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You can do it however you want to. The reason I like to do one side at a time is that each side may require a different amount of force to move, like breaking a wishbone. Often one side spreads further than the other meaning you’ll have to correct for centering anyway.

Haha. Guess I’ll take that as a compliment.

@@allrounderbicycle7193 it's you narrating? Wow... what a nice ASMR

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Thanks for watching.

Sort of opens up another can of worms but ultimately the answer usually yes. Depends on the frame if you’re using a freewheel. If you remove spacers from the right side of the hub, this can sometimes result in the chain getting jammed against the frame when shifting. When you remove spacers from the left side, the hub may fit but the required difference in spoke tension on each side may result in broken spokes.

I pretty much only spread chromoly frames. By no means are we ever strengthening the joints when this is done. But chromoly is very resilient. These videos are for entertainment purposes only and based on my own experiences tweaking my own bikes for a number of decades.

@@allrounderbicycle7193 I purchased a Bontranger race lite wheelset for $120 when I thought could not true my back wheel. I found a good mechanic who trued my wheel. I would like to possibly use this wheelset since I ride on paved and groomed limestone trails. The new wheelset is 130 and my bike and old wheelset is 126.

Thanks. You still can. But I find this method to be more reliable when it comes to speed and maintaining center.

Honestly I don’t use the springs at all on my personal bikes. Usually toss them. Their sole purpose is to make it slightly easier to install the wheel, except I find they don’t really do that either. The most trouble you can get into is when they’re installed backwards.

Should be pretty plug and play but it never hurts to check derailleur hanger alignment. The right dropout and hanger move as a single piece. So if either were out of alignment before spreading the frame, then it will still be out of alignment after.

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SP-41 is my favorite as well.

Thanks for watching. Glad you found it helpful.

loose spokes and bad to no rim tape .

Thanks Steve!

Ok cool thanks

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Never done that one so can’t say from experience. There are a few frames that in my experience aren’t worth spreading and usually those have been touring bikes with exceptionally stiff seat and chainstay. And I don’t really know until I try to bend them. Another feature to bikes that don’t spread easily is lack of dimpling near the bottom bracket for maximizing tire clearance. Put another way, if the chainstays have dimples, they’re much easier to spread. Also if you spread the Moonlander symmetrically know that the chainline to the cassette will change and you may need to adjust the positioning of the chainring to work with it.

Thanks for the feedback. Oddly though I’m still using it three years later without any complaints. But I’m sure it’s crap if you say so.

Yes. Unfortunately this is more common than it should be.

@@bengt_axle a whole lot of unnecessary just to figure out if the tire is properly seated. There’s a much simpler way to get to the same result.

@@bengt_axle Good grief.

I had that issue too and had to reseat the tires. I also had to true the spokes and that helped as well. My biggest issue with the bike is the crankset. I have had a bent bottom bracket and issues with the crank arms. I am saving up for something better. That being said I love this bike. My family rides bikes from mountain bikes to road bikes and from that I have ridden many expensive bikes. With some upgrades I really think this will be one of my most favorite bikes I have ever ridden. The geometry is very comfortable to me and I just did a 100 mile ride road, gravel, and a little single track and it handled very well and I don't have any aches or pains. With some upgrades I think I will be extremely happy with it.

@@gigglingchicken8444 thanks for the comment especially with regards to the cranks. A “bent bottom bracket”… that’s interesting. Not sure I’ve ever seen that happen before. I can appreciate your comment on the geometry as well. I’m also more comfortable on frames shaped this way, but from my experience a lot of people prefer to have the bars higher up and for many it’s truly for the better. But I also know that many people only “think” upright is more comfortable because too often when you lower their bars and shorten the reach their comfort and efficiency improves. It’s all about balancing your body around the central motion of the feet. The bars and saddle should end up where your hands and butt are most stable.

Unfortunately “tire twitch” seems almost the norm these days especially with more high volume tires coming through the stand. I’m not sure if I just check more often or that they’ve always been this way (certainly never noticed it with road tires over the years). And I don’t mean to pick on Kenda, I’ve noticed it happens to all top brands like Panaracer (compass/R.H., Pacenti), Schwalbe, Continental, Challenge. It’s annoying because we take such care to have perfect trueness and roundness to our wheels only to spend a good $ on tires that aren’t nearly as perfect. I’m on some Pacenti Neo Motos now that I just couldn’t sell in good conscience. Luckily the roads around here are so bad that I don’t really notice the tire imperfections. And for the record, I love Green Day.

Yes. The black part is just a plastic cover to the metal nut beneath.

No. I usually get rid of them. Sorry about the last response, I thought you were referring to the brake springs.

Sounds familiar in these “supply chain ate my homework” times.

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Yes.