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Road Cycling “It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best, since you have to sweat up the hills and coast down them. Thus you remember them as they actually are, while in a motor car only a high hill impresses you, and you have no such accurate remembrance of country you have driven through as you gain by riding a bicycle.” -- Ernest Hemingway

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Old 08-03-10 | 09:16 PM
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indeed. You need to break something on your bike and try to fix it. It never seems to work, but at least it gives us purpose.
wait, I've got one.

Why does my Shimano 7800 RD not want to stay adjusted since I installed a SRAM cassette? I thought they were supposed to be compatible.
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Old 08-03-10 | 09:20 PM
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Oh no no. He's tried. And continues to. It just isn't happening. It's turned into more of a joke at this point
if i were i girl, i wouldn't consider that a BFF. have seen this numerous times and was in a relationship once when the said BFF was doing his best Iago impression on the ex.
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Old 08-03-10 | 09:21 PM
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We can talk about my Cervélo some more...
Do you have a white garage door for when the time comes? Are you familiar with all of the rules of BF bike photos?
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Old 08-03-10 | 09:22 PM
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Originally Posted by ijen0311
You guys are silly.
Pffft.
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Old 08-03-10 | 09:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Herbie53
indeed. You need to break something on your bike and try to fix it. It never seems to work, but at least it gives us purpose.
I don't break things--they simply stop working correctly.
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Old 08-03-10 | 09:23 PM
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if i were i girl, i wouldn't consider that a BFF. have seen this numerous times and was in a relationship once when the said BFF was doing his best Iago impression on the ex.
Lol. We have a special relationship.

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Do you have a white garage door for when the time comes? Are you familiar with all of the rules of BF bike photos?
White door: check.
Drive side photo: check.
What am I missing? I don't have a cool wooden bench.
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Old 08-03-10 | 09:24 PM
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Originally Posted by WhyFi
Fixed for accuracy.
Originally Posted by ijen0311
We can talk about my Cervélo some more...
make sure when you take pictures, you

-flip it
-remove all spacers
-align stem valves
-have drive side crank arm at 3 o'clock
-put your chain on 53x11 or whatever the hugest gear is
-find a white garage door
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Old 08-03-10 | 09:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
I don't break things--they simply stop working correctly.
You sound like my son talking about my stuff.
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Old 08-03-10 | 09:26 PM
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Originally Posted by ijen0311
Lol. We have a special relationship.



White door: check.
Drive side photo: check.
What am I missing? I don't have a cool wooden bench.
Or bike
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Originally Posted by Herbie53
Why does my Shimano 7800 RD not want to stay adjusted since I installed a SRAM cassette? I thought they were supposed to be compatible.
See! Aren't they confusing? Bikes are supposed to be simple little machines and yet they provide all this grief.
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Old 08-03-10 | 09:27 PM
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Or bike
Cervelos aren't made from wood.
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Old 08-03-10 | 09:29 PM
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Originally Posted by mcjimbosandwich
make sure when you take pictures, you

-flip it
-remove all spacers
-align stem valves
-have drive side crank arm is at 3 o'clock
-put your chain on 53x11 or whatever the hugest gear is
-find a white garage door
--Align the spoke reflectors at the 6 o'clock position
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Old 08-03-10 | 09:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
--Align the spoke reflectors at the 6 o'clock position
Remove all reflectors including spoke reflectors....

Fail.
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Old 08-03-10 | 09:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Herbie53
wait, I've got one.

Why does my Shimano 7800 RD not want to stay adjusted since I installed a SRAM cassette? I thought they were supposed to be compatible.
My bike came with 105 with sram cassette. Works very well for me.
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Old 08-03-10 | 09:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
--Align the spoke reflectors at the 6 o'clock position
looks like gomer didn't get the memo to take off the spoke reflectors.

also, i forgot to mention you need to remove the dork disk

also, take off the caps of the tube's stem valve. the caps are useless

looks like i've used up my allotted road nazi posts for the day. i'll revert back to sir fred now
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Old 08-03-10 | 09:32 PM
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Remove all reflectors including spoke reflectors....
Shhhhh.
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Old 08-03-10 | 09:32 PM
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Originally Posted by mcjimbosandwich
make sure when you take pictures, you

-flip it
-remove all spacers
-align stem valves
-have drive side crank arm is at 3 o'clock
-put your chain on 53x11 or whatever the hugest gear is
-find a white garage door
Should this be a sticky?
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Old 08-03-10 | 09:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
See! Aren't they confusing? Bikes are supposed to be simple little machines and yet they provide all this grief.
I used the crappy shifting as one of the evenings excuses for once again getting popped. I need a button that makes it go wonky on demand.

I have my line ready - "one day I'll get this thing to work right and you guys will be sorry, very sorry indeed. You will see."
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Old 08-03-10 | 09:32 PM
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What's the dork disk?
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Old 08-03-10 | 09:33 PM
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Originally Posted by midgetmaestro
Remove all reflectors including spoke reflectors....

Fail.
I still have my rear reflector, didn't come with a front.
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Old 08-03-10 | 09:33 PM
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Originally Posted by ijen0311
Should this be a sticky?
It's more fun hazing the violators.
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Old 08-03-10 | 09:34 PM
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Originally Posted by ijen0311
What's the dork disk?
Plastic spoke protector on the rear wheel under the cassette.
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Originally Posted by rjones28
Plastic spoke protector on the rear wheel under the cassette.
Noted.

Bottle thread is at 2 pages.
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Old 08-03-10 | 09:35 PM
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Originally Posted by rjones28
Plastic spoke protector on the rear wheel under the cassette.
Which would have saved my RD if I had left it on. But, bike is much easier to clean without it.
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It's more fun hazing the violators.
This. And you all are ruining it.
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