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Old 11-18-15 | 03:37 PM
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Today's indoor training was a perfect 100 rpm average for 57 minutes.
The OCD crowd would have fits with this.
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Old 11-18-15 | 03:38 PM
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95 will take you a long way, I'll tell you that.

I was on 95 today for a few miles while coming back from a conference in St. Augustine. Fortunately it wasn't too many miles since I try to avoid major interstates. Most of the drive home was on rural scenic road with very little traffic. As I drove was thinking how nice some of the roads would be for cycling. Will be good to get back on the bike after 4 days off.
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Old 11-18-15 | 03:54 PM
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[MENTION=29415]BillyD[/MENTION] I have a suggestion to keep posts on the LCF forum more friendly. Just create a feature that auto-locks the thread after 5 minutes and deletes it after 10.
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Old 11-18-15 | 05:01 PM
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[MENTION=29415]BillyD[/MENTION] I have a suggestion to keep posts on the LCF forum more friendly. Just create a feature that auto-locks the thread after 5 minutes and deletes it after 10.
I'd like to lock that whole place down, fill it with cement, and push it off a bridge.

No wait, that wouldn't be deep enough.
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Old 11-18-15 | 05:22 PM
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I put the Habanero up on the stand to figure out why the RD shifting is acting sluggish. I was hoping for some crud in the under-BB cable guide that was interfering with the action. Nope. Next, I peeled back the hood cover and saw a few tell-tale strands of a cable that was in the process of fraying/breaking.

Luckily it was early enough in the process that I was able to extricate the fraying cable without too much hassle, and threaded a new cable on and now the shifting is flawless.

That Ultegra 6700 design is crap for those of us that ride a lot. Sure, a fair-weather weekend rider will probably get several years of service on theirs. But I am going through 2 cables per year which means the cable is only lasting 2500-3000 miles. Yes we have a lot of rollers so I probably shift a lot more than the average rider, but this is still a crap design IMO.

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Old 11-18-15 | 05:42 PM
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The OCD crowd would have fits with this.
Would? I barely resisted asking why he didn't finish the dman workout.
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Old 11-18-15 | 05:44 PM
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Originally Posted by datlas
I put the Habanero up on the stand to figure out why the RD shifting is acting sluggish. I was hoping for some crud in the under-BB cable guide that was interfering with the action. Nope. Next, I peeled back the hood cover and saw a few tell-tale strands of a cable that was in the process of fraying/breaking.

Luckily it was early enough in the process that I was able to extricate the fraying cable without too much hassle, and threaded a new cable on and now the shifting is flawless.

That Ultegra 6700 design is crap for those of us that ride a lot. Sure, a fair-weather weekend rider will probably get several years of service on theirs. But I am going through 2 cables per year which means the cable is only lasting 2500-3000 miles. Yes we have a lot of rollers so I probably shift a lot more than the average rider, but this is still a crap design IMO.

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Oh, just replace the shifters with 105-5800. How much do you value your time, per hour?

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Old 11-18-15 | 05:46 PM
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Oh, just replace the shifters with 105-5800. How much do you value your time, per hour? Lord knows you can afford it.
Not a bad idea, actually. Those 6700 shifters are pretty rusted too. I will consider your advice.
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I need to redo cabling on two of my bikes...one needs brakes and shifters, other just brakes.

I've never done this before, but I'm imagining it can't be that hard with a little help from youtube. Guess I'll find out shortly.
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Old 11-18-15 | 06:05 PM
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Old 11-18-15 | 06:05 PM
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Would? I barely resisted asking why he didn't finish the dman workout.
Our Windows computer that controls our club's 9 rider Computrainer set-up decided to lose its port assignments in the middle of our workout so I said screw it and went home.
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Old 11-18-15 | 06:15 PM
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I need to redo cabling on two of my bikes...one needs brakes and shifters, other just brakes.

I've never done this before, but I'm imagining it can't be that hard with a little help from youtube. Guess I'll find out shortly.

one of the easiest things you can do, just make sure you got a good pair of cutters
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Old 11-18-15 | 07:50 PM
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Our Windows computer that controls our club's 9 rider Computrainer set-up decided to lose its port assignments in the middle of our workout so I said screw it and went home.
I would be going insane.
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Old 11-18-15 | 08:34 PM
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Oh, just replace the entire groupset with Dura-Ace Di2. How much do you value your time, per hour?
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Old 11-18-15 | 08:44 PM
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Our Windows computer that controls our club's 9 rider Computrainer set-up decided to lose its port assignments in the middle of our workout so I said screw it and went home.
Ours didn't. Finished the whole thing, right down to the one-leg drills at the end.
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Old 11-18-15 | 08:50 PM
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Ours didn't. Finished the whole thing, right down to the one-leg drills at the end.
Our software needs to be upgraded. Between it and Windows, it decides to crap out every now and then. Today was one of those days.
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Old 11-18-15 | 09:13 PM
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Old 11-18-15 | 09:25 PM
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I made it.
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Old 11-18-15 | 09:30 PM
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Me too but I can't say I contributed anything useful.
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Old 11-18-15 | 09:33 PM
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Me too but I can't say I contributed anything useful.
You're much too modest. Your post is the class of the thread.
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Old 11-18-15 | 09:36 PM
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Billy must be getting a snack.
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Old 11-18-15 | 09:41 PM
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Damn, that was fun while it lasted. What are we going to do now?
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I guess if I Strava'd, or had a Garmin, or even thought about it I could figure out how far and how fast. #dontcare
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