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Offline The Llama

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a little cleaner, lighter, and better!!
« on: March 01, 2009, 06:18:42 PM »
was bored, and not feeling like dealing with weather today I went out and fired up my garage gas heater... and decided I'd play with the rear wheel, tear it down and clean everything and while I was at it I weighed all the part just for the fun of it.. before and after cleaning.... 
 
First off I lost about 75 grams of dirt!!!      ;D :D
 
Second off, I'm REALLY glad I did it because I had to very loose spokes!!!!  :undecided: >:(     I did tighten it up and true the wheel but it seems to be making some spoke rub noises...  I took it for a ride to settle the spokes but it's still doing it. Off to the shop with them tomorrow    :(
 
And to top it off the little screw that held the cassette together was WAY loose also  :grind:
 
SO.. what did I learn... be more anal... clean more often!!   :D
May your last ride not be, "your last ride"!!