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Cleaning chain grease off Cerakote
Howdy buckaroos, I’ve been riding and loving my Flaanimal (in PSL orange). Over time, my bike has accumulated some gross chain grease stains on usual areas and I can’t get them off. I typically use a dry lube like T9 or Rock n Roll Gold and occasionally Dumonde Tech. To clean the areas that got some chain marks on them, I’ve used a mild detergent like Dawn and a diluted citrus degreaser—I am careful about using anything too aggressive. Using a blue paper towel or cloth shop rag, I vigorously rub with reasonable and sturdy pressure, and I can barely get any of the chain grease off. What’s more, I’ll get some orange from the Cerakote on the rag which has me kinda worried. That may be because I am effectively polishing the chainstay—I’ve noticed that some areas that get regular contact start to get polished like the top tube. Nonetheless, I am a bit concerned about the stains and the Cerakote coming off. I haven’t had these issues on powder-coated bikes. I would appreciate some suggestions. Thanks a ton!
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Ted,
It may not be entirely possible to removed chain grease stains from Cerakote. Cerakote is ceramic particles suspended in a polymer and may have more poreosity than other coatings – meaning that if you get chain grease in it and it soaks into the pores it may embed beyond a detergent’s ability to penetrate and remove it.
Areas such as chainstays that are subject to grease would be better to protect with a 3M clear vinyl such as ClearBra, or any mainstream chainstay protector.
It is also a useful idea to wipe down the bike when cleaning with Bike Lust or even a spray on car wax as a protective layer. That will help seal pores in the coating and provide a sacrificial layer for dirt and contamination to stick to and then wash off.
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Front low rider rack for spork 1.2
Does the Tubus Duo fit the Spork 1.2? If not, which low rider rack fits? I’m having trouble installing it.
Answer
The Duo will only fit if you buy or manufacture small offset mounting hardware for it. There isn’t enough clearance for everything at the lower eyelets as-is.
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Flat mount to post mount adaptor
I’m putting an older group set onto a new Flanimal 5.0 frame set and the brakes I have are shimano post mount. I ordered the shimano SM-MA-R160P/D adaptor but it interferes with the slider/brake mount assembly. The interference is minor, I think I could relive some material from the adaptor, but before I do that I wanted to make sure there wasn’t an adaptor that actually fit correctly.
has anyone else seen this issue?
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You will need our off the back slider + your adapter in order to properly run post mount brakes on Flaanimal:
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crown race on spork 3
Hi there, just fitting a spork 3.0 with a new White Ind. headset. The White headset comes with a split crown race is it ok to use this and not the supplied Rodeo one?
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The White Industries split is perfectly fine to use.
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Rodeo 2.0 Rim ERD
Hello,
Do you know the ERD for the Rodeo 2.0 700c rim?
Thanks,
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How naked is naked?what
One of the frame options is ‘naked, no decals’. What does that look like? Is it black or is it metal?
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Naked Flaanimal have a black ED (anti rust coating) and a single layer of satin clear coat.
Naked Traildonkey have visible carbon weave with some sections smoked opaque black, and all covered with gloss clear coat.
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Spork compression plug and topcap
The Spork 3.0 ordering page now shows an option to include a compression plug and topcap. Is it this one?
Also, the Spork page says compression plugs are not included. You may want to update that to say they’re optional.
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Yes this is the correct compression plug / topcap that is optionally available as a bundle with our forks.
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Chris King T47 and Easton Cinch
I have a new Flanimal 5 (85.5 BB shell width) and have installed the Chris King T47 30i BB. I have the CK fit kit #5 for installation. My Easton EA90 cranks come with 129mm spindle. Will this work? The instructions I have been able to find at CK and Easton have not made clear the correct set up of spacers, etc.
Any experience with this setup? Any advice?
Thanks very much
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Matt,
The T47 30i is the correct bottom bracket for the crankset, and the Fit Kit #5 also looks correct.
Unfortunately we no longer have a direct account with King, so we can’t give you installation advice based on using their products.Easton EA90 cranks definitely work with our frame.
Generally speaking spacers are there to take up any excess spindle between the bearing and the crank arm so it should be easy to determine how many spacers that you need with some trial and error. Too few spacers will have play and too many will cause the bearings to bind because of excess copression.
If there is a wave washer supplied with the crank or fit kit that will help take up any micro excess of extra space and should be included in the install.
Hopefully this helps a bit.
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Soma Champs Elysees question
Which version of the Soma Champs Elysees fits the Spork 3.0, the regular version or the 130mm wide version? Thanks.
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When we purchased and tested that rack there was only one version. We had to bend the struts out slightly wider but there were no issues. The fork is actually 127mm wide down at the dropout area and tapers upwards so the 130 should work without issues, but you may end up adding some spacers between the rack and the fork to adjust to correct width. Be sure to use 25mm M5 bolts to mount the rack struts to the mid leg eyelets so that the weight of the fork’s cargo is distributed across double the eyelet area (inner and outer eyelets).
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Is it safe to use a 180mm rotor with a Spork 3.0?
Also, would doing so violate the warranty?
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We can’t claim that the fork works and is safe with 180mm because we haven’t tested it with 180mm.
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