yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Off-topic] watt9493:
That's a long time to have a bike. Mine is 5 years old, 2 of which I have owned it. It already needs bearings all around. :eek:

Sent from outer space on PuRe SpEed
[Off-topic] vmiguel:
My last Saturday: 195km on my bike. :D

A pilgrimage from Lisbon to Fátima, by Caminho do Tejo, with 4 friends. We did 35km more to Entroncamento, to get a train back to Lisbon.

A GREAT way to spend a Saturday. :D
[Off-topic] boborone:
Badass man. Good job!

-Figured i needed a signature for my phone. This is it......
[Off-topic] KennyJoe69:
I have done tons of maintenance. I cracked the rear rim and replaced it with a much better one. I actually wore out the front derailed and wound up replacing the whole drive train to Shimano LX, including dual action shelters! Guess my bike now qualifies as custom.
[Off-topic] vmiguel:
Keep hydrated! :p
[Off-topic] watt9493:
Haha. My bike has no more fit bike co. parts on it. Its all animal, odyssey, and alienation. :)

Sent from outer space on PuRe SpEed
[Off-topic] KennyJoe69:
Crack my skull 4 years ago. Had a concussion for 6 months. Helmets are worth it. My 2 cents.
[Off-topic] newter55:
When my kids ride with me they complain about having to wear a helmet, sayin they don't look cool. I remind them that riding in a wheelchair won't look too cool either.
[Off-topic] KennyJoe69:
Good call.
[Off-topic] watt9493:
Idk. I've been doing what I'm doing (bmx) since I could walk. I have really good balance and have good ears for cars and stuff.

Please lengthen your message to at least 10 characters
[Off-topic] KennyJoe69:
Never trust the cars. Survival skills 101.
[Off-topic] boborone:
Anybody see the cracked story about bike helmets? Brought up a bunch of good points against them. I'll post it next time I'm at my computer.

-Figured i needed a signature for my phone. This is it......
[Off-topic] PeartFan40:
:confused::confused::confused:

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice"
[Off-topic] thelowend:
I think i saw it over there!!
[Off-topic] paleh0rse:
Christmas came early for me this year!

http://db.tt/OCdBcl4W

Stans Arch 29er rims laced to Hadley XC hubs, DT comp spokes, red nips. Good times! :D
[Off-topic] shanman-2:
Think i saw a troll take it under the bridge...

The lost bike that is
[Off-topic] thelowend:
Riding is much more comfy after making adjustments. I definitely need a new saddle though.
[Off-topic] boborone:
Dude the ones that come with a bike are the worst. My first tweaks are all ways grips and saddle.
[Off-topic] thelowend:
The tape on this one is surprisingly comfy compared to the others I've ridden. I have a really plush saddle somewhere in my garage.
[Off-topic] shanman-2:
Had to put my gloves on this week, bugger!!
[Off-topic] bord1er1:
I have a unicycle does that count? lol

Sent from my HTC Sensation
[Off-topic] boborone:
Seriously? You get banned and you come back in here to troll.
[Off-topic] bord1er1:
You mad bro?

Sent from my HTC Sensation
[Off-topic] boborone:
Nah bro

Cause..........

[YOUTUBE]Muj26g3eugU[/YOUTUBE]
[Off-topic] bord1er1:
I love dirt nasty he's the ****

Sent from my HTC Sensation
[Off-topic] trell959:
Lol junior member.
[Off-topic] bord1er1:
And??? That has nothing to do with anything??? Hahaha

Sent from my HTC Sensation

---------- Post added at 06:38 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:35 PM ----------

I don't want any trouble guys I just made a joke at first and you got mad so ima stop before you guys tell

Sent from my HTC Sensation
[Off-topic] boborone:
Says noob you do, hmm yes
[Off-topic] PeartFan40:
I think it's a bit too late for that. If you've been banned, you shouldn't be back on here under another name. We don't ask for much from our members, except to follow the rules, be courteous, respectful, and helpful, when you can. Being disruptive will only work against you. :rolleyes:

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice"

http://xdaforums.com/announcement.php?a=81
[Off-topic] boborone:
Ahhh ok now that's wrong. I'm digging the new FSM color. Purple is my favorite. Hmmmmmm..........
[Off-topic] bord1er1:
I didn't do anything all I said was I had a unicycle that's it????

