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    Road Kit

    I've started to take some longer daily rides and realized I need to start thinking about buying a road kit or putting one together mainly for fixing a flat tire but maybe a few other things like common allen wrenches, anyone know of a decent quality kit or did you just get a bag and make your...
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    Remove & Install Grips with Air Pressure

    I learned a great way to remove and install grips using air pressure. I use a hook tool to open a slight gap to shove the rubber tip of the blow gun in and hit the trigger, the grip will practically fly off. To install just plug the opposite end of the handlebar and put the tip of the blow gun...
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    Let's see how you pump air

    I presently have a 20 gallon shop compressor that I bought in the eighties when they were still US made cast iron, a Specialized Air Tool hand pump and my latest addition is a Milwaukee M-12 Inflator Tool. I really like the Milwaukee as you just set the pressure you want and hit the power...
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    Bending handlebars

    I am thinking of doing some slight bending on a handlebar with an EMT bender. I have bent miles of EMT so the skill to get the bend I want won't be a problem but preventing a kink might be as the bar is thinner than EMT. The crude picture shows approx what I want to do, I want to close the first...
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    Dumb Question about cables

    I'm replacing all my cables and housings and a new Shimano 3 speed shifter. I noticed the shifter cable is slightly smaller than the brake cables, does it take a different housing or can I use brake cable housing? edit: OK so I Googled it and it looks like it's a bad idea, but then I went back...
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    Virtue Ortho

    I found a neglected Virtue Bikes "Ortho" yesterday for a good price. I have read a couple threads here by kingfish254 and MazdaFlyer about their builds on this model and might have questions. I have ordered a new shifter assembly, brake pads and will replace all cables. I also ordered the...
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    New guy in AZ

    New here although been lurking a bit, I love things with wheels and things with diesel engines. Anyway I have a small collection of bicycles (non-diesel:)) My 3 daily riders are a Soul Stomper "Mad Jimi" made in Mesa, AZ, a mid 1980's Schwinn Cruiser and a newly acquired Virtue "Ortho" which...
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