World Cup Tech Video: Setting Chain Tension

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wolfe38 (Aug 5, 2011 at 9:56)

how about showing the bike more than his face? i like how he describes it...but it would be nice to see it instead of his face...

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vaelin (Aug 5, 2011 at 10:01)

I was just thinking exactly this. Not too useful when he's trying to describe and point out something.

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True-Grit (Aug 5, 2011 at 10:14)

Agreed totally. Don't know what the cameraguy was thinking, but...

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kyphoto (Aug 5, 2011 at 20:46)

I was gonna ask if Fran Drescher's midget cameraman from UHF shot this footage. What's with the up the nose angle?

Other than that, good info.

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airsoftesneeto FL (Aug 6, 2011 at 19:59)

rear mech? never heard that one before

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freeridelives (Aug 5, 2011 at 9:23)

I love downhill

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bigburd (Aug 5, 2011 at 9:36)

I love peanut butter and chocolate spread sandwiches

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tank3872 (Aug 5, 2011 at 10:29)

thats shits for winner pre ride !

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bigburd (Aug 5, 2011 at 11:33)

yep

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joshbb1 (Aug 5, 2011 at 21:04)

snickers sanga whatuppppppppp

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tank3872 (Aug 5, 2011 at 10:30)

good lil vid i agree with most on here seeing him doing it instead of looking at his wise mechancial mush would have help more but somthing new learned so cheers PB !

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mountguitars (Aug 5, 2011 at 15:44)

totally agree on that one. i never knew that the chain's length can adversely affect the rear suspension's travel in the first place.

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Session603 (Aug 5, 2011 at 9:56)

That was an awesome video. Thank you. I seriously never would've thought about taking the spring out of my rear shock to do that.

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Caiokv FL (Aug 5, 2011 at 10:31)

Once I tried to take the spring off my bike, but I failed... I was a bit afraid of damaging the shox, it was a DHX 5.0. Now I have a VAN R/C, is it easy to take the spring out?

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ryanflaherty (Aug 5, 2011 at 13:18)

If it's the same as my Van R all you have to do is,

back the preload collar off
the coil should now be free to move up and down
slide the bump-stop thing up the shaft
slip the round disc out (dont know the technical name)
and then the spring should slide right out

Here's a previous Tech Tuesday using a Vivid, but it's the same principles....

www.pinkbike.com/news/Tech-Tuesday-Coil-Spring-Swap-2011.html

Hope that's of some help bud

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mckija (Aug 5, 2011 at 16:42)

why did you down grade to a Van R/C? they have near to no tune ability, and the DHX5 ann you have to do it loosen the spring by the screw and the bottom comes and you slide it off and then slide the spring off

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andypandyuk (Aug 5, 2011 at 10:56)

Yeah, too much of his face while he is trying to show you something...shame.

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Velzy (Aug 5, 2011 at 13:54)

How would you do this with a Vivid Air? Remove the shock entirely? Bleed all the air out (really don't want to do this)?

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Demo-250 (Aug 5, 2011 at 14:02)

Why not? Just let all the air out of the chamber... it will be even easier than a coil shock. Just pencil down your pressure, let air out, check your setup, then pump back up to your recorded pressure.

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kyphoto (Aug 5, 2011 at 20:48)

Yeah. What he ^ said.

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mikeinjasper (Aug 5, 2011 at 13:16)

great vid

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nhillerby (Aug 5, 2011 at 23:42)

well now i know how to tension my chain.

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iamaskier333 (Aug 5, 2011 at 9:45)

not to sure about the background music haha

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zimwe (Aug 6, 2011 at 6:23)

Dave Garland fucking rules! love these tech vids!

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nut-case (Aug 5, 2011 at 9:39)

hahahahahahaha ^^^^