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  1. 04 Maggie Lever Not Retracting Fully

    in Trials Chat

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    Hi all, I posted the other day about my 04 magura lever sticking on piston retraction.. And still havn't been able to find a solution!

    Ive taken the lever body apart and thoroughly cleaned it. The piston and spring and chamber are all spotless and are in need of some sort of lube to get them sliding nicely..

    Ive tried WD40 and oil.. but for some reason the piston (when reinserted) wont retract fully back up the chamber.. Infact it sometimes just goes in and gets stuck!

    I thought ok, maybe its got a blemish somewhere thats stopping it from moving freely, however all surfaces are perfectly smooth.

    Thinking that one may b faulty, i got an old one that i wasnt using any more and tried the exact same procedure on that one..

    SAME prob.. (note: these were previously working levers - no knocks/dents)

    Clearly buying a new lever would be the perfect solution, however this surely should be easily sorted..

    Does anyone have any suggestions as to what fluid/lube to use around the piston body and chamber (note: this is going to be and has been a water bleed for the last yr) ?

    Note: I have also tried leaving it as it is and bleeding it in the sink as per usual, however the lever being as it is wont move the water through the system properly and therefore fails..

    The plastic of the piston doesn't like WD40, it swells it up. Reduce the diameter however you can, a lathe would be best if you can get use of one.

  8. Bucket With Bolts) Zhi Z1

    in Bike Pictures

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    I'm so suprised Deng hasn't done that yet! :o

    Looks amazing.

    Oh...nice bikes too. :P

    Would now be a good time to say I saw one of those in Supercycles just under five years ago :P

    It was modular rather than solid, and had a splitter incorporated into the arch. It's a very very very good idead :)

  9. Life

    in Chit Chat

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    I accept that feelings of good and bad are entirely constructions of the mind. This unfortunately doesnt remove the requirement to use them in order to get by. I would suspect the great majority of people never question why they consider something to be good or bad simply because it's a convenient link to how other people feel (e.g., as an example, football fans feeling negative about their team losing a match, if you felt positive about it and voiced your opinion you'd be in high danger of getting thumped!). And generally to make money we need to turn a "bad" situtation into a "good" one, so it is a big struggle for the man on the street to disentangle his perceptions from the stimuli that cause those perceptions. Whatever your state of enlightenment, it wont save you from the wrath of the water board if you havent payed your bill :P

  10. Life

    in Chit Chat

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    You'll never find a consistent form of happiness when it rests on objects in the world. None of them are constant and what you like about them one moment, you'll only dislike on another.

    Additionally, whenever we describe an object as being bad or good, we are only describing our thoughts or reaction to it and not the thing in itself. The world, before we start dealing with it in our heads, is neither good nor bad, it just is. You are the one that makes yourself feel bad or good by the way you think about it and then react to that thinking. Change the thoughts or stop paying attention to them and you begin to live the world in a more desirable way.

    I think, based on experience, that if you want to be the happiest you can, you need to tap into the experience of existing, as it's the most constant thing in your life and I suspect for everyone regardless of if they know it or not, it's the most rewarding realisation. "I exist? what the f**k is that all about?". It seems amazing to me that anything actually is. Easier said that done to realise it though. I forget it most of the time despite involving myself in specific type of activities to realise it. I'm usually trying to find happiness by identifying myself with the labels i can use to describe the type of activities i involve myself in or the type of objects I own. Very short lived and limited way of establishing happiness but unfortunately, the norm.

    Perhaps not consistent happyness, but consistent satisfaction. I have a steam engine. It's big, old, and worn out. In its current state it is knackered, which is where I would quarrel with your second paragraph. Something that doesnt work is, well, "bad". It might have artistic merit but it's no use to anyone, it can't do a day's work. I will mend it in time, and look forward to the day it is finished, but then I'll lose a constant monitor that keeps me going.

    I understand that our existance is amazing, and our ability to ponder that existance fabulous. But happyness to me will always come from using my mind and body to improve something, be that the state of my engine, the state of boumsong's bike (the original definition of a lost cause, gentlemen), or the state of mind of a friend. It isnt enough for me to appreciate my existance, I like to be changing things. A man I admire greatly said that a man's character is formed by his trade, his ability to use his hands to make and mend. I firmly believe that to be at the peak of your craft, whatever that may be and not necessarily practical, is the greatest joy you can find.

    Perhaps it's uneducated, perhaps I lack the motivation or ability to see beyond my perception of what my senses take in, I'm no monk. But I do my best to keep the world around me moving smoothly and free from harm, and go to bed every night feeling content :)

  11. Landscape Gardening...

    in Chit Chat

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    All depending on who your boss is, but on the whole landscaping is hard work. Everything is heavy and most of it needs to be shifted by hand. We did a not overly large patio a couple of months ago, ten tons of material came out entirely by hand in two days, down a flight of steps and round a couple of dodgy corners, then eight tons of materials went back round the corners and up the damn stairs. To be honest, I would advise concentrating on the plants side of things, be that aboriculture or horticulture or whatever, it's a bit more involving and educating and not so back-breaking.

  13. Pro2 Split

    in Trials Chat

    Posted

    The only reason the deore hubshell doesnt crack in the same fashion is because it isnt subjected to the freewheel forces. Hope have made a good hub, have responded to problems and no doubt would have made an indestructable hubshell if it wasnt for the fact everyone would moan about the weight.

  14. Lost Power On Rear Magura?

    in Trials Chat

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    If this is a post-05 magura with the red TPA wheel within the lever blade, it is perfectly possible for it to strip the threads in the wheel, then for the pin to push its way down through the wheel, giving the effect you describe. Given no other damage, a new TPA is all that is needed.

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