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06-22-12, 12:12 AM
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I'm so bamboozled with your bike. There seems to be cables everywhere, and they seem so long. 
Also, why did you use zipties for your rear deraileur cable housing, when you have perfectly good eye-lets to run them through?
Last question, which parts are road? You have posted in the Hybrid area, but your bike looks a lot like it's an MTB.
Also, why did you use zipties for your rear deraileur cable housing, when you have perfectly good eye-lets to run them through?
Last question, which parts are road? You have posted in the Hybrid area, but your bike looks a lot like it's an MTB.
06-22-12, 12:43 AM
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New mods to my 2011 Kona Dew Deluxe
It's been a while since I've posted pics of my Dew. I just recently added a couple things.
06-22-12, 08:51 AM
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06-22-12, 10:53 AM
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I'm so bamboozled with your bike. There seems to be cables everywhere, and they seem so long.
Also, why did you use zipties for your rear deraileur cable housing, when you have perfectly good eye-lets to run them through?
Last question, which parts are road? You have posted in the Hybrid area, but your bike looks a lot like it's an MTB.
Also, why did you use zipties for your rear deraileur cable housing, when you have perfectly good eye-lets to run them through?
Last question, which parts are road? You have posted in the Hybrid area, but your bike looks a lot like it's an MTB.
i'm a bit confuse to, i thought my bike can be hybrid/mtb cause i'm using slick tire???
06-22-12, 11:17 AM
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06-22-12, 01:32 PM
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Yeah my bike started life as a MTB but I'm making it more of a hybrid by changing the tires, fork, eventually adding fenders. The only thing is that the frame isn't exactly the same geometry as the typical road bike.
06-22-12, 01:35 PM
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06-22-12, 03:07 PM
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Hyrbids don't have road geometry, they have a mix of the two. A road frame with flat bars is just a flat bar road bike.
06-22-12, 05:44 PM
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New seat post. Cheap but hey, still better! Kalloy uno. 26$.
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06-22-12, 09:16 PM
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My Giant Escape 1 came in yesterday, and I got to take it for a nice (rainy) ride around the neighborhood. Already threw on my lighting setup and water bottle, really enjoying it.
06-22-12, 09:35 PM
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Sweet looking bike you have there. I really wish my bike would come in so I could get some riding in. I'm jealous.
06-22-12, 09:42 PM
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Did you ever tell us this is what you were going to do? I don't remember seeing that and I would have remembered.
That is a nice photograph as well.
06-22-12, 11:05 PM
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As a side note, can you see all the brake residue on the rims? That created a lot of squealing. I was thinking this might be normal wet weather break-in (?), but I may still upgrade the pads later on.
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06-23-12, 03:23 AM
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06-23-12, 03:24 AM
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06-23-12, 03:27 AM
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I guess we are pretty forgiving here anyway, because no-one really knows what a hybrid is. We'll call it a hybrid then.
06-23-12, 04:52 AM
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Aside from the messy cable configuration I think it's a slick looking bike. If you were to use black cables and ran them neatly the eyes wouldn't be drawn to them as much. If you don't care about any of that then don't worry about it. It's your bike after all. Who cares.
06-23-12, 07:33 AM
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You mean about purchasing it? Yes, I created a thread asking for suggestions and one or two people recommended the Escape 1. It was in my price range, and it fit with what I had in mind. Plus, you mentioned how smooth the shifting was (which is butter-smooth I might add) and that helped my decision as well.
As a side note, can you see all the brake residue on the rims? That created a lot of squealing. I was thinking this might be normal wet weather break-in (?), but I may still upgrade the pads later on.
As a side note, can you see all the brake residue on the rims? That created a lot of squealing. I was thinking this might be normal wet weather break-in (?), but I may still upgrade the pads later on.
I ordered Kool Stop pads for this bike as well. Just for grins.
06-23-12, 08:08 AM
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06-23-12, 06:48 PM
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Here's my Kona Dew plus. It's actually a really versatile bike. I have a set of 700cx28 Rubino Pro's that I use when I want to ride it a little faster, but most times I have a set of 700cx35 Sammy Slick's so I can easy handle some light trail riding when I don't feel like riding my MTB.
I got rid of the stock components, replaced them with SRAM X7, ditched the small chainring and went with 48/36 gearing up front with an 11-28 cassette. I'll eventually have a nice set of wheels built, but I'm not in a big hurry for that. Before someone says anything.... I am tall... I'm 6'8".
I got rid of the stock components, replaced them with SRAM X7, ditched the small chainring and went with 48/36 gearing up front with an 11-28 cassette. I'll eventually have a nice set of wheels built, but I'm not in a big hurry for that. Before someone says anything.... I am tall... I'm 6'8".