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#2851
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Okay, it's official. I have too many bikes. I can no longer fit them in the corner of the garage. I can get 6 in there, but the 7th, I end up putting in the workstand.
I need a new garage. Or maybe for Mrs. GJ to clear her crap out of it, so there' ONE ROOM in the house that's mine, even if it's not in the actual house.
I need a new garage. Or maybe for Mrs. GJ to clear her crap out of it, so there' ONE ROOM in the house that's mine, even if it's not in the actual house.
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#2852
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#2853
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#2854
VFL For Life
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Knoxville, TN
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#2855
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2019
Location: 757
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Bikes: Madone, Emonda, 5500, Ritchey Breakaway
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#2856
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Went to look @ a potential home today.
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Every room. The basement, garage and part of the backyard.
With a full 20yrd dumpster in the driveway.
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Every room. The basement, garage and part of the backyard.
With a full 20yrd dumpster in the driveway.
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#2858
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Bikes: Madone, Emonda, 5500, Ritchey Breakaway
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I think this is the cleanest the drive chain has been since I bought the bike. Got it all back together, wheel is not bent so that’s good.
About a week ago I got it in my head the my C2 felt off. Something about the fit felt different, so I checked the things that made since. Handle bars were good, but I am not sure about my seat post. I can see the pencil mark, but it’s not in the middle of the circle, but I am also not sure it was ever in the middle of the circle. m If it did slip we are talking about a .5 of 1 mm so would I even notice that? I’ve ridden it a couple times since then, and once on the colonial parkway it hasn’t moved at all, and when I checked the torque of the clamp it is solid.
I am at the point where it might be in my head and I am trying to convince myself something is wrong when nothing is wrong, but now that the thought is there I can’t seem to shake it.
Don’t really expect to get any advice on this, just felt like sharing.
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#2859
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#2860
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: TC, MN
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Bikes: R3 Disc, Haanjo
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#2861
Klaatu..Verata..Necktie?
Join Date: May 2007
Location: SF Bay Area
Posts: 18,498
Bikes: Litespeed Ultimate, Ultegra; Canyon Endurace, 105; Battaglin MAX, Chorus; Bianchi 928 Veloce; Ritchey Road Logic, Dura Ace; Cannondale R500 RX100; Schwinn Circuit, Sante; Lotus Supreme, Dura Ace
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And just like that, I feel MUCH better about our amount of clutter!
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#2862
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: SF Bay Area
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Bikes: Litespeed Ultimate, Ultegra; Canyon Endurace, 105; Battaglin MAX, Chorus; Bianchi 928 Veloce; Ritchey Road Logic, Dura Ace; Cannondale R500 RX100; Schwinn Circuit, Sante; Lotus Supreme, Dura Ace
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I think this is the cleanest the drive chain has been since I bought the bike. Got it all back together, wheel is not bent so that’s good.
About a week ago I got it in my head the my C2 felt off. Something about the fit felt different, so I checked the things that made since. Handle bars were good, but I am not sure about my seat post. I can see the pencil mark, but it’s not in the middle of the circle, but I am also not sure it was ever in the middle of the circle. m If it did slip we are talking about a .5 of 1 mm so would I even notice that? I’ve ridden it a couple times since then, and once on the colonial parkway it hasn’t moved at all, and when I checked the torque of the clamp it is solid.
I am at the point where it might be in my head and I am trying to convince myself something is wrong when nothing is wrong, but now that the thought is there I can’t seem to shake it.
Don’t really expect to get any advice on this, just felt like sharing.
That worked great! It's comfy out to at least 100km. Then I got the Circuit, and I did the same, which was harder because it's a smaller frame than I'm used to. And now I've done it for Mrs. Peel.
My point is, I don't have to depend on witness marks that was away the first time I give a bike a bath. If it feels funny, I can measure it again and check against the spreadsheet.
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#2864
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Ah, but I DO have advice! I wanted to set up the Canyon, I measured the Bianchi, the Battaglin, and the Ritchey exhaustively, and entered the numbers in an Excel spreadsheet. Then I set up the Canyon as close to them as possible. I ended up measuring all of them on the kitchen floor (flattest place in the house), backed up against the garage door, and then the handlebars leveled, with the righthand drop hooked over the dishwasher's handle. Then I used the floor and the door as fixed points and made all measurements from them, and calculated everything from there.
That worked great! It's comfy out to at least 100km. Then I got the Circuit, and I did the same, which was harder because it's a smaller frame than I'm used to. And now I've done it for Mrs. Peel.
My point is, I don't have to depend on witness marks that was away the first time I give a bike a bath. If it feels funny, I can measure it again and check against the spreadsheet.
That worked great! It's comfy out to at least 100km. Then I got the Circuit, and I did the same, which was harder because it's a smaller frame than I'm used to. And now I've done it for Mrs. Peel.
My point is, I don't have to depend on witness marks that was away the first time I give a bike a bath. If it feels funny, I can measure it again and check against the spreadsheet.
So when I got the Ritchey I used measurements from my C2 to set it up. Basically all I cared about was seat height so measured the center bolt of crank arm to the seat post rails. That worked really well, and if I go off the Ritchey back to the C2 currently they match.
Still feels like it slipped, maybe it’s my brain that slipped.
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#2865
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#2866
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Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Land of Pleasant Living
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Any mini pump recommendations from the panel?
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#2868
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How's the stretching going? Do you have a proper yoga mat?
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#2870
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My Lezyne Alloy Drive did pretty well yesterday... twice. It's a high volume model, so it'll "only" get up to 90psi, but does so in much fewer strokes than I'd expected. Just make sure that your valve cores are tight (keep one of those little core tools in your saddle bag) or the hose will unscrew the valve... which is why I had to use it twice.
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#2873
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#2874
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#2875
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