Sent from my HTC Sensation
[Off-topic] PeartFan40:
If you were banned, and created another account, that is wrong.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice"

http://xdaforums.com/announcement.php?a=81
[Off-topic] bord1er1:
You're just beating around the bush I didn't do anything wrong

Sent from my HTC Sensation
[Off-topic] boborone:
Just wait till you get stoned/drunk again and go on another racist/bigot/religious/weed/drug rant. Plus you're the type of troll not liked. The kind that pisses people off on the device forums cause you're a ****. Not the fun loving kind we have in OT who just want to have fun.
[Off-topic] bord1er1:
Hahah wooow woooow watch you're mouth I didn't say anything man

You must be mad bro

Sent from my HTC Sensation
[Off-topic] boborone:
Nope, not at all. Just can't wait to see you get kicked again.
[Off-topic] bord1er1:
Alrightyyyy then idk why I would when I didn't do anything?? But ok

Sent from my HTC Sensation
[Off-topic] boborone:
Not yet. And a ban is a ban. You shouldn't be here anyways.
[Off-topic] bord1er1:
I just wanted pointers on my unicycle! Damm man

Sent from my HTC Sensation
[Off-topic] thelowend:
Well anyways...I'm already approaching 100 miles and completed a 35 mile ride last weekend. Going for 40 this Saturday. I think cycling is for me!
[Off-topic] boborone:
[YOUTUBE]UG9I752Mmdk[/YOUTUBE]
[Off-topic] PeartFan40:
Time to put an end to this.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice"

http://xdaforums.com/announcement.php?a=81
[Off-topic] bord1er1:
Dude its been done

Sent from my HTC Sensation
[Off-topic] paleh0rse:
I almost chopped off the tip of my finger last night messing with my brake disk while the wheel was spinning.... OUUUUUCH! :(

Thing started squirting blood everywhere like a lawn sprinkler, and I got seriously light-headed.

I'll try to get a nice gory photo the next time I take the bandage off to clean it... Good times!
[Off-topic] PeartFan40:
It is now. Please refrain from creating additional accounts.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice"

http://xdaforums.com/announcement.php?a=81
[Off-topic] PeartFan40:
Ouchies! I guess you'll know better than to work on the brakes while the wheel is moving. :p

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice"

http://xdaforums.com/announcement.php?a=81
[Off-topic] thelowend:
MY hand hurts now.
[Off-topic] paleh0rse:
Turns out the bone stopped the disk from going all the way through the finger... DOH! :D

The good news is that I successfully mounted my tires tubeless on my new wheels today and they're both holding air perfectly, so there's that... LOL
[Off-topic] PeartFan40:
Are you doing a lot of riding with low tire pressure?

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice"

http://xdaforums.com/announcement.php?a=81
[Off-topic] thelowend:
You can do that with tubeless tires? I would think you'd do the opposite (very high pressure)

Went over a nasty, nasty pothole and I instantly flattened my front tire. Tire looks OK but I'm definitely going to need a new tube.
[Off-topic] PeartFan40:
A lot of people think that, just the opposite. The main benefit of tubeless is the ability to run extremely low tire pressure (below 20lbs) without pinch flats (no tubes=no pinches).The downside is the tire can "burp", and when that happens, you're SOL in most cases. Unless you carry sealant around with you. My friends and co-workers bust my balls because I still run traditional tube tires. I have no use for tableless, so wth have it? lol.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice"

http://xdaforums.com/announcement.php?a=81
[Off-topic] boborone:
Anybody ride with a bike mount for the phone?

This one is for my phone

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1557398

Wondering if anybody does and what you use? My camelbak has a perfect pocket for my phone for music, but GPS would be kinda, but it defeats the purpose of why I like to ride. Make own trail.
[Off-topic] PeartFan40:
SpinSkins or Snake Skins are good for that. Or, you can always steer around the pothole. :D;):p

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice"

http://xdaforums.com/announcement.php?a=81
[Off-topic] PeartFan40:
Check this out. It's heavy duty and waterproof. $30 can't beat it, consideredng it was originally $80.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0076B4M1Y

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice"

http://xdaforums.com/announcement.php?a=81
[Off-topic] PeartFan40:
You can stop waiting. ;)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice"

http://xdaforums.com/announcement.php?a=81
[Off-topic] thelowend:
I definitely want to grab a mount for my Nexus...sometimes I go through rural neighborhoods and truly have no idea where I'm going... and being able to see my current mph would be nice.

