Do you use a trailer? I don't know how people carry everything on a bike.

What is steak tips? American? American for dinner tonight.

Never toured; likely never will, at this juncture.

I admire people that tour on a loaded bike. I'd prefer to CC it but I would like to do it sometime.

The painters are here. Very soon there will be only details left. Unfortunately, most of those details fall on my side of the ledger. I hate details.

I am a pannier guy.

From my Brattleboro, VT to Philly trip last September. Notice the PGS--Paper Guidance System--attached to the bars.

So how does a threadless headset work? Where do the bearings go?

When I was a smug roadie only I thought it was the dumbest thing on the planet riding-wise. To me, it was something for slow, old people and hippies who wore long, white tube socks and baggie shorts. When I was preparing to be downsized in the wake of a merger I knew I wanted to ride across the county. I looked at supported trips. They were expensive and you did high daily mileages, leaving little time to experience your surroundings, so I decided to go unsupported with a 13-person trip run by Adventure Cycling. Seattle to Bar Harbor. Then rode home to Philly and on to Ocean City, NJ on my own. Fell in love with loaded touring. The following March I went to Andalucía, Spain for seven weeks then came back home, rested for three weeks, took the train back out to Seattle and rode to Mesa Verde N.P. near Cortez, CO to visit a flame and her classmates who were interning in the park.


Hoping to do a three-day trip in NJ Easter weekend. In addition to my MT/ID trip, I am hoping to ride across PA again in September. I think I have six weeks of vacation this year so I have plenty of time.

In the frame? The bearing cups are built in. It's so easy and simple, it's mindless. You only need two neurons functioning to figure it out. It's awesome. It's definitely a great improvement.

Fantastic club ride today. Sunny skies and temps in upper 50's, to around 60 by ride's end. We had 9 riders, all familiar and safe.

One rider had his new Lyndsey out, set up with eTap. Gorgeous. Another had new Zipp 404 NSW wheels. I joked that since it is bike porn, it should be called NSFW.

Did I miss anything while I was gone?

:bday:

I went to youtube, after asking that question, and see that it is, in fact, quite simple. I can also see that it is threadless just like clipless pedals are clipless.
I'd be willing to give it a try.

I've been converted to the possibility of using a threadless headset.

You just covet my hot sports car and you know it.

What would be more helpful is threadless 41.

The acceleration won't kill you. It's those 70-0 stopping distances of <10 feet that are problematic.

http://gearheads.org/wp-content/uplo...15/05/c7-2.jpg

Asplosion? Must have involved crabon.

Every time I see the "Best Razor..." thread, I think of RazorfromKC. He left a strong impression, obviously.

I don't know if there are really big benefits other than the ability to have a crabon steerer tube.

No threads on the fork. Only threads are on the top cap and the screw that provide preload. That and the screws in the stem that locks the adjustment in place.

I am now wondering if the weight of my bike matters.

That looks like it might haul two days of stuff for me.

The concept of a multi-day tour has some appeal to me but only if there's a support vehicle.

Fixed.

Hersey!

High maintenance. Two pair of underwear in there. Same as when I crossed the country.

My threadless headset bearings are all outside the frame, but I guess that's a bit deprecated these days.

Correct.