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phil485

Replaced Schwalbe 1 tyre on rear wheel. Checked it before tomorrows commute and I was down to the canvas in 4 places.

Looks like I got lucky on the Malvern Mad Hatter last Sunday, could have been walking back!

asprilla

Think I've resolved the rubbing front mech, but it always sounds ok on the stand.

Fitted the bb, cranks and chain rings to the R3. BBRight is weird; it's just counter intuitive to only fit the 11.5mm spacer in one side.

Been a while since I last used Q rings and they look bigger than I remember, even taking into account these are 52 vs 50s I had before. I checked the pack multiple times to make sure they were not qxls.

prawny

I adjusted my brakes AGAIN last night. I love disc brakes, but FFS, when it's been a bit wet the amount of fiddling they need is getting me down.

Must get my self some hydro brakes, anyone got any recommendations for a cheapskate? Bearing in mind the full bike only cost £400.

timothyw

prawny, try these:
http://www.pedalon.co.uk/acatalog/giant ... n-kit.html

I posted a thread asking if anyone knew anything about them here:
viewtopic.php?f=40042&t=13085428

It looks like a billy bargain to me, sorely tempted to get them for my wet commuter.

UndercoverElephant

TimothyW wrote:

prawny, try these:
http://www.pedalon.co.uk/acatalog/giant ... n-kit.html

I posted a thread asking if anyone knew anything about them here:
viewtopic.php?f=40042&t=13085428

It looks like a billy bargain to me, sorely tempted to get them for my wet commuter.

Does the master cylinder replace the stem faceplate? That's an interesting solution - cleaner looking than the Hope ones. Obviously your stem would have to match the bolt spacing of the replacement, but I'd guess finding a Defy stem on eBay wouldn't be difficult.

prawny

Bloody hell that is a bargain.

If I don't win the Euromillions tomorrow one of them will be going on the credit card.

Edit - Compatible stem is £13.50 from treds, so cheaper even than HYRD. I like.

ryan_w-2

Fitted new Enve Di2 aero bars, Di2 bar plug junction box and new bar tape last night.

Amazing how ones OCD can turn a 30 minute job into 3 hours........

pinno

TimothyW wrote:

prawny, try these:
http://www.pedalon.co.uk/acatalog/giant ... n-kit.html

I posted a thread asking if anyone knew anything about them here:
viewtopic.php?f=40042&t=13085428

It looks like a billy bargain to me, sorely tempted to get them for my wet commuter.

So much of a bargain, they're out of stock.

prawny

Arse, they were in stock earlier :x

itboffin

https://www.giant-bicycles.com/gb/condu ... nt-version

prawny

I need post mount, that's out of stock.

Looks like I'm suffering on for a bit

veronese68

TimothyW wrote:

prawny, try these:
http://www.pedalon.co.uk/acatalog/giant ... n-kit.html

I posted a thread asking if anyone knew anything about them here:
viewtopic.php?f=40042&t=13085428

It looks like a billy bargain to me, sorely tempted to get them for my wet commuter.

I'd missed that thread. I have no idea about that particular setup but I bought an ex-demo Parabox which works very well. It's been pretty much fit and forget to the point I didn't notice my pads were almost completely worn out. I think that kind of hydraulic convertor is better than the HyRd type calipers as you have a much shorter cable run so it eliminates the majority of cable related issues.

timothyw

Yeah. I'm very tempted, but funds are tight in the household right now so will probably be making do until the new year - would be interested to hear if anyone takes the plunge.

The 2018 giant contend has the same brake set up (https://www.tredz.co.uk/.Giant-Contend- ... 113611.htm) so the conduct shouldn't be going anywhere - it should come back into stock sooner or later.

pinno

A 'wet commuter'. Hmm, does that mean people have wet, windy, sunny and snowy commuting bikes?
This N+1 business is going a bit far.

timothyw

If you think N+1 has gone too far, you clearly haven't understood the equation....

I have fully justified to myself;
2 x 'nice' bikes for sunny club runs/big events - because if I break one, I don't want to waste the best riding weeks of the year on a lesser bike.... happened to me a couple of years ago.
1 x retro steel bike for classy club runs
1 x crit bike - similar to the 'nice' bikes but with cheap components so I don't cry if I crash it at a race. Also provides handy excuse when I underperform as everyone else was on better bicycles....
2 x disk braked wet bikes - one geared, one singlespeed. For riding in the wet. Again, if I break one, I don't want to be stuck on rim brakes on the commute in the pouring rain.

And what's more I can even justify N+1 - I need a track bike to start doing track events.... see, easy!

timothyw

And yeah, in the depths of winter I do set up one of my bikes with studded tyres, so creating a 'snowy/icy' bike

UndercoverElephant

Pinno wrote:

A 'wet commuter'. Hmm, does that mean people have wet, windy, sunny and snowy commuting bikes?
This N+1 business is going a bit far.

Please see my signature, below

I do also have a folding bike under my desk for lunch duties. A wind-specific bike sounds interesting...

wolfsbane2k

Pinno wrote:

A 'wet commuter'. Hmm, does that mean people have wet, windy, sunny and snowy commuting bikes?
This N+1 business is going a bit far.

Not quite, but I do now have 3 sets of wheels fitted with different tyres for the MTB to give me those type of options.
Spares/Marathon Winters, Hybrid, Nobbly Nics.

