Once I started breaking dropper seatpost remotes flipping the bike, I stopped doing it. Then I realized that Maxle forks and 142 hubs are ridiculously easy to get an axle into with the bike upright and I questioned why I ever flipped the bike in the first place -- probably because I saw my dad do it as a kid.
The front's pretty easy to do upright, but gets knocked over easily, doing even more damage, so I usually do it upside down with something soft like my gloves padding the vulnerable bits. Same reasons for the rear, even though cage lock makes it so easy. I've bent a few rotors enough to rub slightly trying to fit them in there while upright, since I just didn't have enough hands to slacken the chain, pull back the upper pulley, stabilize the frame in the air, and line it up to drop it onto the hub's axle ends.
The front's pretty easy to do upright, but gets knocked over easily, doing even more damage, so I usually do it upside down with something soft...
The front's pretty easy to do upright, but gets knocked over easily, doing even more damage, so I usually do it upside down with something soft like my gloves padding the vulnerable bits. Same reasons for the rear, even though cage lock makes it so easy. I've bent a few rotors enough to rub slightly trying to fit them in there while upright, since I just didn't have enough hands to slacken the chain, pull back the upper pulley, stabilize the frame in the air, and line it up to drop it onto the hub's axle ends.
agreed, tipping over as an issue and even sometimes having to put the fork legs in the dirt before i can get to the wheel has mucked up knobs.
I'm an upside down tailgate mechanic for most all of my repairs especially putting the wheels on. Like Spomer mentioned earlier I also have BMX upbringings, so flipping the bike upside down is how I roll. Gloves and a spare truck floor mat is my bike stand in the parking lot.
The dropper remote goes UNDER your left handlebar where your front shifter used to be anyway (visit a museum if you want to see what THOSE looked like), the rest of the stuff on your handlebars is nothing to worry about...
The dropper remote goes UNDER your left handlebar where your front shifter used to be anyway (visit a museum if you want to see what THOSE...
The dropper remote goes UNDER your left handlebar where your front shifter used to be anyway (visit a museum if you want to see what THOSE looked like), the rest of the stuff on your handlebars is nothing to worry about...
Well said Iceman, but I don't flip my bike over. Nothing sucks worse than flipping your bike over and realize that your brakes hads some air in the lines and having mushy brakes for the rest of the ride.
I usually turn my bike on it's side and then spin the bars around backwards. Then I proceed to drag it about 100' via my back wheel to the flattest spot I can find. Once there, I wipe all of that good for nothing grease of my axle and kick some more dirt and rocks onto both the axle and fork threads. (The dirt really helps keep your front wheel tight btw!) Then I instal the axle and go get pitted!!!
The dropper remote goes UNDER your left handlebar where your front shifter used to be anyway (visit a museum if you want to see what THOSE...
The dropper remote goes UNDER your left handlebar where your front shifter used to be anyway (visit a museum if you want to see what THOSE looked like), the rest of the stuff on your handlebars is nothing to worry about...
True -- I've never run a seatpost lever over the bars -- but an innocent looking trail rock can easily takes care of a seatpost lever, even when it is mounted under the bars. Ask me how I know.
Semi-related question, how do you hang your bike when doing fork servicing? I just stick another fork into the bike, since I have a spare and I only have wall hooks, feedback floor display stands, and my 1 feedback workstand. I figured I'd hook the saddle somewhere, but that only gave me ideas like maybe I'm better off having an A-frame style bike storage area.
If I have the privilege, I hang my bike on a friendly tree branch from my saddle and use that as a ghetto bike stand. But I am still guilty of flipping my bike over on occasion which I really shouldn't do since my reverb remote is on my right hand side ontop of the shifter and brake....
And that's only because punching them in the face is illegal.
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