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| tehschkott |
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What did you do to your bike today? I'll start.
Replaced the front brake on the XO. When wet I’m having a hell of a time trying to stop on non-machined sidewalls – pimp as they may look.
This is the strongest front canti-brake I could find, with the stickiest pads I could get, using V-brake pads for extra surface area. I hope this does the trick.
I also think the red anno looks pretty dope against the purple anno rims. Yeah sploosh.
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I also fabricated a light bracket from a cut down center-pull brake arm. This wasn’t my idea – I saw it elsewhere on Flickr and decided to give it a go. I didn’t do a fancy job on any of it – wires are everywhere and the bracket is still pretty rough – I just wanted to futz around with this before I button it all down.
Also, hello! Dynamo! The project progresses! First impressions are great. I don’t know if I like this lamp specifically, but I like that the hub produces almost no noticeable resistance and that, you know… Light!
Alex lent me this lamp to play around with. I’m still formulating my opinions and questions about shaped light shapes and whatnots. Will probably post about that later somewhere. Am waiting on a lamp that’s on order before I clean it all up.
That is all.
(yeah I cross posted to my blog just... cause) |
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| Chip McShoulder |
| Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2012 6:48 am |
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| Alex |
| Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2012 7:02 am |
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You should try the other Cyo as well, the one that I loaned you has the nearfield reflector which makes it a bit less bright overall.
Yesterday I used my shop time to help my friend Alistair start building a frame jig that is a copy of the one that I made in December.
Today I'm going to work a bit on a fork for my new travel bike and help Peter with a project of his. |
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| caustic meatloaf |
| Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2012 10:02 am |
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| I just replaced the chain and cassette. It is not worth of pics. |
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| m_e_perry |
| Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2012 10:11 am |
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Also no pics, but for the Soma:
- new VO hammered aluminum fenders + Brooks mud flap
- new crappy Avid brake lever to replace a broken crappy Avid brake lever (pro tip: tether the bike on the ferry, especially in rough water).
Happy Sunday.
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| Eric_s |
| Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2012 10:16 am |
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put new wheels on. Old wheels got fucked up in a crash (massive chunk taken out of the brake track from a fender nut) and I was tired of them anyways. Cheap weinmann rims laced to no name hubs, but 24mm wide and much better.
Put a new front tire on: kept getting flats and i had a new one laying around.
New chain, new 17t cog, and flipped the stem over.
New sks longboard fenders: They're good for coverage, bad for rigidity, but much much cheaper and easier to install than metal fenders, and better for commuting bike anyways.
The batrape is 2 or 3 years old and should probably be replaced soon. |
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| joeball |
| Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2012 10:22 am |
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| Yesterday I progressed on insulating and sheeting my bicycle storage/workshop area. I'm doing this in prep of possibly converting my horizontal bicycle storage into a vertical storage system. This is going to mess up my tire storage though. Why do I have so many tires not on bikes? |
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| ripper |
| Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2012 10:30 am |
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I took the drops off the Ira Ryan and put on Nitto Albatross bars, flipped the stem and finally fitted a decaleur for the bag. Also added a new bell and replaced the chain. Very happy with the results.
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| joeball |
| Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2012 10:36 am |
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ripper wrote: I took the drops off the Ira Ryan and put on Nitto Albatross bars, flipped the stem and finally fitted a decaleur for the bag. Also added a new bell and replaced the chain. Very happy with the results.
Hawwwwwwt. Nice save Mike. |
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| lantius |
| Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2012 11:42 am |
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Pulled off the LHT's ice tires and put on the 700x45 Resist Nomads that Andre has been using on his. Looking forward to giving them an evaluation against the 700x37 Pasela's I had been running. I also cleaned the bike shop, put the tools back where they belonged, and started putting together a small pile of stuff for the bike swap.
