What have you done to your bike today?

rottin' said:
Way to macgyver it What piques my interest tho is the rim brake/disc brake combo on the bike
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Thanks, I'm nostalgic about rim brakes, but would've used disc in the rear of I had it laying around. It's kind of a zero dollar build from spare parts.

In fact, the front brake uses a 203mm rotor. It's a heavy bike with two people on it.
 
When I made my steel road frame I didn't make enuff of a cutout on the inside drive side for the outermost rear cog, so it hit the dropout-chainstay junction when I took the wheel off.

Took off the outermost cog and replaced with a spacer, which has no teeth, and doesn't stick out as far, then locked out that position. Now it's only 8 speed in the back, but no more frame dings.
 
built bicycle polo bicycle

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For qclabrat ...

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the other day...with 700x32s and moded rear cassette

and below, when it was first built..this was with regular road tires and diff seat and post:
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btw love that polo bike...

Lonerider
 

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Oh here was from the build....

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Keep in mind I never even touched a torch before...and the joints hadn't been cleaned up yet in the pic. Oh and oxy-acetyline torches are friggin awesome.

It was kinda like a jedi building his own lightsaber... with a lightsaber!

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TheLonerider said:
Oh here was from the build....


Keep in mind I never even touched a torch before...and the joints hadn't been cleaned up yet in the pic. Oh and oxy-acetyline torches are friggin awesome.

It was kinda like a jedi building his own lightsaber... with a lightsaber!

Lonerider
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That looks awesome, did you take a frame building class?
 
Transition waiting for a back ordered part so I had to find something else to work on. Will take this for a try at DH this year. Got all the parts, except the X-fusion fork/shock which are on order.

what gearing is suggested? Thinking 32 front and 40rear
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It's not so much what I did, but I dropped my bike off with @jimvreeland and then picked it up after he undid a thousand miles or so of wear and tear from Wildcat. Can't wait for Wildcat Wednesday tomorrow so I can bang my shiny new bike off some rocks!
 
qclabrat said:
Transition waiting for a back ordered part so I had to find something else to work on. Will take this for a try at DH this year. Got all the parts, except the X-fusion fork/shock which are on order.

what gearing is suggested? Thinking 32 front and 40rear
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Did you win the lottery recently? So many modern purchases recently!
 
1sh0t1b33r said:
Did you win the lottery recently? So many modern purchases recently!
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haha, wife's been buying purses, me bikes, all's fair in love and war....

it's actually not the new boost Rallon, which is even slacker and not really what I want. Just setup the high rollers in 2.4 and kind of disappointed in the size. Much smaller than what I expected. What's a 2.5 tire which runs true to size.
 
qclabrat said:
haha, wife's been buying purses, me bikes, all's fair in love and war....

it's actually not the new boost Rallon, which is even slacker and not really what I want. Just setup the high rollers in 2.4 and kind of disappointed in the size. Much smaller than what I expected. What's a 2.5 tire which runs true to size.
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Awesome! It seemed like you were almost giving up bikes last time we talked. Glad it seems to be going well.

Tires do stretch a little from brand new and they're usually tested on wider rims than some people have. Of the tires I remember having, I think Contis were the only ones that really measured close or over advertised. I forgot if it was the Mountain King or something else, but advertised was 2.4 650b, but it was way wider than a 2.5 Minion DHF. You'll be fine. I rode my 2.1 Ignitors everywhere.
 
I got on my bike at the PATH station last night after work to find out I had a completely flat tire in the rear. Just what I wanted on a 95 degree commute!

Last night I went about changing the tube and started sweating like I was on a field trip to hell. My commuter bike is a 4-5 year old Motobecane/Bikes Direct single speed cyclocross bike so it has track dropouts in the rear. I got the tube changed quickly but mounting/centering the wheel and getting it to work well with cheap canti brakes was SUCH a pain in the ass! I've been using a set of Origin8 chain tension adjusters to combat the track nuts slipping under load but can never get it right.

An old pic of my commuter, on the right, for some visual appeak. It's significantly dirtier/more rusty now.
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Changing the tube took me 5 minutes, setting the wheel and adjusting the brakes took another 30. Are there any tricks to centering the wheel, tightening everything down, and making the breaks not rub that I'm missing?
 
hotsauce said:
I got on my bike at the PATH station last night after work to find out I had a completely flat tire in the rear. Just what I wanted on a 95 degree commute!

Last night I went about changing the tube and started sweating like I was on a field trip to hell. My commuter bike is a 4-5 year old Motobecane/Bikes Direct single speed cyclocross bike so it has track dropouts in the rear. I got the tube changed quickly but mounting/centering the wheel and getting it to work well with cheap canti brakes was SUCH a pain in the ass! I've been using a set of Origin8 chain tension adjusters to combat the track nuts slipping under load but can never get it right.

An old pic of my commuter, on the right, for some visual appeak. It's significantly dirtier/more rusty now.
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Changing the tube took me 5 minutes, setting the wheel and adjusting the brakes took another 30. Are there any tricks to centering the wheel, tightening everything down, and making the breaks not rub that I'm missing?
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I usually tighten one side as well as I can, then realign and tighten the other. Repeat back an forth till the tires clear the frame. As for the brakes, I may just loosen some cable at the adjusters to clear the rims. On the road it's is usually a hack job, till I can get home.
 
hotsauce said:
I got on my bike at the PATH station last night after work to find out I had a completely flat tire in the rear. Just what I wanted on a 95 degree commute!

Last night I went about changing the tube and started sweating like I was on a field trip to hell. My commuter bike is a 4-5 year old Motobecane/Bikes Direct single speed cyclocross bike so it has track dropouts in the rear. I got the tube changed quickly but mounting/centering the wheel and getting it to work well with cheap canti brakes was SUCH a pain in the ass! I've been using a set of Origin8 chain tension adjusters to combat the track nuts slipping under load but can never get it right.

An old pic of my commuter, on the right, for some visual appeak. It's significantly dirtier/more rusty now.
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Changing the tube took me 5 minutes, setting the wheel and adjusting the brakes took another 30. Are there any tricks to centering the wheel, tightening everything down, and making the breaks not rub that I'm missing?
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qclabrat said:
I usually tighten one side as well as I can, then realign and tighten the other. Repeat back an forth till the tires clear the frame. As for the brakes, I may just loosen some cable at the adjusters to clear the rims. On the road it's is usually a hack job, till I can get home.
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I don't bother changing on the fly, my commute is less than a mile so I just walk home and deal with it there. My technique is generally similar to yours. I decided against breaking out the repair stand since it's buried in the closet which probably added 15 minutes to the task. Next time...
 
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