EDIT: ITS WORSE!!! Major problem- need advice- WARNING: LONG

[Bun-bun]

http://wserver0.prepaidlegal.com/newCorp2/legal_plans/legal_plans.html

Not shady at all. I've had a plan with them for 7 years now. I run my own business, and it's nice not to have to worry about paying for a lawyer if one of your customers refuses to pay, or threatens to sue. I can just tell them "go ahead, I've got prepaid legal, won't cost me a dime!"
Shuts 'em right up.
Also helps when one of my workers gets busted(which happens WAAAY more than I'd like.).

[Rogue Duc]

Not shady at all. I've had a plan with them for 7 years now. I run my own business, and it's nice not to have to worry about paying for a lawyer if one of your customers refuses to pay, or threatens to sue. I can just tell them "go ahead, I've got prepaid legal, won't cost me a dime!"
Shuts 'em right up.
Also helps when one of my workers gets busted(which happens WAAAY more than I'd like.).

O/T

I've thought about something like this.

Bun-bun
Have you actually used them?
If so, how was the service?

[silentbob]

The services are legit as are the products from AmWay.  But, you are investing in a multi level marketing scam / business.

[cyrus buelton]

I still think you should strongarm the guy........

[silentbob]

I still think you should strongarm the guy........

I know a guy who is cheaper than an attorney and makes his living talking to people and convincing them of the error of their ways.  He also does "collections".

[Bun-bun]

O/T

I've thought about something like this.

Bun-bun
Have you actually used them?
If so, how was the service?

Rogue,
Yeah, I have used them about 5-6 times. Only once for a lawsuit against me, and that was a slamdunk anyway, but I've sued two different deadbeats, and I've had them defend two employees for doing something really stupid.
     It's basically the same thing as having a lawyer on retainer, but you get a different lawyer depending on what your need might be at any particular time. One lawyer for suing deadneats, another for defending idiots who drive without a license, and try to run from the cops.
     You have to do a cost/benefit analysis to decide whether the cost of the service will balance the lost income from not using their service, and just hiring a lawyer when you need one.
     The one time the service was priceless was when I was out of town, my wife went to the beach and had a bad reaction to something she drank, and passed out in her car. The cops arrested her for drunk in public. One phone call, and she was out of jail, had a lawyer to pick her up from the police station, get her to the hospital, have a blood test done, present that test at trial, and have the charges dismissed.
Yeah, it can be worth it!

[cyrus buelton]

I know a guy who is cheaper than an attorney and makes his living talking to people and convincing them of the error of their ways.  He also does "collections".

I know a few also.


By far the cheapest and most effective method to get your bike back.

[paradisecity]

I know a guy who is cheaper than an attorney and makes his living talking to people and convincing them of the error of their ways.  He also does "collections".

I know one too.  We have vacationed together.

I'd like to not have to go down that route.

I'm sure I'll hear about how I'm such a pussy but its been less than a week and I am trying to get this resolved the right way first.

[silentbob]

I know one too.  We have vacationed together.

I'd like to not have to go down that route.

I'm sure I'll hear about how I'm such a pussy but its been less than a week and I am trying to get this resolved the right way first.

I'm not trying to be macho.  Just cheap.

[cyrus buelton]

I know one too.  We have vacationed together.

I'd like to not have to go down that route.

I'm sure I'll hear about how I'm such a pussy but its been less than a week and I am trying to get this resolved the right way first.

I agree with Bob above, not trying to be macho either, but you have put up with enough bullshit.

[junior varsity]

Rocky got his start breaking pinkies, and he's Italian.

[5891jonathan]

I know one too.  We have vacationed together.

I'd like to not have to go down that route.

I'm sure I'll hear about how I'm such a pussy but its been less than a week and I am trying to get this resolved the right way first.

No, you're doing this right.  You want to avoid a mechanic's lien, which he can slap on the bike even if it's not in his possession.  You want him to grudgingly agree to a resolution.

[paradisecity]

back to the chain- all i have seen of it was last monday- is this a 530? 

sorry for not much to work with...

[junior varsity]

Hard to tell from that pick, but it does look a little wide.... Could be a 525, which would be standard issue. IMO, 525 is too wide from the factory on any 2v Monster, they should come issued with 520's. Sticking with 525's is easier though, since they just use that on all the bikes. A bit of a victim of a growing-larger company is standardization of parts.

There really is no justification of using a 530 though, unless you are running some seriously high power. One of the misconceptions is that the larger chains will 'last longer' - False. The larger chain is slightly stronger, sure, but that does not equal a longer life, since it can fall victim to neglect (rust) and wear from the gears like anything else.

If grandmaster of picking gaudy parts for your bike (me) was in charge of the chain and sprockets, you'd be receiving a nice gold-linked 520 chain, 15t front and larger, but odd-numbered rear sprocket - with the aluminum carrier, steel teeth. Odd numbered front and rear sprockets promote more even wearing.

I did not follow my own advice when I was picking sprockets though, and got a 14t front, instead of a larger rear (doh!)

TOB had a good write-up as to why its better (perhaps only marginally) to use two odd-numbered sprockets.

For me on the M900, the golden matchup would be something near a 15-43, I believe factory issue is 15-41 or 15-39. CA-Cycleworks has this information in their parts section under drive-train parts I believe.

[derby]

back to the chain- all i have seen of it was last monday- is this a 530? 

sorry for not much to work with...

if you look at the sideplates on the links, every other one should have the width (520, 525, 530) on it.