I also spent a little bit of time comparing geometries between the LHT, the Ogre, Fargo mk II, the Fargo mk I (non-suspension-corrected fork), and Ahearne's 29er tourer. Results are inconclusive, but I am seriously considering making the leap into a even fatter-capable adventure machine with disc brakes. |
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| derrickito |
| Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2012 12:18 pm |
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| today i unlocked my bike from the tree outside of my house, where it sat since thursday. |
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| tehschkott |
| Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2012 1:32 pm |
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| looking good Mike. How's it fit? |
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| tehschkott |
| Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2012 1:34 pm |
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| ripper |
| Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2012 2:03 pm |
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tehschkott wrote: looking good Mike. How's it fit?
Great. The weight distribution is now over the back wheel more, but the A-bars def. solved my "old man" saddle to bar drop issue. Those Road BB7s, which I found to be merely good before, now work like a dream with those 20th century canti mountain levers.
But yeah, feels like a new bike with a renewed sense of purpose. Glad to be keeping it in my stable. |
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| gsbarnes |
| Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2012 2:39 pm |
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| I cleaned it and lubed the chain. Say, did you know if you put a little vinegar on a rag, the grease comes off more easily? |
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| Chip McShoulder |
| Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2012 4:51 pm |
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| tehschkott |
| Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2012 5:34 pm |
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I usually use Isopropyl Alcohol for general wipe down, or goofoff or a citric based solvent if I need to get gnar on parts. The latter is preferred for environmental reasons, but good quality citric based stuff is also far more expensive unfortunately.
The vinegar is interesting - I'd not have thought to use that. Is it strong enough to do bike chains and bearings? |
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| caustic meatloaf |
| Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2012 7:31 pm |
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| Miracle red is my cleaner of choice. |
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| lantius |
| Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2012 8:03 pm |
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Miracle Red is frankly amazing, especially for hands. I also like generic citrus cleaner on the bike. Less so on my hands.
That reminds me that I should look for some more cheap lube and cleaners at the bike swap. There were some good deals last year. |
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| Alex |
| Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2012 8:56 pm |
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The Dumonde Tech lube that I bought at the swap last year is lethal. It's got some toxic smell that makes the house inhabitable for hours.
This is what Peter and I made this morning:
It lets you run 110/74 chainrings on a 50.4mm BCD crank:
He did the hard work of figuring out the shape and drawing it up. I just operated the CNC machine.
The sad thing is that I bought one of these cranks two years ago for this project and sold it last year figuring that I'd never get around to designing the spider. Now I just need to find one of the cranks. |
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| tehschkott |
| Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2012 8:57 pm |
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| caustic meatloaf |
| Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2012 9:10 pm |
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lantius wrote: Miracle Red is frankly amazing, especially for hands. I also like generic citrus cleaner on the bike. Less so on my hands.
That reminds me that I should look for some more cheap lube and cleaners at the bike swap. There were some good deals last year.
Dang right. I love how I can clean my bike and my hands are cleaner than before I started. |
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| gsbarnes |
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tehschkott wrote: The vinegar is interesting - I'd not have thought to use that. Is it strong enough to do bike chains and bearings?
I just wanted something because there was starting to be a layer of chain gunk on the chain stay (under the chain, go figure). I looked in the cleaning supplies closet, and figured vinegar couldn't do any harm. (It's also pretty well-known that most any cleaning product will clean most anything; it's mostly a matter of what they're designed for and details like whether they're biodegradable, smell nice, etc.).
My main problem with the vinegar was that I basically wanted it on a rag, so something in a spray bottle would have worked better.
Anyway, I only used it on my frame, cogs, and some parts like the crank arms. I did not try the chain. I'll definitely get more aggressive next time, probably with something like Simple Green (which I think we have as well). |
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| saccade |
| Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2012 10:59 pm |
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Yeah, so I went to Alex's with some aluminum and a DXF file.
Then I had to pull my old Suntour cartridge BB that no one has the tool for anymore, so I made a tool. I haven't picked up the brazing torch in a few months so it was a bit of relearning.
Then I finally stuck my dymano wire through the factory holes in the frame.
Then put on my new 185mm x 46/30 double setup:
Next I plan on relocating the cantilever bosses under the seatstays and building a saddlebag support / duffel rack. |
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| blasdelf |
| Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2012 11:00 pm |
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Alex wrote: The sad thing is that I bought one of these cranks two years ago for this project and sold it last year figuring that I'd never get around to designing the spider. Now I just need to find one of the cranks.
