As I was riding downhill at Chino Hills, my K2 Lithium 4.0 started to make this horrible noise. Turns out the bearings from the Shock linkage basically disintegrated.

First thing I did was contact K2 to see about replacement bearings, they responded by telling me that I couldn’t purchase the bearings by themselves, but I had to buy the whole pivot assembly. WTF? Fine, I replied, how much is it? Answer: 80 bucks + s/h but the part is backordered and it won’t be in stock for about 1-3 months, WTF? So I did a search on bike bearings, that lead me to BocaBearings.com, I entered the dimensions of the bearings and voila, a slew of choices popped up on my screen. I chose the $16 Sealed Bearings and the bearings were at my door in 3 days. RL installed the bearings, which fit perfectly, and the K2 Lithium 4.0 is ready to rock.

It is unfortunate that the customer support sucks at K2/Iron horse, I really like riding the K2 but let’s say I won’t be buying another one.

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So the other day I was talking to a shop employee who was definitely into bikes. He started talking about the new Marzocchi forks and what not. I don’t even recall what he was saying until he tells me that he “just jizzed” himself when he saw this new fandangled fork.

Mind you, this isn’t the first time someone told me that they just messed themselves when they saw a new fancy schmancy product to hit the market. There was another time when a former wrench was telling me all about a 29er frame and while he was explaining the great things about this frame…he would roll back his eyes…make gestures as if he’s pleasuring himself, at the same time making that hmm donut Homer Simpson noise…

Here’s what I don’t get…why do guys do that? I’ve never heard of a female talking about how she just got an “O” when she saw a new product. If anything these dorks that do that look so dumb…and perverted. So what’s the moral? Well, keep bikes and your sexual desires separated!

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This morning Jeremy and I went out for a quick 8 miler ride. As he started to climb a hill, the gear he was on slipped. But after inspecting his bike, we noticed that he completely broke off the cog from the cassette. Dang that sucks!

Hopefully this is covered under warranty since his bike is only 6 months old.

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