Originally Posted by Bah Humbug (Post 21614144)

Mustard is disgusting. Beer is disgusting. The fruit of this unholy union can only be an abomination.

Originally Posted by whyfi (Post 21612855)

well i'm glad that the fire still burns brightly for some addicts. :p

Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 21613240)

Facepalm

On a Shimano front derailleur which screw do you turn so in the big ring the derailleur moves away from the frame? Right now the chain is all but rubbing.

Originally Posted by big john (Post 21614206)

I love mustard. Love it on a hot soft pretzel.

Originally Posted by Bah Humbug (Post 21614144)

Mustard is disgusting good. Beer is disgusting good. But The fruit of this unholy union can only be an abomination.

Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 21613363)

I want to be a local legend.

Originally Posted by rjones28 (Post 21614228)

You probably need to add more cable tension. You shouldn't need to move the outer limit screw.

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 Velo Vol (Post 21614250)

I examined it more closely and the cable is less taut than the other one.

I tried to tighten it by unscrewing where the cable connects, pulling it tighter, and tightening the screw. Hoo boy, what a comedy of errors.

Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets (Post 21613439)

Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 21614250)

I examined it more closely and the cable is less taut than the other one.

I tried to tighten it by unscrewing where the cable connects, pulling it tighter, and tightening the screw. Hoo boy, what a comedy of errors.

Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 21614277)

!!!

A picturesque moment on the ride home as I passed over ye olde CSX on a bridge. It had railcars full of gravel.

"Good riddance," I muttered, as it lumbered toward the setting sun.

Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets (Post 21614101)

In other weird news.

No. Not even gonna try it.

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...3a7928b5e3.jpg

Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 21614250)

I examined it more closely and the cable is less taut than the other one.

I tried to tighten it by unscrewing where the cable connects, pulling it tighter, and tightening the screw. Hoo boy, what a comedy of errors.

Originally Posted by abshipp (Post 21614274)

Is there no barrel adjuster anywhere?

Originally Posted by rjones28 (Post 21614304)

It's a shame that there is now video.

Originally Posted by Trsnrtr (Post 21614118)

I’d take it personally if it wasn’t true. It’s almost daily that my wife points out that I’m bleeding and asks me if I’ve been near sharp things again. The funny thing is, I hardly notice anymore.

I’ve got a gash on my left shin at the moment and have no idea where or how or when it happened. :rolleyes:

Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets (Post 21614286)

CSX still seems new to me.

Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 21614310)

wut

Your trainspotting seems to have fallen off a cliff since you moved to the desert. Sad.

Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 21614306)

Maybe. There's a thing on the cable on the downtube. But as configured it only twisted in one direction, and doing so did not bring about the desired tension

Originally Posted by datlas (Post 21614229)

I heard that it’s good for cramps, too.

Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets (Post 21614357)

Sounds like the flipper style FD adjuster

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...3d3aab92d.jpeg

Originally Posted by genejockey (Post 21614366)

You mean RD adjuster. It goes on the right.