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What are the dimensions of a Trek Marlin 7 rear wheel quick release skewer?
It's just a standard QR skewer for 135mm rear ends. Your local bike shop or favorite online retailer should have them readily available for $20 or so. They're more or less a standard length.
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SRAM GXP crank partially stuck in bottom bracket
Have you checked the screw that's used to hold the cable guide on the outside of the bb isn't protruding into the inside and blocking the bb from moving?
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14 "Trashed" bikes acquired for free. Worth repairing and reselling? What do I look for?
This looks like VelAfrica project. They collect old unneeded bicycles in diverse condition and somehow combine them into the less number of usable bicycles. They would even take small children ...
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14 "Trashed" bikes acquired for free. Worth repairing and reselling? What do I look for?
Speaking as one who has fixed many old cheap bikes as part of a ministry (free labor by the grace of God: parts at minimal cost) in a low income city, then I would say that most all of these old ...
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Plastic screw with ripped-off head stuck in the frame
I know this is old but for some reason it came up while I was looking for something else and I just want to add this in case it's coming up for others as well.
Everyone here missed the most important ...
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My chain tool left a divot on my replacement pin. Is this normal?
A Shimano replacement pin has a manufactured, slight concave shape on the end that the chain tool's drive pin interfaces with to push it home. Perhaps you didn't notice it prior to getting installed.
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My chain tool left a divot on my replacement pin. Is this normal?
They are supposed to be like that and I think it helps the chain tool to stay centered and not slide off to the sides.
The fact that it looks different from the other pins is actually a good thing. If ...
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Is it safe to ride a frame with a hairline crack in the head tube lug?
Not an Alan frame (whatever that is lol) but on a similar note, I like late 90s to mid 2k Specialized Rockhopper and Hard Rock Sport small frames. I'm 5'7" and they fit me well. I can not afford ...
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14 "Trashed" bikes acquired for free. Worth repairing and reselling? What do I look for?
I'll note here that in many areas there are groups that refurbish used bikes and donate them to groups which in turn give them to disadvantaged people. I was in a group like this until about 2 years ...
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14 "Trashed" bikes acquired for free. Worth repairing and reselling? What do I look for?
What should I look for? How bad/ fixable is rust? How can I best
determine what is worth repairing and what should be trashed?
When you evaluate a bike you are really getting enough information to ...
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14 "Trashed" bikes acquired for free. Worth repairing and reselling? What do I look for?
This is pretty much how I started.
First of all:
If the bikes are cheap-ish with cheap-ish components, you will never even make a minimum wage. But that need not stop you. First, on a cheap bike if ...
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14 "Trashed" bikes acquired for free. Worth repairing and reselling? What do I look for?
The question really is how long it takes you to dismantle and repair them and in what condition they are.
If it only takes you 5 minutes to swap a good saddle from a donor bike to a bike which is – ...
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14 "Trashed" bikes acquired for free. Worth repairing and reselling? What do I look for?
From having maintained cheap bikes using other bikes as parts donors, even dismantling some to provide parts for others you're likely to need to buy some bits like chains and cables. They're cheap but ...
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Why does a chain riveter have 2 separate pins to hold the chain
According to a couple of videos I found online, the left - in your photo - "shelf" (or "cradle") is for pushing a pin out or pushing a new pin in. The right (closer to the screw) ...
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How should I go about getting parts for this bike?
Some of these parts are generic, and available from any bike shop.
Others are particularly specific, and you may not be able to find them at all, like the plastic covers for gear parts.
Brake lever ...
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