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My New Puppy
My wife says that I am the only dog allowed in the house. . . .
So, here is the puppy that I restored a few weeks ago. . .
Ride hard, ride safe.
J.
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60mm stems on lowpro rims wouldn't be my first choice.
I think brake cables are supposed to go behind the bars too, but I don't take points off for these sorts of things.
- and those probably aren't even 60mm, but 48 or whatever looks crazy long on those rims.
I think brake cables are supposed to go behind the bars too, but I don't take points off for these sorts of things.
- and those probably aren't even 60mm, but 48 or whatever looks crazy long on those rims.
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They kind of look like 48s. 48mm is the shortest P/V road tube we carry these days.
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Up until then I figured long ass valve were something you had to special order, or ask if they had any in back...
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The brake cable thing, for me, is a simple matter of going behind in case I want a bar bag. Personal preference IMO.
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Here in rural Yucatan, we've never heard of aero crabon rims, so all the valve stems are short. Frankly, we're barely aware that rims come in sizes other than 26" and 28" (as in roadsters with rod brakes).
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Well, after a few weeks of hard work, I'm climbing with the groups and passing some riders on the uphills, but I'm not holding wheels on the flats when they heat it up to much above about 23 mph. I think there are intervals and squats in my future and being old is just slow.
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Fixed, possibly.
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Today's ride was wet. Not pouring rain but sprinkly through part of the ride and the roads were wet. It was still good and 100% fun.
I did notice a couple of riders' brakes were really quite loud once we got wet. They were running disc brakes. Is that normal for disc brakes to be annoyingly loud/whiny in the wet?
I did notice a couple of riders' brakes were really quite loud once we got wet. They were running disc brakes. Is that normal for disc brakes to be annoyingly loud/whiny in the wet?
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Unless you're well plugged into the system, those kids will just sell you the longest ones because "Who isn't riding aero crabon rims?" and you don't check, because you are unaware that they exist that long until you go to mount them. Thankfully I wasn't out on the road when I found out. I was able to exchange them with the older gentleman who owns the shop.
The brake cable thing, for me, is a simple matter of going behind in case I want a bar bag. Personal preference IMO.
The brake cable thing, for me, is a simple matter of going behind in case I want a bar bag. Personal preference IMO.
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Well, after a few weeks of hard work, I'm climbing with the groups and passing some riders on the uphills, but I'm not holding wheels on the flats when they heat it up to much above about 23 mph. I think there are intervals and squats in my future and being old is just slow.
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Today's ride was wet. Not pouring rain but sprinkly through part of the ride and the roads were wet. It was still good and 100% fun.
I did notice a couple of riders' brakes were really quite loud once we got wet. They were running disc brakes. Is that normal for disc brakes to be annoyingly loud/whiny in the wet?
I did notice a couple of riders' brakes were really quite loud once we got wet. They were running disc brakes. Is that normal for disc brakes to be annoyingly loud/whiny in the wet?
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Now that I think about it, I can ID most of the guys in my small group by the sounds their bikes make, whether it's the brakes, freehub sound, BB crick, a cable rattle (I assume) over broken pavement, etc.
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You drope the hamer?
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I joked to them that it seemed like an anti-stealth feature which could cut both ways. Get it? Disc brake? Cut? Ok I won't quit my day job. Yet.
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One of the guys that I ride with has crabon wheels with textured brake tracks - those things are noisy all of the time. I can always tell where he is when we're heading in to a turn.
Now that I think about it, I can ID most of the guys in my small group by the sounds their bikes make, whether it's the brakes, freehub sound, BB crick, a cable rattle (I assume) over broken pavement, etc.
Now that I think about it, I can ID most of the guys in my small group by the sounds their bikes make, whether it's the brakes, freehub sound, BB crick, a cable rattle (I assume) over broken pavement, etc.