some people like to color inside the lines, some people like to find new lines to color inside of
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I made this little adapter today so I could hang a non Huret derailleur on my Motobecane.
I kind of wish it wouldn’t have worked because I was waiting to see if I could make this work before making a decision on cold setting the frame from 120-130.
There’s not really a downside apart from a little risk from actually bending it, but I still don’t know why I’m so hesitant to do it.
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I was very hesitant to cold set a frame for the first time, going 126 to 135 and put it off for like a week or two. When I finally did it I was like holy shit steel bends easy huh.
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I ended up respacing it this weekend.
Used a piece of allthread to spread both sides at the same time like I did with my Trek 710. This one didn’t fight me as much as my Trek did - I think I only had to spread it to about 160mm for it to spring back to 130.
My Trek I had to take to 180mm or so.
Found a picture of the Trek:
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Dithering level: Maximum.
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Garage sale trying to clear out a bunch of stuff and just ride the bikes I already have instead of hoarded sweet parts and half finished projects.
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Person at garage sale alerts me to wednesday-night go-kart track racing. I immediately start mentally dithering a specific bike for this sport which I have not participated in yet. (and which of course everyone else appears to just ride whatever normal bike they have).
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do you have a 3rd juggling hatchet, jimmy the fly?
i would be so interested in a gokart track crit
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I would definitely build up a goofy 3 speed with ape hangers to go-cart race with that crew. Looks like a blast.
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That looks fun as hell
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LOL, no those were my neighbor’s (guy standing in the background) who brought over a few things to sell.
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Perfect use case for a Haro Dart.
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Rescued this abandoned garbage tier Peugeot today. Will be donated after a tune up. Love the name though, no idea how this extremely euro bike made it to Hobart
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Got a Fairlight Secan as a grabbelbiek, and I thought I knew how I wanted to gear it, but I have no idea. It’s not even a weird build, I just don’t know. Is 50/34 11-34 going to be way overgeared with 40-45mm tires? That’s the most “parts I already have” setup. In theory I guess I could go small road tires on the 700c wheels and fatties on the 650b.
The real breakdown is that I have a Force 1 group on the Ritchey Breakaway, and a Rival 22 setup lying around. I hate having a front derailer on the BA, but maybe it’s just time to switch to 2x. For some reason 1x has no appeal to me for gravel.
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I’m a fan of 46/30 11-34 (or 36) for grabble.
I’m running a Croder crankset with their 46/30 and it plays well.
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I feel like the Secan is right on the border of justifying a 46/30. If you’re going to ride it off-road with 40+mm tires most of the time, go with the 46/30. If you’re on roads more than half the time and running 32mm tires…46/30 is still fine, but 50/34 may feel more natural.
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48/32!
Jk I don’t have this on anything. Mostly the Braden gearing.
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Short crank 38/24 and smaller cassette
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Thanks for mentioning them, they have a paired 48/32 round ring for Shimano road cranks (still have my recall Ultegra set) that I wasn’t familiar with.
I may also try a cues 46/30 or 32. I wind up needing wider q anyway, so I’m curious how they would shake out for me.
Can confirm that the 2x sram red/rival shifts into this with an MTB front der like a dream.
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Broke down and took the Endpoint apart so I could have two unassembled bikes. I think I’m committing to 650 grav grav since these 2.25s are the same gear inch as 32mm 700s, which makes the 50/34 slightly less absurd. I’ll go smaller as needed later. Front derailer is tiiiiight to the tire. Having a monster truck is pretty cool though
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