I've got a spare set in 175mm with the bolts needed to attach the spider |
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| jeff |
| Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 9:33 am |
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| I rode it to work. |
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| Eric_s |
| Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 9:01 pm |
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New batrape, changed bars. Planet bike gel/cork ribbon is much nicer tape than cinelli cork ribbon, except for the feel, and the color. However, much easier to install and remove, and more comfortable. Went from cinelli "celeste" mint green to PB "celeste" mint green, on a "Nuvo celeste" bianchi. I'm a little red-green colorblind, but i know those are yellow wheels. Not original, but also good for winter/nopo wheels. |
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| caustic meatloaf |
| Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 7:05 am |
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| Batrape? Let me guess, they were asking for it? |
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| Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 8:37 am |
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| ...just hangin upside down from the cave ceiling. They should know I can't control myself when standing ankle-deep in guano. |
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| Bo Ttorff |
| Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 8:33 pm |
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| Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 11:19 am |
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- Finally got my VO Pass Hunter front rack with integrated decaleur installed properly. used a spacer to push entire rack forward, away from frame.
- Raised the stem/bar & rotated brake lever interrupters so the new Acorn bag could all play nice. I am so upright now that I must look like an old man (don't care, it's comfortable).
- Took the plunge & drilled a hole in the fender for the rack-fender-mount, fender is free from all rattle now!
- Also finally gave up on the daruma bolt issue after much experimentation and just used a L-bracket on the backside of the crown, works fine, doesn't look as pretty though.
- Put on the brass crane bell my mommy got me for xmas
- Overall, much happy
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| Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 11:21 am |
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Eric_s wrote:
New batrape, changed bars. Planet bike gel/cork ribbon is much nicer tape than cinelli cork ribbon, except for the feel, and the color. However, much easier to install and remove, and more comfortable. Went from cinelli "celeste" mint green to PB "celeste" mint green, on a "Nuvo celeste" bianchi. I'm a little red-green colorblind, but i know those are yellow wheels. Not original, but also good for winter/nopo wheels.
If you rewrapped the bars, why didn't you rotate them down and move the hoods back while you were there?
Nice build Andrew |
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| Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 12:40 pm |
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tehschkott wrote:
If you rewrapped the bars, why didn't you rotate them down and move the hoods back while you were there?
Nice build Andrew
because that's not comfortable for me. I tried it. I hate that setup. In fact, i want to get some ergo bars because those work the best for me. |
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| ripper |
| Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 12:45 pm |
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Eric_s wrote: tehschkott wrote:
If you rewrapped the bars, why didn't you rotate them down and move the hoods back while you were there?
Nice build Andrew
because that's not comfortable for me. I tried it. I hate that setup. In fact, i want to get some ergo bars because those work the best for me.
There's a place for that nitpicky JOD stuff, and it's Tarck. |
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| Eric the Red |
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I put my fenders back on. Stupid rain! 4 days without fenders was such a tease. You don't want to see pics, it's gross.
Also, finally got some fancy SIDI road shoes for my fancy road pedals that have been collecting dust. Fuck, dialing in road cleats is annoying but worth it. |
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| Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 12:28 pm |
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Eric the Red wrote: I put my fenders back on. Stupid rain! 4 days without fenders was such a tease. You don't want to see pics, it's gross.
Fenders are overated. Just got back from a little holiday trip where my wife and I were able to rent/borrow bikes for a few days.
Pictures tell the story.....
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| tehschkott |
| Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 1:02 pm |
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ripper wrote:
There's a place for that nitpicky JOD stuff, and it's Tarck.
Really? You're going to get on ME about being nitpicky?
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| Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 7:34 pm |
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tehschkott wrote: ripper wrote:
There's a place for that nitpicky JOD stuff, and it's Tarck.
Really? You're going to get on ME about being nitpicky?
lollin
No, I'm telling you that if you want to nitpick things like handlebar angle or lever positions, go to Tarck. |
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