What did you do with your bike(s) today?
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Re: What did you do with your bike(s) today?
Postby warthog1 » Tue Jan 24, 2017 5:47 pm
Kept the existing 6600 chainset.
New longer (120 up from 110) stem with slightly more angle.
New bar tape and a cheapo 2nd hand ebay wheel.
A few hiccups with that wheel though. It wasn't specified whether it was shimano or campy freehub when I bought it. I asked a question whether it was 10 or 11 sp and he said 11. I assumed 11s shimano.
I was frazzled from bloody Melb traffic when I picked it up and didn't notice the obviously different hub.
Went to fit a cassette on it yesterday and the penny dropped
Anyway a number of calls to bike shops looking for a hub or cheap 11s wheel was no good.
I dropped it in along with a Fulcrum racing T to Brock at Bikeforce Bendigo to order in a new freehub . Turns out he had an 11s freehub without pawls but the pawls on my racing T freehub fit.
15 min later all good
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Re: What did you do with your bike(s) today?
Postby biker jk » Tue Jan 24, 2017 7:06 pm
Why aren't the Zipps on it?
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Re: What did you do with your bike(s) today?
Postby cyclotaur » Tue Jan 24, 2017 8:32 pm
I would never put them on the roof and don't like rear racks either. Just the two of us so we can load them inside.
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Re: What did you do with your bike(s) today?
Postby warthog1 » Tue Jan 24, 2017 9:04 pm
Still on the Cervelo.biker jk wrote:^^^
Why aren't the Zipps on it?
I'm riding the Ribble to work in the morning.
I will try them on there now that it's 11s. On one of our faster bunch rides and see how they go.
I kind of like a 3k wheelset (not that I paid that for them) on a 200 dollar frame.
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Re: What did you do with your bike(s) today?
Postby warthog1 » Tue Jan 24, 2017 9:06 pm
Nicecyclotaur wrote:Jammed 2 bikes in the back of the wagon for the trip up to Bright tomorrow.
I would never put them on the roof and don't like rear racks either. Just the two of us so we can load them inside.
I'm going to put the cervelo on the back seat and try the ribble on the floor behind the front seats if it fits.
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Re: What did you do with your bike(s) today?
Postby warthog1 » Wed Jan 25, 2017 11:09 pm
5800 feels the same as 6800 to me. 105 is great value imo
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Re: What did you do with your bike(s) today?
Postby TheWall » Sun Feb 12, 2017 1:45 pm
Awesomeness!
Makes me wonder why I had it in the cupboard for almost two years...
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Re: What did you do with your bike(s) today?
Postby warthog1 » Tue Feb 14, 2017 12:06 pm
Here ya go Bikerbiker jk wrote:^^^
Why aren't the Zipps on it?
It went well.
I climbed with the same guys I normally do on the bunch ride today.
I just grovelled on the back on some rollers coming back in. I was tailend Charlie but some younger blokes than me were spat out, so happy with that.
It went surprisingly well $200- frame with $3k wheels
The Cervelo is a touch better on the high-speed stuff but there ain't a huge difference.1/2 a gear maybe?
I like the slow steering of the Ribble better. Much easier to ride hands-free. I don't need a bike that steers super quickly.
Settles it for me. Most of your speed upgrades are in the wheels.
But as a few people said "it's down to your legs."
My comment was "yes unfortunately for me that is true"
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Re: What did you do with your bike(s) today?
Postby biker jk » Tue Feb 14, 2017 1:22 pm
Clearly depends on which aero wheels. A skinsuit is cheaper.
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Re: What did you do with your bike(s) today?
Postby warthog1 » Tue Feb 14, 2017 3:25 pm
I've got a skinsuit but I'm not wearing it on a bunch ridebiker jk wrote:^^^
Clearly depends on which aero wheels. A skinsuit is cheaper.
They did say vs a relaxed fit jersey and shorts.
The jersey in the clip looked about 2 sizes too big.
Who wears a flappy thing like that if you are trying to chase speed?
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Re: What did you do with your bike(s) today?
Postby Rural Rider » Sat Apr 15, 2017 9:38 am
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Re: What did you do with your bike(s) today?
Postby open roader » Sat Apr 15, 2017 9:53 am
Now that is what cycling is all about - high socks or no high socks!Rural Rider wrote:
Gorgeous photo BTW
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Re: What did you do with your bike(s) today?
Postby Tim » Sat Apr 15, 2017 10:21 am
Glorious sunrise over Bancroft Bay, Metung on the Gippy Lakes.
I should have taken a piccie.
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Postby Mububban » Sat Apr 15, 2017 9:27 pm
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Re: What did you do with your bike(s) today?
Postby CKinnard » Sat Apr 15, 2017 10:49 pm
The rubber perished a few weeks ago so I needed a fix to operate the small button deep inside on the ICB. Using a fingernail or twig was getting old.
