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10-15-09, 10:04 PM
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10-16-09, 07:12 AM
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10-16-09, 11:22 AM
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Thanks. It's a Poprad I had powdercoated a deep, metallic blue.
The brakes are Tektro Mini V's. They stop on a dime, but the feel isn't great and setup is a nightmare. They also have limited clearance (the pads are very close to the rims) but since it's totally dry here in Florida in the winter, it shouldn't be a problem. I'm just going to try them out and see how it goes.
The brakes are Tektro Mini V's. They stop on a dime, but the feel isn't great and setup is a nightmare. They also have limited clearance (the pads are very close to the rims) but since it's totally dry here in Florida in the winter, it shouldn't be a problem. I'm just going to try them out and see how it goes.
10-17-09, 08:22 PM
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Some pictures after the mess of the first race. We had to spend 1.5 minutes spiraling around the inside of a sloppy, wet baseball diamond with it's clay/sand/muddy mud. $ laps took it's toll and added 25 pounds exactly to my bike's weight.
You can hardly tell (except for the patch of red on the bottom right of the rear tire) but those tires had red sidewalls.
My new bashguard... oh wait! that's mud! And that used to be a Sram Red crank
My rear wheel came loose in a jump, and this is how it ended up. Now my brakes are out of whack, too.
You can hardly tell (except for the patch of red on the bottom right of the rear tire) but those tires had red sidewalls.
My new bashguard... oh wait! that's mud! And that used to be a Sram Red crank
My rear wheel came loose in a jump, and this is how it ended up. Now my brakes are out of whack, too.
10-17-09, 08:35 PM
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....Sounds to me like you had a great time. Supposed to get messy right?
10-17-09, 08:59 PM
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I did, but I would have traded that baseball infield for something more.... well, like real mud.
10-18-09, 05:38 AM
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I did the same race as CrisimKarter21. I wonder how the bike can continue to shift under those conditions. The pulley wheels are a mass of mud and leaves. On the last lap, in the infield peanut butter maze, a rider in front of me just stopped. I guess his brakes must have clogged. That must really suck being about 100yds from the finish line and get passed by a couple guys. It was a fun race in the most part except the one time in 5 laps where I didn't make the bunny hop over the telephone pole, got dumped in a gravel parking lot, ouch!
10-18-09, 09:03 AM
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Lucky. The mud skipped my downtube, and wedged itself right in between my crank and downtube.
10-19-09, 10:56 AM
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10-19-09, 01:27 PM
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Some pictures after the mess of the first race. We had to spend 1.5 minutes spiraling around the inside of a sloppy, wet baseball diamond with it's clay/sand/muddy mud. $ laps took it's toll and added 25 pounds exactly to my bike's weight.
You can hardly tell (except for the patch of red on the bottom right of the rear tire) but those tires had red sidewalls.
My new bashguard... oh wait! that's mud! And that used to be a Sram Red crank
My rear wheel came loose in a jump, and this is how it ended up. Now my brakes are out of whack, too.
You can hardly tell (except for the patch of red on the bottom right of the rear tire) but those tires had red sidewalls.
My new bashguard... oh wait! that's mud! And that used to be a Sram Red crank
My rear wheel came loose in a jump, and this is how it ended up. Now my brakes are out of whack, too.
10-19-09, 06:11 PM
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You just brought up an interesting point; no. I didn't even notice this, which means the pedal is doing it's job.
10-21-09, 12:24 PM
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It's nice to see some mud on this thread. I had been confused looking at all the clean bikes here claiming to be 'cross bikes.
10-21-09, 06:35 PM
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10-21-09, 06:51 PM
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10-21-09, 07:25 PM
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The main problem is that the shifters (9 speed 105) will not pull enough cable. I believe there is another Tektro V brake that doesn't require as much cable pull, but this isn't it.
Basically if you set it up for proper brake feel and stopping power, the pads were VERY close to the rim and you could not undo the noodle, thereby not allowing you to remove the wheel. Not very convenient.
Basically if you set it up for proper brake feel and stopping power, the pads were VERY close to the rim and you could not undo the noodle, thereby not allowing you to remove the wheel. Not very convenient.
10-21-09, 09:52 PM
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you can get pulleys that convert the mechanical advantage of STI levers to cable pull for v brakes
10-22-09, 09:04 AM
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On the road bike, the 'cross bike uses a GXP BB whereas the SRM is FSA so it's not exactly easy to move it back and forth.
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The main problem is that the shifters (9 speed 105) will not pull enough cable. I believe there is another Tektro V brake that doesn't require as much cable pull, but this isn't it.
Basically if you set it up for proper brake feel and stopping power, the pads were VERY close to the rim and you could not undo the noodle, thereby not allowing you to remove the wheel. Not very convenient.
Basically if you set it up for proper brake feel and stopping power, the pads were VERY close to the rim and you could not undo the noodle, thereby not allowing you to remove the wheel. Not very convenient.