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Old 09-01-20, 06:30 AM
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Originally Posted by WhyFi
I'm thinking that he doesn't even have to do that. My end caps just thread on to the axle spindle and, if they've come a little loose, the freehub body can slide along the spindle, as well. Take the wheel off, righty-tighty the end caps and I'll bet he's good.

...but I could be wrong.







I tried fighting the spindle sticking out of be lock ring it would move at all. I don’t know what else I can try to tighten.
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Originally Posted by bampilot06
I’m going to have to take the cassette off for either fix, anything wrong with zipping it together with a zip tie and throwing it in a bowl of gasoline to clean it?
Gasoline is not recommended for cleaning, to put it mildly.

I suggest flossing it out with a rag moistened with a "biodegradable" degreaser or, if you must give it a bath, recapture the degreaser (lots of people like mineral oil), let the dirt sediment out and pour off the clean portion. Let the dirty stuff evaporate in a disposable aluminum pan and recycle that if you can. Please.

Edit: That cassette is clean enough to eat off of. You should see mine.

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Originally Posted by WhyFi
I'm thinking that he doesn't even have to do that. My end caps just thread on to the axle spindle and, if they've come a little loose, the freehub body can slide along the spindle, as well. Take the wheel off, righty-tighty the end caps and I'll bet he's good.

...but I could be wrong.
Never seen that. Most of my end caps have just popped in. However, you could certainly be right. I think about these things with my hands and don't do that well at a desk.
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Old 09-01-20, 06:41 AM
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After the FTP conundrum a week or so ago, I done messed it up, again. Now I'm feelin' what LAJ was talkin' about - not wanting to up the FTP and hurt myself even more.
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Originally Posted by bampilot06





I tried fighting the spindle sticking out of be lock ring it would move at all. I don’t know what else I can try to tighten.
Hmmm. Shimano hubs - no experience with those. Are both end caps tight? Can you turn them independently of each other? If not, I'd dig up a manual on that hub - Shimano documentation is good and easy to find.
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And you can tell that guy's a flat-lander - lookit those clean big cogs!
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Originally Posted by bampilot06
I’m going to have to take the cassette off for either fix, anything wrong with zipping it together with a zip tie and throwing it in a bowl of gasoline to clean it?
I'd use something besides gasoline.
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Originally Posted by WhyFi
I do not have one of those in my kitchen. n00b, I know.
Build one in your yard.
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Originally Posted by WhyFi
After the FTP conundrum a week or so ago, I done messed it up, again. Now I'm feelin' what LAJ was talkin' about - not wanting to up the FTP and hurt myself even more.
That’s why I said it’s hard to maintain 100 fitness long-term.
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Originally Posted by MoAlpha
Gasoline is not recommended for cleaning, to put it mildly.

I suggest flossing it out with a rag moistened with a "biodegradable" degreaser or, if you must give it a bath, recapture the degreaser (lots of people like mineral oil), let the dirt sediment out and pour off the clean portion. Let the dirty stuff evaporate in a disposable aluminum pan and recycle that if you can. Please.

Edit: That cassette is clean enough to eat off of. You should see mine.
Yeah, I'd clean that cassette with soapy water and a stiff brush.
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Originally Posted by WhyFi
Hmmm. Shimano hubs - no experience with those. Are both end caps tight? Can you turn them independently of each other? If not, I'd dig up a manual on that hub - Shimano documentation is good and easy to find.
Gonna need a couple of cone wrenches.
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Vacation time was approved, 5 day weekend starting Friday
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Originally Posted by rjones28
Yeah, I'd clean that cassette with soapy water and a stiff brush.
Even better.
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Originally Posted by Bah Humbug
That’s why I said it’s hard to maintain 100 fitness long-term.
The (revised/lowered) Garmin FTP estimate is looking more and more reasonable, but I still have a hard time wrapping my head around me holding that for an hour-ish. Maybe it's the ebb-and-flow nature of my outside riding, where steady power is tough for me to come by... but I will admit that there were a couple times today where I was riding at my previously assumed FTP and it felt like a nice cool-off, kind of like the relief of hitting that 95% segment during over/unders.
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Build one in your yard.
I think that I'm going to work on the lower-hanging fruit, first. Maybe when I'm closer to being an elite naan baker.
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Vacation time was approved, 5 day weekend starting Friday


