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Forum: Touring
04-21-22, 12:47 PM
Replies: 84
Views: 7,577
Posted By Tourist in MSN

Basically the same thing I do at home. Get my...

Basically the same thing I do at home. Get my face wet with my hands. I do not bother to run the water till it is hot, use cold. At home I use liquid hand soap but on a bike tour I use bar soap...
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
02-17-22, 09:33 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 269
Posted By cxwrench

It comes off after a while but it doesn't cause...

It comes off after a while but it doesn't cause anywhere near the problems that the previous generation of 'polymer coated' cables did. That said I prefer the die-drawn Jagwire or something like...
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
02-12-22, 10:46 AM
Replies: 55
Views: 3,285
Posted By base2

I concur with CliffordK This week, I had an 86...

I concur with CliffordK
This week, I had an 86 year old man bring a Raleigh he bought new 65 years ago into the shop for "shifting issues." He claimed no one had touched it since the day he bought...
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
02-12-22, 08:49 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,186
Posted By dedhed

My Trek 970 has a bottom pull used as a top pull...

My Trek 970 has a bottom pull used as a top pull set up with a cable stop in the cable connection and the inner cable fixed. The housing actually moves the FD.

...
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
06-30-21, 12:22 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 4,150
Posted By Barry2

I didn't know these existed !!!! I like it........

I didn't know these existed !!!!
I like it..... mainly because it would let me keep my Stages dual sided (crank) power meter.

bikinGreen CNC Chainring 46/30T FoR Shimano 4 Arm 10-11Spd Road...
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
02-24-19, 04:46 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 31,154
Posted By Geekage

Who's keeping the spreadsheet? Here are the...

Who's keeping the spreadsheet? Here are the measurements I made:

Shimano 11-speed road cable pull, as measured off a 5800-series 105 shifter:


Position pull (mm)
1->2 3.12
2->3 ...
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
11-23-18, 09:17 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 31,154
Posted By DaveSSS

I built a cable pull measuring fixture that...

I built a cable pull measuring fixture that includes a 2-inch travel dial indicator with .001-inch graduations. The shift cable is unclamped from the RD and connected directly to a spring tensioned...
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
08-20-18, 09:54 AM
Replies: 0
Views: 1,875
Posted By zze86

DIY Rohloff or Nexus Hub mount for drop bars

Built up a frankenbike, Trek 7.1FX with Shimano 7 nexus IGH and Salsa Woodchipper gravel bars and had to create a DIY mount the Nexus 7 shifter. FWIW, the standard Rohloff and Nexus shifters all...
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
03-08-18, 08:51 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 3,711
Posted By tomtomtom123

I noticed that the SL-4700 flat bar triggers for...

I noticed that the SL-4700 flat bar triggers for FD-4700 double, and SL-R780 flat bar triggers for FD-5700 and FD-CX70 double have different trim directions.


SL-4700 trims outwards while...
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
07-20-17, 09:44 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 31,154
Posted By DaveSSS

Your post tells me that you've never taken one of...

Your post tells me that you've never taken one of the levers apart and don't understand how it works. Ratchet teeth can be easily be machined to produce varying amounts of cable pull. FWIW, I'm the...
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