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asprilla

Asprilla wrote:

Adjustment of the position to this;



Gives this fold;



Not bad.

Not ridden it yet, of course.

Finished cabling and temporary bar tape this evening.

I think the gear outer needs to be a touch shorter but that's no problem and I've got sone less conspicuous bar tape (black with pink spots) on the way.

The main news is that the bar position above is comfortable, which is good because it's the only position you can have the stem adaptor in. The single bolt stem clamp simply isn't strong enough to hold the adaptor; if you were riding on a perfectly flat surface you'd be fine but the slightest bump and the adaptor shifts downwards. This is using the stem bolt too so I wouldn't trust it with a QR. The QR is still required though for flipping the bars back over when folding.

london-red

Now I know it's a Friday night an' all, but I've just totally stripped down the commuter, replaced a gear cable (bought the bloody thing more than a year ago), new chain, cleaned, lubed, stroked and generally made her beautiful again.

And, the red Hope top cap I bought for the Sunday best which doesn't fit, looks just lovely against the cherry red Equilibrium frame.

Me sad.

davis

Finished (mostly) the CR1 yesterday.

Finally admitted defeat and put guards on the Pompetamine, so the weather forecast will doubtless change immediately. Two things:

1. Full guards, rack, discs, and an Alfine hub. The thought of a rear puncture halfway along my commute on a cold wet day unnerves me.

2. Sweet Jebus this thing's heavy.

asprilla

davis wrote:

Finished (mostly) the CR1 yesterday.

Finally admitted defeat and put guards on the Pompetamine, so the weather forecast will doubtless change immediately. Two things:

1. Full guards, rack, discs, and an Alfine hub. The thought of a rear puncture halfway along my commute on a cold wet day unnerves me.

2. Sweet Jebus this thing's heavy.

Unfortunately those are the exact reasons I sold my Civia Bryant. Puncturing a Marathon Winter in the snow in the middle of Richmond Park on the way to work was the last straw.

davis

Asprilla wrote:

davis wrote:

Finished (mostly) the CR1 yesterday.

Finally admitted defeat and put guards on the Pompetamine, so the weather forecast will doubtless change immediately. Two things:

1. Full guards, rack, discs, and an Alfine hub. The thought of a rear puncture halfway along my commute on a cold wet day unnerves me.

2. Sweet Jebus this thing's heavy.

Unfortunately those are the exact reasons I sold my Civia Bryant. Puncturing a Marathon Winter in the snow in the middle of Richmond Park on the way to work was the last straw.

Hmmm. Yes, I think a Cotic Escapade is probably on the cards. I think it'll be significantly lighter, and more fun (plus it's pretty!). I really can't be arsed to involve myself with 15mm spanners and horizontal dropouts time after time.

Shame, in a way, because the Pomp has been a bit of a Hilux in its ability to just keep on trucking, albeit in a less than refined manner.

Also, the "non-fling" chainsaw oil I bought from my local hardware shop for about a groat per hogshead is anything but. In fact, if the state of my chainstay is anything to go by, it's made of stuff that is actively repulsed by chains.

asprilla

davis wrote:

Asprilla wrote:

davis wrote:

Finished (mostly) the CR1 yesterday.

Finally admitted defeat and put guards on the Pompetamine, so the weather forecast will doubtless change immediately. Two things:

1. Full guards, rack, discs, and an Alfine hub. The thought of a rear puncture halfway along my commute on a cold wet day unnerves me.

2. Sweet Jebus this thing's heavy.

Unfortunately those are the exact reasons I sold my Civia Bryant. Puncturing a Marathon Winter in the snow in the middle of Richmond Park on the way to work was the last straw.

Hmmm. Yes, I think a Cotic Escapade is probably on the cards. I think it'll be significantly lighter, and more fun (plus it's pretty!). I really can't be arsed to involve myself with 15mm spanners and horizontal dropouts time after time.

Shame, in a way, because the Pomp has been a bit of a Hilux in its ability to just keep on trucking, albeit in a less than refined manner.

Also, the "non-fling" chainsaw oil I bought from my local hardware shop for about a groat per hogshead is anything but. In fact, if the state of my chainstay is anything to go by, it's made of stuff that is actively repulsed by chains.

Weirdly I've asked my LBS to get me an Escapade for September. They'll take an angle grinder to the fork dropouts for me so I don't have to get a new wheelset.

davis

Asprilla wrote:

davis wrote:

Asprilla wrote:

davis wrote:

Finished (mostly) the CR1 yesterday.

Finally admitted defeat and put guards on the Pompetamine, so the weather forecast will doubtless change immediately. Two things:

1. Full guards, rack, discs, and an Alfine hub. The thought of a rear puncture halfway along my commute on a cold wet day unnerves me.

2. Sweet Jebus this thing's heavy.

Unfortunately those are the exact reasons I sold my Civia Bryant. Puncturing a Marathon Winter in the snow in the middle of Richmond Park on the way to work was the last straw.