Today is the wife's last day before her 5-day weekend. I'm honestly not sure if that's going to mean more riding time for me or if it's going to mean less.
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Originally Posted by WhyFi
The (revised/lowered) Garmin FTP estimate is looking more and more reasonable, but I still have a hard time wrapping my head around me holding that for an hour-ish. Maybe it's the ebb-and-flow nature of my outside riding, where steady power is tough for me to come by... but I will admit that there were a couple times today where I was riding at my previously assumed FTP and it felt like a nice cool-off, kind of like the relief of hitting that 95% segment during over/unders.
That 1 hr thing seems pretty theoretical. I'd have to be offered 10,000 and loaded with amphetamine to do it on an ergometer and outdoors I could only average it.

On that last TT, I did manage to average 97% of my estimated FTP for just over an hour and I suspect that estimate may be a bit high.
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Originally Posted by WhyFi


Today is the wife's last day before her 5-day weekend. I'm honestly not sure if that's going to mean more riding time for me or if it's going to mean less.
I'm wondering the same thing. We'd like to go take a day trip at some point, but we're about where or when. Thinking either Friday or Tuesday, as the last thing we want to do is be at a park on the S-S-M of a federal holiday weekend
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Originally Posted by MoAlpha
That 1 hr thing seems pretty theoretical. I'd have to be offered 10,000 and loaded with amphetamine to do it on an ergometer and outdoors I could only average it.

On that last TT, I did manage to average 97% of my estimated FTP for just over an hour and I suspect that estimate may be a bit high.
Yeah, I know that FTP duration is wishy-washy, but even for long-ish efforts in that general window.... just... ouch.

Why do you think that your estimate is high? That's a great effort, regardless.
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We'd like to go take a day trip at some point, but we're about where or when.
Yup - same boat. We had been kicking around a couple ideas, but haven't discussed further for a few weeks. Seems like now would be a bit short notice to pick up those pieces, but it's not like accommodations are tough to come by. I'll have to feel it out tonight.
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Originally Posted by WhyFi
Yeah, I know that FTP duration is wishy-washy, but even for long-ish efforts in that general window.... just... ouch.

Why do you think that your estimate is high? That's a great effort, regardless.
It's based on a 3 min effort via the model that Intervals uses. I guess it could be real. It only puts me at 3.14 W/kg, after all.
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Originally Posted by MoAlpha
It's based on a 3 min effort via the model that Intervals uses. I guess it could be real. It only puts me at 3.14 W/kg, after all.
Ah. So do you think that that 97% was actually about the best you could muster?
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Hey phrantic09 - did you end up getting one of those Rapha hoodies? If so, have you gotten it/what do you think? I did not, but I see that they still have some Large available in decent colors. Complicating matters, though, is that they've now got a steep discount on the Explore Technical Hoodie...
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Originally Posted by WhyFi
Ah. So do you think that that 97% was actually about the best you could muster?
I think I rode about the best race I had in me that day. If you look at the W'bal, it suggests that I finished with a pretty empty tank. Actually, the average power for the TT says 200 on the chart, not the 193 it gave me above for the 1 hr bench mark. It also gave me 99% for the intensity. I don't understand fully, but either way, it looks like I did it at pretty close to FTP. I'll take another run at it this week.

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Bests for 30', 40' and 60' - Looks like some Type III fun, though!

I'm not familiar with/have never seen the W'bal field... what is it? Looking at my activity chart, I see that I have the option checked but I still don't see the field.
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