HC Bike/Cycling Thread

[n_maher]

I'm just happy to have gotten back on the damn bike today and ridden into work.  I'm so far behind (mileage and fitness-wise) compared to last year it's frustrating.  Hopefully the next couple of months will be good.

[Mister X]

Playing around with a couple of the newer Google maps features....

 

 

 

 

[Mister X]

That was a fun route except for the stretches of road where they had dumped those rocks today.

Something's not right though, my cateye sez 28.4 miles.

[Mister X]

Marked a line on the cement and another line on the front tire with a piece of chalk, got on the bike, lined up the two lines and rolled forward one revolution and made another chalk mark on the cement.

Measured the distance between the chalk marks and then plugged that into the cateye.

(the size chart in the cateye manual was off by 12mm)

 

Google maps said today's route was 32.4 miles, the cateye said 32.3 miles.

Close enough.

Edited July 22, 2014 by Mister X

[Pars]

Yeah, I a) never trust the manual data, and do the rollout method, though I don't get on the bike. Matches what I see on Strava and Mapmyride. Good enough.

[Mister X]

Wish it was that easy to fix the bathroom scale.

  I've been stuck at 196 lbs. for almost three weeks now.

[Mister X]

A couple of encounters with dogs over the weekend have me thinking of adding a new item to the saddle bag but I dunno...

 

 

Overkill?

 

http://www.amazon.com/Kimber-Pepperblaster-Grey-One-Size/dp/B004MG63X6/

 

Would also be a pain to retrieve when needed.

[Mister X]

Plan B...

Random gel type pepper spray

 

http://www.amazon.com/SABRE-RED-Pepper-Gel-Professional/dp/B004NKSPR8

 

+ cheapo light mounting bracket.

 

http://www.amazon.com/hkbayi-Bicycle-Cycle-Flashlight-Holder/dp/B00IP8SJWA

 

[n_maher]

Sorry to hear about the trouble with poochies, that's not something I've had to deal with.  I'd suggest #1, kept in the back pocket of the jersey while riding for ease of deployment without advertising it on your handlebars.

[Dreadhead]

We were just talking about that on the weekend as there is a pair of trouble dogs on my preferred route. We ended up modifying the route to avoid them this time around. Unfortunately one of the times I rode past the place (the dogs have charged every time) the owner was out with the dogs and seemed to be fully supportive of their actually nipping my cycling shoe on so I'm guessing that if I pepper sprayed the dogs I'd end up with a crazy person in a car with a gun chasing me....

[raffy]

Maybe just ride with this fella?

[grawk]

I'm tempted by a dragonfly pro on ebay that seems to be my size, with campy record.  

[Mister X]

Assuming the one with the hard case and extra stuffs.  

 Looks like it could be a nice bike if it stays under $1600

[grawk]

yah

[n_maher]

For whatever reason I can't see it but a DF for that $$ sounds very good.

[Mister X]

Here's a pic from that auction:

 

http://s1339.photobucket.com/user/Krebler/media/20140724_124957_zps281133d1.jpg.html

[grawk]

I've decided to pass, it looks like the geometry is weird.

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/271557578656?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

[Mister X]

Prolly a good thing.

 With the scuffs on the fork, brake lever, frame and crank I'm thinking someone crashed it.

[Mister X]

Good deal or trash?

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/281399688149

 

(Bellwether Fuel Jersey for $15 with no bids....)

[cetoole]

Ended up being unable to remove the old bottom bracket, with everything from wd40, liquid wrench, pure acetone, brake cleaner, a 25" breaker bar, heatgun on the BB until everything was smoking, and the LBS.  Options I can see at this point are:

 

• switch everything back to the Y-foil frame, which has seen a few crashes (not sure if this increases risk of a future catastrophic failure while I am riding it), but would only need a new stem to get normal handlebars and shifters on (has time trial bars now, shifters at the end of the aerobar),
• look for an inexpensive used frame, maybe try steel or something, and swap all the components over,
• just forget about what I have now and buy new 

or trade bikes with Brent, because a bike without any pedals is probably easier to walk next to.

 

Any thoughts?

Edited August 1, 2014 by cetoole

[grawk]

either of the last 2.  Probably the last 1.  Buy that Ti bike.

[VPI]

Buy a Calfee travel bike.

[nikongod]

Ended up being unable to remove the old bottom bracket, with everything from wd40, liquid wrench, pure acetone, brake cleaner, a 25" breaker bar, heatgun on the BB until everything was smoking, and the LBS.  Options I can see at this point are:

 

• switch everything back to the Y-foil frame, which has seen a few crashes (not sure if this increases risk of a future catastrophic failure while I am riding it), but would only need a new stem to get normal handlebars and shifters on (has time trial bars now, shifters at the end of the aerobar),
• look for an inexpensive used frame, maybe try steel or something, and swap all the components over,
• just forget about what I have now and buy new 

or trade bikes with Brent, because a bike without any pedals is probably easier to walk next to.

 

Any thoughts?

 

Is the BB reverse threaded?

[Pars]

I would think the LBS would know that. Are they somewhat versed in vintage? The drive side cup on English (ISO) threading is left hand thread, and this bike most certainly has that threading. Post 4761 confirms that (1.370 x 24tpi is english or ISO, sometimes marked 1.375 x 24tpi).

 

Remind me again, you were trying to get this out of the Cannondale in order to put different components on the frame? Kroil or Freeze Off would be something to try. If the cup is the type that has wrench flats on it and you have a bench mounted vise with sharp jaws, you can clamp the cup in the vise and turn the frame.

 

Do you have any of the bottom bracket apart? Down to just the fixed cup still in the frame? Do you need the cup?

 

EDIT: You could also try Sheldon's trick tool at the bottom of this. If you could get someone to try it with an impact wrench, might be even better:

http://sheldonbrown.com/tooltips/bbcups.html

Edited August 2, 2014 by Pars

[raffy]

How about trying a better LBS?