bamabikeguy
Active Member
Do not think I want to be the local pioneer. Who knows. I like the idea of the bike stand. I was going to build one for my own use, but they are cheap enough to just buy.
Early on, it became MBcommonknowledge that the rear wheel would have to be beefed up, 12 gauge being the one which seemed to hold up to the torque and stress.
On a new wheel, once the spokes are zip tied together at the intersections, which is what the BMX racing guys do, the spokes don't loosen much, very rarely does one break.
Until you DO become a pioneer, the special sprocket socket ($10) (to remove a sprocket and put it on a heavier wheel), could be done by your bike shop, or the local bike enthusiast.
I've been doing this for years, and don't even fiddle with all the different types of derailleurs.
It seems that the bike world just make up tools that only work on bikes. Crank removal tools, freewheel removal tools, spoke adjusters, chain breaks, cable "luber". to make it worse different bikes use different versions of those removal tools.
Why waste a half hour figuring it out? And always WITHOUT the instruction manual.
Those super-secret-bikeshop-DaVinci coders can do it in their sleep. I tell my customers "Go see Justin, he'll can adjust it in 1 minute or less".