mollusk

I haven't looked at this thread in weeks.

It may be weeks before I do so again.

Homebrew01

That leg looks really horrible ..... but the cut's not too bad.

Ygduf

edited post.

2: will do, now that I'm feeling the downside.

umd

There is a method to our madness.

Ygduf

Remember my gf jynxing me last weekend, talking about how I'd never crashed?

13k miles and it happens so soon after she brought it up. Coincidence, I think not.

So, when are you going to email me the photos from Santa Cruz; are you home yet?

CrimsonKarter21

Niet bestaande....

BTW: They speak Vlaams.

umd

Not home yet

waterrockets 

You can always just shave the wound. As long as it's not too roughed up, no problem.

Ygduf

I did my best with clippers. There really were little bits of gravel embedded in the skin when I got home, so it's pretty rough. Really not bad though, only two spots, each the size of a quarter. I'll live.

umd

Speaking of wounds, people weren't kidding about face wounds healing fast. Mine are almost completely healed a week later except for a flap of skin I accidentally ripped open again.

carpediemracing 

Thanks. I was ready to scroll fast but didn't need to.

Wife got a TDI - 40-odd mpg, accelerates surprisingly fast (230-something lbs-ft torque), carries lotsa stuff. Nice growl to it too, at least from the inside of the car. I want to mod it, but I have to wait to have one of my own. Tax credit two ways until July of this year. I wish I'd gotten a TDI a few years ago when I was contemplating that or buying the 246k mile Honda from a friend. I decided to help the friend out and I'm happy I did it but still.

Wen - a few more ideas:
1. When bike is stationary, put bike in some big gear and push down on the cranks slowly, steadily, with increasing amounts of force until you're red in the face. Big gear helps keep the bike from actually moving. If you feel a click or something then try again. This may help isolate the cause. Try with each arm pointing forward
1A. Grab each crank arm and slowly, steadily, with immense amounts of force, push and pull the arm side to side. Check at different clock face locations (12, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 o'clock. Check for click etc.
2. You mention standing. Does it happen when you're sitting? How about one- or no-hands? If it's just when you're standing, it may be a bar/stem/fork thing.
3. Hate to say this but check for cracks. A couple of my creaking frames (not a CAAD9, but a couple different brands) had cracks in them. One was a super-overbuilt frame, chainstay cracked. Another was a super-light frame, chainstay cracked. I've seen top of seatstays, downtubes, top tubes, everything. Look for cracks which are invisible except when frame is flexed. Chainstay ones are usually dirty enough to see, but other locations can stay clean/pristine and very hard to spot.
4. If creaks when seated, take out saddle/post and try. Sometimes post moves in frame. Don't forget to put saddle/post back
5. Try with/without cycling shoes. Different wheels.
6. Spray the living daylight out of different areas with a thin lube (wd-40 etc), one at a time. Rear der. Dropout. Chain. Cassette. Chainring bolt area. Bar/stem junction. Maybe even stem/steerer junction (okay if no carbon). Process of elimination. Keep braking surface and tires free of lube. Clean off after.

I forget what else you've tried and pages are loading slowly so I'll leave it at that.

cdr

Bob Dopolina 

Sorry, late to the party on this one.

The thump is caused by a variation in the width of the rim at the braking surface. Usually it is a result of an impact. If the rims are new I'd go with what was suggested and say it is the seam.

Since most rims have their braking surfaces machines after they are pinned you may have a real problem here.

Check truing and hop first and, if they are in order, take off the tire and run some calipers across the braking surface and find the variation. If it is at the seam you are hooped.

If it is not at the seam lay a 1x2 across the braking surface and wack it with a hammer. Flip the rim over and repeat (seriously). Look and see if any lines develop (cracks) in the braking surface. Wack it until it seems flat. You can run a steel ruler across the rim to look for gaps. The gaps will be where the light spills through.

Or you could just try for a warranty...

Bob Dopolina 

Hee hee hee...

Ygduf

It was so far from gore, like 2 little spots the size of quarters, that it didn't occur to me that people might worry about it. I think it was the full leg hair that really offended.

Bob Dopolina 

Sorry if I missed it but have you actually pulled and lubed the threads on you BB cups yet? Creaking and popping under load are pretty classic tells. I'd actually start there and not waste my time piddling around looking for the "less usual suspects".

botto 

incorrect.

wens

1: Doesn't click or move noticeably
1A: Clicks/creaks when I do this, seems like all the way around but loudest at 9 and 3
2: happens when I'm standing, also happened when I rode no hands, so I think it's the pedals/bottom bracket, and I've tried everything I can think of on the pedals.
3: I didn't look too hard because of 1A making noise, but I didn't see any cracks
4: Didn't do yet
5: tried without shoes, still makes noise. I don't have other wheels, so trying other wheels will have to wait until I can borrow a set for a few minutes.
6: Haven't done this yet, hoping that 1A making noise means that the problem is there, which brings us to.

No. The bolt holding the crank on like it requires a tool that's bicycle specific that I don't own. Given the price of anything bike specific, I was hoping to avoid this, but it looks like I might as well stop wasting people's time and suck it up.

Chef151

Fantastic car. Smooth ride and plenty of power when you need it. And the thing that most suprised me after I bought it is how much it can haul. Put the seats down and it's like a small pickup. Took it on a 900mile road trip last month with the wife, two dogs, their crate, two bikes, gear, tons of crap and still got 39mpg going 75mph-ish with the bikes on a trunk rack. I couldn't be happier with it and I plan to drive it till the wheels come off.

I'm jealous of the zero % financing though Gl with yours.

Chef151

Where's the best site to find out if there are any crits in my area? I've tried a few searches without much luck. I'm in the ft myers/Naples area.

hammy56

www.floridacycling.com

where are you exactly? Im in Cape Coral.

CrimsonKarter21

Okay, Nederlands with a Vlaams dialect. Even a tone-deaf like me can hear a noticeable difference between proper Nederlands and an East Flanders Flem.

Chef151

South ft myers, near Daniels and 75. My wife actually teaches at Ida baker in the cape, though.

I started doing some group rides about a month ago (I've been riding for about three months so far) with the estero trek store group on Sundays, and sometimes their weds night ride too.

The bartow race isn't too far away distance wise, but I don't think I'm ready for crits quite this soon. I don't see anything after October on that calendar, is that it for the year? Any idea if there is ever anything close to here?

hammy56

Funny, I do that Sunday ride every week. Im on the team that is run out of that store. Im the tattooed guy with the black cannondale.

And theres a handful of races left on the calendar, crits and rr's...but its winding down for the year.

botto 

1. i can hear the difference between a texan and a new yorker, but it's still the same language.

2. what's a "flem?"

bostongarden

It can be a little bit like golf: you know, when you're thinking "don't hit into the water, or, just hit it anywhere but into the woods."