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01-29-24, 12:31 PM
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01-29-24, 12:33 PM
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01-29-24, 12:34 PM
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01-29-24, 12:38 PM
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...the majority opinion on bicycle now, is that the only stuff getting stolen around here is either new, disc brake CF, or the big fave for thieves now, the battery electric bicycle. The up side of that is I can ride some of the bikes I used to be afraid to lock up over at Trader Joe's, or near a restaurant if I stopped for lunch, around town without much concern. If it's old, steel and has a level top tube, it has suddenly become a piece of junk that has no resale value.
If I needed the money, I guess I'd be discouraged. But I don't, so this has become a wonderful benefit of the e-bike revolution.
If I needed the money, I guess I'd be discouraged. But I don't, so this has become a wonderful benefit of the e-bike revolution.
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01-29-24, 12:38 PM
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01-29-24, 12:39 PM
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Sorry for your loss, Bug.
01-29-24, 12:39 PM
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How does a chain come off in a full on sprint?
01-29-24, 12:39 PM
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sorry for you loss Bah Humbug and I hope that you get reconciliation with your under-communicative family member.
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01-29-24, 12:41 PM
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Another story, back in "82 when I started riding, I rode with guys with a lot of high-end machines like Collages, Pinarellos, etc. A friend had a Paramount and always locked it up even though no one else did. His worry was that casual thieves would steal his Schwinn before they sole an Italian bike that they had never heard of. He was probably right.
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01-29-24, 12:41 PM
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I am well enough now to cycle to work (~7 minutes), but since my hernia procedure I have been walking both ways (~20 min average) and thoroughly enjoying it. Safer, more relaxed, can let my mind wander or focus on something and not have to think about traffic and the two left-hand stoplights that I have to negotiate. In sum, it's almost a half hour of my day spent walking... and a half hour of time is pretty precious to me right now. But, the walking is such a good vibe that I may continue it. Wife is on board.
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01-29-24, 12:41 PM
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01-29-24, 12:42 PM
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01-29-24, 12:43 PM
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Chain going in or out when it drops?
01-29-24, 12:43 PM
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01-29-24, 12:44 PM
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01-29-24, 12:45 PM
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On yesterday's ride, I experienced one of the minor downsides to owning/riding a Litespeed from the mid-90s. I was climbing a 1/2 mile 6% average gradient hill, and got to the steeper pitch, and thought, "Shouldn't I have a lower gear than this?" I looked down at the cassette, and the chain was on the second largest cog. I tried flicking the lever, but it was already maxed out.
"Huh." I thought. I could have sworn I'd set the bike up properly to be able to use all 11 gears. I tried increasing cable tension using the adjuster at the cable stop (one of those lever thingies that came with 7410 Dura Ace), and all that did was make it grind and occasionally jump to the large cog for a second. When I got to the 30+ mph downhill after the climb, I shifted into the smallest cog, clicking all the way down, and tried to shift to the second smallest, and that took two clicks. Shifting was still spot-on, apart from that, so I rode a mile or two to a good place to stop and fiddle. I tried unscrewing the barrel adjuster at the RD, and even with it backed all the way out, and with the cable stop lever maxed out, too, it STILL wouldn't stay in the largest cog. So I adjusted it back to where it would shift properly (apart from the ends of the cassette).
It occurred to me that it might be the cable about to break in the STI, so I skinned back the hood and checked that out. Nope. So I rode on.
Over the next mile, I started going through it logically - it was acting like the cable had stretched enough that it was one cog off, but it had been a long time since I installed the cable and any initial stretch was thousands of miles ago. So, it was unlikely the cable was longer. If the cable wasn't longer, then the cable RUN must be shorter. That worried me, because my first thought was something seriously wrong with the frame. I looked down at the BB, and the RD cable was running WAY outboard, like in the space between the BB shell and the BB cup.
Well, THERE'S your PROBLEM!!!
