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Haro-83 wrote:
Dirty Habits wrote:
Haro-83 wrote:
I can't heard so it not brother me at all
Well Turn You Hearing Aid Up Brother Or Batteries Running Low?
What is hearing aid? honestly it not work on me, I tried once when I was 8 years old.

I Don't Know But It Just Sound Cool When You Say It!!!

HEARING AID!!!! EVERYONE AT THE SAME TIME!!!!! HEARING AID!!!

crownrox · 2012-05-03 7:54pm

Haro-83 wrote:
crownrox wrote:
Iceman wrote:

Im callin BS
Come, have couples of beers and ride Bike with me then ya won't call it bs anymore

road trip to texas scheduled for this summer

Dirty Habits · 2012-05-03 7:55pm

HEARING AID!!!!

Haro-83 · 2012-05-03 7:56pm

crownrox wrote:
Haro-83 wrote:
crownrox wrote:

Im callin BS
Come, have couples of beers and ride Bike with me then ya won't call it bs anymore
road trip to texas scheduled for this summer

It's going to be fun

Dirty Habits · 2012-05-03 7:57pm

HEARING AID!!!!

Haro-83 · 2012-05-03 7:57pm

Dirty Habits wrote:
HEARING AID!!!!

You will have to type louder, I still can't hear you

DonBot · 2012-05-03 8:01pm

Not dialed. My bikes make a definite sound when they hit the ground. Kind of a thud followed by a scraping noise as the metal meets the concrete.

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Dirty Habits · 2012-05-03 8:04pm

Haro-83 wrote:
Dirty Habits wrote:
HEARING AID!!!!
You will have to type louder, I still can't hear you

Dirty Habits · 2012-05-03 8:05pm

coffin2death · 2012-05-07 1:27am

Leatherman wrote:
Dialed, if not i can't sleep at night.

so true! same with skateboards. can't stand rattly hardware or too loose wheels. chain flop makes me unhappy.

suicidepan · 2012-05-07 5:49am

It`s really sad to see everyones definition of "dialed" meaning that there bike doesn`t make any sound when they drop it. Shouldn`t dialed mean that things like tire pressure, chainstay length, brakes, seat and handlebar positions are all adjusted for maximum performance for the type of riding your doing ??

scarfish · 2012-05-07 6:41am

suicidepan wrote:
It`s really sad to see everyones definition of "dialed" meaning that there bike doesn`t make any sound when they drop it. Shouldn`t dialed mean that things like tire pressure, chainstay length, brakes, seat and handlebar positions are all adjusted for maximum performance for the type of riding your doing ??

i consider dialed all the final adjustments to make the bike rideable. brake cables, chain tension, tire pressure, truing the wheels ect... even a build that's just for looks will still have the bars and seat adjusted to look rideable. dialing in is the little crap.

i keep the 2 bikes i ride dialed in. my 1 spare bike is missing a chain.

jumpin jim · 2012-05-07 5:31pm

Dialed refers to proper positioning of parts,adjustments,tightness,and quietness! One persons bar position will not work for all. one persons tire psi will not work for all.

spbmx · 2012-05-07 5:41pm

My Kink is pretty much right now, just put on new wheels, cranks, pedals, chain, and sprocket a couple weeks ago. My headset makes noise even though it spins good, it's just old. It bothers me now because that's all I hear from my bike. Other than that it sounds like a basketball when I pick it up and drop it on its tires

RDB · 2012-05-07 5:45pm

my Solid is well...solid

its very dialed in...no tensioners even...I have only dialed in one other bike with tensioners right...others were still off with them

wheels spin forever...and ever...and ever...I can coast for a very long time...must be all the bike weight because I dont think my 145 lb is doing anything

this is one of my best bikes I have had dialed in before and didnt really try to...

Fox · 2012-05-07 7:53pm

so far i could only get 1 of my bikes dialed in exactly how i want it, perfect selection of parts with the right frame specs

veloxtron · 2012-05-07 8:01pm

I can't ride any of my bikes any other way... They have to be dialed! Brakes especially!

coffin2death · 2012-05-07 8:34pm

suicidepan wrote:
It`s really sad to see everyones definition of "dialed" meaning that there bike doesn`t make any sound when they drop it. Shouldn`t dialed mean that things like tire pressure, chainstay length, brakes, seat and handlebar positions are all adjusted for maximum performance for the type of riding your doing ??

that goes without saying. show me a dialed bike that sounds like junk.
my headset has to be adjusted perfect, so there's no slop at the front. my brakes have to lock up good. bars straight up and down for me. no frays on the brake cable. chain tension just right, wheel centred.

i used to love those 'how to make your bike faster for no money' articles.

forty_three · 2012-05-08 1:46pm

Riding skateparks when I was younger turned me into a fanatic about tuning and dialing. I used to even wrap cables in foam so the wouldn't rattle against metal. I didn't wnat to hear anything but tires on concrete.

I'm still like that. If I could figure out how to get my road bike to not click when changing gears I would. I frequently freak out other riders because they don't hear me until I pass them.

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perront · 2012-05-08 2:34pm

Yep. Got a sealed cartridge headset on one rig, and that baby is smooooooth as glass!

Fulthrotle73 · 2012-05-08 2:48pm

perront wrote:
Yep. Got a sealed cartridge headset on one rig, and that baby is smooooooth as glass!

Gotta have them dailed! All of them! Cant stand unfinished or partial built bikes.
Every bearing on all my bikes are sealed because of the smoooothness you speak of. nothing finer, down to the white eno freewheels!

no body · 2012-05-08 2:56pm

my se hoodrich is dialed in just the thud of the tires hitting the ground

Quetzal · 2012-05-08 4:15pm

I also ride my builds and YES, they are always dialed and ready to haul ass. You never know when you have to get one your 20" and chase down some punk kid 1/3 your age who just jacked your kid's bmx from the 7'Eleven. (true story - I'm was too fat to keep up, luckily people passing by helped me catch that little fukcer and I was able to recover my kid's bike)

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midschool22 · 2012-05-08 5:38pm

If I have a little cable rattle here and there, that's fine. Brakes MUST be spot on though.

suicidepan · 2012-05-08 7:06pm

This thread still seems to be stuck on the Dialed = no rattle thing How about how your bikes are actually set up ?
For example :
my flatland bike my rear brake is set so that my rear brake lever fully compressed only allows the brake to drag slightly so I can control a manual without getting thrown over the bars, front brake set up to stop on a dime for tailwhips & pivot tricks, tire pressure at 105psi front/rear, chainstay set at 12.5" for an easy balance point on the rear wheel, toptube is 18.5 & rear hub modified to have the perfect amount of slack.

my street bike, brakes set to stop on a dime, front tire pressure @95 / rear @ 85, chainstay @ 13.0", top tube is 19", seat slammed so it`s out of the way for jumping & every bearing including the breaks on the bike is sealed bearing.

How is your bike set up just for you and why ????

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