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A medical type question for the male over 50 rider membership herein. If you are willing to share your experiences... For those which have had a PSA test, any correlation with slightly elevated, false positive PSA levels and riding?

I experienced a mishap on my Surly CrossCheck back in late April. Crunched me (shoulder and leg)and my bike. I'm clawing my way back to being able to ride and tolerate the pain/discomfort. I'm recovering... :cry: My Surly is another matter. I'm working on putting it back together. Frame and...

Any riders herein dealing with intermittent or recurring sciatica? What do you do to get relief?

I’m a gravel grinder at heart. I live in a rural community with numerous smaller dairy farms that dot the landscape. With the exception of the road thru town, everything else is gravel country roads, most made violently washboard by the farm equipment. In dry weather the roads that haven’t been...

I could use some help identifying this stem. It is on a 1998 Schwinn Moab 1. It is completely unmarked/no marking or branding whatsoever. Any ideas?

A question for the membership, for those that are willing to share a bit of information about themselves. Do you race OR ride regularly (one or more times per week), particularly with other riders? If you do, are you CPR certified and do you keep you certification (and training up to date)? Do...

A question for the collective readership here. You are out for a ride. A dog comes running out of somebodies yard yard barking and gives chase. What is your response? Heretofore, I've tried to distinguish between the truly aggressive ones (pepper spray them if/as needed), and the territorial...

Who else herein buys a used bike for spare parts, then winds up restoring it, and then can't bear to part with it? Two years ago I had a single MTB. Since then, bike 2, my 2nd ever build, joined bike 1. Three months ago a new Surly joined them, and now bike 4 (what was originally just a parts...

May I enlist your assistance? I'm in search of a set of NOS/NIB or minty Shimano XT FC M739 4 bolt 42 32 22 chainrings, either the full set, or individual rings. Anybody have some that they are willing to part with, or know of folks that might have them? Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

Can anyone help me find another set of NOS Shimano shifter pods? I'm after either a set of the Shimano SL M739 XT 8 speed shifters Pods or a set of LX SL-M569 8 speed shifter pods. Any help is appreciated. Thanks

All, From time to questions have surfaced in various threads about places that offer replacement damper cartridges 1995 - 1998 RockShox Judy forks. I have been one such poster. Anyone who has tried to rebuld one has typically encountered two obstacles, 1) the prevailing view that the forks...

I'm looking for a NOS/NIB Shimano FC M739 XT crankset: 22/32/42 rings and 175mm cranks. Amybody got a set that they are willing to part with?

Anybody got a minty/NOS M739 rech mech long cage that you might be willing to part with? I need one for a build I am working on.

MayI enlist the help of the more senior members herein? Based on some of the threads, it seems like there might be folks that replicate decals for forks. I've got a particular decal that I'd like replicated, that is if it's reasonable to do. I've been searching on-line for about a year. Not...

A couple of questions for membrs that have repainted suspension forks, specifically those that had magnesium lowers. Mine is a Rockshox Judy XC. It is completely disassembled, is now chemically stripped, and fully cleaned. Bare magnesium is modestly reactive and oxidizes easlly. I have...

May I enlist the help of forum members herein about refinishing tips and advice? For those of you that have refinished or stripped and repainted a suspension fork, would you share your experiences relative to the following questions? Chemical strip versus blasting - which one did you prefer...

A couple more questions for the RockShox gurus herein. I’ve disassembled and cleaned my spare 1998 RS Judy XC 1 1/8 threadless fork. The fork internals were in pretty good condition (unexpectedly so). The uppers (stanchions) are immaculate – no scoring whatsoever. Same for the bushings. The...

May I enlist the help of the Rockshox gurus on a couple of spring color questions? I've started my rebuild of a spare 1998 Judy XC 1 1/8 threadless. It contained red springs. If memory serves, the colors correlate to the intended rider weight range. What range does red correlate to? What...

For the fork gurus herein... Has anyone ever removed and replaced the steerer tube on a RockShok fork? I'm intereste in installing a longer one- 1 1/8th threadless. Need it to be 215 - 220 mm long. Thoughts/comments? Thanks.

May I enlist the assistance of the XT bits masters herein? I'm looking for ether of the following: NOS or VGC Shimano XT FC M739 square taper left crank arm 175mm - OR - NOX or VGC Shimano XT FC M739 22 32 42 175mm crankset Anybody got one they can part with? Or can folks steer me in...