Today's Ride
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Guinessisgoodforyou
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Don't worry I have aesthetics for radioMe on the right.
Slight distortion I think though.
Bit of a yap post inbound, feel free to skip and look at pretty sunrise pictures instead. When you buy used you should always expect some problems either due to the previous owner or oversights on your own part. The combo of it both coming with an Ultegra 6800 chainset and a suspicious creaking noise lead to replacing the chainset. Ofc this could've been taken to a shop, inspected and maybe a free replacement but frankly the value of purchasing a 105 chainset on sale vs having no road bike for a week or two made it an easy decision. Chainset ended up being a pain in the arse to install as it was physically knocking the NDS bearing out on install, eventually me and a local bike mechanic managed to get it in and sorted but the whole experience left me thinking why the **** was that such a pain in the arse. Some inspection and googling lead to the realization that the previous owner had been running the Ultegra crankset....with a Campag PF30 BB?! Slight moral dilemma as this was on Tuesday and I was really planning on going for an imperial century on the Wednesday, and had already put 500km on the Ultegra/Campag setup but I decided to be rational and order the correct thing so I could be up and running for a local Thursday morning group ride. In the haste of ordering before next day cut off I realized I had infact not paid for next day, so instead of it being shipped Tuesday eve and arriving Wednesday, it was shipped Wednesday with tracked 48h so didn't arrive until yesterday. Popped it to the local bike guy as I don't own a press (or atleast didn't really want to risk the threaded rod approach on a carbon frame) and then got hit with the realization in the haste of ordering quickly to try and get next day I had barely looked at the item and bought the FSA PF30>24mm kit...without realizing they're intended to fit into an existing PF30 BB. Tried to source one locally but no dice, local guy had none in and even if sourced, he's away for the weekend anyway. Caved, bought the correct Praxis kit, a press and some anti slip - should've been an easy crankset change, ended up an expensive week.
Fortunately the Inbred fills the void. Threw the Billy Bonkers back on, strange feeling going from 25mm to 2.10". Was a very short ride this morning, barely 15km as I just wanted to get out when it was quiet to try out SPD pedals as I'd never rode them before and if I was gonna go my length in the learning curve I'd rather nobody be around
Felt strange at first, wasn't too keen/didn't really think much of it but a friend had mentioned I'd see the benefits on the hills, which my lazy miles route does include a short half a km uphill that peaks at around 12% (road running next to the hill in pictures 2/4). Went for it, started putting some power down and again didn't really think much of it until the point of the hill where I usually start to run out of steam, I noticed I was somehow picking up speed instead. Ended up knocking about 4s off my last PB on it which might not seem like much but that's on a steel framed MTB vs a carbon roadie. Excited and almost terrified to put the SPDs on the Bianchi lol. Anyway yap over, hope everyone has a good weekend and manages to get out for a pedal.
Fortunately the Inbred fills the void. Threw the Billy Bonkers back on, strange feeling going from 25mm to 2.10". Was a very short ride this morning, barely 15km as I just wanted to get out when it was quiet to try out SPD pedals as I'd never rode them before and if I was gonna go my length in the learning curve I'd rather nobody be around
Felt strange at first, wasn't too keen/didn't really think much of it but a friend had mentioned I'd see the benefits on the hills, which my lazy miles route does include a short half a km uphill that peaks at around 12% (road running next to the hill in pictures 2/4). Went for it, started putting some power down and again didn't really think much of it until the point of the hill where I usually start to run out of steam, I noticed I was somehow picking up speed instead. Ended up knocking about 4s off my last PB on it which might not seem like much but that's on a steel framed MTB vs a carbon roadie. Excited and almost terrified to put the SPDs on the Bianchi lol. Anyway yap over, hope everyone has a good weekend and manages to get out for a pedal.
Joe_Rides
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^^^^^ feel your pain. I'm getting a friends mtb roadworthy at the moment. What was meant to be a couple of days has turned to weeks as it fights me at every turn.
I've bought 2 incorrect headsets for it before finding the right one, and buying brake pads before realising that the brake is completely seized (very old avid disk brake) - amongst many other things.
Lots of faffing, little progress.
I've bought 2 incorrect headsets for it before finding the right one, and buying brake pads before realising that the brake is completely seized (very old avid disk brake) - amongst many other things.
Lots of faffing, little progress.
I also share your pain. I earned a living as a bike mechanic for a number of years using essentially the same set of tools. The dizzying array of standards, routings, chargers, apps etc now required to maintain bikes has totally put me off offering to work on every type of bike. I still do a few repairs for friends but I'm just not going to buy any more tools that I might only use once for a certain BB, brake bleed, di2 connection etc etc. I have embraced my curmudgeon status - better to get out and ride the simplest bike that works for you than spend two days in the shed prepping the latest wonder bike (the marketing of which promises so much but in reality delivers not so much other than a lot of - often expensive - faffing). Don't even get me started on the mania for making everything stiffer (to the point you can't see where you're going because your eyes have been shaken out of their sockets and your hands have gone numb).
Anyway, I'm going to go and ride my (20 year old Spooky) bike.
Anyway, I'm going to go and ride my (20 year old Spooky) bike.
Guinessisgoodforyou
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Nice ride today.
Only gets worse unfortunately, Praxis kit arrived and no bueno. Had found someone else online running the same kit in the same year model of bike and assumed it was okay, cable guide insert blocks it. On top of that I noticed the Praxis kit was nowhere near fitting with the PF30 shim, but fine without it which leads to it actually being a 2013 model and not 2014. Despite the exact same frameset, 2013 model was BB30. I'm assuming I now need to acquire BB30, so bearings and circlips, circlips go in first into the ridge, press the bearings in, then I should be able to use the FSA BB/PF30 > 24MM adapter? Who ******* knows lets release the same frameset twice but change the BB this will surely not lead to any confusion ten years down the line.
Ready to take a long walk off a short ******* pier
highlandsflyer
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Could have done with some of your sun here today!