Found this awesomely inspiring blog post.

http://ernestgagnon.blogspot.com/2011/01/spandexplanation-my-spandex-theory.html?m=1

I am definitely not going to cover up my spandex tomorrow morning! Woo
[Off-topic] PeartFan40:
Getting lost is half the ride man! :D

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice"

http://xdaforums.com/announcement.php?a=81
[Off-topic] PeartFan40:
Hey BoBo, are you going to get that heavy duty mount?

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice"

http://xdaforums.com/announcement.php?a=81
[Off-topic] boborone:
I might in a couple weeks. Still considering if I want one all together.
[Off-topic] paleh0rse:
Not extremely low, but low enough. With tubes, I was running them at 27F and 28.5R, while tubeless I'm now at 24/25 respectively. I may try to test it even lower AFTER this Sunday's race... ;)
[Off-topic] PeartFan40:
Good luck on your race!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice"

http://xdaforums.com/announcement.php?a=81
[Off-topic] thelowend:
Is there any way I can attach a psi gauge to a regular bike pump? I'd hate to have to buy a whole new pump just have one.
[Off-topic] boborone:
Not that I can see. But I'm still from the old school method of squeeze and push for the tire pressure.
[Off-topic] shanman-2:
And then press on the tyre. If it feels hard then it probably is

.

sent from the pub...
[Off-topic] thelowend:
I'll keep trying to learn where they should be pressure wise. Every time I refill them, I feel like I haven't done enough, even through it gets REALLY HARD to pump more air into the tire
[Off-topic] PeartFan40:
Just get a small pressure gauge and a presta valve adapter. It converts the size of the valve to accommodate a standard (Schrader) valve fitting. All bike shops have an abundant supple of them, and should only cost a buck, that's how much we sell them for. If you plan on leaving the adapters on the valves, I recommend getting aluminum. The brass ones are much heavier that the aluminum version. Also, if you keep them on the valves, be sure screw the prests valves shut.

FYI: Tableless tires will always feel a bit soft or flex, no matter how much air you put in them. Tubes reinforce the side walls of a tire, so without a tube, the tires will be "spongy" because the sidewalls will flex while riding. It's just the nature of the beast. There are reinforced tubeless tires, but they aree expensive and heavy. After a month or so, you won't even notice it.

FYI #2: Tubeless tires require regular maintenance. You should change the sealant a few times a year, as it dries out over time. It's a messy job too, because you have to pull the tires off and remove the old sealant from the rim web, and from the tire beads. It's a pain in the ass, tbh.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice

http://xdaforums.com/announcement.php?a=81
[Off-topic] PeartFan40:
Priceless! :thumbup:

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice

http://xdaforums.com/announcement.php?a=81
[Off-topic] thelowend:
I got a few Presta to Schrader adapters for free from my shop. So far I haven't had to use them in a pinch.
[Off-topic] TheSkinnyDrummer:
Pics or it didn't happen.

Sent from your mom.
[Off-topic] boborone:
School I went to freshman yr had a big theater group. Small town school. We were awesome in football. 3A school. But towards the end of the game we blasted that song and they would perform it in the stands.

Next high school I went to we just stood up for the fourth quarter and shook our key chains at em yelling load the bus. Went undefeated doing that. That was a 5A school.

Yeah we were cocky. Haha
[Off-topic] TheSkinnyDrummer:
Texas and football. Need I say more?

Sent from your mom.
[Off-topic] boborone:
Never in my life am I happier than when I'm bent over and another man has his hand against my taint with a pressure on my balls while I'm yelling obscenities towards the line of muscular bodies in front who want nothing more than to be on top of the guy behind me.

Hahahaha no homo

But I loved being one of the smallest guys on the field and playing center. Couldn't throw a football to save my life, but I could hurl a spiral 15 yards behind me between my legs. And nobody got passed me unless the qb pissed on my line and needed to be put in his place. Center and float between middle line backer and nose guard depending on the formation. God. That's the one thing in life I wish I could go back for. Not a girl or bad decision. High school football.
[Off-topic] TheSkinnyDrummer:
Dude, I am so on page with your thinking.