Man Of Lard

Early 90s Peugeot steel frame back from having it's bottom bracket removed (was stuck fast (rusted to f$$$), mate took up the challenge to remove it and after a lot of swearing, plusgas, more swearing, heat, more swearing, breaker bar, more swearing, cold, more swearing he did it with no visible damage to the frame).

Bottom bracket replaced (with a "modern" cartridge one), new chain, front & rear derailleurs deep cleaned (still needs a new pair of jockey wheels & a new rear gear cable - both of which I'll hopefully get tomorrow) and test ride on the turbo...

wolfsbane2k

UndercoverElephant wrote:

Pinno wrote:

A 'wet commuter'. Hmm, does that mean people have wet, windy, sunny and snowy commuting bikes?
This N+1 business is going a bit far.

Please see my signature, below

We would, if it wasn't on PhotoBucket..

UndercoverElephant

Wolfsbane2k wrote:

UndercoverElephant wrote:

Pinno wrote:

A 'wet commuter'. Hmm, does that mean people have wet, windy, sunny and snowy commuting bikes?
This N+1 business is going a bit far.

Please see my signature, below

We would, if it wasn't on PhotoBucket..

Good point, well made. Now fixed

asprilla

Slowly coming together. Cabling tonight.



Annoyingly I'm still awaiting wheels.

pinno

Man Of Lard wrote:

Early 90s Peugeot steel frame back from having it's bottom bracket removed (was stuck fast (rusted to f$$$), mate took up the challenge to remove it and after a lot of swearing, plusgas, more swearing, heat, more swearing, breaker bar, more swearing, cold, more swearing he did it with no visible damage to the frame).

Bottom bracket replaced (with a "modern" cartridge one), new chain, front & rear derailleurs deep cleaned (still needs a new pair of jockey wheels & a new rear gear cable - both of which I'll hopefully get tomorrow) and test ride on the turbo...

I thoroughly recommend a high quality 'de-blocker' such as Innotec for jobs like that. It's a WD40 type thing but actually works. Spray on, leave for 30 minutes.

Man Of Lard

Pinno wrote:

I thoroughly recommend a high quality 'de-blocker' such as Innotec for jobs like that. It's a WD40 type thing but actually works. Spray on, leave for 30 minutes.

Much easier to cajole a mate to do it while I'm at work Innotec noted for future use... never found WD40 to work for anything in the past so something WD40-like wouldn't be on my radar

Man Of Lard wrote:

Early 90s Peugeot steel frame back from having it's bottom bracket removed (was stuck fast (rusted to f$$$), mate took up the challenge to remove it and after a lot of swearing, plusgas, more swearing, heat, more swearing, breaker bar, more swearing, cold, more swearing he did it with no visible damage to the frame).

Bottom bracket replaced (with a "modern" cartridge one), new chain, front & rear derailleurs deep cleaned (still needs a new pair of jockey wheels & a new rear gear cable - both of which I'll hopefully get tomorrow) and test ride on the turbo...

New jockey wheels & rear derailleur cable acquired and fitted.

pinno

Man Of Lard wrote:

Pinno wrote:

I thoroughly recommend a high quality 'de-blocker' such as Innotec for jobs like that. It's a WD40 type thing but actually works. Spray on, leave for 30 minutes.

Much easier to cajole a mate to do it while I'm at work Innotec noted for future use... never found WD40 to work for anything in the past so something WD40-like wouldn't be on my radar

WD stands for Water Dispersal. It's a much over rated, marketed tin of shyte. I am sure it was invented for Mini's in the old days where the distributor was just behind the grille and prone to damp.
If you used heat, I hope that the heat did not compromise the brazing but don't let that give you sleepless nights

PB Blaster, another de-blocker:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PB-BLASTER-CH ... SwMNxXXA09

Innotec:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Innotec-De-Bl ... SwA3dYT8rR

Man Of Lard

Not enough heat used to compromise the paint - so unlikely it was sufficient to affect the brazing... Anyway it predominantly gets used on the turbo, so my worry level is near zero.

itboffin

short ride yesterday resulted in a filthy bike, winter riding is so annoying, anyway i tried out the cheap muc off degreaser spray I bought in the aldi sale, blimey that stuff actually works, I sprayed the cassette left it a few mins then rinsed it off and it looks like new bloody AMAZING

pinno

itboffin wrote:

...i tried out the cheap muc off degreaser spray I bought in the aldi sale, blimey that stuff actually works, I sprayed the cassette left it a few mins then rinsed it off and it looks like new bloody AMAZING

Noted. Pity my nearest Aldi is 25 miles away.

UndercoverElephant

Pinno wrote:

itboffin wrote:

...i tried out the cheap muc off degreaser spray I bought in the aldi sale, blimey that stuff actually works, I sprayed the cassette left it a few mins then rinsed it off and it looks like new bloody AMAZING

Noted. Pity my nearest Aldi is 25 miles away.

All of the Muc Off stuff I’ve got is excellent value. Even better at Aldi prices. The degreaser has somehow just managed to get through two years of neglect on my mountain bike in a one. Result.

itboffin

a quick search and muc off have discontinued that product i think its replaced by the bio degreaser, my monies on the new stuff being rubbish