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i wanna paint my frame black and my cranks black but im scared ill do a crap job anyone here paint there frames and ill paint my forks also lol but what should i take off. I know tires cranks spindle duck tape bottom braket. bars seat and seat post. idk about forks should i just keep that and paint it with the frame?
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Yeah, take it all apart. I painted my frames 4 times and didn't do the best job but I don't care how my bike looks usually.
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sounds like to much work. Since i dont know how to take forks off. and the bottom bracket heard its hard to put back in.
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Foopsz wrote:sounds like to much work. Since i dont know how to take forks off. and the bottom bracket heard its hard to put back in.
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Foopsz wrote:sounds like to much work. Since i dont know how to take forks off. and the bottom bracket heard its hard to put back in.
how long have you been riding?
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Working on your bike is definitely something you wanna get used to/good at because you do it a lot. Once you get used to it it's not that bad.
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Foopsz wrote:not long lol.
you should start by watching some vids on how to take a part and reassemble the parts on you bike and stuff like that its just my opinion it will help you in the long run man
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feeble_to_face wrote:
Evn i know lol. I never do it though becase standard headsets are a pain in the ass
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SickDude wrote:Evn i know lol. I never do it though becase standard headsets are a pain in the ass
i had to do it today i just bought a new headset im pretty pissed about it though i was hoping my local shop would sell sealed bearings on there own but they dont guy said they have to order the right size so i ended up buying a whole new headset and now i cant get my pegs i got a good deal from a friend 2 for 10 bucks to
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Yeah that's what sucks, you pretty much have to order everything unless you have a fucking rad lbs. I'm trading 2 shadow pegs tomorrow for a brake setup lol.
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but there is only one size of sealed integrated headset bearing...
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SickDude wrote:Evn i know lol. I never do it though becase standard headsets are a pain in the ass
Tweetz wrote:i had to do it today i just bought a new headset im pretty pissed about it though i was hoping my local shop would sell sealed ...more
feeble_to_face wrote:but there is only one size of sealed integrated headset bearing...
thats what i said then guy started getting all assholy with me saying oh all we have is stock sizes we have to custom order i was tired as hell from the ride there and it was a pretty hot day today so i was like fuck it just give the whole thing i needed a new dust cap any way my local shop hates just selling the little things they want their customers to buy the whole package
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SickDude wrote:Evn i know lol. I never do it though becase standard headsets are a pain in the ass
I've never had any problem with my standard headset...? Maybe I've been taking my forks of wrong. Lol
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eskimojay wrote:Just open buckets of paint and throw them at your bike
This. Much easier.
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