My skills were a bit different though. I was too short and skinny for high school football, but I was kicking 40+ yard field goals in 8th grade, and i could punt, and still can, a perfect spiral, and I have a great arm (tall and skinny now), and I can catch anything thrown in my direction.

I just didn't mature early enough. Lord knows what I could've played.
[Off-topic] boborone:
I hit 5-10 about 5th grade. 200 lbs at 7th. Hit 345 for a couple months in the 9th. But I was built like Leon Lett. Bulk with muscle. Normal weight was 310. I had 36" thighs at one point. Couldn't build upper, but my legs could carry a fridge a piece across the field and back. Been playing since I was in peewee so I knew how to knock a guy around. Arms don't need strength for that. I was building to move mountains. Bore my way through a line or block two at a time in a rush.

Gave it up for the Industrial Technology Club. Can't say it was a bad choice. Coaches told me of tapes they'd send off to scouts. But I got a job working at Boeing and what I thought was a free ride to Texas A&M's college of aerospace engineering. Lost it all after 9/11. Eh I had fun. I know for certain I wouldn't be who I am now. Too many hippie chicks after schooling changed my redneck bigot ways. I like who I am now. Proud of who I am now. Still though, nothing like beating the tar outa some poor souls for a couple hours on Friday night to kickoff the weekend.
[Off-topic] TheSkinnyDrummer:
Haha....I can't top that.

I think being a drummer my whole life contributed to my leg strength, and hand/eye coordination. Like I said, I have oddly good kicking skills, I can catch, but I was always too small.

But now, I can say with total confidence, that I can shoot free-throws in the arcade and break records, and I am a good bowler, and I own anyone at skeeball.

Sent from your mom.
[Off-topic] boborone:
Hahahaha you're such a dad. I can totally see you winning butt loads of tickets for your lil girls to buy noise makers and other chinese crap to annoy you on the way home.
[Off-topic] TheSkinnyDrummer:
Holy crap. YES....I'm that dad. I win sh*t all the time for my kids. LOL.
[Off-topic] PeartFan40:
That's awesome. I didn't play football, bit I was part of the Royal Columbians Drum Corps for several years. We were members of DCI and competed nationally. We were national and regional champions, and Corps of the year several times. When we won a competition, we all (all 57 of us) would sing "We are the Champions" by Queen on our tour bus. I will never forget those times. :D;)

I'll post a few drum corps pics in a bit.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice

http://xdaforums.com/announcement.php?a=81
[Off-topic] PeartFan40:
Here' a few pictures of my drum corps days.

View attachment 1328705

View attachment 1328706

View attachment 1328707

View attachment 1328708

View attachment 1328709

View attachment 1328711

View attachment 1328712

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice

http://xdaforums.com/announcement.php?a=81
[Off-topic] thelowend:
Dude I'm built the exact same way. Played football from the end of grade school til sophomore year of high school. Played every spot on both O and D line along with a little fullback. Used to be 310 now I'm 284. There was NOTHING that could ever compare to full on elbowing a DT in the throat when he was pissed or hitting a ball carrier that never saw you coming!
[Off-topic] boborone:
My favorite thing to do was pick a guy out on kickoff. Mow that mutha****er down. Knock him back 10 yards. After a couple, they moved out of your way. Clear shot to the receiver.
[Off-topic] PeartFan40:
Was your nickname Dozer? ;):p People always asked me if I played football, because of my size. I'm 5' 11", weigh 255lbs, and built like a brick sh*t house. My forearms are 14" in diameter (will take pics to prove if necessary), big shoulders, big traps, and hands like catchers mits. Despite my size, I have fast reflexes. Working in a bike shop for nearly 15 years, lifting bikes, turning wrenches, and marching in 3-5 mile parades while carrying 40lbs of drum equiptment for several years did that.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice

http://xdaforums.com/announcement.php?a=81
[Off-topic] boborone:
Nice. Big dude. But nah, my name was a generic name for big guys in the south. Hoss.
[Off-topic] thelowend:
Hate to veer away from the football but I thought you'd guys find it funny that in 2 weeks, I loosened all but 2 spokes on my front tire and 4 on my rear. Luckily I got the last wrench ****'s had.

