*snip* Whoops! Damn! New bike inaugural ride deferred :(
11-26-15, 01:06 PM
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*snip* Whoops! Damn! New bike inaugural ride deferred :(
It was around 3am this morning when I made the fateful snip which squandered the opportunity to get my new bike out for a Thanksgiving day ride. I was hastily assembling the bike to be ready for a quick, pre-Thanksgiving meal ride, and was apparently too tired to think twice about trimming a really long front brake cable.
Yeah...it was the rear brake cable, and of course the remaining cable, which was intended for the front, is too short for the rear. Ugh!
I guess I could go hipster fixie style with just the front, but I want the full experience, so I'll have to wait until tomorrow. Hopefully my LBS will have a Campag cable.
The bike, a Kinesis Racelight 4S, almost done:
Yeah...it was the rear brake cable, and of course the remaining cable, which was intended for the front, is too short for the rear. Ugh!
I guess I could go hipster fixie style with just the front, but I want the full experience, so I'll have to wait until tomorrow. Hopefully my LBS will have a Campag cable.
The bike, a Kinesis Racelight 4S, almost done:
11-26-15, 01:28 PM
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If you aren't climbing I would say just run it with the front. I use both, but as long as I knew the rear wasn't working, I could make it work.
11-26-15, 02:16 PM
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been running a single front, single pivot brake, for about 15 years. but, if i had never ridden a bike with a single front brake before, i don't think i would ride a new bike at the same time i was in a steep learning curve, WRT single brake braking technique. 
after all, there are a few drawbacks.
after all, there are a few drawbacks.
11-26-15, 02:31 PM
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The missing brake won't matter since there doesn't seem to be a chain to make it go
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11-26-15, 03:00 PM
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11-26-15, 05:22 PM
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Man, what a bunch of pragmatists!
Well, I'm stuffed, drunk, and tired now, so I'll stick to the plan and get it fixed up and ride tomorrow.
I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving!
Well, I'm stuffed, drunk, and tired now, so I'll stick to the plan and get it fixed up and ride tomorrow.
I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving!
11-26-15, 05:23 PM
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11-27-15, 02:24 AM
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11-27-15, 06:43 AM
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It's kind of like tipping over when you can't get out of the pedals. Everybody does it at least once. Not everybody is willing to admit it. "This too shall pass."
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I hear you, brother! Once I cut the cable for the third time and it was still too short!?!?
11-27-15, 07:19 AM
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Hello, my name is Joe and I am a bicycle cut-short-the-brake-cable cutter too. I have also delayed a ride because I cut a chain short once while following the instructions on Park Tools' Blue Book.
11-27-15, 07:30 AM
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11-27-15, 08:08 AM
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My wife would chew me a new a-hole if I had my bike leaning against the couch like that!
11-27-15, 09:52 AM
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Why the heck would the bike come with two different sized brake cables? They're all manufactured exactly the same, why would the company cut it before shipping the bike... Doesn't make sense.
11-27-15, 10:02 AM
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Most bikes I've assembled have the cables already attached to the brakes and derailleurs when they come out of the box. Specialized is one company that I remember that does not do this on some models.
11-27-15, 12:16 PM
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There isn't much that could go wrong on one of my bikes that couldn't be fixed by grabbing a spare from my parts bins. Stainless cables ordered online are so cheap that I have a pile of shift and brake versions on hand and a bunch of housing, too. I also rarely ever use, let alone need, my rear brake so I likely wouldn't think twice about taking a single ride on a bike with only a front brake.
11-27-15, 12:19 PM
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