I got another pair just like them
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likes, subscribed, and smashed that mf bell.
it’s somewhere on the good part of the alignment chart and i’m here for it
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mismatched pedals on the maxy crankset
I like the Ritchey Kyotes and I realized silver wouldn’t be around forever, so got some in silver. Also added an old Vetta rack to carry chainsaw. Tried it out with the little 6”- it worked well, but battery died early.
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Finally got the Campeur drop bar’d up, Sensah Ignite 3x9, kept the same dangler, pusher, and rings from the old 8 speed set up, 9 speed cassette in the same 11-34 as before, new chain, aliexpress vbrake travel agents are well worth the $3 or whatever they cost, this thing brakes better than it did with flat bar levers, and the Sensah levers brake just as well here as they did with road caliper brakes.
Otherwise its the same bike it’s been for the last 12 years or so, decade old ORC bag still giving me all of it. Put the magnet from an old bike computer on the top flap and it sticks perfectly to the steel lined BMX housing I’m using in the front, keeps it closed, keeps me happy.
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A picture from a loop down to Oregon City last week – the people who maintain the old Oregon National Guard artillery range have gone through and replaced the old sun-faded danger signs, so of course that meant that the traditional randonneuse was ready for its close-up:
The poor carbon-fiber rack (and, tbh, the bag) really needs to be replaced; the teeny carbon tubes I used on this one don’t have nearly the surface area needed to get a robust bond and the straps I’ve used to hold the platform together end up making the thing plane like mad.
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The 6-speed semi-automatic is done.
3 up front and 2 auto on the back.
The coaster brake innards werent conducive to my commuting style.
30/41 - gear inches in small ring
46/63 - gear inches in middle ring
60/82 - gear inches in big ring
Chain is likely too long. I think I have some hub washers around the wrong way too. Goes well thru the CBD in either the middle or the big ring and gets up my hill in the little, spinning, or the middle if Im feeling energetic. You can see by the gear inch overlap I could probably have got away with just the granny and big rings, which was my original set-up when I was shifting with my toe, but not sure how cleanly you could shift from a 22 to a 45 with indexed shifting.
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Sheesh
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Installed new chonky fork, correct geo eels good man. Didn’t feel good about giving OMM more $$ for another axle after getting the runaround trying to fit this rack to a MRP fork, but I do love this rack.
edit: would still love to cover up the big S logo with a decal in Riv style font saying “Charlie Chiseler”
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How’s it ride loaded?
Yeah @EuroJorch go pound a couple of beers and let us know!
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I haven’t loaded it up with this fork yet, with the old one it handled pretty neutral with 20ish pounds on it.
Miles on my road bike the last few years
2018: 8.88
2019: 42.17
2020: 172.13
2021: 28.55
2022: 0
2023: 27.57
2024 so far: 320.42
I guess now that I’m not commuting for 90% of my miles I can appreciate a bike that’s a little lighter and more efficient
Also stealing the crank trick from Prolly
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HY austin- you are clocking at least x miles more than i have in my actual road bike because i haven’t used it since july 2019. my 700c cross/allroad that i treat like a road bike probably isn’t there either. keep it going my guy!
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