Are you pulling the rear derailleur down into position as you put the wheel on?
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07-24-2006, 10:13 AM #1
"Ride lots!"
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07-24-2006, 10:18 AM #2
When can I go again?!
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It actually seems to be in a rear position and I have to push it forward. ???
~~Tiffanie~~
Your biggest challenge isn't someone else.
It's the ache in your lungs and the burning in your legs and the voice inside that yells "CAN'T".
But you don't listen. You just push harder.
And then you hear the voice whisper "CAN".
And you discover that the person you thought you were is no match for the one you really are.
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07-24-2006, 10:23 AM #3
"Ride lots!"
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Look at the rear derailleur in this picture. The pulley that is currently on the bottom, right above the bike rack, flops up when you take the wheel out. You have to push it back down to get the cassette to fit in properly.
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07-24-2006, 10:28 AM #4
YIKES! i'm a durt gurl
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yikes.... i know what you mean.... i remember when i had to change my tire on my own (hubby was at work and i was riding on my own) and i couldn't get the dang blasted thing back on! you are NOT a dork!!!!!!!!!!!!!
you do have to kinda push and pull the derailleur thingy.... and then "slip" the wheel in.... (in know... that helps a bunch, eh?)
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07-24-2006, 10:35 AM #5
When can I go again?!
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Got it!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you. <kiss>
I wasn't pushing the RD far enough. I hear it's the most fragile part on the bike and I was being too gentle.
~~Tiffanie~~
Your biggest challenge isn't someone else.
It's the ache in your lungs and the burning in your legs and the voice inside that yells "CAN'T".
But you don't listen. You just push harder.
And then you hear the voice whisper "CAN".
And you discover that the person you thought you were is no match for the one you really are.
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07-24-2006, 10:41 AM #6
rather be riding...
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Tell them why you took your wheel off!!!!
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07-24-2006, 10:44 AM #7
When can I go again?!
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Hush up!
~~Tiffanie~~
Your biggest challenge isn't someone else.
It's the ache in your lungs and the burning in your legs and the voice inside that yells "CAN'T".
But you don't listen. You just push harder.
And then you hear the voice whisper "CAN".
And you discover that the person you thought you were is no match for the one you really are.
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07-24-2006, 10:45 AM #8
When can I go again?!
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To get intimate with my bike. To know the in's and out's and get comfortable with the parts and how they work.
Yeah, that's it!!
~~Tiffanie~~
Your biggest challenge isn't someone else.
It's the ache in your lungs and the burning in your legs and the voice inside that yells "CAN'T".
But you don't listen. You just push harder.
And then you hear the voice whisper "CAN".
And you discover that the person you thought you were is no match for the one you really are.
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07-24-2006, 10:49 AM #9
YIKES! i'm a durt gurl
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*arms crossed and tapping foot* we're waiting!?
Originally Posted by Brandy
Tell them why you took your wheel off!!!!
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07-24-2006, 11:13 AM #10
...just rollin' along
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Originally Posted by Brandy
Tell them why you took your wheel off!!!!
Okay Tiff... fess up!!!
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07-24-2006, 11:14 AM #11
YIKES! i'm a durt gurl
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we're WAAAAIIIIITTIIIIIINNNGGGGGGG
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07-24-2006, 11:21 AM #12
listen to the bees
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Hey Veronica, I loved your website with all those cool tour pictures! Especially the pics of Rivendell Bike Works. I should be getting my very own blue Rambouillet in the next 10 days or so....I'm going out of my MIND waiting!!!! Originally Posted by Veronica
Look at the rear derailleur in this picture. The pulley that is currently on the bottom, right above the bike rack, flops up when you take the wheel out. You have to push it back down to get the cassette to fit in properly.
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I liked the redwood pictures too.
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07-24-2006, 11:44 AM #13
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Thanks... my Nova Scotia pictures should be up in a day or two. Originally Posted by Lisa S.H.
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07-24-2006, 01:08 PM #14
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You're supposed to take that thing off? Who knew? (Other than everyone but me, I mean.
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07-24-2006, 01:48 PM #15
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What is it supposed to guard?
Many people think you're a dork if you don't quickly snatch those reflectors off, too. "Excess weight." Is the spoke guard in that category? Or is it part of the packing stuff for shipping? (I don't think I"ve got one.)
Queen of Dorkdom, here! (Of course, given the etymology of dork, that conjures up its own images.) True Freds have all that stuff.
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