Yeah, but most of those components on my beater are from 2005. 7800 is all I have on my bikes, and the dang stuff never seems to wear out (Except for the dirty chains of course, which is the reason...
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Yeah, but most of those components on my beater are from 2005. 7800 is all I have on my bikes, and the dang stuff never seems to wear out (Except for the dirty chains of course, which is the reason...
Very likely, the front fender prevents road dust and little rocks from flying up on your chain, which according to Sheldon Brown is the primary cause of chain wear.
I just began an experiment with...
If all you need to store is one bike, you can keep it in my garage for free; or my living room with the rest of the bikes if you like. Where in San Diego are you moving to? I'm up in Carlsbad, which...
Hardy-harhar. :) Familiarity is a magician that is cruel to the beautiful and kind to the ugly, and it'll become less ugly to me if it means my chains last a long time. :thumb: Going to be taking the...
Yep. It's my sufferbike, the one I sweat on. My beater. Been neglecting it for a while, but that's about to change after breaking up with the gf.
Yep. The headwind fan keeps me pretty cool, but...
Not my choice and I wouldn't have done it. A bearded retrogrouch did it when my frame was replaced under warranty.
New one.
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I just built up one of my Pelotons with this very same setup, thanks to the guidance of the kind souls in this very forum. Found an NOS pair of 7700 brifters and they work perfectly with the modern...
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Anyone else try a chain thong?
I finally installed one on my beater bike, and am hoping it'll keep the chain cleaner and last longer.
Most of the schmutz that contaminates a chain is stuff that is...
Here ye be. :) The first 3 or 4 miles getting out of SD are probably the worst. (They're not bad, it's just that the rest of the ride is so much wonderfuller by comparison.)
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Huzzah! Turns out the spacers were not needed. This probably won't come up that often, but if anyone out there in Internet land ever wants to install a Dura Ace 7800 (or other Hollowtech II)...
+1. Another vote for bringing a climbing cassette.
Our roads are superior to our MTB trails IMO. If you do bring your MTB, bring some knee protection, because the rock gardens here tend to be...
So I ordered a 5-bolt, 130BCD Gates carbon belt drive sprocket to mount on a spare 7800 crankset. The bolts line up perfectly, but the chainring-to-crankset mating point does not and there is about a...
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And thanks Matt! The real rider is your friend. http://www.calamarichris.com/smiley/notworthy.gif Cole Grade was a ballbreaker; I can't...
Heh heh. I was peeing clear that night and the next morning. But when I went to bed both nights (after BA & l'Etape) my pulse was racing at 110 when I was lying down and trying to get to sleep.
I'm...
Surprisingly, it was NOT 11,000 feet as advertised. Only about 8500. I couldn't understand why this seemed so much harder than Breathless Agony last weekend. The heat I guess, and I went much faster...
Yeah, I tried to save up for Cole Grade, but it was a hot, dry day and I didn't have but one match left by then. Not the toughest I've ever done, but it was up there.
It really did not help that the...
The one in Bressi is probably going to be the better beer stop, since it's a large building. They're keeping up with the current trends of faux-industrial brewery tasting rooms, like Lost Abbey, Iron...
Rode my Look in Saturday's (hawwwwwt) l'Etape du California. Passed about two dozen riders on the way down Palomar, and another dozen were resting in the shade up Cole Grade Road.
Only saw one...
Neato! You'll have to add another Port to that by the end of this month, as they're finishing up another Carlsbad Pizza Port up here on Bressi Ranch, near my work (and about two miles from home!)...
Heh--Pity you declined that bet, citing family, being responsible, etc. and left my unshaken hand hanging in the breeze.
I'll pay up in pitchers & pies if you ever want to meet for pizza & brew, and...
Current standing KOM doesn't necessarily mean current record. Greg Lemond rode up Palomar long before the word Strava entered the American-English Lexicon. I'd be curious to compare his time and...
Wow. I typically start to feel pretty sick at 184bpm, and I'll bet it took me nearly twice that long to climb Cole Grade. Though I just turned 44, and being 20 years older than these kids might have...
Their tails are not exactly brilliant red, but they are by far the most common raptors in our region. We've got a bunch of avocado groves, and I suspect the avocado tree leavings produce a lot of...