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01-18-23, 05:02 PM
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01-18-23, 05:09 PM
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I buy great value electrolyte water and add two packets to my bottles every ride. Whether I drink any or not depends on if I am thirsty.
01-18-23, 05:11 PM
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I too was having shift problems on the emonda. I spent way too long today trying to get it to shift to the smallest cog. It will go but not consistently. Sigh.
01-18-23, 05:14 PM
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I typically drink 12oz to a litre of coconut water before I ride for longer than an hour. Typically only have water on the bike, but often stop for coffee, beetroot juice, or beer if I'm out for more than an hour.
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01-18-23, 05:16 PM
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Noted on todays ride that the RD would not shift to the 3 smallest cogs.
Of course, it’s the dreaded frayed shift cable. I don’t track cable life, but estimate 2500 miles on this one which is both typical for me and effing ridiculous.
I had to struggle a bit to extricate the old cable and a couple snafus replacing it, including dropping the RD cable fixing bolt and searching for it for 10 minutes before I found it. The whole process seemed to take forever but in reality took maybe 90 minutes.
Epic, right?
Of course, it’s the dreaded frayed shift cable. I don’t track cable life, but estimate 2500 miles on this one which is both typical for me and effing ridiculous.
I had to struggle a bit to extricate the old cable and a couple snafus replacing it, including dropping the RD cable fixing bolt and searching for it for 10 minutes before I found it. The whole process seemed to take forever but in reality took maybe 90 minutes.
Epic, right?
It has 5500 action, so should be OK.
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01-18-23, 05:24 PM
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If there were the remotest possibility of me scoring one, then losing it to a cheater would bug me. But, just as an example, my BEST time on a 0.92 mile segment is 4:38. KOM is 2:38. My PR is 2271 out of 13872 efforts on that segment. Hence, why I'll never score a KOM.
https://strava.app.link/6uTMHgqwHwb
There are a couple more that are similar I could maybe nab. There’s one that is 1.5 miles long with a measly 22 feet of gain that I can never seem to catch on a good day so I’m at 3:35 when I’m sure I could do a little faster.
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01-18-23, 05:24 PM
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01-18-23, 05:27 PM
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01-18-23, 05:52 PM
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01-18-23, 06:07 PM
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01-18-23, 06:21 PM
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On a 60 degree day I usually go through 48 ounces of fluid every 30 miles
01-18-23, 06:30 PM
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I drink about the same volumes. One bottle mixed with Tailwinds, Scratch, or similar. The other is water. If it's going to be hot and longer, I'll preload with Liquid IV.
01-18-23, 06:36 PM
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Right now In the garage in the morning I’m doing 2-3 bottles an hour and it’s 35ish out there most days
01-18-23, 07:15 PM
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Apparently I don’t drink enough.
So, what the hell can cause a rear derailer to only shift correctly 6 out of 10 tries?
I don’t get it, I literally can’t adjust it any differently, or it won’t shift to the other cogs? Could the cable be bad?
So, what the hell can cause a rear derailer to only shift correctly 6 out of 10 tries?
I don’t get it, I literally can’t adjust it any differently, or it won’t shift to the other cogs? Could the cable be bad?
01-18-23, 07:22 PM
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Took the Lance out today with the daughter. I put my slashed bontrager R3 tires on the mavic open wheels. These were the wheels that came with the ritchey. These roll much better on the old trek than my new mavics. I would like to actually do a real ride on the trek, but I don’t trust the tires, and I need another pair of pedals. Currently have platforms on it.
In other news. I was given a burley single trailer when my daughter was 6 months oldish. Basically the guy was throwing it away and I was standing there. I always thought it was kind of busted, and I didn’t like the hook up to the bike. So about a week ago I bought a schwinn trailer from a friend for 50.00 bucks. It’s a double so my daughter can ride with Simon.
I pulled the burley out today, as I was going to throw it away or offer it up, and I have to say I really liked the way it looked over the schwinn. The schwinn is in great condition, lightly used, nothing wrong with it.
The barely just looks, better? Anyways, I went to trek.com to see if I could change the hook up (That was my problem with it and reason for not wanting it) and man do I feel like a dumb ass. I could have just bought a different attachment.
