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F#ck. You rode all that, that smooth, on a hardtail?

On my new bike I have a Deore 12spd derailleur that has some free movement in. With the clutch engaged there is some initial movement before the tension takes over, like there is no clutch on the start of the movement. I believe this is the cause of the remaining drive train noise I can't nail down. I have taken apart the roller partof the clutch to see if anything seems off and even added a bit more tension to shimano torque specs. There is still initial play.

Might this be something with shimano in general or deore in general. I'm not sure if I can fix it or should I just buy an SLX or XT derailleur, or back to Sram.

My only other experience with a clutch derailleur was 11speed GX for the last 3 years, and that one was tensioned all the way through it's movement, and quiet.

I do not recommend Ride Wrap, at least for a fork.

I have cut up many rolls of 3M tape for my frames in the past with good results. I spent close to an hour trying to get one lower leg piece to fit properly. With so many ridges around the arch and dropouts, the curvature of the leg matched with the seemingly intensely precise cut-out I found it impossible to install. The sheet finally became unusable and I threw that thing in the garbage.

If any one wants the rest of my kit for like $40 let me know so I can buy another roll of 3M tape.

2019-present 27.5 Z1 ( missing one leg )

I've used Lordco 3M tape on my last 3 or 4 bikes, before there was any such thing as pre-cut frame protection. I use paper and a ruler to make rough templates where needed.

I can't compare to any pre-cut frame protector but I find It's durable and sheds dirt quite well. There was a time I peeled it off the lowers of my Pike some paint came with it. Depending on your blade an cutting technique the edges may not be precise enough to stop dirt getting just under the edges.

I have a 89-90 Fender Precision Lyte in sunburst from back in the day when I was a young buck, I haven't touched it in over 10 years and might as well sell it. I've googled any for sale to get an idea what I could sell it for and I've only found some old postings from years ago where they were for asking anywhere from $400 to $1200.

Anyone have any knowledge on the value/demand for such a thing. Is there musician community website/forum locally.

Posted by: Xorrox

Posted by: Couch_Surfer

Posted by: Xorrox

All I want is to do is go on a website, find what I need, confirm price, ship/pickup and lead time and order it, all without wasting any time on phone calls with people that don't know what they are talking about or are going to lie to me because they don't actually know.

100% agree.

La Bicycletta seems to have put their inventory online. Was able to order some replacement brake pads for my gravel bike sent to me via Cdn Post (there was an option to save 13$ and go pick up at store).

More bike shops should be doing this. I don't want to drive down to a store for stuff like wear and tear replacement parts like brake pads, cables, housing, derailleur jockey wheels etc...

Yeah, I just found that out as I was looking for a Rockshox digital shock pump 2 weeks ago; bought it from them because they had it available online!  Simple, quick, easy...local pick up in West Van so no shipping.  Will look at what they have online further.

Careful. My first order with them was great, they had what I needed in stock and shipping was reasonable and quick. Second time I ordered some shimano parts, the lead time was supposed to be 7-10 days. After 36 days I cancelled my order. Customer service never reached out to me once to let me know what the delay was.

This was in July/Aug this year

Thanks. Kinetic is going to hook me up with a demo.

Posted by: thaaad

There are plenty of demos, go talk to a Norco dealer and ask them to get in touch with Jason @ Norco about setting one up.

Interesting. Two dealers I went to here said there are no demos. The shops definitely don’t have them and they did not offer any other option. I will try this.

I posted this over on the other site but I’m but looking for some feeback here as well

I’m thinking a 2021 sight but I have two concerns

At 5’10” and coming off a 2017 era medium Devinci will I find the recommended large Sight way too long. Anyone my height on a medium?

Wondering about the performance/feel between the RS Deluxe vs Fox X2.

Unfortunately there have been no demos this summer to test

What I did was buy some long tubular shoelaces. I cut the ends off and slipped a cable through each one like sock, then slid the cables through the frame. I also taped the lace at each end so it wouldn't slide down.

It worked for me.

Posted by: GladePlayboy

Any shop with a Raceface/Fox account can order it in... it is in stock.   Or yeah, Suspensionwerx....

Ok, I'll try that. SW is only open during my working hours.., makes it difficult to get there