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Was this when you were working for the components manufacturer with a(n internet) reputation for being unable to make reliable FDs? -- guy with four drivetrains from that company, with two reliable FDs, and a single 1x bike.

I don't live in goathead territory, ... So I wasn't aware goatheads have a season... but I do live in Miller High Life and Olde English territory so the recent work trip (to goathead AND Dos Equis territory) I took my bike along for, tubeless was appreciated to just keep riding in and deal...

@mhejl, I'm with you on the curmudgeon side... My natural inclination is "what I already have as worked for .... x. ... years, why do I need XYZ improvement?" -- I'm on discs now, 36mms and tubeless for my commuter/#1 bike... The discs are inherently better performing, but cantis never...

They don't need to buy the cow, he's doing it for us. (Reformed Volvo owner, not quite wanting to repeat the experience, but it sure looks appealing from Gregor's photos).

I'm so glad you were able to keep improve that Packard. My rehearsal dinner was at the Packard Museum. Not because I'm a car guy, but because fully restored, or perfect patina'd cars make for a great atmosphere. Oh, and it was a heckuva a party.

Dog wash / bike wash / car wash and rough duty shower can all basically be the same device/station as long as the floor slopes the right way.

Holy smokes. I. had forgotten about this thread some long time ago. I last read somewhere near page 3 or 4.... The repurposing of such a large utilitarian structure into a such a grand utilitarian, and fresh, structure has been an amazing thread to catch up on. Your woodworking abilities...

Its "the garage." A DETACHED garage. Because I live in a mid-1920s brick center hall colonial. The corner lots in my neighborhood often have attached garages, but they're predominantly 10 or 15 years "less old." I haven't gotten an automobile in there since last summer when a hail storm...

Shoot, I thread-dredged through the googles... Its ALL MY FAULT. :dunno: "Self, 2015KJDHAWKHILL," I should have said to myself, "remember not to post on this thread in 2023..." I stand by earlier comments that 9mm isn't a size that should be skipped in a 12 wrench set... or whatever size.

Me: You're talking about cars, right? (replying to someone else, right?) I can't find any reference to Sram or Shimano bleeding requiring a 9 or 11 anything... And fronts and rears are almost always identical, in my experience (other than MTB rotor size). But brake bleeds are one of only...

This isn't exactly a department store bike, but it is a 1x7 with gripshift with 20" wheels... I'm sure it retailed for way more than anything we'd find in a Walmart or Target, but saving money on what the spec-sheet basically said was a "going to break it part" probably was still right call...

Uh, just checking in here, having scoured my avatar box, my bike tool box, and the general junk drawers... And this happened to be the first google response: I realized that I don't have the proper wrench to loosen the cable-clamp bolt on my kid's rear derailleur... All through the SAE...

Nothing about that rim screams "traumatic incident" to me... It could just be an old, poorly tensioned wheel, like the first rear wheel I built. Go down the rabbit hole. Start building your own wheels. Tear that rim off, get new *******... (Beavis grunt, Butthead chortle)... A good bike...

Ugh. I had three weeks scheduled off in December, and could have taken all three weeks, but the work world would have "burned." So I agreed to a bunch of "half" days. Which quickly became 1/2-3/4 in-office days, with enough hours at home to become more than a full day. Grand scheme of things...

Never tried Cush cores. But I'm 95% of time on a CX bike and people just started using them in the gravel world two, maybe three years ago. Not worth my hassle at this point in my life, but if they came installed on my next wheel set I'd be curious. (Both my "MTBs" still have QR levers, so...

Sure, but you still elbow-greased the hell out of it. I'm too soft for that in my current life-stage.

Your labors have turned that building into a "rustic" masterpiece. I'm jealous of the end product, but don't have the time, talents or patience to put in your volume of elbow-grease. Congratulations.

I had more than a handful of frogs growing up, and while the dwarf aquatic frogs are fun, the full-sized ones can be fun, too. My spouse wants no part of additional pets in the house, and I'm okay with it, but my own nostalgia says I should get the kids some fish or amphibians, because you...

Yeah, there was a traumatic incident somewhere, that I was not party to, otherwise I'd have conducted a WAY more serious inspection. The split cable and housing were actually routed so wrong that it had to be a total yard sale... And gripshifters have always been... not as nice as my...

I just had my boys out on their 20" bikes in the midwestern January mud and slop. #2 couldn't get consistent shifting. Lets just say your housing is near mint compared to his cable and housing. Because, you know, the 100% frayed cable shouldn't be visible mid-cable-run. *Adds full MTB cable...