Goodnight, sweet prince.
Hammell is heading out today on Warped Tour with The Dear & Departed for a month or so… We’ll miss ya, buddy!
I didn’t get any photos of the send-off but here is a sweet little bike pile from out front:
This thing was the bane of my existence for a couple of days – thanks to Keith from Cavern for helping a brother out!
on June 27th, 2007 at 11:33 am
Bearings stuck in the headtube sucks.
on June 27th, 2007 at 11:38 am
I bet! This particular problem was trying to get a 26.4 race on a 27 fork… The dremel + hammer method didn’t work…
Cyclemotive: You’re fucked (they didn’t notice the size issue)
Dukes: I can face it for you, but not today.
Urbane: I didn’t even bother… it would probably be a week.
Cavern: Took it in, fixed it same day! Super rad dude, I’ll give Keith my business any day.
on June 27th, 2007 at 2:27 pm
Urbane: wait…is there grease on there? did you grease the head tube? oh its fucked. don’t even touch that duane! he greased the head tube! who knows what will happen!
on June 27th, 2007 at 2:28 pm
Hahaha, amazing!
Surprisingly enough, the last few times I’ve been in there that guy has been particularly helpful / friendly.
on June 27th, 2007 at 2:29 pm
Oh it looked like the steerer had been dinged up by bearings, yeah your problem would have only been made 90 times worse by going to urbane to have it fixed.
on June 27th, 2007 at 2:30 pm
Nope – they tried to stop me, they said “Hammer, please don’t hurt ‘em” but I just kept whacking anyway.
on June 27th, 2007 at 5:20 pm
I think with Urbane (and other shops) you can’t go in there asking for advice or asking a question. you have to simply go in, ask for the specific part you need and be gone. the minute you give the slightest impression that you might play around with other ideas, is the instance where shit flies at you through a fan.