Stopped, flipped the bike up, and sure enough, the cable and liner had popped out of the little shallow groove made by welding two thin strips to the BB shell. I realized this happened when I washed the bike last time, and hadn't ridden it since - I shifted to the smallest cog to take the wheel out, and probably dislodged the now slack cable with the brush I used to clean the mud off the downtube. I popped the cable back into the groove, fiddled with the tension a bit, and all was well!
Those little cable grooves on the BB shell are leftovers from the DT lever shifting days, when things like cable friction weren't such a big deal, but now, with 11 speeds, narrow spacing between cogs, and shifting with very small cable pulls, you need to run the cable in liners under the BB, which makes them prone to popping out when the cable is slack. Oh, well. It's still the best bike in my stable.
"Huh." I thought. I could have sworn I'd set the bike up properly to be able to use all 11 gears. I tried increasing cable tension using the adjuster at the cable stop (one of those lever thingies that came with 7410 Dura Ace), and all that did was make it grind and occasionally jump to the large cog for a second. When I got to the 30+ mph downhill after the climb, I shifted into the smallest cog, clicking all the way down, and tried to shift to the second smallest, and that took two clicks. Shifting was still spot-on, apart from that, so I rode a mile or two to a good place to stop and fiddle. I tried unscrewing the barrel adjuster at the RD, and even with it backed all the way out, and with the cable stop lever maxed out, too, it STILL wouldn't stay in the largest cog. So I adjusted it back to where it would shift properly (apart from the ends of the cassette).
It occurred to me that it might be the cable about to break in the STI, so I skinned back the hood and checked that out. Nope. So I rode on.
Over the next mile, I started going through it logically - it was acting like the cable had stretched enough that it was one cog off, but it had been a long time since I installed the cable and any initial stretch was thousands of miles ago. So, it was unlikely the cable was longer. If the cable wasn't longer, then the cable RUN must be shorter. That worried me, because my first thought was something seriously wrong with the frame. I looked down at the BB, and the RD cable was running WAY outboard, like in the space between the BB shell and the BB cup.
Well, THERE'S your PROBLEM!!!
Stopped, flipped the bike up, and sure enough, the cable and liner had popped out of the little shallow groove made by welding two thin strips to the BB shell. I realized this happened when I washed the bike last time, and hadn't ridden it since - I shifted to the smallest cog to take the wheel out, and probably dislodged the now slack cable with the brush I used to clean the mud off the downtube. I popped the cable back into the groove, fiddled with the tension a bit, and all was well!
Those little cable grooves on the BB shell are leftovers from the DT lever shifting days, when things like cable friction weren't such a big deal, but now, with 11 speeds, narrow spacing between cogs, and shifting with very small cable pulls, you need to run the cable in liners under the BB, which makes them prone to popping out when the cable is slack. Oh, well. It's still the best bike in my stable.
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01-29-24, 12:47 PM
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Klaatu..Verata..Necktie?
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My wife and I have taken a tandem to Europe a couple times, toured several countries and never locked it up. One time in a particularly sketchy area, my wife asked if we should lock it up. The tandem was 11 years old and had a lot of miles on it. I told her that I'd give someone $50 to steal it, claim insurance, wouldn't have to ship it home and we could get a new one. She didn't think it was funny. Regardless, it never got stolen.
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01-29-24, 12:49 PM
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So it is
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01-29-24, 12:50 PM
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01-29-24, 12:53 PM
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shaken, not stirred.
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I would but I don't know if that's normal height, short, or tall. What's that in proper metric units?
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My wife and I have taken a tandem to Europe a couple times, toured several countries and never locked it up. One time in a particularly sketchy area, my wife asked if we should lock it up. The tandem was 11 years old and had a lot of miles on it. I told her that I'd give someone $50 to steal it, claim insurance, wouldn't have to ship it home and we could get a new one. She didn't think it was funny. Regardless, it never got stolen.
01-29-24, 12:56 PM
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That sounds like the voice of experience. Did you keep the bike upright? or at least save it from damage?
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01-29-24, 12:58 PM
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01-29-24, 01:00 PM
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