapter, which is a little bit of a hassle. Do people generally use these with a bit ratchet? Something else?

I take these comparisons with a grain of...wax(?) but Muc Off lubricants seem to pretty consistently score near the bottom of any testing that I've seen regarding wear/longevity/friction so your experience perhaps isn't that surprising. https://zerofrictioncycling.com.au/lubetesting/ I'm now...

A lot of people use water in the ultrasonic cleaner and then put the parts to be cleaned in a beaker or Ziploc filled with solvent, then put that container into the ultrasonic bath. That way you only contaminate the liquid in the beaker or Ziploc and don't have to clean the entire ultrasonic.

This is really cool to see. I've done fork lowers service, swapped out air springs and dampers, converted to/from coil, air can service, but never ventured beyond that. The investment in tools and time never quite made sense given the service intervals for dampers and cost to send them out...

Medium travel enduro or trail bike is both pretty easy and pretty challenging, because absolutely everyone makes one and there really aren't any that are "bad" at this point. A lot of it just boils down to what's available locally on the used market or what's carried by local shops if you're...

Whoa, not sure how I missed this thread. I do a lot of mountain biking as well and have just started going off the deep end of collecting nicer tools. Interestingly, I haven't really liked the way that the Nepros T25 socket fits the majority of bolts that I've tried it on, at least in comparison...

Grabbed a bunch of PB Swiss bits, PB Swiss precision screwdriver set, Nepros 1/4" flex head ratchet, and some PB swiss screwdriver handle Torx and hex drivers. Should be nice additions to the home bike tool setup.