Bicyclism! ! !

boganbusman · Post by **boganbusman** » 06 Jun 2005, 03:14

jemc wrote:my shocks are starting to make squeaky voices. what should i do?

Take them off and put them into an oil filter crusher.

And then buy some real forks.

Dragster · Post by **Dragster** » 07 Jun 2005, 16:41

Just oil them, if neccesary, mount them off and oil every part, then mount them back on.

jemc · Post by **jemc** » 07 Jun 2005, 18:54

will WD-40 do the job?

boganbusman · Post by **boganbusman** » 08 Jun 2005, 15:04

WD-40 is not oil!!!

It's only for removing oil/grease/rust and providing very light lubrication for hinges and stuff.

A lot of people make this mistake.

jemc · Post by **jemc** » 08 Jun 2005, 18:31

i know it's not oil, but i use it for the doors to stop the squeeking voices and it works. but mostly i like to hold a lighter next to it when spraying the damn thing

screw it, i'm a pyromaniac, i love playing with fire

anyways i'll probably take my bike to service

Post by **TheStig** » 10 Jun 2005, 07:15

like Bogan said WD-40 is not oil

I know that in my manual of my fork is clearly states that you need to oil the bushings with a tefon based oil (bushings are the rings around the inner legs so where the inner legs go in the outer legs

) it also stated that you should NOT use WD40 (it really said it by name)

so ask your bike store what to do... hopefully they fixed it at the check.

my advise is, get a bottle of teflon based oil. you can use it on your chain etc.

can you it almost anywhere on your bike.

but do use it mildly.. and clean stuff before using

NFSBLUECIVIC · Post by **NFSBLUECIVIC** » 20 Jun 2005, 03:14

what kind of idiot would use wd-40 as an oil? ..... everyone know its a cleaner... but anyway, heres a couple of pics of me on my bikes, the one off the big jump is my complete mod bike, the only part that is stock is the frame, eversingle other part is mod, hadlebars, tires rims fork pedals brakes...

Jopuma · Post by **Jopuma** » 20 Jun 2005, 22:58

the dude above my post started another topic that got me interested in talking about bikes. since the one he started is locked this is where i can talk about it. dang this is a really dumb post.

Dragster · Post by **Dragster** » 20 Jun 2005, 23:12

Ok then, talk

Jopuma · Post by **Jopuma** » 20 Jun 2005, 23:13

Alrighty. Anyone see the new mountain bike by Hummer?

Dragon-of-Rune · Post by **Dragon-of-Rune** » 20 Jun 2005, 23:14

I don't think many people has so post a pic.

Jopuma · Post by **Jopuma** » 20 Jun 2005, 23:18

Here it is. The foldable Hummer bike.

[img]http://www.homegymcentral.com/hummer_ta ... _bike.html#[/img]

Dragster · Post by **Dragster** » 20 Jun 2005, 23:21

LOL

Quite useful, gotta say!

Jopuma · Post by **Jopuma** » 20 Jun 2005, 23:23

It wouldn't show on my comp.

Dragster · Post by **Dragster** » 20 Jun 2005, 23:26

That's because you used image tags ([img][/img]) on an URL. Image tags will show images only if you give them a direct image link.

Jopuma · Post by **Jopuma** » 20 Jun 2005, 23:27

Stupid little me.

Dragster · Post by **Dragster** » 20 Jun 2005, 23:32

Anyway...
I expected that bike to be more expensive, $685.00 sounds affordable. Tho I hate how it looks like when its in it's normal shape...
http://www.homegymcentral.com/hummer_ta ... bike.html#

NFSBLUECIVIC · Post by **NFSBLUECIVIC** » 21 Jun 2005, 19:18

man that thing looks funny! but easy to transport when you cant ride it!

Jopuma · Post by **Jopuma** » 15 Aug 2005, 22:57

Better yet! IT HAS DISC BRAKES ON IT!!

Dragster · Post by **Dragster** » 15 Aug 2005, 22:59

Which doesn't mean it's a good bike, I have V-brake Scott Montana (i'll post some new pics tomorrow) and from experience I can say that v-brakes can prove to be as cheaper and in some cases, better solution

Jopuma · Post by **Jopuma** » 15 Aug 2005, 23:01

I've seen this bike that is as light as a feather with really good disk brakes on them. It ran something like $2,400 bucks. That's a lot of green.

Dragster · Post by **Dragster** » 15 Aug 2005, 23:02

Too much if you ask me... unless you're a bicycle showoff-er

I know I wouldn't drive a bike that expensive anywhere besides normal, clean, tarmac...

Fishwhiz · Post by **Fishwhiz** » 15 Aug 2005, 23:44

ive got a mongoose mountain bike, silver and blue w/ black rims i got a new back tire cauz i poped the last 1 cauz i liked drifting w/ mt bike. no litarly, i can drift w/ bikes

PSZeTa · Post by **PSZeTa** » 15 Aug 2005, 23:49

Whahahaha, you can't drift with something that has 2 wheels, because you'll lose your balance.

Jopuma · Post by **Jopuma** » 16 Aug 2005, 00:43

I've drifted before with my bike. It was really hard doing it tho. I went down a steep hill really fast and when I neared the intersection I put the brakes on hard and swung the back end out and leaned toward the street. I drifted only 1 or 2 feet, but I did. Btw check out this totaly AWESOME bike I found on Google images.