Now I have 2 bike trailers.
In other news. I was given a burley single trailer when my daughter was 6 months oldish. Basically the guy was throwing it away and I was standing there. I always thought it was kind of busted, and I didn’t like the hook up to the bike. So about a week ago I bought a schwinn trailer from a friend for 50.00 bucks. It’s a double so my daughter can ride with Simon.
I pulled the burley out today, as I was going to throw it away or offer it up, and I have to say I really liked the way it looked over the schwinn. The schwinn is in great condition, lightly used, nothing wrong with it.
The barely just looks, better? Anyways, I went to trek.com to see if I could change the hook up (That was my problem with it and reason for not wanting it) and man do I feel like a dumb ass. I could have just bought a different attachment.
Now I have 2 bike trailers.
01-18-23, 07:35 PM
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01-18-23, 07:38 PM
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User error?
01-18-23, 07:39 PM
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Noted on todays ride that the RD would not shift to the 3 smallest cogs.
Of course, it’s the dreaded frayed shift cable. I don’t track cable life, but estimate 2500 miles on this one which is both typical for me and effing ridiculous.
I had to struggle a bit to extricate the old cable and a couple snafus replacing it, including dropping the RD cable fixing bolt and searching for it for 10 minutes before I found it. The whole process seemed to take forever but in reality took maybe 90 minutes.
Epic, right?
Of course, it’s the dreaded frayed shift cable. I don’t track cable life, but estimate 2500 miles on this one which is both typical for me and effing ridiculous.
I had to struggle a bit to extricate the old cable and a couple snafus replacing it, including dropping the RD cable fixing bolt and searching for it for 10 minutes before I found it. The whole process seemed to take forever but in reality took maybe 90 minutes.
Epic, right?
01-18-23, 07:39 PM
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Took the Lance out today with the daughter. I put my slashed bontrager R3 tires on the mavic open wheels. These were the wheels that came with the ritchey. These roll much better on the old trek than my new mavics. I would like to actually do a real ride on the trek, but I don’t trust the tires, and I need another pair of pedals. Currently have platforms on it.
In other news. I was given a burley single trailer when my daughter was 6 months oldish. Basically the guy was throwing it away and I was standing there. I always thought it was kind of busted, and I didn’t like the hook up to the bike. So about a week ago I bought a schwinn trailer from a friend for 50.00 bucks. It’s a double so my daughter can ride with Simon.
I pulled the burley out today, as I was going to throw it away or offer it up, and I have to say I really liked the way it looked over the schwinn. The schwinn is in great condition, lightly used, nothing wrong with it.
The barely just looks, better? Anyways, I went to trek.com to see if I could change the hook up (That was my problem with it and reason for not wanting it) and man do I feel like a dumb ass. I could have just bought a different attachment.
Now I have 2 bike trailers.
In other news. I was given a burley single trailer when my daughter was 6 months oldish. Basically the guy was throwing it away and I was standing there. I always thought it was kind of busted, and I didn’t like the hook up to the bike. So about a week ago I bought a schwinn trailer from a friend for 50.00 bucks. It’s a double so my daughter can ride with Simon.
I pulled the burley out today, as I was going to throw it away or offer it up, and I have to say I really liked the way it looked over the schwinn. The schwinn is in great condition, lightly used, nothing wrong with it.
The barely just looks, better? Anyways, I went to trek.com to see if I could change the hook up (That was my problem with it and reason for not wanting it) and man do I feel like a dumb ass. I could have just bought a different attachment.
Now I have 2 bike trailers.
01-18-23, 07:41 PM
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This thread needs some Roscoe.
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01-18-23, 07:48 PM
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01-18-23, 07:53 PM
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And this reminds me. I'm pretty sure the reason for the chain and cassette not playing nice is that the chain was too long. I put a new, slightly shorter one on this morning, and it still worked better on the big ring and the bigger rear cogs. I'll shorten it one link at a time until I'm happy. I also replaced the Shimano 600 rd with a first generation Suntour Cyclone.
01-18-23, 08:09 PM
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01-18-23, 08:39 PM
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