@ Genesis Equilibrium riders

UndercoverElephant

Koncordski wrote:

PorlyWorly wrote:

Made the MONUMENTAL mistake of buying SKS chromoplastic mudguards, should come with a Krypton Factor warning. Jesus they are an absolute ballache to fit. Which leads me onto my first question!

Theres a hole on the back of the fork (behind the brakes) which lines up nicely with the metal bracket on top of the mudguard. However all of the bolts are of the same diameter and are all fractionally too small to screw into it. Am I missing a trick here?

Ah but once they're on and your fingers have stopped bleeding they are fantastic at keeping you dry and warm in the rain! 8)

But since nobody answered your actual question, the bracket goes to the front of the fork, just behind the brake. Yes, you were missing a trick.

porlyworly

Thanks guys, that youtube link explained it perfectly. Annoyingly the instructions that came with them mention nothing about removing the brake and attaching that side, the diagram shows it attaching to the front.

Never mind, fitted the front one last night then rewarded myself with a few beers watching the CL semi final, will fit the back one tonight

Subsy

For my recent charity ride from Norwich -> Sheffield -> Liverpool I did a few upgrades (also with a mind to having parts to build my summer bike back up again)

New wheels (Fulcrum 3s), tyres & tubes, chain and cassette.

tailwindhome

So Evans had the Frame and Forks advertised for £279

I asked the Evans people is this right

Yes they said

I counted my pennies and ummmed and ahhhed for a couple of weeks


...........you know the rest.

UndercoverElephant

No offence, TWH, but you should have jumped at that - even if it meant selling a few of your kids.

tailwindhome

UndercoverElephant wrote:

No offence, TWH, but you should have jumped at that - even if it meant selling a few of your kids.

I know

I know

Couldn't make up my mind - repair the TCR or get a new frame.

Twas the mention of the 15% discount offer on another thread which prompted me to go for it.


ETA the kids are still for sale though

jonny_trousers

Subsy wrote:

For my recent charity ride from Norwich -> Sheffield -> Liverpool I did a few upgrades (also with a mind to having parts to build my summer bike back up again)

New wheels (Fulcrum 3s), tyres & tubes, chain and cassette.

Very nice! Shame it's in cherry red, though

Subsy

Au Contraire - tis the perfect colour:

http://www.rideforthe96.co.uk/2012-ride-gallery/

jonny_trousers

Subsy wrote:

Au Contraire - tis the perfect colour:

http://www.rideforthe96.co.uk/2012-ride-gallery/

To be fair I think that's one of the nicest looking Equilibrium builds I've seen and makes me think cherry red is not that bad. Maybe it's using the fatter profile forks that's the answer, as per mine.

Subsy

Thanks, it looks better without the guards and with my Selle SMP Dynamic or Spec Romin Evo saddle on.

I do very much like your bike btw - are the campag wheels the same models as my fulcrums?

jonny_trousers

Subsy wrote:

Thanks, it looks better without the guards and with my Selle SMP Dynamic or Spec Romin Evo saddle on.

I do very much like your bike btw - are the campag wheels the same models as my fulcrums?

Cheers! I've got my chromoplastics back on. I over-optimistically took them off during that spell of lovely weather we had only to get badly caught out when all this sodding rain began. As my bike is a do-all machine I should probably just keep them on.

I've no idea about the wheels. I didn't know Campagnolo and Fulcrum used the same factory.

Subsy

As far as I know, Fulcrum wheels ARE Campags - just sold under the Fulcrum brand to make them more attractive to Shimano and other manufacturer fanboys.

Yeh I keep the SKSs on mine. Hate being 'that guy' on club rides
Started to build up my Carbon bike again for summer now - Id previously stolen all the stuff I could off it for the Equilibrium build

Santa cruzing

All built and ready for tomorrows commute!

cjcp

Evening all. Need to pick the collective brains.

A friend has bought an Equilibrium - his first road bike His version comes with Tektro 358 brakes. Can you slide the brake pads out and replace them with Koolstops?

Also, can you put a pannier rack on it? The pics he sent aren't close up, but it looks as if there are bolt-holes down by the rear mech (facing backwards). Presumably, you can attach there and fix the top to the seatpost clamp?

