{"id":410,"date":"2008-05-26T16:49:16","date_gmt":"2008-05-26T22:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tommy.lardbucket.org\/?p=410"},"modified":"2014-04-07T09:23:33","modified_gmt":"2014-04-07T14:23:33","slug":"bike-nstein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tommy.lardbucket.org\/?p=410","title":{"rendered":"Into my Element"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ah, the first day of summer. I spent my first summer day as an collegiate playing pokemon and fixing my bicycle. Then my cousin called me over to his house to fix his bicycle, a Roadmaster Mt. Fury. His handlebars were loose, his front brake calipers sheared, his transmission cables, badly needing readjustment, allowed only one speed. I screwed up a couple of times, like when I accidentally connected the gear shifter (d\u00c3\u00a9railleur) to his brake handle. Even though I explained to him the logistics of a “turbo” handle, he unfortunately insisted I change it back.<\/p>\n

After fixing all that, I sort of went on a binge and started repairing my Element. Not a Honda Element. A Roadmaster.<\/p>\n

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First, I retired the Element’s non-functional grip shifter. Into my Element went the front d\u00c3\u00a9railleur cable with the cable\/paddle shifter from my old good-only-for-spare-parts-because-its-crap Roadmaster Coyote Pass. Then I removed the non-functional rear brake handle, well, I sort of just plain broke it because I don’t need it anymore. I gave the Coyote’s front brake calipers to my cousin. The Coyote is now almost entirely salvaged of functional parts except for the rear wheel. It’s ready for the garbage pile.<\/p>\n

I now have control of my Element’s transmission back and can change gears again.<\/p>\n

I guess the message of this post is: Don’t ever, EVER buy Grip-ShiftTM<\/sup><\/small> brand handlebar shifters. Stick with paddle-shifters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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