Things that go wrong with my bike... (CDWP = 60)

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  • Jamey
    Jamey Posts: 2,152
    Mon 02 Mar 2009: Did not ride (my birthday, off work).
    Tue 03 Mar 2009: Did not ride (off work).
    Wed 04 Mar 2009: Both journeys fine. Extended ride home to 29 miles. CDWP = 49

    Looks like tomorrow's the day. I must confess I'm a little excited :)
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  • Jamey
    Jamey Posts: 2,152
    Thu 05 Mar 2009: Morning journey fine. CDWP = 49.5 ...Ooh, the tension :)
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  • biondino
    biondino Posts: 5,990
    The tension? Spoke tension? Cable tension? What's wrong with them??? OMG your bike is falling apart!!!!1!1one
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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    biondino wrote:
    The tension? Spoke tension? Cable tension? What's wrong with them??? OMG your bike is falling apart!!!!1!1one

    :lol:
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  • Jamey
    Jamey Posts: 2,152
    Actually, I did have to true the rear wheel a bit on Sunday ;)
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  • Jamey
    Jamey Posts: 2,152
    Thu 05 Mar 2009: Both journeys fine. CDWP = 50!!! A momentous occasion.

    OMG, I don't think I can actually believe it's happened :)
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  • alfablue
    alfablue Posts: 8,497
    HEY, fantastic! A momentous occasion indeed!

    Yes, keep the thread going!
  • biondino
    biondino Posts: 5,990
    Hi, I'm a bigshot hollywood producer and I'd like to buy the film rights to this thread. One man and his machine, locked together against fate, the elements, and a crushing sense of self-doubt. Kate Winslet is already attached to play Jamey, and we're in talks with Angelina to play the bike.
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  • Jamey
    Jamey Posts: 2,152
    Bigshot, you say?

    Hmmm... It's a deal.
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  • The complaining tadpole
    The complaining tadpole Posts: 56
    Kate Winslet riding Angelina Jolie - I'd watch that! :D
  • el_presidente
    el_presidente Posts: 1,963
    Jamie - well done. I was sceptical at the start of this thread but your 50 day total is a testament to how much you have learned. Excellent job.
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  • Jamey
    Jamey Posts: 2,152
    Cheers, appreciate that. I definitely feel like I've learned loads. At the start of this thread I was the kind of person who took the bike into the shop (Evans) for them to fix a stiff link in the chain, and back then I didn't even know it was called a stiff link I just turned up in the shop and said "my chain's jumping, please can you take a look."

    Now I can completely strip down my bike to the frame, rebuild it, service hubs and perhaps most importantly of all build wheels and keep them true (massive thanks to Rob Barker for that - absolute star). I'm actually looking forward to giving my bike a big service once the Spring kicks in properly.
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  • Jamey
    Jamey Posts: 2,152
    Fri 06 Mar 2009: Both journeys fine. CDWP = 51
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  • Jamey
    Jamey Posts: 2,152
    Mon 09 Mar 2009: Both journeys fine. Extended ride home to 31 miles. CDWP = 52
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  • Jamey
    Jamey Posts: 2,152
    Tue 10 Mar 2009: Both journeys fine. CDWP = 53
    Wed 11 Mar 2009: Both journeys fine. CDWP = 54
    Thu 12 Mar 2009: Did not ride - saddle sore :(
    Fri 13 Mar 2009: Did not ride (going out after work).
    Sat 14 Mar 2009: Did not ride.
    Sun 15 Mar 2009: Did not ride.

    Another three-day cycling week this week. Was hoping for at least four days but saddle pain says otherwise. Happy with the 31-mile ride home Monday though, that's the furthest since breaking the arms.
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  • biondino
    biondino Posts: 5,990
    Three days better than me. I was going to ride tomorrow, but the ribs are much sorer today so I don't know any more. There's a nagging part of my brain suggesting I just need to MTFU but I don't want to take any risks!

    More importantly, I wonder if I should take my carbon steed to a lbs to check it out after my crash. I rode 17 miles after the accident and it felt absolutely fine but... Can a bike shop really know for sure whether a carbon frame has been compromised?
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  • always_tyred
    always_tyred Posts: 4,965
    biondino wrote:
    Three days better than me. I was going to ride tomorrow, but the ribs are much sorer today so I don't know any more. There's a nagging part of my brain suggesting I just need to MTFU but I don't want to take any risks!