Cheers.

sketchley

Brake pads as standard are not cartridge so no. However following advice on here I found some cheap cartridge pad on eBay for £7 a pair then added swissstop's. Have to say though brakes aren't brilliant.

There are rear mudguard eyelets but no seat stay mounts, that being said you could fit a rack with with d clips or one a sear clamp adapter or using brake bolt.

cjcp

Cheers, squire.

How do the Tetkros compare to something like 105s?

sketchley

cjcp wrote:

Cheers, squire.

How do the Tetkros compare to something like 105s?

Don't know, my comparison is with vbrakes on hybrid, stock brakes where nowhere near as good, upgrades to cartridge and swissstop green is getting there but still not as good, probably my next upgrade, brakes are long drop 47mm if memory serves so limited choice...

Marcus_C

Sketchley wrote:

There are rear mudguard eyelets but no seat stay mounts, that being said you could fit a rack with with d clips or one a sear clamp adapter or using brake bolt.

This does work fine, i've not done any real touring with that set up though, as for brakes, I have Miche ones on mine, they work well.

Santa cruzing

Fantastic first ride this morning, couple of tweeks to make but definately faster than my old drop barred hybrid! I'm sure some of it is excitement and a lot is the wheels, but it feels so much faster. I had to conciously hold mysefl back at times.

UndercoverElephant

Santa cruzing wrote:

Fantastic first ride this morning, couple of tweeks to make but definitely faster than my old drop barred hybrid! I'm sure some of it is excitement and a lot is the wheels, but it feels so much faster. I had to conciously hold mysefl back at times.

You did what? What the?

Always good to hear another happy member of the club. I should point out that it's definitely not all wheels and excitement, the Equilibrium is a fast machine.

Santa cruzing

My commuting colleague was struggling to keep up, and I need to leave something in the tank to destroy him on the way home tonight!

Santa cruzing

Double post....doh

thegibdog

cjcp wrote:

Evening all. Need to pick the collective brains.

A friend has bought an Equilibrium - his first road bike His version comes with Tektro 358 brakes. Can you slide the brake pads out and replace them with Koolstops?

Also, can you put a pannier rack on it? The pics he sent aren't close up, but it looks as if there are bolt-holes down by the rear mech (facing backwards). Presumably, you can attach there and fix the top to the seatpost clamp?

Cheers.

I've got R536's on mine and they're cartridge pads - pictures I've seen of R538s look like they are too so should just be able to switch out the pads. Don't find the Tektro's that good though even with dura ace pads in them, might swap to the Shimano R650 brakes at some point.

Just fitted a rack to mine using p-clips in preparation for my LEJoG and seems to be ok so far, I'm only running small panniers though.

cjcp

Cheers, I'll pass that on. He said the brakes weren't great.

styxd

I use the Tektro R539's (Im assuming a more uptodate version of the R538) with BBB pads on mine. They seem to work ok, fine for me anyway.

tonye_n

Hi all,
I've got this item for sale if you know of anyone who might be interested.
viewtopic.php?f=40049&t=12851848
Genesis Equilibrium for sale (Reynolds 520, 54cm)

fossala

I am buying the bike listed above ^^^. Should I be taking any measures to make sure it doesn't rust. I will be riding it in all weathers as it will be for commuting.

tailwindhome

fossala wrote:

I am buying the bike listed above ^^^. Should I be taking any measures to make sure it doesn't rust. I will be riding it in all weathers as it will be for commuting.

Clean it. Especially in winter.
Don't leave it outside.
If it gets wet dry it off.
I stick a bit of vaseline on the head of most of the bolts in winter
Clean and lube your chain.
Bit of grease on the pedal threads.
Move and grease the seat pin regulary to make sure it doesn't seize



The frame would take a lot of neglect before rusting. Bolts, chains and pedals would rust overnight if you don't do the above reasonably regularing

fossala

Already do that on the bike I have now. Thanks, though.

st68

been riding mine for 3 months campag centaur mavic open pro wheels 32 spokes colombus forks built as a winter hack with 97 centaur campag groupset and spare pair of wheels i had kicking about in my garage it rides so nice i havent rode my pinarello since building its a lovely bike