Also I read someone likes carrying heavy ****. One of my favorite workouts was farmers walk into tire flipping. Would recommend to anyone.
[Off-topic] TheSkinnyDrummer:
That's the name I gave my dog. Ha!

Sent from your mom.
[Off-topic] PeartFan40:
Loose spokes eh? Is the bike new? Have you ever trued or tensioned a wheel before? If not, things can go south real fast. I've had a lot of customers come into the shop becsuse they tried doing it themselves.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice

http://xdaforums.com/announcement.php?a=81
[Off-topic] thelowend:
I had my local shop do a full tune up that included truing. I think I've had it for 4 weeks now.
[Off-topic] PeartFan40:
Ok, I suspected it was new, which explains the amount of loose spokes. I have always pre-tensioned wheels on new bikes, to prevent that from happening. If you hear a "tinging" sound while riding, don't panic, it's normal. That's the sound of the spokes settling from tensioning.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice

http://xdaforums.com/announcement.php?a=81
[Off-topic] n2d551:
Just happened on this. But Peart fan avatar is from the 1st Rush album. Neal wasn't on that one.
[Off-topic] TheSkinnyDrummer:
Ouch!

Sent from your mom.
[Off-topic] thelowend:
Huh...I never heard that sound after re-tightening them...maybe I went too tight? I know they're supposed to have a about a quarter inch of play. Didn't really have time to measure that though!
[Off-topic] PeartFan40:
Quarter of an inch of play? :confused:Not sure what you mean. A properly tensioned wheel should have no play at all. The spokes on your front wheel should have around 30 lbs of tension. The spokes on your rear wheel should have 30 lbs. on the none drive side, and about 55-60 lbs. on the drive side. I say "about" because I don't know which wheels you have, or what diameter the wheels are. Are they 26" or do you have a 29er? From what you stated, it sounds like you did this yourself.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice

http://xdaforums.com/announcement.php?a=81
[Off-topic] thelowend:
When moved with little to force it should only move ~ 1 quarter inch. I can't check right now but they might be 25 or 26.

The wheel size is 700x25. I think thats it.
[Off-topic] PeartFan40:
When moving what? Are you referring to spoke squeeze?

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice"

http://xdaforums.com/announcement.php?a=81
[Off-topic] RomWiz:
I'm trying to learn how to manual.

I can wheelie veeeery long but only manual like 4 meters :P

Any tips ? :D

Sent from my Kang Phone
[Off-topic] boborone:
Dude it's been so long since I did street vert. Maybe some youtube vids or something. Working on balance off the bike helped me with tricks on. No matter where I walked, I walked on curbs, railing, jumped from small point to small point, getting foot work down like walking backwards or side step on rails and such for getting you ready for jumping from pegs to pedals and keeping balance in sketchy situations. Makes you more sure footed on your bike when you're doing tricks.

Then doing things stationary. Like get to where you can stand on your bike for 10 seconds without the wheels moving. Hold a pogo. That type of thing. Gets you familiar with the weight of you and your bike. Lets you learn it's center points, front, back and sides. Where you need to be to hold the wheelie and manual. You will learn that by doing things stationary. Plus it's harder than doing it when moving. Like when the secret service learn a J turn. They first learn in the biggest and least maneuverable vehicle they use. Stretch limo. Then everything else seems easy. That how I started.

But wheelies are pretty easy as far as balance goes. Working on your general balance will help with more skills on the bike. Hope that helps you some.
[Off-topic] thelowend:
When moving the entire spoke. I just spent a good deal of time tinkering with another bike wheel I don't use. Making every spoke evenly tensioned is hard! But I'm gonna get it.
[Off-topic] PeartFan40:
I've built well over 500 wheels and have yet to get every spoke tension even. It's impossible by hand. Even machine built wheels have fluctuations.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice"

http://xdaforums.com/announcement.php?a=81
[Off-topic] thelowend:
Oh well that's reassuring. I adjusted it and now the front tire kind of spins unevenly. When I spin the front tire, a certain part of it catches the front brake. Can I go about fixing this myself?