Trek Procaliber 9.5 manky cranky

Thankfully this fell off at the bottom of the hill. The bike, a Trek Procaliber 9.5 , the crank, Shimano MT511, 30T steel ring, 52mm chainline, 175mm length. The MT511….

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Royal 1212x Shredder Repair

When a shredder won’t shred the 12 sheets inserted into and it stops feeding in both directions, what next? https://www.royal.com/shredders/1212x-English-manual-final.pdf Thankfully the maker space heroes had created an STL to….

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How did they do that? Garage Opener Sensor

Sometimes things just work, because they work you don’t notice them. The garage door sensors starting playing up, they would indicate that something was blocking the doorway, this has happened….

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Hyper.is terminal and plugin install

Hyper is a cool extensible terminal app that I saw a co-worker using. The screenshot below is my setup with hypernasa and hyper power plugins. Adding the plugins is straighforward….

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Jeep Wrangler Clickety Click

The sequel to Snap, Crackle and Pop in now Jeep (140,000+ miles) clickety click. When the car is first started with the air blowing and after the car has stopped….

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Salsa Horsethief Hub Destruction

When you are 6’3+ and 200lbs climbing can bring out some torque, but how much torque does it take to strip the Ratchet Ring from a Novatec DH82SB 12 x….

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Olsen Karapoti – Snap, Crackle and Pop

A journey on a Titanium hardtail and the snaps, crackles and pops along the way……. A sweet ride from a bike builder with awesome support. Build Specs: Karapoti Frame Large….

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Jackery Explorer 12v Connector

The Jackery Explorer portable power stations come with a variety of outputs depending on the model. Both models I own came with a 12v output in what seems to be….

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Trek Marlin Gary Fisher Single Speed Conversion

The Bike: https://www.bikeradar.com/reviews/bikes/mountain-bikes/trek-marlin-review/ The task: Remove the front and rear derailleurs and replace with single speed. Remove shifters and cables Fix the wobble in the pedaling, seems to be a….

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Yeti SB140 Fox Transfer Post

The Yeti SB140 L comes with an Fox Transfer 31.6/175mm Post. Riding today the seat popped off, not an entirely painless event. The dropper post upper clamp had failed at….

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