Originally Posted by gnome

I would but I don't know if that's normal height, short, or tall. What's that in proper metric units?

Originally Posted by ls01

Chain going in or out when it drops?

Originally Posted by gnome

I would but I don't know if that's normal height, short, or tall. What's that in proper metric units?

Originally Posted by Mojo31

Upgrades always cost a lot more.

Sometimes the upgrade is not as good as the original.

Originally Posted by TMonk

I am well enough now to cycle to work (~7 minutes), but since my hernia procedure I have been walking both ways (~20 min average) and thoroughly enjoying it. Safer, more relaxed, can let my mind wander or focus on something and not have to think about traffic and the two left-hand stoplights that I have to negotiate. In sum, it's almost a half hour of my day spent walking... and a half hour of time is pretty precious to me right now. But, the walking is such a good vibe that I may continue it. Wife is on board.

Originally Posted by genejockey

One guy riding off on a tandem would look pretty weird. Especially if he took the stokers seat.

Originally Posted by ls01

If you dont have doughnuts there, they get antsy and have to go looking for them...

Originally Posted by gnome

I would but I don't know if that's normal height, short, or tall. What's that in proper metric units?

Originally Posted by Bah Humbug

Grandmombug died. Not sure exactly when, because I learned about it through the enclave vacation community the family is connected to sending a notice instead of directly. Because apparently my uncle informed them before us. Most of what I feel is anger over that, even though that probably makes em a bad person.

Still haven't learned directly, mind.

Originally Posted by genejockey

On yesterday's ride, I experienced one of the minor downsides to owning/riding a Litespeed from the mid-90s. I was climbing a 1/2 mile 6% average gradient hill, and got to the steeper pitch, and thought, "Shouldn't I have a lower gear than this?" I looked down at the cassette, and the chain was on the second largest cog. I tried flicking the lever, but it was already maxed out.

"Huh." I thought. I could have sworn I'd set the bike up properly to be able to use all 11 gears. I tried increasing cable tension using the adjuster at the cable stop (one of those lever thingies that came with 7410 Dura Ace), and all that did was make it grind and occasionally jump to the large cog for a second. When I got to the 30+ mph downhill after the climb, I shifted into the smallest cog, clicking all the way down, and tried to shift to the second smallest, and that took two clicks. Shifting was still spot-on, apart from that, so I rode a mile or two to a good place to stop and fiddle. I tried unscrewing the barrel adjuster at the RD, and even with it backed all the way out, and with the cable stop lever maxed out, too, it STILL wouldn't stay in the largest cog. So I adjusted it back to where it would shift properly (apart from the ends of the cassette).

It occurred to me that it might be the cable about to break in the STI, so I skinned back the hood and checked that out. Nope. So I rode on.

Over the next mile, I started going through it logically - it was acting like the cable had stretched enough that it was one cog off, but it had been a long time since I installed the cable and any initial stretch was thousands of miles ago. So, it was unlikely the cable was longer. If the cable wasn't longer, then the cable RUN must be shorter. That worried me, because my first thought was something seriously wrong with the frame. I looked down at the BB, and the RD cable was running WAY outboard, like in the space between the BB shell and the BB cup.

Well, THERE'S your PROBLEM!!!

Stopped, flipped the bike up, and sure enough, the cable and liner had popped out of the little shallow groove made by welding two thin strips to the BB shell. I realized this happened when I washed the bike last time, and hadn't ridden it since - I shifted to the smallest cog to take the wheel out, and probably dislodged the now slack cable with the brush I used to clean the mud off the downtube. I popped the cable back into the groove, fiddled with the tension a bit, and all was well!

Those little cable grooves on the BB shell are leftovers from the DT lever shifting days, when things like cable friction weren't such a big deal, but now, with 11 speeds, narrow spacing between cogs, and shifting with very small cable pulls, you need to run the cable in liners under the BB, which makes them prone to popping out when the cable is slack. Oh, well. It's still the best bike in my stable.

Originally Posted by 3alarmer

...if you set it back up, with DT shifters and 8 cogs in the back, you wouldn't need to worry about people stealing it.

Originally Posted by Trsnrtr

Hmm... that never comes up when I search the net.

Originally Posted by bampilot06

#moneyshot



if you look closely, you can’t see where the awesomeness is produced.

Originally Posted by BillyD

That’s when you look up to the heavens and exclaim “Why me”?

Originally Posted by bampilot06

#moneyshot



if you look closely, you can’t see where the awesomeness is produced.

Originally Posted by Mojo31

Rear wheel looks out of alignment in the first picture.

Originally Posted by 3alarmer

...if you set it back up, with DT shifters and 8 cogs in the back, you wouldn't need to worry about people stealing it.

Originally Posted by Trsnrtr

People do it, though.

Originally Posted by genejockey

One guy riding off on a tandem would look pretty weird. Especially if he took the stokers seat.

Originally Posted by LAJ

Jesus.

Now you've done it.

Originally Posted by bampilot06

yes. 10 out of 12 cog

Originally Posted by genejockey

v.2.0 was the bike I lusted after back in the mid-90s

Originally Posted by bampilot06

out. no bump. No shift, just off. scared the poop out of me. Luckily it was near the end of the sprint and not the beginning, my madone would be toast.

#CFoverrated

Originally Posted by bampilot06

#moneyshot



if you look closely, you can’t see where the awesomeness is produced.