Originally Posted by
ls01
64 miles on the disk bike. I think I finally figured out my discontent with that bike. The brake levers/hoods aren't even. The right side is higher than the left. Not a lot but enough that after a few seconds on the hoods I'm fighting with the bars. Probably pull it apart tonight, fix it and rewrap the bars. Also got a clickety bottom bracket, musta caught something talking to Bam about maintenance.
Contador has a rear wheel that rubs under load. 25mm tyres might be to big. I need to figure out a way to test for rubbing. Masking tape inside the stays? I know it rubbed with the 4000s. They were oversized. The 5000 are close to 25mm maybe .5mm over but I think its still hitting. Might be why I climb like poo......aside from the obvious I meen. Might have to ho back to 23mm tyres.
You might not need to unwrap/rewrap, if you can just move one up and the other down, each by just a couple mm. I have a 2 foot long, 1/2" dowel that I place on the brake hoods, and standing right in front of the bike, I look at the gap between the dowel and the bar top. Even a relatively small difference is easy to see.