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Forum: Fitting Your Bike

07-25-22, 04:46 AM

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Difficulty in choosing stem length!

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Posted By ebonho

The 100 mm position looks good. You look a bit...

The 100 mm position looks good. You look a bit cramped in the 90 mm photos. Personally I think for your age you can even go longer to a 110 or even more maybe.

That said, maybe you can try playing...

Forum: Early Brifter Bikes - 7,8, and 9 Speed

07-24-22, 03:34 AM

Replies: 9

Upgrading 8 speed CAAD8 to 11 speed

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Posted By ebonho

Yes, a new 11s chain and cassette. I plan on...

Yes, a new 11s chain and cassette.

I plan on getting both from my local Decathlon to keep the costs down (less than half that of 11s Shimano, SRAM being a lot more for the cassette, near same for...

Forum: Early Brifter Bikes - 7,8, and 9 Speed

07-24-22, 02:11 AM

Replies: 9

Upgrading 8 speed CAAD8 to 11 speed

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Posted By ebonho

Thank you so much. That makes it amply clear now....

Thank you so much. That makes it amply clear now.

So to make my 11 speed upgrade work, with what I have, I must replace my 8 speed FSA Vero crankset with 8 speed FSA chainrings with the spare...

Forum: Early Brifter Bikes - 7,8, and 9 Speed

07-23-22, 11:43 PM

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Upgrading 8 speed CAAD8 to 11 speed

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Posted By ebonho

Thank you Fentuz. By width do you mean width...

Thank you Fentuz.

By width do you mean width of the chainring teeth or the gap between the big and little ring?

I've read here and elsewhere that the rollers of all chains of all speeds are the...

Forum: Early Brifter Bikes - 7,8, and 9 Speed

07-18-22, 03:31 AM

Replies: 9

Upgrading 8 speed CAAD8 to 11 speed

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Posted By ebonho

P.S. Since this is my first post and thread, a...

P.S. Since this is my first post and thread, a bit about myself.

I'm a 51 year old cyclist, and race in the Master's category, both road races and crits. This is my race bike and I train on it as...

Forum: Early Brifter Bikes - 7,8, and 9 Speed

07-18-22, 03:10 AM

Replies: 9

Upgrading 8 speed CAAD8 to 11 speed

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Posted By ebonho

Upgrading 8 speed CAAD8 to 11 speed

Hello all,

Was searching online for some crank and fd compatibility doubts I had and got directed here from BikeGremlin's very informative page.

I ride a 2014 CAAD8 8 Claris (2400). I want to...

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