I plan to educate them bit by bit

No one has that much time Aussie!

yeah, where would we start?

sox, aloominum, noogitt, colon powell, erbs & spices

My grand daughter got into 'Newy' too, graphic arts.

Ive been teaching Americans in the cleveland area how to speak english for 3 years.

So far i havent managed to make a dent on anyone except my father in law and my wife

Ok expat you were right. The bike bug has bitten. Tomorrow, i start rebuilding my bike. Will (probably blog some of it). Will repsray the frame (cant decide on a colour yet) and upgrade a few components.

Any tips on stuff to look out for? Hopefully get it done inside a month because thats when uni starts

...and a wrench is not a person.

Jeesuz Odin, you scared the clap outta me. You, Hitchy, and Wattsy have gotta stop creepin up on ppls like that.

Glad to see you're still alive and kickin tho.

Heheh.

funnily enough, a wrench might not be a person, while a tool most definitely can be...

I used to work with a lovely Indian fella whose name was Atul

but was he a wrench?

Lol

Well old nobhead here had a shocker this evening. Walked in the bike store to see if they had finished the service on the Roubaix, and walked out with one of these.

Bah, couldn't help myself. They had $2k on it and they gave it to me for $1.6k with a Surly rigid fork thrown in free for when I take the bike touring around NZ (they had it listed at $200). So for Bathurst it was a good deal, but compulsive buys are bad. Anyway, it's specced pretty well and it'll get some work so meh.

you coulda bought another road bike

Good choice. Don't recall what we sell them for, but certainly a good choice.

how r you gonna put racks on it for touring?

There is plenty of dirt in NZ to ride so should be good for that.

He's only got one choice for racks. Topeak makes one for disc-equipped frames now. I just hope he has the threaded eyelets.

lol. I don't ride the one I've got enough.


Well, the thing has eyelets down the back near the dropouts, but nothing up the top near the seat tube so I was wondering the same. But the bike stop owner said you just rig it up to the seat clamp. Said he'd done it heaps before. Guess I've got to trust him. Seems like it might work okay.

As for the front, he rekons the Surly rigid fork he's getting me has eyelets for a front rack, but I had a look at the Surly site and I can't see any disc compatible forks that do. There's some with mudguard eyelets but not both. Unless you can run mudguards and racks off the one eyelet? Meh, I can see this is going to end in tears.


Eh? Don't I just bang my old $40 iron jobbie on it?

BTW, if you get time, find out what you sell them for so I can see if I did get a deal, or got gouged.

Your current one won't work with the disc brakes, only V brakes. Retail on the Topeak is $60, which is very reasonable. Then you just need some clamps from Bunnings to attach it to your seat stays. Don't mess with your seat clamp area. There's also a front rack designed for suspension forks. It uses clamps that you can probably rig up to your Surly. Don't cry.

What, is that because it's wider down near the rear wheel or somethink?

Clamps to my seat stays will scratch my precious. Can't have that.

I'd rather have everything hooked up properly without having to rely on clamps. But it's good to hear I wont be screwed if worst comes to worst.

And I never cry! I just get bugs in my eyes!

The rack mounting hole is just below your disc brake. Those little arms on the bottom of a regular rack will interfere with your brakes. The Topeak is wider, and has a mount that ends up protecting your brake as well. The clamps are coated so they don't scratch too.

Ah, excellent. I'll have to hurry up and have myself one then.

So tell me, swapping forks. I take it that it's a fair job? Not something that should be done regularly (touring one week, mtbing the next)?

Ouch! https://www.primidi.com/2005/05/09.html

Remove wheel, undo brake. Remove topcap, loosen clamp bolts on stem. Pull fork out. Buy spare headset of same brand/model, so you have same race on new fork for easy swaps. Slide fork in, put stem on. Use top cap/star nut to set preload. Tighten stem clamp bolts. Install brakes on new fork, reinstall wheel.

"Although capsaicin does not actually burn -- it fools your brain into thinking that you are in pain by stimulating nerve endings in your mouth -- some medical experts believe that it could kill an asthmatic or hospitalise a user who touched his eyes or other sensitive parts of the anatomy."

so basically, do not take a leak after using it - could be nasty .... May make you ride faster though......