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DiyPresso: DIY Espresso Machine

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325 points ragebol | 1 comments | 12 Sep 24 19:00 UTC | HN request time: 0.705s | source
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wkirby ◴[12 Sep 24 19:26 UTC] No.41524554[source]▶
Love it. There’s a surprising amount of hackability in espresso machines — reminds me a lot of bicycles as an approachably fun tinkering project.
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Bluecobra ◴[12 Sep 24 19:59 UTC] No.41524859[source]▶
Do you know of any resources to help learn bicycles? I wish I could tune my own bicycle but can't seem to figure it out. I can build my own computer, change the oil in my car, paint a house, etc. but my bicycle always befuddles me.
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1. mauvehaus ◴[13 Sep 24 12:18 UTC] No.41530496[source]▶
Just about any book on the subject will be adequate to get the basics. There's also nearly nothing on a bicycle you can screw up in a way that you can't in-screw it up by turning the screw in the other direction (exception: wheel trueing, but even that you have to blow pretty bad to taco a rim). If you get into rebuilding mountain bike suspension, this doesn't apply, but that shouldn't be your first project anyway. Oh yeah, and hydraulic brakes probably also wouldn't be a great first project.

Get a book and start experimenting. Plan on re-doing some work.

Maybe find a way to hold the bike without investing in a work stand if you're over thirty. I've done a lot of work on the side of the road while bike touring, but that doesn't hold much appeal these days if I have another choice.

ETA: get a tube of bike grease from Park and a bottle of chain lube (Tri-Flow is fine, and so is everything else). Those'll cover your lubricant needs for years.