Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets (Post 21613648)

All this bar talk got me motivated to finally put these flared drops on the Lemond. Bar tape tonight, and possibly a short test ride. Still gonna be 105° at 10pm, so no serious test ride 'til tomorrow morning.

Originally Posted by genejockey (Post 21613666)

Oooooo!! Pretty!!! Dang, that looks like fun!!!

But if you don't mind my asking, how do you get the tires through the brakes?

Originally Posted by MoAlpha (Post 21613628)

Any you old crumbs ever put stick-on + lenses on your cycling glasses? Wondering if they survive sweat and daily cleaning.

Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets (Post 21613672)

They slide in fairly easily at 25 psi, takes a little coaxing at 40psi. Would be even easier if I'd reset the caliper width to the width of these rims so that I could release the calipers, but some other day :)

Originally Posted by indyfabz (Post 21613489)

The bridge timbers are likely wood.

Think this is the bridge:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Te...4d-111.9276565

The relatively new, double track bridge to the right is the light rail line.

Originally Posted by MoAlpha (Post 21613628)

Any you old crumbs ever put stick-on + lenses on your cycling glasses? Wondering if they survive sweat and daily cleaning.

Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets (Post 21613703)

Oh Yeah, I've been looking at more footage and leading up to the through-truss section from the north it looks like all timber trestle.

Originally Posted by BillyD (Post 21613754)

Heavens no. No, sir by cracky!.

Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 21613255)

Inner screw counter clockwise? I turned it some and nothing seemed to happen.


https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...6bfa4fd04e.jpg

Originally Posted by genejockey (Post 21613517)

It went great, till I got to the bend. For a while, I was afraid I was just plain stuck. I think these are more square, that is the tops are longer and straighter before the bend, so it's more acute. If I had my druthers, I'd have used the 3T Motus, if the clamp part hadn't cracked.

Originally Posted by seedsbelize (Post 21614057)

A positive side to the cut off finger presented itself this afternoon. My DeWalt drill driver slipped off the screw and poked a hole through the base of my fingernail, drawing blood. I hardly felt it.

Originally Posted by genejockey (Post 21613488)

I spent 7 hours on Saturday, refitting my Battaglin MAX bike. New cables, new rear derailleur, new cassette, new tires, new handlebar, new bar tape. It took so long because I was trying to make a short cage Centaur derailleur work rather than swap in the medium cage Veloce I'd bought for the job. So after a lot of time spent fruitlessly, I swapped in the Veloce and voila! It works. Now I'm running 53/39 and 12-30.

The frame is so old, it doesn't take a regular cable guide under the BB. No, it's got a plate with two holes in it. And for years, I've been tolerating the sub-optimal shifting from all the added friction it causes. I threaded some shift cable liner through the holes, and fed the cables through that, heavily greased.

New bar, because the Cinelli Nerve I had on it is 1) real old, and 2) a LO--O-ONG way down to the drops, compared with what The Cool Kids are using these days. I used a SOMA Highway One, which is the right shape, and unlike nearly every other bar, it comes in 26.0 and silver. Finished it all off with white Fizik tape. Even got some white gloves just for this bike, so I don't foul the tape as quickly.

I thought about getting 28s, but the 25s I've been running barley fit though the calipers as it is. And the chainstays are pretty close to the tires. SO instead I just replaced the old Ultra Sports with new GP's, pumped to 100/105.

Today was the 'shakedown cruise'. The new bar fits well, in fact it might need to drop a cm or so - at the same stem height, I feel more upright. Or maybe turn the bar down a hair. Shifting was MUCH better! AND the 30 works well! And I think that the tires made a big difference, even though they're the same size at the same pressure. Felt much less rattly. I'm in love all over again!

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...7d19bc7778.jpg

Originally Posted by BillyD (Post 21613540)

See, confirmed, although I’m waiting for the DougRNS endorsement. lol

Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets (Post 21613509)

Happy Birthday Geddy Lee!

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...07cfb0daa1.jpg

Originally Posted by seedsbelize (Post 21614057)

A positive side to the cut off finger presented itself this afternoon. My DeWalt drill driver slipped off the screw and poked a hole through the base of my fingernail, drawing blood. I hardly felt it.

Originally Posted by indyfabz (Post 21613757)

Wonder if there is a viable detour.

The bridge that became the Walkway over the Hudson, in Mr. D’s neck of the woods, was torched by vandals. Think it was in ‘73. I’ve ridden across it twice. Quite nice.

Originally Posted by seedsbelize (Post 21614057)

A positive side to the cut off finger presented itself this afternoon. My DeWalt drill driver slipped off the screw and poked a hole through the base of my fingernail, drawing blood. I hardly felt it.

Originally Posted by BillyD (Post 21614111)

Look, forget about it, you’d have to damn near kill yourself in order to catch up with trainsnorter.

Originally Posted by DougRNS (Post 21614103)

Apparently you're a glass-half-full kind of guy. who knew?:thumb: