dropped stays pull the bike together well
paint is really good
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Added rotors need to adjust, the rear is rubbing a little, mostly trued wheels, fitted front tireā¦ backwordsā¦ So Iāll be doing that again
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Just spent a weekend trying to get the front brake on our bullitt working. Had ordered replacement long hose as the old one was kinked and the lever was spongy.
This was my 1st exposure to bleeding any hydro brakes but had the right magura kit and fluids so figured it should be manageable. 4 full flushes later and much mineral oil spilt and I finally worked out on sunday that the (magura MT) lever piston seal was very slightly leaking, hence the crappy feel and air in the system.
No-one local who was open on a sunday would sell a single lever (few even carry magura), nor did anyone have pre made systems of any other type with hose over 2M.
Thanks to the internet (special shoutout to rotorburn forum), was able to grab a mid-range shimano lever and olive/barb and get it to work with the MT5 caliper, shigura for the win.
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Stole the Secula from the Polyvalen that was stolen from the old ruiner to put back on the old ruiner and now the cycle is complete.
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I broke the cardinal rule about doing bike maintenance before a ride and swapped my rear brake pads on the Instinct. First, the system was overfull from when I flushed it last, so I used the funnel to burp some extra fluid out. Then some air got in the system, so I had to do a lever bleed. Luckily, I had it fixed up before it was time to ride.
This was my second ride on the second warranty frame. I donāt know if itās the updated suspension tune I did back in February or the straight shock eyelets, but the bike feels completely different. Before, it was like I was always fighting it. Now, it feels like the bike I initially demoed.
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Took the fred-bar off the Open cos it did nothing good to my set-up. Pushed the aeros too far forward and stifled my stem-pouch access. Found I had plenty of room on my drop-bars for mounting the aeros AND the harness anyway. Also swapped the stem for a generic Giant stem cos the UNO weener one is probably not bikepacking ready. Fogot to actually align the fork before putting on the harness, so I have no idea if my front wheel is pointing straight ahead or notā¦ Test rode it with a 90% final load on it for 6.5 hours. next day, swapped the 11-42 cassette off my 6fiddy wheels onto the 700 wheels. Put the 11-40 back on the 6fiddys. Mounted the klite qubes on the rear stays. Took the dried out knobbly off my 6fiddy wheel and put on a WTB horizon for commuting duties. Took two saddle/seat-posts apart to get the best weight so I can live with my B-17. Heavy as all hell, but so comfy. No way I am not using that saddle. Took the dynamo wheel off and replaced it with a 700 Runny arse wheel. So now its a mullet (for todays commute). Will put the 700/dynamo wheels back on when I am going off-road again so I dont wear out my crappy gravel kings. I am not sure which tire sucks the most, the Horizon or the gravel kings. Not sure if I can be arsed Tublessing the gravel kings. I will be taking two spare tubes whatever I do.
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took probably the last ride on my dayruiner. coming soon: new drivetrain on the engin, disassembling the day ruiner, swapping calipers, then posting the coffee grinder in pyb. looking forward to telling sup that iām trading my purple bike frame for a coffee grinder
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Good coffee grinders are expensive!
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New bars on, running cables was significantly easier. Still fiddling with the cable adjusters before I tighten everything up
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Iād never thought Iād see the day that ādownforce generationā is a salient metric for handlebars, but here we are
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if you ride fast enough it pops the wheelie for you
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angle the bars wrong and this is 20mph with a mild headwind:
the āaeroā makes it easier to run the cables
thatās all I care about lol
oh and looks comfy to rest hands on
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I like aero drobars because it feels good to drop your hands or forearms on them. gives your wrists a break.
that and they look cool as hell
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wasnāt there an enve gravel bar with an aero section that we dragged when it came out? something about poopbarning TTs
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I think the 3T Exploro got it pretty bad here too. aero gravel! but then it turned out that pros can average 19mph on the big gravel race courses so what the fuck do I know
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Different brand I think
Honestly, after riding windy, flat Midwestern gravel routes that mostly suck, I would absolutely buy a closeout Exploro from Excel if I had the means. Anything to make it better.
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Have we seen any semi serious contenders on a gravel recumbent? A highracer with just a tail fairing could be pretty sweet depending on the course and conditions.