    More importantly, I wonder if I should take my carbon steed to a lbs to check it out after my crash. I rode 17 miles after the accident and it felt absolutely fine but... Can a bike shop really know for sure whether a carbon frame has been compromised?
    The answer with carbon frames will usually be "maybe" or "possibly". Unless you can see any external defects, an inspection by a mechanic will be little more than soothsaying anyway.

    For some reason, though, the "maybe" attached to crashed carbon frames is given more significance than the "maybe" attached to crashed metal frames. Why? Don't know - there's no particular reason other than "wooooo, carbon". I think its the legacy of the myth that used to abound that you shouldn't make bike parts out of carbon. Previously, you shouldn't have made them out of aluminium.
  • biondino
    biondino Posts: 5,990
    Isn't it because carbon can invisibly (internally?) delaminate and therefore lose strength/risk failure in a way you can't easily see?
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  • greg66_tri_v2.0
    greg66_tri_v2.0 Posts: 7,172
    Blondie: the tyre-kickers' test for CF is to take a small coin and tap it along the frame. If you have a problem area it will sound different to the surrounding areas - more hollow.

    Chances are though that it's fine.

    A lot of people, including a lot of LBS employees, seem to think that CF is basically fancy fibre glass held together with spun sugar.
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  • always_tyred
    always_tyred Posts: 4,965
    biondino wrote:
    Isn't it because carbon can invisibly (internally?) delaminate and therefore lose strength/risk failure in a way you can't easily see?
    What makes you think you can spot a fracture within a welded metal joint either? The suspicion of carbon is largely a legacy of unfamiliarity and is inconsistent with attitudes towards other materials, imo. Fear of the unknown - that's what I meant by "wooooo, carbon".
  • marksteven
    marksteven Posts: 208
    greg66 ive just looked at your 2 bike pics you greedy b.......... :D
  • Jamey
    Jamey Posts: 2,152
    Mon 16 Mar 2009: Does a broken bottle cage count as a CDWP reset? ;) ...Both journeys fine. Extended ride home to 36 miles. CDWP = 55
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  • Jamey
    Jamey Posts: 2,152
    Tue 17 Mar 2009: Both journeys fine. CDWP = 56
    Wed 18 Mar 2009: Did not ride (physio appointment).
    Thu 19 Mar 2009: Both journeys fine. CDWP = 57
    Fri 20 Mar 2009: Both journeys fine. CDWP = 58
    Sat 21 Mar 2009: Did not ride.
    Sun 22 Mar 2009: Did not ride.
    Weekly miles: 134

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    Mon 23 Mar 2009:Both journeys fine. CDWP = 59
    Tue 24 Mar 2009: Both journeys fine. CDWP = 60

    The reliability is actually getting rather boring now. My life feels strangely empty ;)
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  • el_presidente
    el_presidente Posts: 1,963
    Time for a new project Jamie. may I suggest either a self-build fixie or maybe a ht mountain bike.
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  • Jamey
    Jamey Posts: 2,152
    I wish I had the room. Having two of us in a one-bedroom flat with no garden means one bike is the absolute limit.
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  • Jamey
    Jamey Posts: 2,152
    Wed 25 Mar 2009: Both journeys fine. CDWP = 61
    Thu 26 Mar 2009: Both journeys fine. CDWP = 62
    Fri 27 Mar 2009: Did not ride.
    Sat 28 Mar 2009: Did not ride.
    Sun 29 Mar 2009: Did not ride.
    Weekly miles: 112

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    Mon 30 Mar 2009:Both journeys fine. CDWP = 63
    Tue 31 Mar 2009: Puncture on way in. Spent ages in Bishops Park trying to find the offending object inside the tyre but no joy. Looking forward to hisses on the journey home but not fair to reset CDWP tally. CDWP = 64
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  • Jamey
    Jamey Posts: 2,152
    Wed 01 Apr 2009:Both journeys fine. CDWP = 65
    Thu 02 Apr 2009: Did not ride (finally had MRI scan on elbows).
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  • always_tyred
    always_tyred Posts: 4,965
    Jamey wrote:
    Wed 01 Apr 2009:Both journeys fine. CDWP = 65
    Thu 02 Apr 2009: Did not ride (finally had MRI scan on elbows).
    You promised to stop after 50 days. :shock:
  • Jamey
    Jamey Posts: 2,152
    I know, but having settled into the routine I quite like being able to look back over the log and see when things happened, like three weeks from now when I can't remember what day I got that puncture next to Bishops Park, etc etc.

    But I am also fully aware that the rest of you probably don't give a toss about my cycling drudgery. Feel free to completely ignore this thread when it pops up to the top of the forum every few days or so.
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