TejanoTrackie 

I bought a set of adjustable length support struts, so I could lower the Wald front basket on my Windsor Clockwork townie. The stock struts are not adjustable and the basket was too high for my small frame size. This also makes them stronger, since they are shorter and effectively double thickness.

https://m.imgur.com/a/15CWm

TimothyH

I lost a new buff after only one ride. With it went a beloved beanie I've owned since the 1800's. Poof! Gone.

I've also recently purchased a balaclava but genius me had the brilliant idea that it should be windblock - can barely breathe when the thing is fully deployed.

So tonight I went to REI and picked up a Smartwool PhD reversible training beanie...




...and a Smartwool neck gaiter.



Going to be 28° Saturday morning. Bring it.


-Tim-

TejanoTrackie 

Just ordered a couple of 3" ding-dong bells from Universal Cycles. The cheap Dimension bell broke and I looked inside and the "spring" is plastic ! I've got these bells on my Windsor Clockwork SS townie and my Salsa Casseroll 7-speed IGH townie.

https://www.universalcycles.com/shop...s.php?id=81893

rumrunn6

TimothyH

And right on schedule I found both.


-Tim-

Mumonkan

youre like, old.

jtbadge

I just picked up this Surly wool neck gaiter. Seems to breathe really well while keeping things toasty. And it's not black, unlike most of my other warm gear.

drlogik 

Have yet to install them. Quality is awesome and they look cool as heck but they are fairly heavy.

franswa

I hope you have some reaaaaallllyyy high quality cutters for that brake housing. Or a dremel with attachment. Great housing though.

hairnet

I have never used a dremel to cut housing. Have you ever melted the inner lining by doing so? Just asking because I see people at the co-op take their housings to the bench grinder to smooth the end, but then melt the lining. Granted, those people don't know how to use a bench grinder anyway.

TejanoTrackie 

If you use a cutting disk with the Dremel tool you can cut w/o melting the plastic. I've also used it to cut plastic fenders.

franswa

A good portion of the population can't be trusted with tools, especially power tools. I've only used a dremel once for housing and it was on the aforementioned Yokozuna on my bike and a friends' and I'm glad I did. It's robust and if an attempt is made with inadequate tools, you could essentially throw money down the toilet. This was my personal experience.

Mumonkan

The cutting wheel is the way to go for sure, used it a bunch of times. Never had any melting issues that i could speak of, but you could just use an awl or a sharpened old spoke to pop the cherry

bugly64

Rollfast

Handlebar bag

drlogik 

franswa,

I have Felco and VAR cable cutters, lineman's pliers, Dremel tool and 4' bolt cutters. Are these housings that hard to cut? I haven't worked with them before. Any caveats I need to know about?

Scrodzilla

The VAR cable & housing cutter is what I've used in the past without much fuss. Put a scrap piece of inner cable inside the housing when you cut it to prevent it from squishing and cut quickly.

drlogik 

Thanks, Scrod. That's my standard operating procedure with all cables anyway. What's your honest assessment of these Yokozuna setups? Don't worry, I don't offend easily......go for it.

Scrodzilla

Overkill. They do last a long time and look great, though.

drlogik 

Figured. Thanks.

hairnet

I haven't used Yokazuna, just braided Jagwire housing. I gotta say, there is noticeably less mushyness in the braking compared to generic wound housing. I can't quantify a difference in performance, but it feels better and the good stuff goes my sporty bikes.

TejanoTrackie 

Jagwire rules.

drlogik 

hairnet,

My standard cable setup for brakes is Dura-Ace cables and housing on all of my bikes. I definitely feel the difference from stock. I got the Yokozuna because it looks cool as 5hit. Kinda industrial looking. My guess is they won't feel much different than the Dura-Ace I have on the target bike now.

johnnytheboy

jagwire compressionless ftw

johnnytheboy

have you tried spurcycle bells? pricey, but best bells on the market hands down.