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Just going to let him ride. Might lose a chain. Enough folks here say a clutched RD is needed.
I need to know what I don't know. I'm smart enough to know this is new territory. I expect I can sell all this stuff in Feb and make out OK. I just wanted junior "on-par" or close enough to the equipment the others have, so equipment is not really an excuse. I buy a mechanical is an excuse, as is a few places over equipment But the full cross experience can be had with both his bikes. So going to chill - a wee bit.
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If you child is military or you're military, contact the guys at Irish Cycles. They do a lot of cross and also run a military / veteran discount. Look for them at irishcycles.com .. Write them though, that is the way to get them to work with you. Big in North East and down in Carolinas.
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If you child is military or you're military, contact the guys at Irish Cycles. They do a lot of cross and also run a military / veteran discount. Look for them at irishcycles.com .. Write them though, that is the way to get them to work with you. Big in North East and down in Carolinas.
I'm off the market for a few days.
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Got this today.
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Got this today.
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In this case, similar to others, road post is alloy ~99g. Thinking is Ti or carbon will offer a bit more flex and be less likely to snap for cross, although I doubt it likely with either material.
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I agree on the frame. Not always the parts. We never sat down and had a father son talk about carbon vs metal (except for spokes and spindles) and as such that txt relieved his frame-of-reference - coming from road.
In this case, similar to others, road post is alloy ~99g. Thinking is Ti or carbon will offer a bit more flex and be less likely to snap for cross, although I doubt it likely with either material.
In this case, similar to others, road post is alloy ~99g. Thinking is Ti or carbon will offer a bit more flex and be less likely to snap for cross, although I doubt it likely with either material.
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Got the race build in about 17lbs.
Pretty sure I could hit the UCI limit with a few changes, we'll see about next year.
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Pretty sure I could hit the UCI limit with a few changes, we'll see about next year.
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IMO better to not have "all your eggs in one basket", and have a second bike in case you crash the 1st or flat ,
then your helper in the pits will hand you the other bike. .. minimum time lost,
also good on muddy races ride it until soon too heavy with mud then swap.
then your helper in the pits will hand you the other bike. .. minimum time lost,
also good on muddy races ride it until soon too heavy with mud then swap.
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We are still playing with the shifting/brake rub etc. and I have semi-metallic pads in the mail I'm told work better. That may be mechanic disc inexperience. I get discs are a requirement for cross, but certain they are not worth it when compared to the DA rim brakes for road.
I went to a DA chain and I see SRAM has stamped SRAM chain only. Likely going to move to Shimano type (Wolf Tooth) ring on front.
The pulleys were also narrow/wide so I swapped them out. Why would pulleys need to be narrow/wide?
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The PDX crowd's race days, has a single speed race, I would think it a cheap bike to gain handling skills on ,
mainly because less to break off or damage..
they used to come to the coast, use the county fair grounds, for Halloween weekend, a costume party-race..
Bend OR, has more money population, etc. , so they shifted the out of Portland races to there..
It's more likely not raining there that weekend, too..
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mainly because less to break off or damage..
they used to come to the coast, use the county fair grounds, for Halloween weekend, a costume party-race..
Bend OR, has more money population, etc. , so they shifted the out of Portland races to there..
It's more likely not raining there that weekend, too..
...
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The PDX crowd's race days, has a single speed race, I would think it a cheap bike to gain handling skills on ,
mainly because less to break off or damage..
they used to come to the coast, use the county fair grounds, for Halloween weekend, a costume party-race..
Bend OR, has more money population, etc. , so they shifted the out of Portland races to there..
It's more likely not raining there that weekend, too..
...
mainly because less to break off or damage..
they used to come to the coast, use the county fair grounds, for Halloween weekend, a costume party-race..
Bend OR, has more money population, etc. , so they shifted the out of Portland races to there..
It's more likely not raining there that weekend, too..
...
Cross races are every weekend where he lives (CO) and the equipment may be his largest issue right now. Which is why I started an equipment thread. Maybe later - pit crew.
Handling skills cross from road riding pretty well, it is more getting used to the equipment limits/function.
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