past few weekends:
Took a week of soaking in PB Blaster but I finally got the BB out of the orange beater.
You’d think I would have learned after the last time I had to do this a little over 7 years ago, but I apparently completely neglected to grease or antiseize the BB threads when this BB went in. At least I got it out cleanly instead of resorting to the hacksaw like last time
It’s going to be going to 2x11 with an XTR FC-M985 crankset - mixing and matching the stock chainring options to get a 44/28 combo - and an 11-42 cassette on the back end.
Built some wheels. BTLOS M-i25 26" rims, Sapim D-Light spokes and brass doublesquare nips. DT350 rear hub and a SON Delux up front. These are going on a Romanceür.
Helped my friend rebuild her second-hand Seven, going from rim brakes/700C x 25/3x9 to wet discs/650Bx38/2x11
customer request was “carbon fork” (non-negotiable) and “cagro zits”, frame requirement is “9/8 inch steerer”, which painted us into a bit of a corner. No one really makes road-length carbon utility forks; this Genesis CGR1 fork is probably 20-30mm longer than the stock Seven fork. Ultimately I think it’s going to work out fine because A) she wanted to raise her bars, B) she usually rides with massive saddle setback, so this should reduce the need for that (maybe we can get rid of that “bent” thomson), and C) it should mitigate dropping the BB height with the smaller wheels.
Caletti down in Santa Cruz did great work putting a disc tab on, and did some rear rack mounts at the dropouts while we were at it. We probably shouldn’t run this 160mm rear disc though, I think this is a 140mm-only rear end… not a big issue as she is a VERY small and lightweight human.
