Au contraire. On a bike that planes a seattube can wiggle enough to do this. My original Coffee Grinder did this with a particular Zipp seatpost. Maddening at the time. .
fredd says the seat tube is an important part of the magic sauce to make a bike plane
in this family we love Giant D-Fuse seat post technology
I agree 100%
Scrubbed down the H/G
Gave the drivetrain a thorough cleaning
Found the source of my noisy brakes
Oops
These were a lot easier to replace compared to BB-7s on the Surly (the only other disc brake Iāve ever owned)
Pads properly bedded ( I think)
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a modern normal 28.6 x 0.9/0.6 single butted steel tube is fine
an oversized tube for a 30.9 or 31.6 post is waaaay too stiff in steel
a fancypants option like the 853 Pro Team in 28.6 x 0.8/0.4/0.6 (or the old True Temper S3 equivalent that was 28.5mm) really helps the angels sing
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Put a short stem, new bb and took the dropper and brakes off my fixed. Thereās a bit of a trick track thing going around the fixed group Iām in. I did a bar spin on it!
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Swapped out the bars and stem just to realize that I donāt like the new bars and either need to go back to the old ones or switch up the shifting/braking situation with a third set of bars.
Anyone got a set of mini-Vs laying around that they donāt need or suggestions for what to get?
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Did another crank and BB swap on the Lorry to see what the chainline is like with a 118mm BB from the bin thatās not likely to get used. Seems fine enough for that bike.
Took off the Strava Bianca tires heath gave me to re tape the wheels like I know what Iām doing. I had patched the hole in the one and let it stand a few days.
Got them both remounted and mostly sealed sans sealant. As I went to put sealant in there, I notice this outside look of the patched hole. On a scale of 1 to well, how good is your dental insurance is this?
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Iāve ridden booted tires like that for hundreds of more miles, ymmv
sometimes Iāll draw an arrow on the sidewalk so I can keep an eye on it to make sure it doesnāt grow
sew it up with dental floss if youāre nervous
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If it were me Iād put it on the rear so a blow out would be less likely to result in a tooth sandwich visit, then ride it until it stopped holding air.
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Fredian slip?
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Considering the amount and speed I would ride this bike now, aspirational at best. Maybe the iphone knows I am all about that strava for the mtb .
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This is the worst and maybe best thing Iāve ever done with a sticker.
Way easier than scraping the surly sticker off.
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Ooh, I like that. Makes me daydream about āsurlyā in the enve font and āenveā in the surly fontā¦
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stratocasteur
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I think a sticker printer moved higher on the list of things I want. Iād love to do weird one offs or enough to give to people.
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