alpha309

u/alpha309



r/bikewrench•

Over the last 2 weeks are so, my bike's front end has slowly become tighter from the front wheel/fork/handlebars being able to turn under their on weight but it is slowly tightening up and is now at the point where it is unable to turn under their weight, but it takes minimal effort for me to spin. I suspect it is an issue with my headset, but are there any other issues that it could be? I assume it is beyond my capability of fixing in my apartment with a torque wrench and few other tools.

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r/BikeLA•

Some time in the last week they must have installed bike lanes on the Spring street Bridge. Painted lines and plastic bollards are up. And then bike lanes extend one random block towards Lincoln Heights on Broadway. Still sharrows on Spring street though. The tiny bit of street after the light, right before the bridge is 100% the worst bike gutter in the world that they threw paint down for.

Looks like they made it two car lanes going west too. Didn’t ride it going west, so I didn’t pay much attention.

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r/foldingbikes•

My wife has a Tern Link A7, which I got her as a Christmas gift this las holiday. She hasn't really had much opportunity to ride it with some events that have been hitting us recently, but she has had it out 4-5 times total. Out of those 4-5 times, the chain dropped 3 times and was wedged between the crank away from the frame and the cover. So a few questions.

Is this something I can fix at home fairly easily? We have limited space being apartment dwellers, and my tools are limited. If I need more than a multitool, or what you would find in the most basic of toolboxes, I will not be able to do it.

Is there a reason this happens? Since I am not on the bike when it happens, and I have

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r/PeoriaIL•

I am coming in to Peoria for a wedding in a few weeks and was looking to possibly rent a road bike for the day to get a quick ride in. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find any place that rents them out. On a related note, how is the Rock Island greenway for riding? Looks like I will be renting an Airbnb fairly close to it.

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r/kindlefire•

Books not removing from home screen

Needs Help With E-Reader/Books(DIFFICULTY: PRETTY EASY)

I have a kindle fire 10 7th Gen. I am having an issue where I have books that I have borrowed and returned to my library over a month ago constantly appearing in my home screen. This happens every time I wake my Kindle up from sleep. I have long ago removed them from my device, and I hide them every single time I wake the device up, but it is getting to the point where there are 7-8 books that I have to hide every time now. Does anyone know if there is a fix to this? I tried to do a search but couldn't find anything that could help.

Thanks in advance.

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r/bikewrench•

The other day I had a staple in my tire that punctured the tube. Removed the staple, made sure that there were no other damages to the tire, put in a new tube and filled it back up to my specs. Gave it a quick ride and there were no issues. Woke up this morning and the tire was flat again. Since I am waiting for a patch kit to arrive, I took the wheel off again, checked the tire again, with both a cotton ball and a rag, to make sure there was nothing else that could be poking the tube, checked the rim for any damage, and then installed another tube. Now I am at work, and I just fixed another flat, and used my last spare tube, while still waiting on delivery on the patch kit. No spokes

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