Hmmm. Yes, I think a Cotic Escapade is probably on the cards. I think it'll be significantly lighter, and more fun (plus it's pretty!). I really can't be arsed to involve myself with 15mm spanners and horizontal dropouts time after time.

Shame, in a way, because the Pomp has been a bit of a Hilux in its ability to just keep on trucking, albeit in a less than refined manner.

Also, the "non-fling" chainsaw oil I bought from my local hardware shop for about a groat per hogshead is anything but. In fact, if the state of my chainstay is anything to go by, it's made of stuff that is actively repulsed by chains.

Weirdly I've asked my LBS to get me an Escapade for September. They'll take an angle grinder to the fork dropouts for me so I don't have to get a new wheelset.

You realise the man points you just lost by paying someone to take a disc cutter to your bike?

Either way I thought you could stick the QR through the bolt-through axle holes? It's what I was planning.

asprilla

I don't have an angle grinder and they do it for free.

Also, what's the point of having a quick release that doesn't release quickly?

davis

Asprilla wrote:

I don't have an angle grinder and they do it for free.

Also, what's the point of having a quick release that doesn't release quickly?

Well it'll still be fairly quick if you just unscrew the thing and take the skewer out. I like Cy's thinking on stuff like this, so I'm probably just going to let him tell me what to do. Throwing away a bolt-through forever for the slight gain in convenience doesn't seem worth it.

asprilla

davis wrote:

Asprilla wrote:

I don't have an angle grinder and they do it for free.

Also, what's the point of having a quick release that doesn't release quickly?

Well it'll still be fairly quick if you just unscrew the thing and take the skewer out. I like Cy's thinking on stuff like this, so I'm probably just going to let him tell me what to do. Throwing away a bolt-through forever for the slight gain in convenience doesn't seem worth it.

Similarly I have no need for a bolt-through, it's an inconvenience.

The LBS suggested it to me and said it was Cys advice (though it does invalidate the warranty).

davis

Set up some computers in a spare room running Folding at Home.

As a happy side-effect, their exhaust fans appear to be pointed at some wet cycling gear.

cyclingprop

Changed this:

Koncordski

Asprilla wrote:

TGOTB wrote:

Asprilla wrote:

I'm speaking to some local frame building / machining guys about getting some suitable 11t and 14t sprockets made as the current 12/16 combination isn't much use in London.

Might it be easier to chage the chainring? Last time I was at the BWC, there were all sorts of non-standard chainrings in evidence...

If you go over 56t then the clip that attaches the front wheel to the seat stay in the fold is impeded. I'm looking for something I can use everyday.

58T will work with the existing clip fine (you just need to file out a small indent, which seeing as the clip is made of cheese takes about 2 mins). Let me know if you get anywhere with the 11T cog, i'll order a few as well.

asprilla

Koncordski wrote:

Asprilla wrote:

TGOTB wrote:

Asprilla wrote:

I'm speaking to some local frame building / machining guys about getting some suitable 11t and 14t sprockets made as the current 12/16 combination isn't much use in London.

Might it be easier to chage the chainring? Last time I was at the BWC, there were all sorts of non-standard chainrings in evidence...

If you go over 56t then the clip that attaches the front wheel to the seat stay in the fold is impeded. I'm looking for something I can use everyday.

58T will work with the existing clip fine (you just need to file out a small indent, which seeing as the clip is made of cheese takes about 2 mins). Let me know if you get anywhere with the 11T cog, i'll order a few as well.

Cool. any idea what the chainline is? I've got plenty of cartridge BBs and cranksets lying about that I could make use of.

Work load means I've not been able to get down to the frame builders yet, and this week doesn't look promising.

asprilla

Koncordski wrote:

Asprilla wrote:

TGOTB wrote:

Asprilla wrote:

I'm speaking to some local frame building / machining guys about getting some suitable 11t and 14t sprockets made as the current 12/16 combination isn't much use in London.

Might it be easier to chage the chainring? Last time I was at the BWC, there were all sorts of non-standard chainrings in evidence...

If you go over 56t then the clip that attaches the front wheel to the seat stay in the fold is impeded. I'm looking for something I can use everyday.

58T will work with the existing clip fine (you just need to file out a small indent, which seeing as the clip is made of cheese takes about 2 mins). Let me know if you get anywhere with the 11T cog, i'll order a few as well.

Decided to have a go at making the 11t sprocket myself.

I need to file all 9 splines through and then I might need to remove 1mm of the spacing. So far I've done 2. It took an hour and my shoulder hurts.

luv2ride

After a quick last ride on the CR1, re-taped the bars on the Tifosi (found you really don't need gel pads under Zipp Service Course Cx tape, way too thick), cleaned the chain and reset the Apex front mech. Then swapped the Vittoria Randoneurs on the Crosslight for a pair of Specialized Tracer Pro noblies, re-tuned the TRP Spyre disc brakes, then cleaned the chain. Slick shifting again, and ready for for some real Byway hunting 8)

Sharkyssurfers

replaced the bb5 pads on the speccy, finding that the pads are a little thicker than usual, so arranged the best i could, which still meant this morning riding 25 miles with the brakes on until the pads wear down a bit!.
Also thanks to seedee sorted out my snapped shifter on the scott.