Had a look online and the buttons are available out of the US.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Rubber-cap- ... 1874340808
But I couldn't be bothered ordering at this point, and thought I could McGuyver something satisfactory out of silicone rubber.
The intent was to stick a hard plastic ball shape against the ICB button. The ball would extend out of the hole enough for a finger to engage. I would then silicone inside and out to hold the ball and silicone in place.
But the rubber glues and silicones I have are past their use-by date, and semi hard, and didn't cut it.
Anyway, it then occurred to me to stick a small round rubber tube patch over the plastic ball, but I wasn't sure how well my glues would bind rubber to the plastic garmin case.
Final solution is a Park Tools glueless patch which adheres to the case really well and should last 6-12mths.
The button now works better than the original because the plastic ball protrudes out a bit further.
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Re: What did you do with your bike(s) today?
Postby redsonic » Sun Apr 16, 2017 10:40 am
Priceless!
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Re: What did you do with your bike(s) today?
Postby CKinnard » Sun Apr 16, 2017 11:29 am
yes it's good to get the creative juices flowing coming up with a fix...and Ben Hur was on in the background for inspirationredsonic wrote:^^^^ and the satisfaction gained from doing it yourself, on the cheap?
Priceless!
(gf was out with friends)
I'd been contemplating a solution for a few weeks and it didn't evolve much past sticking the ball in and wrapping insulation tape right around the lateral edges of the unit. Then last night I had considered wrapping clear contact plastic right around the top half of the unit, including the screen, but thought this lacked 'subtlety'.
When I thought of the tube patch, it was a Eureka moment.....to my mind
I might actually have a go at that next weekend as it would be a cleaner look....and this morning I've been thinking about sculpting something out of 1 or 2 layers of bicycle tube. If I get it right, it should stay inside the hole without glue, and resemble the original from the outside. Wouldn't be too difficult with a dremel.
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Re: What did you do with your bike(s) today?
Postby CKinnard » Sun Apr 16, 2017 11:39 am
I'm betting this is just the beginning. You'll be thinking of something three times the size next, or your kids will be!Mububban wrote:Made this little ramp for the kids today after being inspired by Youtube. It also works well for adults to get a bit of air on their mountain bikes
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Re: What did you do with your bike(s) today?
Postby Mububban » Mon Apr 17, 2017 1:46 pm
Once my son gets fast enough to get airborne I imagine he'll be asking for an upgraded rampCKinnard wrote: I'm betting this is just the beginning. You'll be thinking of something three times the size next, or your kids will be!
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Re: What did you do with your bike(s) today?
Postby Rural Rider » Mon Apr 17, 2017 1:48 pm
Thanks mate - I was out again around the same time this A.M and managed to pull the tights on today ... made a HUGE difference!open roader wrote:Now that is what cycling is all about - high socks or no high socks!Rural Rider wrote:
Gorgeous photo BTW
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Re: What did you do with your bike(s) today?
Postby open roader » Mon Apr 17, 2017 6:59 pm
That photo does yell tights and LS jerseyRural Rider wrote:Thanks mate - I was out again around the same time this A.M and managed to pull the tights on today ... made a HUGE difference!
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Re: What did you do with your bike(s) today?
Postby open roader » Mon Apr 17, 2017 7:02 pm
Aerobic fitness is slowly coming back a 3/4 effort on the flat sees me bust through 28km/hr average and considering it's been 3 weeks since I last turned a pedal in anger I'll call it a base to work up from
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Re: What did you do with your bike(s) today?
Postby landyacht » Wed May 10, 2017 9:59 pm
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Re: What did you do with your bike(s) today?
Postby Mububban » Tue May 16, 2017 2:07 pm
iRamp 2.0 - I shallowed out the steep departure angle, added some internal bracing for the slopes, and vajazzled it with some paint I had in the shed.CKinnard wrote:I'm betting this is just the beginning. You'll be thinking of something three times the size next, or your kids will be!Mububban wrote:Made this little ramp for the kids today after being inspired by Youtube. It also works well for adults to get a bit of air on their mountain bikes
I call it the iRamp because I used my work iPhone to help measure the angles. If you swipe right from the compass app you get a spirit level that shows degrees of tilt
it's still less than two feet wide so it's not too heavy to move or too bulky in the shed. It's an incentive to hit it straight or fall off the sides
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Re: What did you do with your bike(s) today?
Postby CKinnard » Tue May 16, 2017 3:56 pm
Cool. Are the rugrats getting any 'air' yet?Mububban wrote: I call it the iRamp because I used my work iPhone to help measure the angles. If you swipe right from the compass app you get a spirit level that shows degrees of tilt
it's still less than two feet wide so it's not too heavy to move or too bulky in the shed. It's an incentive to hit it straight or fall off the sides
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