What road bike do you have?
09-25-07, 06:33 PM
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09-25-07, 06:54 PM
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Bikes: 07' Trek Madone 5.0, Schwinn Mirada Sport hybrid... wife-Trek 5000, Schwinn Mirada Sport hybrid.... both boys have Trek FX 7.2's.... still hauling my daughter (age 4) behind :)
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Just brought her home this week... 
Madone 5.0™
Frameset
Size 58cm (Sized down from my previously fit 60cm bike... this bike feels like a much better fit.)
Frame OCLV 120 Carbon
Fork Bontrager Race Lite, carbon
Bontrager Race Wheels
Tires Bontrager Race X Lite, 700x23c, folding
Shimano Ultegra STI, 10 speed
Front Derailleur Shimano Ultegra
Rear Derailleur Shimano Ultegra
Crank Shimano Ultegra 53/39 Double
Cassette Shimano Ultegra, 12-25, 10 speed
Specilized Alias 143 saddle (replaced Bontrager)
Seat Post Bontrager Race X Lite Carbon
Handlebars Bontrager Race VR, 31.8mm
Stem Bontrager Race, 7 degree, 31.8mm
Pedals-Cheapie aluminum for now... They're light and they easy to use on the family rides.... I like them for now. I'm sure soon I'll get into the clipless soon (I need to a little more reading on what to look for).
Headset Cane Creek S-3 w/cartridge bearings, sealed
Brakeset Shimano Ultegra w/Shimano Ultegra STI Levers
Trek Incite 11i Computer
Cygolite 300 Dualcross (fantastic light)
Madone 5.0™
Frameset
Size 58cm (Sized down from my previously fit 60cm bike... this bike feels like a much better fit.)
Frame OCLV 120 Carbon
Fork Bontrager Race Lite, carbon
Bontrager Race Wheels
Tires Bontrager Race X Lite, 700x23c, folding
Shimano Ultegra STI, 10 speed
Front Derailleur Shimano Ultegra
Rear Derailleur Shimano Ultegra
Crank Shimano Ultegra 53/39 Double
Cassette Shimano Ultegra, 12-25, 10 speed
Specilized Alias 143 saddle (replaced Bontrager)
Seat Post Bontrager Race X Lite Carbon
Handlebars Bontrager Race VR, 31.8mm
Stem Bontrager Race, 7 degree, 31.8mm
Pedals-Cheapie aluminum for now... They're light and they easy to use on the family rides.... I like them for now. I'm sure soon I'll get into the clipless soon (I need to a little more reading on what to look for).
Headset Cane Creek S-3 w/cartridge bearings, sealed
Brakeset Shimano Ultegra w/Shimano Ultegra STI Levers
Trek Incite 11i Computer
Cygolite 300 Dualcross (fantastic light)
09-25-07, 07:32 PM
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Bikes: 2021 Domane SL6, Black Beta (Nashbar frame), 2004 Trek 1000C being made an all arounder.
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Keep an eye on the rear Bontrager Race wheel. Watch for non-drive side spokes coming loose when the road gets rough and cracks in the rim around the spoke nipples. Warranty will cover it if it happens.
09-26-07, 12:24 AM
#6606
¿Que es esto?
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It would drag and after adjusting a zillion times and having it be okay for a couple rides at a time; it was bugging me. Plus, I hardly ever found myself using it anyway. So I ditched it.
09-26-07, 08:49 AM
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Hmm, not sure why it didn't not post the pic, just the link. Ugh.
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09-26-07, 03:46 PM
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09-26-07, 04:31 PM
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09-26-07, 09:38 PM
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09-27-07, 01:57 AM
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No cud for foil.
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They're probably fine. That "run it outside the rear derailleur on big-big then add two links" business is a fine rule of thumb, but you usually end up with a longer chain than you need. If, running it through the derailleurs, you get no chatter in the rear in big-big, you're fine. What did the man buy a long-cage rear derailleur for if he ain't going to use that swing?
09-27-07, 04:59 AM
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dm-tm did we really need to see close-up shots of your tires?
09-27-07, 07:12 AM
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The chain does look too short. But he looks like a pro with the builds so surely he has measured for the big-big combo (else that dreaded chainring fold)
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09-27-07, 09:44 AM
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The Cannondale is fine though...any more slack and it would be slapping the chainstay in the small ring..
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09-27-07, 12:57 PM
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