rjones28 

Some people need practical advice.

LesterOfPuppets

Wooohooo! It's time for some baseball!

Mariners vs Rangers.

The sun is trying to come out. If it doesn't I might have to get a coffee instead of a $14 beer.

WhyFi

Grrrr. Post to get to the last page, again.

Velo Vol 

Why is it necessary to empty your bowels in the morning?

Velo Vol 

My primary exposure to medicine is witch doctory; I'm painfully aware of how much is not understood.

The theory, though, is that if you could stop the degradation occurring during cell replication, you could forestall degenerative conditions for decades.

LesterOfPuppets

"Must be in the first row!"

Spring Training is the best.

WhyFi

The laser level has become one of my favorite tools. It was very satisfying to twist the leveling feet on the work bench until is was just so. Highly recommended for the anal retentive sticklers for detail out there.

MoAlpha

And the others? My dad was a physical and cognitive wreck, but wanted to live long past the point where I think I would have thrown in the towel. I suspect he lacked the capacity to understand how miserable he was!

MoAlpha

I ruined a rotor breaking my first set in, but after that they worked fine.

WhyFi

Do tell.

MoAlpha

The first nice weather always brings out the vehicular homicide in people. On my ride today, a lovely young man in a new Audi pulled up to my right at a red signal and made obvious preparations to turn left on top of me. When I requested he not **** with me, he yelled at me for “cursing in front of my ******g fiancée.” Poor woman.

Trsnrtr

How do you ruin a rotor?

MoAlpha

I somehow managed to put a subtle undulation in the surface, which caused pulsation and squealing which fairly aggressive wet sanding didn’t get rid of. I still have the disc and may attack it again at some point.

bampilot06

anyone else having issues with strava again?

Didnt record my ride today at all. 20 miles in I stopped by my parents and it was working, but by the time I finished my ride and pulled out my phone nothing was recorded and the app was closed. This happened my last ride, but I thought maybe i forgot to start it.

Also My chain appears looser than I remember. Bike was making a lot more of a rattling noise hitting small bumps. When I dismounted I noticed my chain could slap my chain stay with ease. Is there away to increase tension?

Free cassette turned out to be a 10 speed so I didn’t get it.

datlas 

The others are vulnerable and defer to their spouse or kids who, while well intentioned, forget to focus on QUALITY of life. Sad. I wish everyone would read “Being Mortal” by Atul Gawande. Says what we in the field know all too well, in an eloquent and honest way.

datlas 

My friend who moved to DC about 15 years ago said that people there, in general, are more hostile than anywhere else he has witnessed.

datlas 

No Strava issues for me this weekend. Yesterday’s ride was on Garmin 130 and sync’d perfectly. Today’s was simply on iPhone app and also worked fine.

I expect you can get a cassette for cheap through the usual channels. Consider a ScamBay search.

Verify chain length is correct. You can increase tension by winding spring in RD but that’s a pain IMO.

Velo Vol 

See post #5671

Velo Vol 

So with life extension maybe the issues would be the same, but at age 150 instead of 90.

Velo Vol 

You chat with motorists at stop lights?

Also, is this a place with a left turn lane? Why was he to your right?

bampilot06

This particular spring, if lose could it also be causing my skipping issues? I noticed today some of the times that I would hit bumps my chain would also skip.

Had my first really close pass today. The closeness didn’t bother me, the ass hole honked right when he was next to me and I about jumped into the ditch. Not sure what honk was for.

Datlas, saving the cash on the cassette since I plan on buying a new group set. More or less wanted to see if it would stop the skipping.

kissTheApex

what brand/model are you using? I’m not anal retentive at all. I’m asking for a friend



Do you have a surface plate or anything that would double as such when wet sanding? Even a 6-8 inch granite countertop cutoff would be helpful. There is/was a countertop place on Brookville across from Walter Reed annex that let me dumpster dive for cutoffs, but it was 3-4 years ago so I’m not sure if they’re still in business.

WhyFi

Ah. Did you try a disc truing thingie? If not, give it a whirl. Or, if it's one of the newer IceTechs with the aluminum core, even tweaking with an adjustable wrench can do the trick; they're not as stubborn as the all steel rotors.

datlas 

I have had some skipping due to inadequate tension. Give the pivot points on your RD cage a really good clean/lube to see if that releases some friction and increases the tension before you even consider messing around with the spring.

LesterOfPuppets

One of my disc breaks pulsed for a while. I didn't do anything about it and it eventually went away. Weirdest thing ever.