today i have a video that i've been excited to make for quite some time because the product
that is in this box is something that i've been excited about ever since i first heard about it
quite a while ago without any further delay let's just get right on into it with this extremely old
and dull knife at this rate i feel like i could break the knife before i break that so the thing
inside this box is something that has been in the works for quite a while and it is available
now you've seen in the title and thumbnail what it is so let's just start talking about
it there's also actually something extra in this box boom so there's a couple things in here
three things in here the thing that i'm excited about is this new thing right here which is called
the circle jerk from alienation and before we start talking about that this is what i'm excited
to show let's talk about what's in this box and as i open it here let's talk about what's inside
so we got some bolts in here but you may notice that this this hub is polished
and you guys probably remember if you don't take a look back at my bike build series
where i removed the anodizing and polished one of these hubs myself then had it
laser engraved with the alienation logo this is the tin man hub in the polished version so
what i did was essentially a trial run to see what it would look like and then now we have
production hubs that are going to be coming out in this polished colorway with the engraved
alienation logo i'm stoked for this i will be putting this onto my bike and riding this one now
that is so sick we have a couple extra of these uh end pieces i'm glad that these are also black
on this because the accent of them just looks good then the bolts with washers on them are
here as well so let's set that aside and get to the part of the video that i am excited
even more so to show you guys so the circle jerk is essentially as we open this a chain tensioner
you might wonder how that works and i can show you as soon as i pull one out here so what this
is is a washer on this side that you can see but if you look at the other side there's metal here
which basically just fills the void in your drop out to pretty much make your drop out the exact
length that you need it to be so as you can see here we have the 14 7.5 to eight millimeter option
the rotation that you have this thing in is what determines which size you will be using
and there are a ton of options with these things so there is 3 8 options and 14 millimeter options
in all of these sizes so we have 1.5 and 2 2.5 and 3 3.5 and 4 4.5 and five point five and six
six point five and seven and seven point five and eight i have the seven point five and eight
and the fourteen millimeter option all right so we've done enough talking about these things and
let's actually demonstrate how you put them onto your bike it's a very very simple process but uh
we'll show you guys anyways so before you even buy these things you're going to go to your bike
you're going to take off your hardware from your axle or take the bolt out and you're going to
want to get a measurement of the point the space between your axle and the front of your dropout
and to show you that a little better let's get a little bit closer so here's a closer look you're
going to want to measure the distance between the bottom of your dropout and where your axle sits
when it's actually being used so sometimes when you loosen up your axle nut or bolt your wheel
will shift a little bit you're going to want to compensate for that and to install the circle
jerk you literally just slide it onto your axle and if you look very closely here you can see
that it doesn't actually bottom out in my dropout that's because on this bike my current setup is
actually larger than the sizes that alienation offers but i wanted to show you guys how these
things actually work because this is such a cool concept i mean it literally just makes
where your dropouts at further forward to be where you need it to be it's essentially a chain
tensioner that makes you have a slammed wheel at all times because that is not going to move so in
this case you put your washer back on i'm pretty sure it would be okay if it replaced your washer
but then you would just put it back on and you're going to want to get an accurate
measurement here because these things only have a 0.5 millimeter adjustment whenever you flip them
so then you just tighten that down and then you'd be good to go now one thing you want to consider
on your peg side is if you have pegs that have the anti-rotation pins because this obviously
takes up the space that that would be using so that's definitely something that you're going
to want to think about maybe you just run one of these on one side to get that side of your wheel
exactly where it needs to be and then just adjust the other accordingly from there or maybe you
don't have anti-rotate pins in your pegs and it doesn't matter for you anyways either way though
it's a simple yet elegant solution to a problem that some people have in just the frustration
of getting your wheel where you want it to be and where it needs to be and then also the concept of
having your wheel essentially be slammed but exactly where you'd want it or need it to be with
your proper chain tension to your liking and just how far back you might want it in your dropouts
some people whenever they slam their wheels just have to deal with whatever they get with
their chain whether it's too tight or too loose or whatever it might be this allows you to determine
that for yourself so i really like this concept and let's run over the specs on it once more here
so it's available in 14 millimeter or 3 8 options in 0.5 millimeter increments from 1.5 all the way
up to 8. for example the smallest size you get two options because you can flip them and you get 1.5
and 2 millimeters up from there 2.5 and 3 all the way up until you get to 7.5 and 8 millimeters
respectively i didn't even consider the fact that i could have put the half link master link piece
in this chain and move it forward whenever i said well i'll just show people how you install this
and talk about it even though my bike as it sits is bigger than the range that is offered i also
didn't think about the fact that my front brake bike has a smaller gap in here and i should check
that because it definitely would fit the options that are available either way though thank you to
alienation for sending me these to talk about with you guys i'm excited to get that front hub laced
up and let me know in the comments down below if you're considering getting a pair of these
to essentially slam your wheel without it having to actually be slammed so thank you for watching
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