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From: AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org>
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Subject: Re: RE: Re: Disc Compatibility?
Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2025 11:04:53 -0500
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On 3/9/2025 10:58 AM, cyclintom wrote:
> On Sat Mar 8 12:50:06 2025 zen cycle  wrote:
>> On 3/7/2025 8:00 PM, John B. wrote:
>>> On Fri, 7 Mar 2025 06:18:22 -0500, zen cycle
>>> <funkmasterxx@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 3/6/2025 5:16 PM, Joerg wrote:
>>>>> On 3/6/25 1:11 PM, Zen Cycle wrote:
>>>>>> On 3/6/2025 3:45 PM, Joerg wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Both front and back should have the same lever pull, assuming similar
>>>>>>> pad and rotor wear. If you got a lot of air out the question is, how
>>>>>>> did that much get in there in the first place? That doesn't sound
>>>>>>> healthy.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> In a well-designed brake system air tends to bubble up towards the
>>>>>>> handles. Maybe ride around a little, get the brakes good and warm,
>>>>>>> and bleed again. I always vent at the top when bleeding my MTB
>>>>>>> brakes. Only very little air comes out, if any. The brakes always
>>>>>>> feel firm but I do it as a preventative maintenance to prevent a
>>>>>>> surpsise brake fade. I have seen that happen with a rider in front of
>>>>>>> me on a long downhill. His front faded but since he was a good dirt
>>>>>>> bike rider he saved the situation with a nice sideways slide,
>>>>>>> stopping in a massive plume of dust. And some expletives.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ?Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving
>>>>>> safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside,
>>>>>> thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, ?Wow
>>>>>> what a ride!? - Hunter S. Thompson
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Last words of a redneck: "Hold my beer and y'all watch me now!" :-)
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> lol...that's a running joke between me and my wife whenever one of us is
>>>> going to try something potentially risky (usually stoking the fire pit).
>>>>
>>>> "be careful honey"
>>>> "hold my beer, I got this"
>>>
>>> What is a "Fire Pit"?
>>>
>>>
>>
>> basically, a pit where you have a controlled fire. In our case, it's a ~
>> 6' diameter structure built out of cobblestones on a concrete pad.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> I know that there is subject drift, but going from how to get disc brakes to bleed properly to how to use fire is just too stupid for words. Everyone uses BBQ's and not a hole in the ground where a fire is burning!

Well, apartment denizens often use little hibachis on the 
balcony, and urban homeowners frequently have pressed steel 
charcoal grills but where space is more plentiful so are 
stone bordered pits.

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Andrew Muzi
am@yellowjersey.org
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