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After a long 10 day Florida “winter” I got out on the trail on the Surly, it finally got into the 70s, what a great day. Rode a nice 60 plus miles on the Pinellas Trail, and ended my Beer & Taco day at Hooters. Gotta love Florida weather !
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Love the local breweries too !
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Love the local breweries too !
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Ergon grips, Origin8 drop ends, and I think Profile Design ends. Generic foam grips tape on the drops and some old MTB slide-on grips for the other bar ends. Plenty of room still for 2 headlights as well.
(The red tape was for mounting some Sunlite mirrors, which I've since removed. After looking at this pic, I finally removed the red tape as well.
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Jimmie, thank you for the photo -- real nice! It helps that the bar is a true flat bar -- riser bars are often pretty limiting in the grip area because of where the drop (or riser, depending on your perspective) is positioned near the center.
You're running my favorite of the EF51s -- the silver versions. I have one pair in 3x7 that's all black, one silver in 3x7, and one silver in 3x8. This type of shifter lever helps mitigate the drop bar issue because all of the shifter is out in front of the bar instead of underneath it like MTB-style shifter levers traditionally have been.
You're running my favorite of the EF51s -- the silver versions. I have one pair in 3x7 that's all black, one silver in 3x7, and one silver in 3x8. This type of shifter lever helps mitigate the drop bar issue because all of the shifter is out in front of the bar instead of underneath it like MTB-style shifter levers traditionally have been.
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Guys, gotta help me out here… I bought another bottle holder for my Trek. But I noticed that there is even space for something on the bottom side of the frame (red arrows on pic). It's actually the same screws as for bottle holders, but I can't imagine why you would put one there (doesn't even fit I think). So anyone a clue what this is for?
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Another bottle cage. You could also mount a pump
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Or one of those cargo racks made for bottle cage mounts if it's not too wide. See post 828 above for an example.
Also I think a bottle cage would fit there between the frame and the tire. Especially if he used a slightly shorter bottle.
Also I think a bottle cage would fit there between the frame and the tire. Especially if he used a slightly shorter bottle.
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My bike, BTW. And you're right; the Outpost Cage would be perfect there for carrying extra cargo. (Or a growler, which is all mine ever carries).
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Assuming I use Project 2010 Sirrus Comp for another season (likely), considering the following:
1. New cables all round -- necessary
2. Replace cassette (SRAM 1070 12-28) and chain (SRAM 1070) -- necessary
3. Brake blocks (Kool Stop) -- necessary
4. New chainset. Have my eye on Praxis sub-compact (Zayante 48-32). 48 ring for SRAM Apex hard to get, and I feel like a change.
5. Compass 32 (Stampede Pass) Extralight tires.
Just thinking at this point. Would drop all-up weight from 19.4 lbs to around 18.5 (with pedals) -- kinda fun.
1. New cables all round -- necessary
2. Replace cassette (SRAM 1070 12-28) and chain (SRAM 1070) -- necessary
3. Brake blocks (Kool Stop) -- necessary
4. New chainset. Have my eye on Praxis sub-compact (Zayante 48-32). 48 ring for SRAM Apex hard to get, and I feel like a change.
5. Compass 32 (Stampede Pass) Extralight tires.
Just thinking at this point. Would drop all-up weight from 19.4 lbs to around 18.5 (with pedals) -- kinda fun.
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Guys, gotta help me out here… I bought another bottle holder for my Trek. But I noticed that there is even space for something on the bottom side of the frame (red arrows on pic). It's actually the same screws as for bottle holders, but I can't imagine why you would put one there (doesn't even fit I think). So anyone a clue what this is for?
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Assuming I use Project 2010 Sirrus Comp for another season (likely), considering the following:
1. New cables all round -- necessary
2. Replace cassette (SRAM 1070 12-28) and chain (SRAM 1070) -- necessary
3. Brake blocks (Kool Stop) -- necessary
4. New chainset. Have my eye on Praxis sub-compact (Zayante 48-32). 48 ring for SRAM Apex hard to get, and I feel like a change.
5. Compass 32 (Stampede Pass) Extralight tires.
Just thinking at this point. Would drop all-up weight from 19.4 lbs to around 18.5 (with pedals) -- kinda fun.
1. New cables all round -- necessary
2. Replace cassette (SRAM 1070 12-28) and chain (SRAM 1070) -- necessary
3. Brake blocks (Kool Stop) -- necessary
4. New chainset. Have my eye on Praxis sub-compact (Zayante 48-32). 48 ring for SRAM Apex hard to get, and I feel like a change.
5. Compass 32 (Stampede Pass) Extralight tires.
Just thinking at this point. Would drop all-up weight from 19.4 lbs to around 18.5 (with pedals) -- kinda fun.
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Thanks!
