Hipster FAIL: gears.
2010-03-02 20:08:49
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Hipster Fender
I know you all want one.
2010-03-02 20:07:24
total fail.
2010-03-02 20:28:19
Stealth hipster...the derailler's frozen, so it's really a SS.
2010-03-02 20:30:45
Another fail?
Riding around on a recalled Shimano crank.
I've replaced a ton of those. Hundreds. And I still see them all the time.
Strangely enough, I've never seen a broken one,which is why they were recalled.
As of a few years ago, Shimano was still sending out free replacement cranks, at least a decade after the original recall.
2010-03-02 21:16:19
I wondered about that crank. The brakes look like the following year. The year before the brakes were under recall as well! (and for good reason) But I too have never seen one of those cranks fail.
2010-03-02 21:26:17
I've heard they still do replace them. Free Ride has a lot of mid-90s Shimano cranks but neither I nor anyone else that I know of does anything about that recall. Should that be changed?
2010-03-02 23:52:02
Hipsters: Post pics of your cool stuff here, and we'll tell you exactly how they fail!
It's like a public service.
2010-03-03 00:29:34
Yes!, particularly if Shimano will send new ons for free.
Some cranks need a new front derailleur and chain too, which in the past, Shimano provided.
More info here:
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml97/97149.html
2010-03-03 00:31:13
That looks less like a hipster fender than it does a DUI biker fender.
"just one more, I'm shtill getting some shpray..."
2010-03-03 02:33:07
it would impress me more if it were made from iron city pounder bottles. in pgh we drink AHRN!
2010-03-03 13:58:09