Initialised

New front pads for my Parabox, no more squealing now that they are bedded in.

New bottom bracket fitted, no more play in the cranks and I think it was the quickest and smoothest bottom bracket change I've ever done apart from having to adjust the front mech.

itboffin

swapped over groupsets from campag xenon to sram rival on the old skool steel, feels a fair bit lighter

redvee

Got an annoying creak from the bars when I go over a bump so undone the stem bolts and retightened them, gave the brake lever clamps a turn and the creak is still there :x Seems to be the stem/steerer clamp as those bolts weren't touched.

asprilla

TMR moulded grips and new (old) levers on the hybrid. Had to cut one of the incumbent grips off after rounding the bolt on it.

Also, new brass shim and seat post clamp on the Soloist. Much harder to do than it should be but it's now much more secure.

N0bodyOfTheGoat

davis wrote:

Finished (mostly) the CR1 yesterday.

Finally admitted defeat and put guards on the Pompetamine, so the weather forecast will doubtless change immediately. Two things:

1. Full guards, rack, discs, and an Alfine hub. The thought of a rear puncture halfway along my commute on a cold wet day unnerves me.

2. Sweet Jebus this thing's heavy.

Just a quick very late reply to say my Saracen (Alfine 8 bike) never got a rear puncture in its rather shortened lifetime (need to get confirmed that the hairline crack ~66% around the seat tube just above where it meets the top tube) using Schwalbe Land Cruiser tyres...

Or maybe I just cannot remember?

itboffin

I had to admit defeat in that it's not going to be possible to make the 11t sprocket run without rubbing and or throwing the chain.

Still full SRAM rival on a 1980s steel frameset with no modifications is not bad at all.

veronese68

Absolutely no fettling this weekend
I was going to give the Kinesis a god going over before doing the London to Brighton off road on Saturday. A picked up my new MTB frame on Saturday and all I've managed to do is put it in the garage.

veronese68

Stuck some 41mm Knobblies on the Kinesis in preparation for L2B off road on Saturday. Looks a bit odd with great fat tyres, a bit like a monster truck.

j_mcd

At the weekend I put some tri handlebars on the Montague along with bar end brakes. All went very well.

And then I realised that as the bars were aero, the gear levers that I'd taken off the old handlebars wouldn't fit anywhere. Cue a lot of mucking around with various parts until I found an ugly looking but workable solution.

Also, should have checked that my stem would have taken the new bars before taking everything apart. Had to get a new one of those as well...

MonkeyMonster

nasty creak that came and went - saddle rails loosened, clean and re-tightened and eh voila - no creak

Nice

rower63

Aside from the usual weekly removal, cleaning adn relubricating of one chain and one cassette, decided to remove 2 sets of brakes and clean them for first time in 2 years in the ultrasonic cleaner with a bit of help from a pipe-cleaner-ish brush thing. Wow, like new again, no visible grit and full range of smooth sprung movement again.

rhodrich

Re- assembled my Viscount Aerospace Pro that I took off the road a year ago, and promised my other half that I'd scrap. I need a winter bike that can take 28mm tyres, and this should fit the bill.

Work done to bring it back into service:
Stripped and regreased headset, which was dry and full of filth. Lost one of the balls from the lower race - hope that's not going to cause any problems.
Re-tightened the Mavic threadless bottom bracket that's fitted to it. Viscounts came with pressed in bottom brackets, and have no threads on the BB shell. The last time I used the bike, the threaded BB was loose in the frame. Here's hoping that I've tightened it sufficiently now.
Fitted various stuff from the spares box: 105 Biopace crankset, 105 rear mech, Golden Arrow front mech, Cinelli bars and stem, 105 non aero brake levers, Weinmann centre pull brakes, Mavic MA40 on 105 hub rear wheel (700c), Shimano DN72 dynamo hubbed front wheel, Suntour power shifters.
Fitted SKS mudguards (absolute bargain - £19.95 from eBay here: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SKS-Silver-Ca ... 43cc4d9797 )

Work still to do:
Fit new brakes - the Weinmann's reach isn't quite long enough, as the frame's designed for 700c wheels. I've got some Tektro R559's on the way
Fit my Philips saferide dynamo lights - these don't fit with the centre pulls either.
Fit my Wellgo QRD SPD pedals

It's a complete 'bitsa', but all the individual components work well, and the frame has a lovely feel to it, so it should do the job. I'm not going to worry about it getting all salty and filthy either.

UndercoverElephant

Had a sticky front mech on the Equilibrium, fair enough after about 25,000 miles I guess. Again, in the ultrasonic cleaner it went, then a quick re-lube and it's like new. Then I noticed a wobble on the rear wheel, this wheel had been re-built by a professional last year when it got hit by a car, seems he hadn't greased the threads correctly, because when I went to tighten the loose spoke, I snapped the nipple!

So, now I'm on the winter wheels again, they're nice and all, but they're not quite summer.