It's been a really good bike these past years. The frameset, really. This model year was a bit of a freak with the Sirrus: the Comp/Expert/Pro had this Columbus-tubed E5 main frame (smoothed welds) w/carbon stays + carbon fork. Extremely light, comfortable, and with a geometry that just happened to suit me perfectly.
It's been a really good bike these past years. The frameset, really. This model year was a bit of a freak with the Sirrus: the Comp/Expert/Pro had this Columbus-tubed E5 main frame (smoothed welds) w/carbon stays + carbon fork. Extremely light, comfortable, and with a geometry that just happened to suit me perfectly.
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Thanks!
It's been a really good bike these past years. The frameset, really. This model year was a bit of a freak with the Sirrus: the Comp/Expert/Pro had this Columbus-tubed E5 main frame (smoothed welds) w/carbon stays + carbon fork. Extremely light, comfortable, and with a geometry that just happened to suit me perfectly.
It's been a really good bike these past years. The frameset, really. This model year was a bit of a freak with the Sirrus: the Comp/Expert/Pro had this Columbus-tubed E5 main frame (smoothed welds) w/carbon stays + carbon fork. Extremely light, comfortable, and with a geometry that just happened to suit me perfectly.
Wow, I didn't realise your frame was so special.
Unless you want disc brakes, there probably isn't much reason to get a new bike/frame.
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BTW, I'm sure you know but ... your Toughroad frame is itself, imo, special. I'm admittedly a Giant fan (my other bike), but a lot of people don't realize that that SLR aluminum is extremely light, extremely strong, quite resiliant (comfortable), and ... especially, fabricated quite literally by Giant from raw aluminum ore to tubeset, as are all its aluminum frames.
Giant has its own smelting facility, and thus controls literally every aspect of its tubesets. It is the only manufacturer that can claim that. Devinci (here in Canada) had a similar control over its high-end aluminum frames, but the raw alloy was manufactured by a Canadian third-party facility.
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Got a few miles in on the Surly, fun day fur sure, sun wasn’t out much, still got a 60 plus mile ride though.
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Nice Scooty! We got snow last night. Can't wait for Spring.
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Got a few miles in on the Surly, fun day fur sure, sun wasn’t out much, still got a 60 plus mile ride though.
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God your beers look fantastic.
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Got a few miles in on the Surly, fun day fur sure, sun wasn’t out much, still got a 60 plus mile ride though.
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Guys, gotta help me out here… I bought another bottle holder for my Trek. But I noticed that there is even space for something on the bottom side of the frame (red arrows on pic). It's actually the same screws as for bottle holders, but I can't imagine why you would put one there (doesn't even fit I think). So anyone a clue what this is for?
It could also be used to carry extra water when traversing long stretches with limited access to fresh water. When your primary bottle is empty, you can stop and swap them around or refill from the spares.
I also have a bottle opener that mounts on the wall which happens to have the hole spacing the same as the bottle cage screws on a bike. It's too awkward to use on the inside of the diamond, but on the bottom it is perfect.
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I found out riding a 50 pound bike that you don’t use the 48t front gear AT ALL, so I decided to change it out to a more forgiving 42t. I ended up buying a 42t chainring for a Shimano m770 crankset even though I have a m551 crankset, it does fit and work well, but it doesn’t mount flush because my crankset is a little different. No big deal, it’s just ascetics, so I adjusted the derailleur mount height, and took it for a little ride, and I think this smaller chainring will be much more useful. Now I will be running a 42/36/24 up front, at least when on the rare occasion that I have a nice tail wind and long run, I will be able to use my big gear.
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I found out riding a 50 pound bike that you don’t use the 48t front gear AT ALL, so I decided to change it out to a more forgiving 42t. I ended up buying a 42t chainring for a Shimano m770 crankset even though I have a m551 crankset, it does fit and work well, but it doesn’t mount flush because my crankset is a little different. No big deal, it’s just ascetics, so I adjusted the derailleur mount height, and took it for a little ride, and I think this smaller chainring will be much more useful. Now I will be running a 42/36/24 up front, at least when on the rare occasion that I have a nice tail wind and long run, I will be able to use my big gear.
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I found out riding a 50 pound bike that you don’t use the 48t front gear AT ALL, so I decided to change it out to a more forgiving 42t. I ended up buying a 42t chainring for a Shimano m770 crankset even though I have a m551 crankset, it does fit and work well, but it doesn’t mount flush because my crankset is a little different. No big deal, it’s just ascetics, so I adjusted the derailleur mount height, and took it for a little ride, and I think this smaller chainring will be much more useful. Now I will be running a 42/36/24 up front, at least when on the rare occasion that I have a nice tail wind and long run, I will be able to use my big gear.
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I couldn’t believe I had a photo of the crankset with the 48 set up, it was the day I bought the bike. If you’re wondering if the derailleur it mounted to high, it’s as low as it will go, if I mounted it any lower the inner derailleur cage would rub on the center 36t chainring. It shifts just fine though, the Dynasis system from Shimano works pretty well.